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, > > > The only contact I have in those areas is Chris Leckie, on the faculty of t= > he University of Melbourne. It is unlikely that he knows anything personal= > ly, since he is in computer sciences, but if Twain got as far north as Melb= > ourne Chris might know somebody who knows somebody. If you think there's a= > chance he could be helpful, I'll ask him for you. > > > Sam Sackett > > http://samsackett.us > > http://about.me/www.samsackett.com > http://www.amazon.com/author/samsackett > > > -----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 > > > Dear Forum Members, > As some of you know, I have a project going that focuses on Twain=3D92s tri= > p =3D > around the world=3D97the lecture tour that eventuated in Following the Equa= > to=3D > r. I am contemplating a couple of trips following in his footsteps=3D97esp= > ec=3D > 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 areas= > =3D > if you know of any particular archives that may hold unpublished Twain mat= > =3D > erials and/or if there are colleges or universities that you know of that h= > =3D > ave faculty particularly interested in Twain. If I do this trip, would be = > =3D > eager to make contacts among locals. > Thank you for any help you can give me! --Susan Harris > > > > Susan K. Harris > > Hall Professor of American Literature > > University of Kansas > > Author of God's Arbiters: Americans and the Philippines, 1898-1902 > > =20 >