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Center for Mark Twain Studies

twaincenter@elmira.edu |www.marktwainstudies.org

BOOKSTOREAfter visiting the Study and the Exhibit Room (shown above), be sure to stop by the Elmira College bookstore for gifts and commemorative items centered around Mark Twain’s legacy in Elmira, New York.

THE TROUBLE BEGINS In 1985, the Center for Mark Twain Studies inaugurated The Trouble Begins Lecture Series. The title comes from a handbill advertising Mark Twain’s October 2, 1866 lecture presented at Maguire’s Academy of Music in San Francisco.

The lectures are held in the Fall and Spring of each year, in the barn at Quarry Farm or at Peterson Chapel in Cowles Hall on the Elmira College campus. All lectures are free and open to the public. Visit our website for specific dates.

Discover The Mark Twain Study and Exhibit on the Elmira College Campus

THE STUDYThe Study, designed by Mark Twain's sister-in-law, Susan Crane, originally sat two miles away at Quarry Farm on East Hill, overlooking the Chemung River Valley and the hills of Northern Pennsylvania. It was moved to the Elmira College campus in 1952 so visitors could experience and enjoy the space where Mark Twain wrote his most famous and important works, including The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.

Visiting the Exhibit

THE EXHIBITThe Exhibit Room in Cowles Hall features expansive photographs, historic artifacts from Quarry Farm and the Langdon Mansion, and media highlighting Quarry Farm, the original site of the Mark Twain Study. Follow the directional arrows in the Cowles Hall Rotunda that point to the Exhibit Room.

Experience Quarry FarmVirtual Online Tour & Fellowships

QUARRY FARM VIRTUAL TOURIn accordance with the agreement Elmira College holds with the Langdon family, the house at Quarry Farm is normally open only to Mark Twain scholars. But a new Center for Mark Twain Studies website and online virtual tour now make it possible for the public to take a look inside the home where Twain, and his family, spent many of their summers. Visit: marktwainstudies.org.

QUARRY FARM FELLOWSHIPSQuarry Farm Fellowships are open to any scholar working in any field related to Mark Twain Studies at any career stage. This is a unique opportunity to work on academic or creative projects at Quarry Farm.

Applications are required and can be found on the Center for Mark Twain Studies website.

WEBSITEVisit www.marktwainstudies.org for the virtual tour, Quarry Farm

Fellowships application or information, and other exclusive

Mark Twain content.

HOURSMay 30 through Labor Day

September until mid-October10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.Monday through Friday

Closed on College holidaysWe welcome visitors throughout the year.

In our off-season, please call to schedule a visit.