"One of The Best Men I Have Ever Known": Happy Birthday, Thomas K Beecher
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Category: Mark Twain in Elmira
Elmira Girl Marries Hannibal Boy (And The Rest Is Literary History)
It’s Sam and Livy’s 150th wedding anniversary! Susan K. Harris details the courtship of the famous couple.
Take A Virtual Tour of Woodlawn Cemetery, Resting Place of Mark Twain & Many Other Notable Figures of Nineteenth-Century America
In our episode of the C19: America In The 19th-Century podcast, Matt Seybold took listeners on an audio-tour of Woodlawn Cemetery in Elmira, the resting place of not only Mark Twain, but conductors and stationmasters on the Underground Railroad and many unsung activists and philanthropists. The podcast was one of our major projects of 2019, alongside the launch of several notable resources for scholars and teachers. We are proud to […]
“The Gospel of Revolt: Mark Twain in Elmira,” An Episode of The C19: America In The Nineteenth-Century Podcast, Featuring Hal Holbrook
A podcast tour of Elmira, listeners are introduced to the legacies of the Park Church, Woodlawn Cemetery, and Quarry Farm, as well as a cast of characters from the Underground Railroad, Women’s Rights Movement, and, of course, Mark Twain’s in-laws.
Drinking With Twain: A Rare Manuscript
A highly suspect, but entertaining pamphlet by Frank Kelsey, who purported to be Mark Twain’s drinking buddy.
Mark Twain, Mad Magazine, & Old Crow Whiskey
In tribute to Mad Magazine, Barbara Schmidt discusses their 1959 parody of an Old Crow advertisement featuring Mark Twain at Klapproth’s Tavern in Elmira.
Interactive Map of 1901 Elmira Now Available
In collaboration with SmallTown 360, the Center for Mark Twain Studies has created an interactive map of 1901 Elmira. The map highlights the important people and places that shaped Mark Twain and the Langdon family during his summers in Elmira. Key points include Quarry Farm, the Langdon Mansion, and the Park Church. The map also points out lesser known places like the home of Darius Ford, friend of Twain and […]
The “Quarry Farm” and “Antenne” Twain Marginalia Now Online
Explore the CMTS Mark Twain Archive!
The Park Church Culture Into Which Mark Twain Married: An Introduction to “Mark Twain’s Music Box”
A reflection on the influence of Elmira and Park Church upon Mark Twain.
Thanksgiving Steeple-Jumping: The Sesquicentennial of Mark Twain’s “Conditional” Engagement
On Thanksgiving Day, 1868, Olivia Langdon “yielded a conditional consent” to Sam Clemens’s third proposal of marriage. They had know each other for less than a year, having been introduced on the occasion of a Charles Dickens reading in New York City the previous New Year’s Eve. Sam had made himself a fixture in Elmira during the Summer and Fall of 1868, going out of his way to visit the Langdons whenever […]