Portrait of Olivia Lewis Langdon
Bust portrait of Olivia Lewis Langdon, mother of Olivia Langdon Clemens and mother-in-law of Samuel Clemens.
Mark Twain Archive Collection
Portrait of Jervis Langdon
Photograph of a portrait painted of Jervis Langdon (Sr.) by Thomas LeClear. Jervis Langdon was the father of Olivia Langdon Clemens and father-in-law to Samuel Clemens.
Olivia Clemens with daughters, Susy and Clara
Portrait of Samuel Clemens’ wife and two daughters, left to right, Susy, Olivia and Clara.
Olivia Clemens with daughters, Susy, Jean and Olivia
Half-length portrait of Samuel Clemens’ wife and daughters, left to right, Susy, Jean, Olivia and Clara.
Portrait of Jean Clemens
Profile portrait of Jean Clemens, Samuel and Olivia Clemens youngest daughter.
Clara, Jean and Susy Clemens
Samuel and Olivia Clemens’ three daughters. Clara and Susy looking at baby Jean. Left to right, Clara, Jean and Susy.
Clara and Ossip Gabrilowitsch wedding portrait with Mark Twain, Jervis Langdon, Jean Clemens and Joseph Twichell
The wedding of Clara Clemens to Ossip Gabrilowitsch at Stormfield near Redding Connecticut. Left to right, Samuel Clemens in the academic regalia from his honorary degree at Oxford, Jervis Langdon the second, Jean Clemens, Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Clara Clemens and Rev. Joseph Twichell.
1909, Mark Twain, white suit.
Samuel Clemens in white suit seated in front of a backdrop, ca 1909. Probably taken at Stormfield, Clemens’ last home near Redding Connecticut.
1904, Mark Twain
Portrait of Samuel Clemens taken in the year that his wife Olivia died.
1903, Photo of John Lewis on his wagon
John Lewis seated on his wagon near Quarry Farm, East Hill, Elmira, New York.
1903, Mark Twain with John Lewis at Quarry Farm
Samuel Clemens with John Lewis in the driveway at Quarry Farm, East Hill, Elmira, New York. John Lewis, a friend of the Clemens and Crane families was a pig farmer with land near Quarry Farm.
1903, Mark Twain Twain in study window
Samuel Clemens Looking out from the study window, Quarry Farm, East Hill, Elmira New York.
1903, Mark Twain on the porch at Quarry Farm
Samuel Clemens seated in a rocking chair on the porch at Quarry Farm, East Hill, Elmira New York.
1903, Mark Twain on steps to the study
Samuel Clemens standing on the steps leading to his study at Quarry Farm, East Hill, Elmira New York.
1903, Mark Twain on steps to the study seated
Samuel Clemens seated on the steps leading up to his study at Quarry Farm, East Hill, Elmira, New York.
Mark Twain working in the study, 1874
Samuel Clemens at work in his study at Quarry Farm, East Hill, Elmira N.Y.during the period in which he was at work on “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer”.
Signed Mark Twain photograph addressed to Mrs. John C. Graham, December 1905
Portrait photograph with an inscription to Margaret S. Graham written at the top.
Mark Twain signed photograph, undated
Portrait photograph of Twain in dark suit, signed.
Mark Twain’s brief reply to an unidentified person, 23 May 1899
Mark Twain’s brief reply to an unidentified person, 23 May 1899
Note from Mark Twain to an unidentified person, November 1899
Short note by Mark Twain with proverb, “It is never too late to mend.”
Letter from Samuel Clemens to Mr. or Mrs. Walter (?), undated
Letter most likely referring to the release of Clemens’ autobiography.
Clemens letter to the American Water Color Society, 9 February 1890
Letter thanking the American Water Color Society for an invitation to supper.
Mark Twain letter to Mr. Moscovitz, 31 December 1893
A thank you letter written by Mark Twain responding to a request for a photograph.
Letter from Samuel Clemens to Arthur Locker, 17 September [1872]
Clemens responding to Arthur Locker letter inquiring about the accuracy of the “Men of our Time” biography.
Portrait of Langdon Clemens
Portrait of Langdon Clemens in baby carriage. Langdon was born in 1870 in Buffalo New York and died 19 months later in 1872 in Hartford Connecticut. Death was attributed to diphtheria.
1871, Mark Twain
Photo taken in 1871 on a lobbying trip to Washington D.C. On the right is David Gray, editor of the Buffalo Courier. On the left is journalist George Alfred Townsend. Clemens was living and working in Buffalo at the time.
Thomas K. Beecher Lecture on The Episcopal Church
Pamphlet containing the lecture given by Rev. Thomas K. Beecher of Elmira, N.Y. on The Episcopal Church.
Charles Langdon Passport
1869 passport and passport container of Charley Langdon.
1869, Mark Twain
Portrait of Samuel Clemens from the period in which he was courting Olivia Langdon of Elmira.
Clemens Friends and Servants, Darius Ford1
Photo of Darius Ford, Professor of Physical Science at Elmira College from 1862 to 1905. Ford tutored Olivia Langdon in 1867 and attempted a collaboration with Samuel Clemens in a series of travel writing for the Buffalo Express during Clemens’ time there in 1869-70.
Elmira College Register, 1859, Olivia
Page from the Miscellaneous Register of Elmira Female College, 1857 – 1862 showing Olivia Langdon, age 13, enrolled as a member of the preparatory class, 1st Term 1859.
