Dear Susan, Are you familiar with Miriam Jones Shillingsburg's book, At Home Abroad: Mark Twain in Australasia? It's an excellent resource about his travels there. See you this August in Elmira. Best wishes, Gretchen ---- "Harris wrote: > Dear Sam, > > I would very much appreciate your asking your friend. Twain actually spent = > a lot of time in Melbourne. Thank you! -- susan > > Sent from my iPad > > On Apr 10, 2013, at 9:23 AM, "Sam Sackett" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > Dear Dr. Harris, > >=20 > >=20 > > The only contact I have in those areas is Chris Leckie, on the faculty of= > t=3D > > he University of Melbourne. It is unlikely that he knows anything person= > al=3D > > ly, since he is in computer sciences, but if Twain got as far north as Me= > lb=3D > > ourne Chris might know somebody who knows somebody. If you think there's= > a=3D > > chance he could be helpful, I'll ask him for you. > >=20 > >=20 > > Sam Sackett > >=20 > > http://samsackett.us > >=20 > > http://about.me/www.samsackett.com > > http://www.amazon.com/author/samsackett > >=20 > >=20 > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Harris, Susan Kumin <[log in to unmask]> > > To: TWAIN-L <[log in to unmask]> > > Sent: Tue, Apr 9, 2013 8:49 pm > > Subject: Following the Equator Trip > >=20 > >=20 > > Dear Forum Members, > > As some of you know, I have a project going that focuses on Twain=3D3D92s= > tri=3D > > p =3D3D > > around the world=3D3D97the lecture tour that eventuated in Following the = > Equa=3D > > to=3D3D > > r. I am contemplating a couple of trips following in his footsteps=3D3D9= > 7esp=3D > > ec=3D3D > > ially to Australia and New Zealand (and maybe Tasmania), and to India. > > I am writing to ask those of you who may be knowledgeable about these are= > as=3D > > =3D3D > > if you know of any particular archives that may hold unpublished Twain ma= > t=3D > > =3D3D > > erials and/or if there are colleges or universities that you know of that= > h=3D > > =3D3D > > ave faculty particularly interested in Twain. If I do this trip, would b= > e =3D > > =3D3D > > eager to make contacts among locals. > > Thank you for any help you can give me! --Susan Harris > >=20 > >=20 > >=20 > > Susan K. Harris > >=20 > > Hall Professor of American Literature > >=20 > > University of Kansas > >=20 > > Author of God's Arbiters: Americans and the Philippines, 1898-1902 > >=20 > > =3D20 > >=20