Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain) Papers, 1889
(Manuscript Collection #446)
Descriptive Summary
| Title: | Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain) Papers |
| Creator: | Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910 |
| Repository: | ECU Manuscript Collection |
| Languages: | English |
| Abstract: | Papers (1889) including framed letter and copy. |
| Extent: | 0.22 Cubic feet, One framed letter and copy. |
Administrative Information
Accessions Information
July 23, 1983, 1 item; Letter (April 10, 1889). Loaned by Ronald W. Hoag, Greenville, N.C., and George W. and Ruth N. Hoag, Needham, Mass.
Access Restrictions
No restrictions
Copyright Notice
Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.
Preferred Citation
Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain) Papers (#446), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
Acquisition Information
- Loaned by Ronald W. Hoag
- Loaned by George W. and Ruth N. Hoag
Processing Information
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Processed by S. Morgan, May 1983
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Encoded by Apex Data Services
Description
On April 10, 1889, Samuel Langhorne Clemens wrote this one-page letter in response to an invitation to speak at the University of Missouri. Walter Williams, founder of the university's journalism school, had attempted to arrange an appearance by Clemens and Henry Watterson, editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal. Clemens, who was living in Hartford, Connecticut, and engaged in several pursuits, declined. Using characteristic humor and knowledge gained during a recent visit to Thomas A. Edison's laboratory in New Jersey, Clemens quipped: "While Watterson, by himself, is a useless carbon loop, & I, by myself, am a useless wire, we are an electric light when we combine."
Subject Headings
Personal/Family names
Topical term
Card Catalog Entries
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Reading Room's card catalog. This system is no longer maintained, but it is left in place to help on-site researchers locate particular topics in the collection.
Geographic Entries :
- Connecticut, Hartford
Autograph Entries :
- Clemens, S[amuel] L[anghorne] 1889
Subject Entries :
- INVENTIONS— Electric Lighting
Preliminary Inventory
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