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Manuscripts
This collection contains 104 letters from American author Samuel Clemens (also known as Mark Twain) to his friend and confidante Mary J. Mason Fairbanks. In addition, there are also single letters from Clemens to Fairbanks's husband Abel Whitmore Fairbanks (HM 14232) and the Fairbanks's children Charles Mason Fairbanks (HM 14317), and Mary Paine Fairbanks Robinson (HM 14292). The collection also includes one letter to Mrs. Fairbanks from Olivia Langdon Clemens (HM 14262). The letters from Samuel Clemens to Mary Fairbanks are often addressed to "Dear mother," and signed "Mark," or, occasionally, "Your son."
mssHM 14219-14325
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Rare Books
United States map illustrated with important happenings in the life of Mark Twain surrounded by scenes from the movie starring Fredric March and Alexis Smith and a picture of the Mark Twain Memorial in Hannibal, Missouri.
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Visual Materials
Image of an advertisement for Harper's magazine March 1898 issue featuring a bust-length portrait of Mark Twain.
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Visual Materials
Image of Mark Twain in a white suit smoking a pipe.
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Visual Materials
A half-length portrait of a seated Michael O'Laughlin, a suspect in the investigation of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, in custody on the monitor U.S.S. Saugus. He is facing slightly to his right, his hands in his lap.
photCL 445 (93)
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Manuscripts
A collection of correspondence, photocopies, printed material, and ephemera; the material is related to the International Mark Twain Society and the Clemens family. The correspondence includes typewritten letters from Arthur H. Chamberlain, editor of Overland Monthly/Out West magazine; the majority of the correspondence consists of photocopies of letters from famous people including Winston Churchill, Robert Frost, Gerald Ford, and Ernest Hemingway, as well as photocopies of letters from Clara Clemens, Olivia Clemens, and Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain). The ephemera includes printed material, photocopies, article offprints, magazines, and newspaper clippings about Mark Twain, Cyril Clemens, and Robert J. Burdette.
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