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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2019 Summer Teachers Institute Resources
Jul16
A repository of links related to the 2019 Summer Teachers Institute.
Archives of Mark Twain Circular Now Online
Jul15
The Mark Twain Circular is a newsletter published by the Mark Twain Circle which has been in continuous publication since…
Mark Twain, Mad Magazine, & Old Crow Whiskey
Jul08
In tribute to Mad Magazine, Barbara Schmidt discusses their 1959 parody of an Old Crow advertisement featuring Mark Twain at…
The Apocryphal Twain: “The things you didn’t do.”
Jun28
This commonly misattributed aphorism has its origins in memoirs, Westerns, and the Peace Corps.
In Memory of Noted Twain Scholar, Carl Dolmetsch, Listen to His 1988 Trouble Begins Lecture
Jun27
Carl Dolmetsch passed away earlier this month. He left an indelible impression on Twain Studies.

2020 Quarry Farm Fellowships GUIDELINES

2019 Symposium:
“Mark Twain and
Nature”

2019 PARK CHURCH
SUMMER LECTURE SERIES

2019 Mark Twain Summer
Institute for Teachers:
“Mark Twain and Generation Z”

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
AND
INTERACTIVE MAP OF
1901 ELMIRA

Upcoming Events & Call for Papers

The Clemens 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

CFP Deadline: September 2, 2019

Mark Twain Circle at 2019 SAMLA

November 8-10, 2019 – Atlanta, Georgia

Deadline for CFP has passed

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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