Elmira College Center for Mark Twain Studies
at Quarry Farm
presents a
SPRING LECTURE SERIES
Wednesday, March 24, 1993
8:00 P.M. at Quarry Farm
Professor Lawrence I. Berkove of the University of
Michigan at Dearborn will speak on _The Ethical Records
of Twain and his Circle of Old West Journalists_.
Professor Berkove is the author of numerous books and
articles about Mark Twain and his circle of "old west
journalists," in particular, Dan DeQuille and Ambrose
Bierce. He is the author of seventeen entries for the
forthcoming _Mark Twain Encyclopedia_.
Wednesday, April 21, 1993
8:00 P.M. at Quarry Farm
Professor Miriam J. Shillingsburg, Associate Vice
President of Academic Affairs of Mississippi State
University, will present an illustrated talk on _Mark
Twain in the Antipodes_ under the auspices of the
Center's Distinguished Academic Visitors program.
Professor Shillingsburg is the author of numerous
scholarly articles and books including, _At Home Abroad:
Mark Twain in Australasia_.
Wednesday, May 5, 1993
8:00 P.M. at Quarry Farm
Professor Alice Hall Petry of the Rhode Island School of
Design at Providence, RI will speak on _Cable, Twain, and
the South_. The author of numerous scholarly books and
articles, Professor Petry's presentation will deal
primarily with the joint appearances of George Washington
Cable and Mark Twain on the lecture platform as well as
with their mutual interests such as Southern folklore,
racial issues, and social reform.
Wednesday, May 19, 1993
8:00 P.M. at Quarry Farm
Professor Joseph B. McCullough of the University of
Nevada at Las Vegas will speak on _Mark Twain's Many
Faces of Eve_ under the auspices of the Center's
Distinguished Academic Visitors program. Professor
McCullough is currently at work with Howard Baetzhold on
an edition entitled _The Bible According to Mark Twain:
Writings on Heaven, Eden and the Flood_.
Quarry Farm is located on Crane Road which can be reached from
East Avenue or Lattabrook Road. Please reserve your seat by
calling 735-1804.
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