In response to Dr. Bush's inquiry about Mark Twain's friendship with James Whitcomb Riley. From: Gretchen Sharlow Director, Elmira College Center for Mark Twain Studies Mary Boewe has done work on Mark Twain and James Whitcomb Riley. She presented a lecture at the Elmira College Center for Mark Twain Studies on October 9, 1996, entitled :Mark Twain and James Whitcomb Riley" Tracing a Literary Friendship." Also her article 'On Stage and Off with James Whitcomb Riley and Mark Twain" can be found in TRACES, a publication of the Indiana Historical Society, of Indiana and Midwestern History, Fall 1995, vol 7 #4.