“From Independent Scholar to Scrub Angel: My Time at Quarry Farm” (A Quarry Farm Testimonial) EDITOR’S NOTE: We occasionally feature testimonials from recent Quarry Farm Fellows and Residents, which combine conversational illustrations of their research and writing...
Category: The Study
“The Noble Red Man” Information Page Now Available
Editor’s Note: CMTS is committed to giving accurate, accessible information related to Mark Twain, his literature, his circle, and his world. These resource pages have been written by Mark Twain scholars, often times experts in the particular field. These are meant...
LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI Information Page Now Available
Editor’s Note: CMTS is committed to giving accurate, accessible information related to Mark Twain, his literature, his circle, and his world. These resource pages have been written by Mark Twain scholars, often times experts in the particular field. These are meant...
FOLLOWING THE EQUATOR Information Page Now Available
Editor’s Note: CMTS is committed to giving accurate, accessible information related to Mark Twain, his literature, his circle, and his world. These resource pages have been written by Mark Twain scholars, often times experts in the particular field. These are meant...
The Park Church Celebrates Its 150th Anniversary
Elmira College Celebrates 2025 Mountain Day at Quarry Farm
Dean Anstice Harris instituted the Mountain Day tradition at Elmira College in October of 1918. The day is not a designated holiday, but rather a day in which classes are cancelled, allowing students, faculty, and staff to engage with each other in memorable and less...
“Jean Clemens” Information Page Now Available
Editor's Note: CMTS is committed to giving accurate, accessible information related to Mark Twain, his literature, his circle, and his world. These resource pages have been written by Mark Twain scholars, often times experts in the particular field. These are meant...
2025 Quarry Farm Fellow Thomas W. Howard Contributes a Quarry Farm Testimonial
"A Thoreauvian at Quarry Farm" (A Quarry Farm Testimonial) EDITOR’S NOTE: We occasionally feature testimonials from recent Quarry Farm Fellows and Residents, which combine conversational illustrations of their research and writing process with personal reflections on...
Watch Interview with Steve Jordan, Quarry Farm Preservationist
Steve Jordan, master historic preservantionist and window restoration expert, has worked out a number of projects at Quarry Farm and the Mark Twain Study. He restored the windows in the Quarry Farm parlor, the windows in the Mark Twain Study, and has worked on the...
CMTS Announces The Winners of the 2025 Elmira College “Portraying Mark Twain” Competition
For the ninth year the Center for Mark Twain Studies has sponsored the "Portraying Mark Twain" art competition for all Elmira College students. Four final images were selected from fifty-two submissions that represented Mark Twain, his literature, or aspects of his...









