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 > -- Prof. Harold K. Bush Professor of English 3800 Lindell Saint Louis University St. Louis, MO 63108 314-977-3616 (w); 314-771-6795 (h) <www.slu.edu/x23809.xml>