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.

RecenT posts

A Tale of Today: Mark Twain on Impeachment
Jan16
As the U.S. prepares for the third presidential impeachment trial in its history, John Muller looks back at Mark Twain's…
CMTS' 2020 Strategic Plan
Jan14
If you interested in what CMTS has planned for 2020, check out our strategic plan!
CMTS Announces the 2020 Class of Quarry Farm Fellows
Jan13
Join us in welcoming the 2020 Class of Quarry Farm Fellows!
An Interview With Virgie Hoban About Six Degrees of Mark Twain
Jan09
Check out this unique multimedia resource focused on Mark Twain's social network, created by Virgie Hoban and the Mark Twain…
Take A Virtual Tour of Woodlawn Cemetery, Resting Place of Mark Twain & Many Other Notable Figures of Nineteenth-Century America
Jan06
In our episode of the C19: America In The 19th-Century podcast, Matt Seybold took listeners on an audio-tour of Woodlawn…

2021 Quarry Farm Fellowships GUIDELINES

QUARRY FARM
VIRTUAL TOUR
AND
ELMIRA 1901 MAP

CMTS 2019 Lectures
in Review

2020 Quarry FArm Symposium
“American Humor and Matters of Empire”

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

PASt Quarry FArm SymPOSIA

Upcoming Events & Call for Papers

CFP: Mark Twain Circle at 2020 ALA Conference

May 21-24, 2020 – San Diego, California

CFP Deadline: January 15, 2020

CFP: American Humor Studies Association Conference

June 18-20, 2020 – Austin, Texas

CFP Deadline: February 3, 2020

Panel on “Afterlives of Mark Twain’s Connecticut Yankee at 2020 NEMLA

March 5-8, 2020 – Boston, Massachusetts

Deadline for CFP has passed

C19 Biennial Conference

April 2-5, 2020 – Coral Gables, Florida

Deadline for CFP has passed

American Humor Studies at 2020 ALA Conference

May 21-24, 2020 – San Diego, California

Deadline for CFP has passed

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