Saint Louis University has an extensive (and largely unmined) archival
collection of Cyril's materials, including a great deal of correspondence
and other documentation regarding the Int'l MT Society.  Here is the
on-line directory:

http://archon.slu.edu/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=66

-hb



On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 11:01 AM, Mark Woodhouse <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> We have some of the records of the International Mark Twain Society here in
> Elmira, passed along to us by Tom Tenney many years ago if I remember
> correctly. I'll have to have a look to jog my memory about what exactly we
> have.
>
> Mark Woodhouse
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 11:48 AM, John Bird <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > I am posting this message on behalf of a researcher in England who said
> > she had trouble posting to the list. Replies should be sent to her, but I
> > am sure we would all like to see them, too. Beginning message:
> >
> > Dear Mark Twain Forum,
> >
> > I'm an academic in England attempting to put together a Collected Letters
> > of G. K. Chesterton.
> >
> > I've discovered that Chesterton was a Vice President of the International
> > Mark Twain Society when it was founded. It seems possible that he
> therefore
> > wrote them at least a couple of letters.
> >
> > However, the International Mark Twain Society is now very hard to find
> any
> > trace of: I have already discovered that it is NOT the American Mark
> Twain
> > Circle. But I can't believe that the International Mark Twain Society
> > simply disappeared with the death of Cyril Clemens (who founded it),  in
> > 1999  - and that all its records were then destroyed.
> >
> > So - do any of you know what became of the International Mark Twain
> > Society and whether it has any archives that I could search?
> >
> > With thanks and best wishes,
> >
> > Dr. Emma Wilson
> > [log in to unmask]
> >
> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > John Bird
> > [log in to unmask]
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Mark Woodhouse
> Technical Services and Archives Librarian
> Gannett-Tripp Library
> Elmira College
> One Park Place
> Elmira NY 14901
> 607 735 1869
>



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