I really appreciated the link to the Mark Twain Papers past. I didn't realize that Fred Anderson became the Chief Editor in 1964. I came to Berkeley for my PHd in 1965, mainly because of the Mark Twain riches there, and very soon asked to see the first scrapbook which Fred himself delivered to a reading room. I got very excited by what I found inside and made some remark about how wonderful that was and never forgot his remark. "All surprises aren't good ones." And later, when I had to drop out because my mother had a stroke and I had to take care of her, when I went to close out my apt in January, I saw him and he remarked, "You don't have to have a degree to write a book." As it happens, I didin't get back there until 1978!!! He became my only experience of having a mentor. Broke my heart when I came back from spending some time back in Sacramento only to learn he had died! Oh, another remark I remember. I came back from a weekend at home and told him I'd had a dream about Mark Twain. He said, "What did he say?" I attended a talk Bob Hirst gave to a class before he became the next Chief Editor. I think he has now lasted longer than anybody. So glad the Mark Twain Project exists. Arianne Laidlaw On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 7:57 AM, Kevin Mac Donnell <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Bradley's recollection may be a conflation of Hal Holbrook's meeting with > Clara on April 12, 1961, a date proven by a letter I have from Clara, and > Laura Trombley's own work with the papers. I don't think Clara and Nina were > living together in Hollywood either; Nina was all over the place and they > were estranged a good deal of the time. Twain's papers were already pretty > well sorted by the time Hal Holbrook and Clara met each other, and long > before Trombley did her research there. For an accurate history of how > Twain's paper came to rest at the Mark Twain Paper & Project at the Bancroft > Library click this link (or paste it into your browser if it's not a live > link by the time it appears in the MT Forum, as sometimes happens: > > http://www.marktwainproject.org/about_projecthistory.shtml > > Hope this is helpful. > > Kevin > @ > Mac Donnell Rare Books > 9307 Glenlake Drive > Austin TX 78730 > 512-345-4139 > Member: ABAA, ILAB > ************************* > You may browse our books at: > www.macdonnellrarebooks.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Arianela . > Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2016 11:55 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Mark Twain Tonight > > I think Clara's papers were the underpinnings of all that is now at > the University of California at Berkeley library Mark Twain Project > offices. > The first editor of the project befriended Clara and scored for > Berkeley. Yale would have been a more logical repository, but I'm so > grateful that her collection ended up here in California. > Arianne Laidlaw > > > On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 4:24 PM, Bradley Williams > <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> At a lecture a few years ago given by Laura Trombley, author of MARK >> TWAIN'= >> S OTHER WOMAN, I recall her telling a story about Clara and her daughter >> li= >> ving in Hollywood/Los Angeles, where she still kept many of her father's >> pa= >> pers. A young college student was hired to help organize the papers--his >> n= >> ame Hal Holbrook. >> >> >> Brad Williams >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Mark Twain Forum <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Michael MacBride >> <mi= >> [log in to unmask]> >> Sent: Monday, November 30, 2015 12:28:11 PM >> To: [log in to unmask] >> Subject: Re: Mark Twain Tonight >> >> re: Google featuring Mark Twain. >> >> They did actually (back in 2011), but it's been a while. I only remember >> because when a friend of mine started at Google (in 2007), I made him pass >> on the suggestion. And, when they finally did honor Twain, my buddy sent >> me >> an email saying, "well, it took 4 years or so, but there you go..." >> >> http://www.google.com/doodles/mark-twains-176th-birthday >> >> Best, >> >> Michael >> >> On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 2:16 PM, Arianela . <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >>> Come to think of it, I'm shocked that Google hasn't featured Mark >>> Twain on his birthday. What's wrong with them? >>> Arianne Laidlaw >>> PS I gave a talk recently at my local book Collector's club just as I >>> did last year, also in November. They've decided to have a Mark Twain >>> night each year. They produced a wonderful little book giving >>> transcriptions of talks we gave last year. After my longer one, >>> anyone could get up and talk for five