I apologize- MY mistake!!!!
Martin Zehr

--- On Thu, 11/29/12, Martin D. Zehr <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

From: Martin D. Zehr <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: CFP RMMLA
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: Thursday, November 29, 2012, 11:26 AM

Jules,=A0 I've been corresponding with John Pascal about this conference, a=
nd would like to submit a proposal.=A0 Specifically, I'd like to make a pre=
sentation with a focus on a long-neglected "western" residence of Clemens, =
the house where he was born and lived the first four years of his life in F=
lorida, Missouri.=A0 The house still stands and is well preserved inside th=
e museum, about thirty miles west of Hannibal.=A0 It is certainly symbolic =
of Twain's "country" origins, not to mention the fact that most of Florida'=
s first settlers were, like the Clemens and Quarles families, form slave-ho=
lding Virginia, Tennessee and Kentucky.=A0 Also, the fact that even after m=
oving to Hannibal, Sammy spent many summers on the Florida farm of his uncl=
e, where he witnessed firsthand the life of the southern farm slave, includ=
ing Uncle Dan'l.

I realize some might not consider this one of Clemens's=A0 "western" reside=
nces, but it was certainly part of the "west" at the time Sammy lived there=
, when anything west of the Mississippi was more or less wilderness.=A0 Als=
o, I think that, aside from Twainiacs, few people are even aware of the Flo=
rida house or Florida as Clemens's birthplace.

I have a number of photos I could use to supplement such presentation and, =
since I'm on the Board of Directors of the Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Muse=
um in Hannibal, I should have ready access to the archives in Hannibal and =
Florida regarding the house and Sammy's years in and around Florida.

Let me know what you think.
Thanks,
Martin Zehr
Kansas City

--- On Wed, 11/21/12, JULES AUSTIN HOJNOWSKI <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

From: JULES AUSTIN HOJNOWSKI <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: CFP RMMLA
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: Wednesday, November 21, 2012, 10:23 AM

Good morning Twain friends :)

Just wanted to let you know that my special session for RMMLA was approved!

Here is the CFP:

CALL FOR PAPERS

Mark Twain Panel
Ms. Jules A. Hojnowski
Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association Conference
October 10-12, 2013=3D20
Vancouver, WASHINGTON (across the Columbia River from Portland, Oregon - fl=
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y into PDX!) at the Hilton Vancouver Washington


Mark Twain
The Western Residences of Mark Twain: Found in Fact or Fiction
This panel is focusing on Mark Twain's "Residences" out west, converging on=
=3D
 experiences or relationships while in that residence.=A0 Residences could =
in=3D
clude a friend's home, an apartment, a room in a hotel or even a tent.=A0 T=
hi=3D
s could include works written by Mark Twain, or other authors writing about=
=3D
 him.

This session invites academic papers, multi-media, or digital pieces on any=
=3D
 aspect of Mark Twain's "home" while he was in the west. =3D20
By March 1, 2013, email or regular mail 300-word abstracts with the requisi=
=3D
te information as noted in the RMMLA call for papers guidelines,=A0 http://=
rm=3D
mla.wsu.edu/conferences/presenters.asp

to Mrs. Jules A. Hojnowski, at [log in to unmask] or 1690 Trumansburg Rd, It=
=3D
haca, NY 14850

I am doing this panel in RMMLA, because there is one in SAMLA for the east =
=3D
coast people, and I know there are MANY Twain people on the west coast, who=
=3D
 can't get to the east coast, so I like to give them equal opportunity to p=
=3D
resent.=A0 I would love to make this panel a permanent one someday, and I h=
el=3D
p at the conference every year, because it is an awesome conference :)

I'll post this once a month, until I get enough papers for it :)

For the new people on this list or new to conferences in general, there is =
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a membership fee AND a registration fee, that must be paid to present.=A0 I=
t =3D
is not much, but there is one, so be sure that it can be paid before asking=
=3D
 to be on the panel.

Thank you so much!
Jules