“Work An’ Buy Yo’ Freedom”: The Story of Henry Washington’s Promise To His Mother
It has been 150 years since Mary Ann Cord recounted the story of her separation from and reunion with her exceptional son.
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McFarlin’s Lecture on Mary Ann Cord and Copyright Now Available
Did Twain infringe a common-law copyright held by Mary Ann Cord?
And if so, does that copyright still exist today?
Spring ‘Trouble Begins’ Lecture Series Continues May 18
Lecture starts at 7pm in the Quarry Farm Barn. All lectures are free and open to the general public
Black Lives Matter at Quarry Farm
In “A True Story,” written at Quarry Farm in 1874, Mark Twain frankly acknowledges his ignorance of black experience. Larry Howe discusses how Twain uses the story to check his own privilege and amplify the voice of a black woman, Mary Ann Cord.
Friends of Woodlawn Cemetery Present “Close to Clemens” at the Park Church
Friends of Woodlawn present ‘Close to Clemens‘ monologues, Stephen Foster music Eight friends and family members of Samuel Clemens who are buried close to the famous author in Elmira’s Woodlawn Cemetery will be “resurrected” on Sunday, March 26, to tell their stories. They will appear in a program entitled “Close to Clemens” at The Park Church, 211 Gray Street, Elmira, beginning at 3:00 p.m. The presentation will include monologues interspersed with […]
Fall Issue of Mark Twain Journal Honors Kevin Mac Donnell
The Fall 2016 issue of the Mark Twain Journal honors scholar, collector, and longtime Friend of the Center, Kevin Mac Donnell. Mac Donnell has spent the past thirty years building the largest private collection of Twain-related books, manuscripts, and artifacts. Mac Donnell’s personal archive provides the foundation for dozens of his own publications, including Mark Twain & Youth, co-edited with R. Kent Rasmussen, a collection of essays which provides the theme for the […]