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

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

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Description: 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.
Names: Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 (Associated name); Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910 (Creator)
Dates / Origin: Date Created: 1856 - 1938
Library locations: Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature; Shelf locator: Berg Coll MSS Clemens
Topics: Authors, American; Novelists, American
Genres: Manuscripts; Typescripts; Documents; Correspondence; Photographs; Prints
Notes: Funding: Creation of collection-level record funded with the generous support of the Gladys Kreible Delmas Foundation.; Funding: Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.; Biographical/historical: 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.
Physical Description: Extent: 717 items.
Type of Resource: Text
Identifiers: NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15893396; RLIN/OCLC: NYPW04-A46; MSS Unit ID: 19174; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): eaa9d570-c6bf-012f-0446-58d385a7bc34