Mark Twain in Elmira: A Short Film
Created for Summer Orientation at Elmira College, a concise introduction to Mark Twain’s historical connections with the Elmira community.
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2020 Elmira College Twain Art and Writing Winners Announced
CMTS holds two contests every year for Elmira College students. Here are the 2020 winners.
2020 Mark Twain Writing Contest and Art Competition Open to Elmira College Students
The Writing Contest and Art Competition both come with cash prizes
Members of the Elmira College Community Perform A Revised Version of “A True Story”
In September 2019, the Elmira College community performed a revised version of “A True Story”
Twain Biographer, Ron Powers, Gives Commencement Address, Receives Honorary Doctorate From Elmira College
Listen to the 2019 Elmira College Commencment Address given by Ron Powers, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and Mark Twain biographer.
EC Actors Participate in Upcoming Theatrical Production at Quarry Farm
Twain-inspired theatrical production takes place Wednesday, May 29 at 5:30p.m. at Quarry Farm.
2019 Elmira College Twain Art and Writing Contest Winner Announced
The Center for Mark Twain Studies has announced the winners of the Annual Portraying Mark Twain Art Contest and the Mark Twain Essay Contest. First place prizes were awarded to Jamie Dorsey ’21 and Rebecca Heagy ’19, respectively. Jamie’s winning piece in the Art Contest was a photograph of the Mark Twain gravestone taken from a dramatic angle that emphasized “Twain.” His photo has already been used to advertise the […]
Relive Twain’s Summer of 1884 with the Final Lecture of the “Trouble Begins” 2018 Season
The fall portion of the 2018-2019 The Trouble Begins Lecture Series, presented by the Center for Mark Twain Studies, concludes Wednesday, November 7 when presenter John Bird takes the audience through Twain’s summer of 1884 at Quarry Farm. The final fall lecture begins at 7:00 p.m. in the Barn at Quarry Farm. The lecture is free and open to the public. Bird, emeritus professor of English at Winthrop University, will […]
2018 Quarry Farm Weekend Symposium Recap
Last weekend (October 5-7. 2018) CMTS hosted the 2018 Quarry Farm Weekend Symposium “American Literary History and Economics in the New Gilded Age.” The economic expansion of the U.S. during Mark Twain’s lifetime was unprecedented, in this country or any other. Twain was fascinated by the technological innovations that transformed commerce and industry, the volatile financial markets that strained to keep up with the demands of entrepreneurs and investors, the infamous […]
150 Years of Mark Twain in Elmira: Dickens Holidays, The Gospel of Revolt, & The Quarry Farm Style
2018 marks the sesquicentennial anniversary of Mark Twain’s first visit to Elmira, the town where he would meet his wife, spend many of his summers over the remainder of his life, write several of his most acclaimed books, and finally be laid to rest. In the following essay, Dr. Seybold commemorates the occasion by offering his estimation of what Elmira meant to Mark Twain. January 26, 1905 It was the 30th birthday […]