Center for Mark Twain Studies - Elmira, NY

“We are perched on a hill-top that overlooks a little world of green valleys, shining rivers, sumptuous forests, and billowy uplands veiled in the haze of distance. We have no neighbors. It is the quietest of all quiet places, and we are hermits that eschew caves and live in the sun.” – Mark Twain

ABOUT THE CENTER FOR MARK TWAIN STUDIES

Mark Twain wrote his most famous works in an octagonal study overlooking Elmira, NY, the hometown of his wife, Olivia. For more than two decades the Clemens family summered with Olivia’s siblings at Quarry Farm. All are buried at the nearby Woodlawn Cemetery. In 1983, both Quarry Farm and the study, since relocated to the Elmira College campus, became part of the Center for Mark Twain Studies. CMTS is dedicated to serving an international community of Twain Scholars.

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A Lecture on Twain’s Early Views On Sino-American Relations Concludes the Park Church Summer Lecture Series
Aug20
The lecture takes place on Wednesday, August 21 at 7:00 p.m. at The Park Church. All CMTS lectures are free…
“Buy It, Laugh, & Grow Fat”: The 1869 Reviews of Mark Twain’s The Innocents Abroad
Aug15
What did the initial wave of reviewers of Mark Twain's first book have to say about it?
“The Dread of Filth in Twain” is the Next Park Church Summer Lecture
Aug12
This lecture lecture on August 14 at 7:00p.m. at the Park Church is free and open to the public
150 Years of Mark Twain’s Innocents Abroad
Aug09
This weekend marks the 150th Anniversary of the publication of Mark Twain's first book-length work, The Innocents Abroad.
Over 75 Past Lectures Added to the “Trouble Begins Archive”
Aug08
All these lecture and more can be found in the "Trouble Begins Archive."

2020 Quarry Farm Fellowships GUIDELINES

QUARRY FARM
VIRTUAL TOUR
AND
ELMIRA 1901 MAP

2019 PARK CHURCH
SUMMER LECTURE SERIES

2019 QUARRY FARM SYMPOSIUM
“MARK TWAIN AND NATURE”

CMTS RESOURCES

Mark Twain Day by Day

TROUBLE BEGINS ARCHIVES

ONLINE RESOURCES
FOR MARK TWAIN STUDIES

THE Mark Twain
ARCHIVE

PHOTO GALLERY

RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS & STUDENTS

PAST QUARRY FARM FELLOWS

PAst Quadrennial Conferences

MARK TWAIN:
TELEVISION STAR

Upcoming Events & Call for Papers

CFP: C19 Biennial Conference

April 2-5, 2020 – Coral Gables, Florida

CFP Deadline: September 2, 2019

Mark Twain Circle at 2019 SAMLA

November 8-10, 2019 – Atlanta, Georgia

Deadline for CFP has passed

CFP: Special Issue of Journal of Transnational American Studies

“Global Huck: Mapping the Cultural Work of Translations of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn“

Proposals Deadline: January 1, 2020

Mark Twain Circle at 2020 MLA

January 9-12, 2020 – Seattle, Washington

Deadline for CFP has passed

Nineteenth Century American Forum at 2020 MLA

January 9-12, 2020 – Seattle, Washington

Deadline for CFP has passed

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