Annis Ford Eastman (Mark Twain Studies Resource Page)
Mary Lemak details the life of the author of Twain’s eulogy and the mother of Crystal and Max Eastman
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Lemak’s Park Church Lecture Now Available
Lemak focuses on the minister who followed Thomas K. Beecher in the Park Church pulpit and wrote Twain’s eulogy
Laura Rice Concludes the CCHS Mark Twain Lecture Series
Rice discusses “Cooney” Rice and the youth of Mark Twain’s Elmira circle.
Check Out This Bonus Episode of The American Vandal on Mark Twain in Elmira & Consider Submitting a Proposal to the C19 Podcast
Bonus Episode of The American Vandal Podcast re-releases the episode on Mark Twain in Elmira we did with C19 in 2019.
“The Gospel of Revolt: Mark Twain in Elmira,” An Episode of The C19: America In The Nineteenth-Century Podcast, Featuring Hal Holbrook
A podcast tour of Elmira, listeners are introduced to the legacies of the Park Church, Woodlawn Cemetery, and Quarry Farm, as well as a cast of characters from the Underground Railroad, Women’s Rights Movement, and, of course, Mark Twain’s in-laws.
The Park Church Culture Into Which Mark Twain Married: An Introduction to “Mark Twain’s Music Box”
A reflection on the influence of Elmira and Park Church upon Mark Twain.
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 […]