Manuscripts
Samuel Langhorne Clemens collection
- Description
A collection containing manuscripts, letters, drawings, and photocopies of letters. The manuscripts include two fragments from the novel The Gilded Age, an autobiographical short sketch, and two small drawings on Clemens' calling cards. Correspondents in the collection include Clara Clemens, William Dean Howells, Parish B. Johnson, James Ripley Osgood, Ainsworth Rand Spofford, and Elizabeth Wallace.
- Date
- 1867-1910
- Call number
- mssClemenssl
- Provenance
- Acquired by purchase and gift from various sources, specific acquisition information noted on individual folders, 1918-1986.
- Restrictions
- Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
- Rights
- The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
- Associated people
- Clemens, Clara, (1837-1920,)
- Howells, William Dean, (1838-1906,)
- Johnson, Parish B. (1836-1892,)
- Osgood, James R. (1825-1908,)
- Spofford, Ainsworth Rand, (1865-1960,)
- Wallace, Elizabeth,
