First, a rousing "looking good" for the new website.Second, a hearty second to Taylor's praise for Joe Lemak and his team's mighty efforts to make the Mark Twain and Youth Symposium a wonderful success on all fronts. The August 2017 gathering is in great hands. On Tuesday, October 11, 2016 11:28 AM, Steve Hoffman <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Very nice! -Steve Hoffman Takoma Park MD On 10/11/2016 10:23 AM, Connie Ann Kirk wrote: > Beautiful! Thank you for your work on this resource! ~Connie > > > > On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 10:04 AM, Joseph Lemak <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> 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> >> > >