CMTS Receives Grant From Corning Incorporated Foundation To Preserve Twain’s Study
Mark Twain’s octagonal study is one of the most important literary landmarks in the United States
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Help CMTS on “Giving Tuesday”
If you wish to donate, click the “Donate” button on the upper right corner of the main page. Dear Friends, Thanks to your past support of the Center for Mark Twain Studies, we’ve been able to achieve important goals for the Mark Twain Studies academic community on an international and local level. Please know that none of these achievements would have been possible without the support of our “Dear Friends,” […]
Improved & Expanded Virtual Tour of Quarry Farm
The virtual tour of Quarry Farm now features 26 different panoramas, covering the whole property, inside and out, as well as the Mark Twain Study, Mark Twain Archive, and GTL Lobby on the Elmira College Campus and the Clemens-Langdon Gravesite at Woodlawn Cemetery. Visitors can also click on “map view” to see the property map and floor plans for the main house. Among the new additions are six panoramas from […]
CMTS Announces Winners of the Elmira College “Portraying Mark Twain” Art Contest
The Center for Mark Twain Studies is pleased to announce four winning entries for the “Portraying Mark Twain” Art Competition, a contest that has been ongoing from September 2016 through March 2017. The artists include Janine Velardi’19 (photo), Kaitlyn Ritz’18 (mixed media), Miranda Satterly’17 (digital drawing), and Nick Vanderwood’19 (chalk drawing). A panel of ten judges made up of Elmira College faculty and staff made the selections from entries that […]
Visit Our Expanded Virtual Tour of Quarry Farm and Mark Twain Study
The virtual tour has been expanded to include eleven new panoramas from the Quarry Farm property, including several vantage points highlighting the changing season. Choose a location from the dropbox menu, right click to enter full screen, and scroll to zoom. The tour, created by David Coleman of Small Town 360, will eventually cover the whole property, inside and out. David’s high-resolution panoramas allow for extensive interactions, including annotations and […]