I looked many years ago, and that was the only 2 times he visited. Jules who lives in Ithaca, near cornell u. :) -----Original Message----- From: Mark Twain Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Hal Bush Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2015 4:40 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: MT @ Cornell? ps: I should also mention as well the irony of the fact that the website refers to the "Twins of Genius," considering the recent kerfuffle. . . . -hb On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 3:11 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 > > > -- > 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> > -- 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>