Research Catalog

Title

Samuel Langhorne Clemens collection of papers, 1856-1938 bulk (1870-1938).

Author

Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910.

Supplementary Content

Finding aid and digital assets

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907.
• Baxter, Sylvester, 1850-1927.
• Bliss, Elisha.
• Bliss, Francis E. (Francis Edward)
• Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947.
• Cable, George Washington, 1844-1925.
• Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919.
• Chatto, Andrew.
• Clemens, Olivia Langdon, 1845-1904.
• Clemens, Orion, 1825-1897.
• Conway, Moncure Daniel, 1832-1907.
• Doubleday, Frank Nelson, 1862-1934.
• Duneka, Frederick A., -1919.
• Frohman, Charles, 1860-1915.
• Fuller, Franklin.
• Hall, Fred J.
• Howe, W. T. H. (William Thomas Hildrup)
• Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920.
• Larned, J. N. (Josephus Nelson), 1836-1913.
• Johnson, Merle, 1874-1935.
• Lyon, Isabel, 1863-1958.
• Nye, Bill, 1850-1896.
• Osgood, James R. (James Ripley), 1836-1892.
• Paine, Albert Bigelow, 1861-1937.
• Parker, Edwin Pond, 1836-1920.
• Pond, James B. (James Burton), 1838-1903.
• Pond, Ozias W.
• Putnam, George Haven, 1844-1930.
• Redpath, James, 1833-1891.
• Rogers, Henry Huddleston, 1879-1935.
• Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.
• Seaver, Romaine W.
• Sherman, P. Tecumseh (Philemon Tecumseh), 1867-1941.
• Sherman, Thomas Ewing, 1856-1933.
• Spalding, Percy.
• Spofford, Ainsworth Rand, 1825-1908.
• Stoker, Bram, 1847-1912.
• Teller, Charlotte, 1876-
• Ticknor, Benjamin Holt, 1842-1914.
• Underhill, Irving S., 1866-1937.
• Walpole, Hugh, 1884-1941.
• Warner, Charles Dudley, 1829-1900.
• American Publishing Company (Hartford, Conn.)
• Chatto & Windus (Firm)
• American Play Company. fmo

Description

717 items.

Summary

This is a synthetic collection consisting of portraits, pictorial works, manuscripts, typescripts, correspondence, a diary for 1885, a notebook for 1895, portraits, and pictorial works.

Subject

• Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
• Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 > Portraits

Genre/Form

• Correspondence.
• Diaries.
• Notebooks.

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Biography (note)

• Samuel Langhorne Clemens was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist, and literary and social critic. Born on November 30, 1835 he wrote fiction and non-fiction under the pseudonyms Mark Twain, Sieur Louis de Conte, Quentin Curtius Snodgrass, and Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

• Inventory list and card catalog available in repository.

Provenance (note)

• This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources. The bulk of the materials was previously owned by W. T. H. Howe and Owen D. Young. Other materials were previously owned by William Harris Arnold, Margaret Blackmer, the American Play Company, William F. Gable, Alan Norman Mendleson, and Seth Terry.

Processing Action (note)

• Cataloged

Call Number

Berg Coll MSS Clemens

OCLC

NYPW04-A46

Author

Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910.

Title

Samuel Langhorne Clemens collection of papers, 1856-1938 bulk (1870-1938).

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Berg Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Biography

Samuel Langhorne Clemens was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist, and literary and social critic. Born on November 30, 1835 he wrote fiction and non-fiction under the pseudonyms Mark Twain, Sieur Louis de Conte, Quentin Curtius Snodgrass, and Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass.

Provenance

This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources. The bulk of the materials was previously owned by W. T. H. Howe and Owen D. Young. Other materials were previously owned by William Harris Arnold, Margaret Blackmer, the American Play Company, William F. Gable, Alan Norman Mendleson, and Seth Terry.

Indexes

Inventory list and card catalog available in repository.

Local Note

Creation of collection-level record funded with the generous support of the Gladys Kreible Delmas Foundation.

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Finding aid and digital assets

Added Author

Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907.

Baxter, Sylvester, 1850-1927.

Bliss, Elisha.

Bliss, Francis E. (Francis Edward)

Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947.

Cable, George Washington, 1844-1925.

Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919.

Chatto, Andrew.

Clemens, Olivia Langdon, 1845-1904.

Clemens, Orion, 1825-1897.

Conway, Moncure Daniel, 1832-1907.

Doubleday, Frank Nelson, 1862-1934.

Duneka, Frederick A., -1919.

Frohman, Charles, 1860-1915.

Fuller, Franklin.

Hall, Fred J.

Howe, W. T. H. (William Thomas Hildrup)

Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920.

Larned, J. N. (Josephus Nelson), 1836-1913.

Johnson, Merle, 1874-1935.

Lyon, Isabel, 1863-1958.

Nye, Bill, 1850-1896.

Osgood, James R. (James Ripley), 1836-1892.

Paine, Albert Bigelow, 1861-1937.

Parker, Edwin Pond, 1836-1920.

Pond, James B. (James Burton), 1838-1903.

Pond, Ozias W.

Putnam, George Haven, 1844-1930.

Redpath, James, 1833-1891.

Rogers, Henry Huddleston, 1879-1935.

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.

Seaver, Romaine W.

Sherman, P. Tecumseh (Philemon Tecumseh), 1867-1941.

Sherman, Thomas Ewing, 1856-1933.

Spalding, Percy.

Spofford, Ainsworth Rand, 1825-1908.

Stoker, Bram, 1847-1912.

Teller, Charlotte, 1876-

Ticknor, Benjamin Holt, 1842-1914.

Underhill, Irving S., 1866-1937.

Walpole, Hugh, 1884-1941.

Warner, Charles Dudley, 1829-1900.

Arnold, William Harris, 1854-1923. Former owner

Blackmer, Margaret. Former owner

Gable, William F., 1856-1921. Former owner

Howe, W. T. H. (William Thomas Hildrup) Former owner

Mendleson, Alan Norman. Former owner

Terry, Seth Sprague, 1862-1932. Former owner

Young, Owen D., 1874- Former owner

American Publishing Company (Hartford, Conn.)

Chatto & Windus (Firm)

American Play Company. Former owner

Research Call Number

Berg Coll MSS Clemens