Clemens, S.L. mss., 1867-1944
Summary Information
Repository
Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
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Creator
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.
TitleClemens, S.L. mss., 1867-1944
Collection No.
LMC 2433
Extent
70 items
Language
Materials are in English.
Abstract
The Clemens, S.L. mss., 1867-1944,
consist of correspondence and other materials of Samuel L. Clemens, better known as
the author Mark Twain.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Biographical Note
Clemens, 1835-1910, was an American author and humorist best known for his novel
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel,
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
(1885).
Arrangement
The collection is organized into the following series: I. Correspondence; II.
Writings.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondents include: Norman Hapgood, George Brinton McCleelan Harvey, Merle
Johnson, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Melville Elijah Stone, and Charles Henry Webb.
Writings and accompanying materials include manuscripts for "The Quaker city holy excursion, chapter 36 of The gilded
age";
A Tramp Abroad, Sunrise on Mount Rigi, chapter 29;
Following the equator, unpublished portion of chapter 51; a note and seven
photographs of Clemens depicting "the progress of a moral purpose through the mind
of the human race's Oldest Friend," Aug. 1906; two autograph signatures written in
blottentot; and brief notes.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Acquired: 2011
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Photocopying permitted only with permission of the Curator of Manuscripts, Lilly
Library.
Preferred Citation
[Item], Clemens, S.L. mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington,
Indiana.
Processing InformationProcessed by Staff.
Completed in 2013
Series:
Box 1
I. Correspondence.
Some folders may include accompanying materials.
1882, Dec. 14. Clemens,
Samuel Langhorne to Woodford, Stewart Lyndon
1893, Aug. 5. Clemens,
Samuel Langhorne to Chatto & Windus
1897, Apr. 14. Clemens,
Samuel Langhorne to MacAlister, Mr.
(typescript)
1898, Aug. 30. Clemens,
Samuel Langhorne to Mr. Harper
1901, May 21. Clemens,
Samuel Langhorne to Robt. H. Ingersoll & Bro.
1907, Jul. 29. Clemens,
Samuel Langhorne to Mr. Parsons
1922, Dec. 15. Paine,
Albert to Johnson, Merle
1944, Oct. 4. Shrimplin,
W.B. to Indiana Historical Society
Undated.
Clemens, Samuel Langhorne. Fragment...of a comment on people...telling
jokes
Undated.
Two autograph signatures, blottentot style, with photograph
Undated.
Clemens, Samuel Langhorne to Stedmund, Edmund Clarence
Series:
No Box 1
II. Writings.
A Tramp Abroad, by Mark Twain. Chapter
29:
"Sunrise on Mount Rigi."
1880
Autograph Manuscript. (bound)
A Tramp Abroad, by Mark Twain. Chapter
29:
"Sunrise on Mount Rigi."
Typescript.
The Gilded Age, by Mark Twain.
Chapter 36. [1873]
Holograph Manuscript.
The Gilded Age, by Mark Twain.
Chapter 36.
Typescript.
"The Progress of a Moral
Purpose." Autograph Note with Seven Photographs. 1906
"Following the Equator."
Chapter 51 (unpublished portion). 1897
The Quaker City: Holy Land Excursion,
an unfinished play by Mark Twain. 1867. (Privately Printed: 1927.)