Box 1
Container
Contains 38 Results:
"My Uncle, Mark Twain," by Ida Langdon. Chemung Historical Journal, Vol. VI, No. 2, pp. 769-780. Publication of an address by Ida Langdon to Elmira College students and the M.T. Festival Convocation, Oct. 13, 1960. Description of Twain's love and courtship of Olivia Langdon; their marriage; Quarry Farm (Elmira) vacations; the building of the Twain study; writing in the study; family fun; efforts to build an "Adam" statue in Elmira; anecdotes; burial in Elmira. Photos incl. 11 pp., Dec. 1960
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COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
From the Collection:
Papers, which pertain to Samuel Clemens, particularly to his life in Elmira, New York, include letters to Ida Langdon from Henry Nash Smith, Orville Prescott, and others regarding her talks on Twain, gifts of Twain memorabilia to the University of California, certain of Twain's writings, and related subjects; printed items including articles on Twain by his nephew, Jervis Langdon, Miss Langdon, and Smith; program (1960) for the Elmira College Mark Twain Festival and typescripts or...
Dates:
Dec. 1960
Theater program of Hal Holbrook in "Mark Twain Tonight," Peabody Concert Hall, Baltimore. 3 pp., Dec. 1960
Item — Box: 1
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
From the Collection:
Papers, which pertain to Samuel Clemens, particularly to his life in Elmira, New York, include letters to Ida Langdon from Henry Nash Smith, Orville Prescott, and others regarding her talks on Twain, gifts of Twain memorabilia to the University of California, certain of Twain's writings, and related subjects; printed items including articles on Twain by his nephew, Jervis Langdon, Miss Langdon, and Smith; program (1960) for the Elmira College Mark Twain Festival and typescripts or...
Dates:
Dec. 1960
"Lewis and the Runaway," Chemung Historical Journal, Vol. VI, No. 3. The text of a Mark Twain letter, read in Ida Langdon's Oct. 13, 1960 address at Elmira College, but not printed in copy of that address in Dec. 1961 Chemung Historical Journal. 4 pp., Mar. 1961
Item — Box: 1
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
From the Collection:
Papers, which pertain to Samuel Clemens, particularly to his life in Elmira, New York, include letters to Ida Langdon from Henry Nash Smith, Orville Prescott, and others regarding her talks on Twain, gifts of Twain memorabilia to the University of California, certain of Twain's writings, and related subjects; printed items including articles on Twain by his nephew, Jervis Langdon, Miss Langdon, and Smith; program (1960) for the Elmira College Mark Twain Festival and typescripts or...
Dates:
Mar. 1961
Five photographs from the Twain study presentation ceremony.
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Scope and Contents
Included is an enlarged photo of I.L. handing the key to President Perry of the Board of Trustees. Included also is a covering letter from Lewis Eldred, President of Elmira College, dated July 14, 1952.
Dates:
1902-1964.
Paper (?): The Marriage of Julia Olivia, I.L.'s sister, to Edward Eugene Loomis, the Vice-President of the Lackawanna Railroad, on Nov. 29, 1902. A great social affair in Elmira., Nov. 30, 1902
Item — Box: 1
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
From the Collection:
Papers, which pertain to Samuel Clemens, particularly to his life in Elmira, New York, include letters to Ida Langdon from Henry Nash Smith, Orville Prescott, and others regarding her talks on Twain, gifts of Twain memorabilia to the University of California, certain of Twain's writings, and related subjects; printed items including articles on Twain by his nephew, Jervis Langdon, Miss Langdon, and Smith; program (1960) for the Elmira College Mark Twain Festival and typescripts or...
Dates:
Nov. 30, 1902
Date (?) Elmira Daily Advertiser: Description of the above wedding, and mention that Samuel Clemens attended.
Item — Box: 1
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
From the Collection:
Papers, which pertain to Samuel Clemens, particularly to his life in Elmira, New York, include letters to Ida Langdon from Henry Nash Smith, Orville Prescott, and others regarding her talks on Twain, gifts of Twain memorabilia to the University of California, certain of Twain's writings, and related subjects; printed items including articles on Twain by his nephew, Jervis Langdon, Miss Langdon, and Smith; program (1960) for the Elmira College Mark Twain Festival and typescripts or...
Dates:
1902-1964.
"Juvenile Courts." Ida Langdon's address to the Western District Federated Relief Committee, Elmira Daily Advertiser., Nov. 15, 1906
Item — Box: 1
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
From the Collection:
Papers, which pertain to Samuel Clemens, particularly to his life in Elmira, New York, include letters to Ida Langdon from Henry Nash Smith, Orville Prescott, and others regarding her talks on Twain, gifts of Twain memorabilia to the University of California, certain of Twain's writings, and related subjects; printed items including articles on Twain by his nephew, Jervis Langdon, Miss Langdon, and Smith; program (1960) for the Elmira College Mark Twain Festival and typescripts or...
Dates:
Nov. 15, 1906
Review of lecture "Dante as a Poet" by Ida Langdon at Elmira College. Paper?, Dec. 16, 1921
Item — Box: 1
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
From the Collection:
Papers, which pertain to Samuel Clemens, particularly to his life in Elmira, New York, include letters to Ida Langdon from Henry Nash Smith, Orville Prescott, and others regarding her talks on Twain, gifts of Twain memorabilia to the University of California, certain of Twain's writings, and related subjects; printed items including articles on Twain by his nephew, Jervis Langdon, Miss Langdon, and Smith; program (1960) for the Elmira College Mark Twain Festival and typescripts or...
Dates:
Dec. 16, 1921
Review of same. Paper?, Dec. 16, 1921
Item — Box: 1
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
From the Collection:
Papers, which pertain to Samuel Clemens, particularly to his life in Elmira, New York, include letters to Ida Langdon from Henry Nash Smith, Orville Prescott, and others regarding her talks on Twain, gifts of Twain memorabilia to the University of California, certain of Twain's writings, and related subjects; printed items including articles on Twain by his nephew, Jervis Langdon, Miss Langdon, and Smith; program (1960) for the Elmira College Mark Twain Festival and typescripts or...
Dates:
Dec. 16, 1921
Photos and description of the transference of the Twain Study from East Hill to the Elmira College Campus. Newspaper unknown., May 8, 1952
Item — Box: 1
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
From the Collection:
Papers, which pertain to Samuel Clemens, particularly to his life in Elmira, New York, include letters to Ida Langdon from Henry Nash Smith, Orville Prescott, and others regarding her talks on Twain, gifts of Twain memorabilia to the University of California, certain of Twain's writings, and related subjects; printed items including articles on Twain by his nephew, Jervis Langdon, Miss Langdon, and Smith; program (1960) for the Elmira College Mark Twain Festival and typescripts or...
Dates:
May 8, 1952