“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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CMTS is awarded preservation grant by the Foundation for Advancement in Conservation
Mar19
Grant will be used to hire a collections and building assessors for Quarry Farm
New Updates to David Fears’s Mark Twain Day by Day Online Edition!
Mar14
Check out the updated Mark Twain Day By Day!
Mark Twain Forum Reviews: SeaWolf Press Mark Twain 100th Anniversary Collection by Mark Twain
Mar13
Reviewed for the Mark Twain Forum by R. Kent Rasmussen
Second Year Creative Writing Contest Focuses on Quarry Farm Fireplace
Mar04
Contest is open to all 2-6 grade classrooms located within a 25-mile radius of Quarry Farm
CFP: C19 Biennial Conference at Coral Gables, FL (April 2-5, 2020)
Mar01
The 2020 Conference Theme is "Dissent"

2020 Quarry Farm Fellowships GUIDELINES

2019 Symposium:
“Mark Twain and
Nature”

SPRING 2019
TROUBLE BEGINS
LECTURE SERIES

The Quarry Farm FirePlace
Creative Writing COntest

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

MISSION STATEMENT & STRATEGIC PLAN

VIRTUAL TOUR of
Quarry Farm

Upcoming Events & Call for Papers

CFP: Mark Twain Circle at 2019 SAMLA

November 8-10, 2019 – Atlanta, Georgia

Deadline: May 1, 2019

Mark Twain Circle at 2019 ALA

May 23-26, 2019 – Boston, Massachusetts

Deadline for CFP has passed

Mark Twain Conference at Hannibal

July 25-27, 2019 – Hannibal, Missouri

Deadline for CFP has passed

CFP: C19 Biennial Conference

April 2-5, 2020 – Coral Gables, Florida

Deadline: September 2, 2019

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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