I want to echo what others have said. When I attended the first Clemens
Conference, Henry really went above and beyond to make everyone feel
welcome and to make it a memorable experience for Twain scholars.

Thank you for all you've done for Hannibal and the Boyhood Home, Henry!


Dr. Nathaniel Williams
Author: Gears and God: Technocratic Fiction, Faith, and Empire in Mark
Twain's America <http://www.uapress.ua.edu/product/Gears-and-God,6823.aspx>
University Writing Program
University of California, Davis
363 Voorhies
Davis, CA 95616
http://writing.ucdavis.edu/



On Wed, Jul 3, 2019 at 5:54 AM tim champlin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> If the word "gentleman" was not invented for Henry Sweets, it should have
> been.
> Tim Champlin
>
> > On July 2, 2019 at 11:16 AM MARK DAWIDZIAK <[log in to unmask]
> mailto:[log in to unmask] > wrote:
> >
> >
> >     Hannibal and the Mark Twain community couldn't have asked for a
> better presence in the pilot house. Henry not only knew the shape of the
> river, he knew how to recognize the constant changes and then navigate the
> best course allowing for those changes (see John Bird's comments). Best
> news is that Hannibal isn't losing this endlessly generous source of wisdom
> and advice, with Henry staying on board as curator. He has been and will
> continue to be a wonderful, ever-welcoming ambassador for Mark Twain's
> hometown and Mark Twain studies. And as John also aptly said, few have ever
> embodied their last name in such grand fashion. Happy retirement, Henry.
> >
> >     On Tuesday, July 2, 2019, 10:15:22 AM EDT, Bird, John C. <
> [log in to unmask] mailto:[log in to unmask] > wrote:
> >
> >     Henry Sweets has done such a great job with the Mark Twain Boyhood
> Home and Museum. The transformations in the last couple of decades have
> been very important, especially incorporating into the story the history of
> slavery in Twain’s life and works. In addition, Henry is one of the nicest
> people you will ever meet—certainly aptly named! I look forward to seeing
> Henry later this month at the Clemens Conference, where many of us can
> thank him in person.
> >
> >
> >
> >     John Bird
> >     Winthrop University
> >
> >
> >
> >     Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for
> Windows 10
> >
> >
> >
> >     From: Hal Bush<mailto:[log in to unmask] mailto:[log in to unmask] >
> >     Sent: Tuesday, July 2, 2019 8:20 AM
> >     To: [log in to unmask] mailto:[log in to unmask] <mailto:
> [log in to unmask] mailto:[log in to unmask] >
> >     Subject: Kudos & thanks to Henry Sweets!
> >
> >
> >
> >     Henry is stepping down at the end of 2019; 42 years working for and
> then leading the MTM in Hannibal:  well done young man!
> >
> >
> >
> https://www.therolladailynews.com/news/20190701/mark-twain-museum-announces-search-for-new-executive-director?fbclid=IwAR3qxjklt6SbpuMMoGwerPBCC7KE4dYZJebblNTr09Nu2QrdAlhCB1-G8wc
> >
> >     [
> https://www.therolladailynews.com/storyimage/MO/20190701/NEWS/190709937/AR/0/AR-190709937.jpg
> ]<
> https://www.therolladailynews.com/news/20190701/mark-twain-museum-announces-search-for-new-executive-director?fbclid=IwAR3qxjklt6SbpuMMoGwerPBCC7KE4dYZJebblNTr09Nu2QrdAlhCB1-G8wc
> >
> >     Mark Twain Museum announces search for new executive director<
> https://www.therolladailynews.com/news/20190701/mark-twain-museum-announces-search-for-new-executive-director?fbclid=IwAR3qxjklt6SbpuMMoGwerPBCC7KE4dYZJebblNTr09Nu2QrdAlhCB1-G8wc
> >
> >     www.therolladailynews.com<http://www.therolladailynews.com>
> >     Executive Director of the Mark Twain Museum, Henry Sweets, is
> stepping down from his position on Dec. 31, 2019, ending his full-time work
> for the Museum
> >
> >
> >
> >     Dr. Hal Bush
> >
> >     Dept. of English
> >
> >     Saint Louis University
> >
> >     [log in to unmask] mailto:[log in to unmask]
> >
> >     314-977-3616
> >
> >     http://halbush.com
> >
> >     author website:  halbush.com
> >
>