There are several references in SLC's notebooks to individuals connected with Cornell. See the indices to vols. 2 and 3 of _Notebooks and Journals_. Best, Sharon -- Digital Publications Manager, Mark Twain Papers & Project http://www.marktwainproject.org/ http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/MTP/ http://twitter.com/mtpo On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 1:11 PM, Hal Bush <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I'm thinking about revising this little memoir of my time at Quarry Farm; > last time there I spent a day at Cornell. (Wow, what a campus!) > > There is a wonderful little video at the Cornell website about his visits > to Ithaca. I wonder if there is more to know, however? The website says > simply: "Mark Twain came to Ithaca twice while visiting nearby Elmira: > once in the summer of 1877 to see friends, and then again in December 1884 > as part of his "Twins of Genius" lecture tour." > > MT did know Andrew Dickson White, the president of Cornell, and others. > White is in the Autobiography. I just wonder if there are other visits, or > if anyone else knows more about Twain in relation to Cornell?? I'm just > curious, only that ... > > If you have never seen this video, it's definitely worth 10 minutes: > > http://www.cornell.edu/video/mark-twains-cornell > > -hb >