Barb, that's intriguing -- the idea that it was Susy who "wanted to change the spelling to Susy." I've either forgotten, or never heard, that. Just wondering -- does anyone recall when, and why, she changed it to "Susy"? I will mention that everything during and after college and illness and death, it's always, I think, spelled Susy. -hb On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 10:18 AM, Barbara Schmidt <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Alan, > > Yes, the family really wrote it both ways -- Susy/Susie. " Record of > the Small Foolishnesses" spells it Susie. At some point in time > Olivia Susan Clemens (referred to by the family in early letters, > notes, etc. as Susie) wanted to change the spelling to Susy. That is > how her manuscript of the biography of her father "Mark Twain" is > presented. Throughout "Small Foolishnesses," it is rendered as Susie. > > Barb > -- 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>