That's great! Thanks a lot. Tim Champlin----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph Lemak" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2016 10:04 AM Subject: A New Website for the Center for Mark Twain Studies > Dear Twain Community, > > I am proud to announce that the Elmira College Center for Mark Twain > Studies has a new official website. The focus of the website is > everything > and anything related to the study of Mark Twain, his literature, his > times, > his family, his associates, and his reception. > > The address is www.marktwainstudies.org > > The editor-in-chief of the website is Dr. Matthew Seybold, Assistant > Professor of American Literature and Mark Twain Studies at Elmira College. > He will be writing a blog which will give you CMTS announcements of > lectures, new archival acquisitions, conference/symposium updates, and > anything else Twain-related. > > While just in its nascent stages, the website will eventually contain > almost all of the material from the Elmira College Mark Twain Archives > digital form, including the Quarry Farm Mark Twain marginalia, all > historic > photographs, and all of our various archival collections. We want this to > become a useful tool for both researchers and teachers of Mark Twain > studies. > > One of our most exciting projects is a virtual tour of Quarry Farm. We > have some 360 degree images of Quarry Farm currently up, but hope to have > the entire historic complex available to you in the near future. > > Finally, the website will contain past audio lectures of "The Trouble > Begins at Eight" lecture series (some dating back to the early 1980's), > past conference and symposium programs, teaching resources for the > classroom, and "fictional" updates about Quarry Farm residents from Steve > Webb, the Quarry Farm Caretaker, just to name a few of the things to come. > > The CMTS website strives to be a communal place for all Twain scholars and > teachers. If you ever want to make an announcement about anything Twain > occuring in your community, if you want to promote your book, if you want > to announce a lecture or special event at your school, please let us know > and we would be more than happy to post it on the website. > > Please bookmark www.marktwainstudies.org and let us know what you think! > > Take care, > Joe Lemak > > Dr. Joseph Lemak > Director of the Center for Mark Twain Studies > Elmira College > The Rose Office, Cowles Hall > (607) 735-1941 > > Elmira College Center for Mark Twain Studies > <http://www.marktwainstudies.org>