First, a rousing "looking good" for the new website.Second, a hearty second to Taylor's praise for Joe Lemak and his team's mighty efforts to make the Mark Twain and Youth Symposium a wonderful success on all fronts. The August 2017 gathering is in great hands. 

    On Tuesday, October 11, 2016 11:28 AM, Steve Hoffman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
 

 Very nice!
-Steve Hoffman

Takoma Park MD


On 10/11/2016 10:23 AM, Connie Ann Kirk wrote:
> Beautiful!  Thank you for your work on this resource!  ~Connie
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> On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 10:04 AM, Joseph Lemak <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> Dear Twain Community,
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>> I am proud to announce that the Elmira College Center for Mark Twain
>> Studies has a new official website.  The focus of the website is everything
>> and anything related to the study of Mark Twain, his literature, his times,
>> his family, his associates, and his reception.
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>> The address is www.marktwainstudies.org
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>> The editor-in-chief of the website is Dr. Matthew Seybold, Assistant
>> Professor of American Literature and Mark Twain Studies at Elmira College.
>> He will be writing a blog which will give you CMTS announcements of
>> lectures, new archival acquisitions, conference/symposium updates, and
>> anything else Twain-related.
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>> While just in its nascent stages, the website will eventually contain
>> almost all of the material from the Elmira College Mark Twain Archives
>> digital form, including the Quarry Farm Mark Twain marginalia, all historic
>> photographs, and all of our various archival collections.  We want this to
>> become a useful tool for both researchers and teachers of Mark Twain
>> studies.
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>> One of our most exciting projects is a virtual tour of Quarry Farm.  We
>> have some 360 degree images of Quarry Farm currently up, but hope to have
>> the entire historic complex available to you in the near future.
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>> Finally, the website will contain past audio lectures of "The Trouble
>> Begins at Eight" lecture series (some dating back to the early 1980's),
>> past conference and symposium programs, teaching resources for the
>> classroom, and "fictional" updates about Quarry Farm residents from Steve
>> Webb, the Quarry Farm Caretaker, just to name a few of the things to come.
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>> The CMTS website strives to be a communal place for all Twain scholars and
>> teachers.  If you ever want to make an announcement about anything Twain
>> occuring in your community, if you want to promote your book, if you want
>> to announce a lecture or special event at your school, please let us know
>> and we would be more than happy to post it on the website.
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>> Please bookmark www.marktwainstudies.org and let us know what you think!
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>> Take care,
>> Joe Lemak
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>> Dr. Joseph Lemak
>> Director of the Center for Mark Twain Studies
>> Elmira College
>> The Rose Office, Cowles Hall
>> (607) 735-1941
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>> Elmira College Center for Mark Twain Studies
>> <http://www.marktwainstudies.org>
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