minutes. What is surprising is >>> how interesting everybody was so the book is a gem. Editors included >>> lots of photographs and informative links. I think Mark Twain schools >>> would find it fascinated. One photo features one of those here in >>> Sacramento, photoshopping its frog logo into a larger version on the >>> school's sidewalk. One guy talked about an accidental trip to Elmira >>> so that he saw Mark Twain's grave. The editors added photos and I >>> learned something I didn't know. That the TALL marker is two fathoms >>> tall, Mark Twain. >>> >>> Arianne Laidlaw >>> >>> On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 6:05 AM, Terry Ballard <[log in to unmask]> >>> wrote: >>> > I had read that Holbrook was vetted not only by Clara, but by Isabel >>> Lyons. >>> > If true, that means that Holbrook's voice is the nearest thing we will >>> ever >>> > have to a recording of Twain. PS, Happy birthday, Mark Twain. You are >>> > 1= >> 80 >>> > and your words are as inspiring as ever to people living in this >>> > troubl= >> ed >>> > world. >>> > >>> > On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 12:38 AM, Susan Bailey < >>> [log in to unmask]> >>> > wrote: >>> > >>> >> Carl, when I saw him last year at Hartford I was so engrossed in his >>> >> performance that I thought I was seeing Twain on the stage. He is a >>> >> magnificent actor. In the scene where he falls asleep in the chair, I >>> was >>> >> just hoping one of the stage hands would wake him up! >>> >> >>> >> I know he met with Clara once and I believe she was ill at the time. >>> >> = >> I >>> >> think her second husband, Jacques Samossoud set it up. >>> >> >>> >> In the fall of 1965, a few months before she died in January 1966, >>> >> Nin= >> a >>> saw >>> >> his show at least once when he was playing in the desert near Los >>> Angeles. >>> >> >>> >> Susan Bailey >>> >> Co author >>> >> The Twain Shall Meet >>> >> < >>> >> >>> http://www.amazon.com/Twain-Shall-Meet-Granddaughter-Gabrilowitsch/dp/149= >> 9799497/ref=3Dsr_1_1/191-7847938-3534132?ie=3DUTF8&qid=3D1415889321&sr=3D8-= >> 1&keywords=3Dthe+twain+shall+meet+susan+bailey >>> >> > >>> >> Twain Page <https://www.facebook.com/marktwainsgranddaughter> >>> >> www.marktwainonline.com<http://www.marktwainonline.com> >>> >> Greenville, SC >>> >> >>> >> On Sun, Nov 29, 2015 at 7:43 PM, Carl J. Chimi <[log in to unmask]> >>> >> wrote= >> : >>> >> >>> >> > Folks, >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > The other day I watched an old Dirty Harry movie, Magnum Force, >>> wherein >>> >> Hal >>> >> > Holbrook plays a crooked cop. That made me realize that I haven't >>> >> > ev= >> er >>> >> seen >>> >> > his 1967 taped production of Mark Twain Tonight. I saw him perform >>> >> > = >> it >>> >> live >>> >> > in Boston when I was young, in 1973 and maybe 1979. I remember >>> >> > bein= >> g >>> >> > mesmerized and thrilled to see a live representation of my hero on a >>> >> stage. >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > I downloaded and watched the 1967 Mark Twain Tonight just now. I >>> >> > wa= >> s >>> >> blown >>> >> > away with how good Hal Holbrook was. The makeup was amazing for >>> >> > 196= >> 7; >>> >> > although he doesn't look exactly like the 70-year-old Mark Twain, >>> >> > hi= >> s >>> own >>> >> > Hal Holbrook look seems to nearly disappear within the Mark Twain >>> >> persona. >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > Even when he was recreating well known stories such as The Golden >>> Arm, he >>> >> > still managed to completely hold my short little span of attention >>> >> > b= >> y >>> his >>> >> > use of unexpected sounds and voices, and with his impeccable timing. >>> His >>> >> > take on Jim Blaine was just hilarious, and somehow made me feel it >>> >> > i= >> s >>> a >>> >> > quintessential American story. His more serious remarks were well >>> chosen >>> >> > for 1967 and for any time after that, too. >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > In short, a true masterpiece of acting. >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > Does anyone know if Clara or her daughter ever saw Holbrook perform >>> Mark >>> >> > Twain? >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > Regards, >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > Carl >>> >> > >>> >> >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > -- >>> > >>> > >>> > Terry Ballard >>> > Author and Leisure Studies Manager >>> > http://www.terryballard.org >>> > Author of the book "Google this" http://googlethis.com >>> > <http://googlethisforlibraries.com/> >>> > >>> > "My memory has a mind of its own." >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Arianne Laidlaw A '58 >>> > > > > -- > Arianne Laidlaw A '58 -- Arianne Laidlaw A '58