Mark Twain and Youth Symposium

Elmira College and Quarry Farm, October 7–9, 2016

Celebrating the release of Mark Twain and Youth: Studies in His Life and Writings, edited by Kevin Mac Donnell and R. Kent Rasmussen (Bloomsbury, 2016)

Photos by Mark Dawidziak, Joseph Lemak, Kevin Mac Donnell, John Pascal, Kent Rasmussen, Taylor Roberts, and Irene Wong

 Click here for video slideshow by Irene Wong, Mark Twain Journal

Friday

Jon Clinch and Kent Rasmussen in front of Mark Twain’s octagonal study

Opening reception at Meier Hall, Elmira College

Wendy Clinch and Lucy Rollin

Patrick Ober and Geof Williams

Janeen Sheehe and Joseph Lemak

Charlie Mitchell (Professor of American Studies and Dean of Faculty at Elmira College)

Kent Rasmussen and David Sloane

Joseph Csicsila and Peter Messent

Ronald Jenn

Mark Dawidziak and Gretchen Sharlow

Kevin Mac Donnell, Jon Clinch and Matthew Seybold

Meier Hall

Saturday

Autumn view at Quarry Farm

The Barn at Quarry Farm

Joseph Csicsila decodes puzzling sketch from the back of one of the manuscript pages of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Peter Messent on The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Hugh Davis on The Prince and the Pauper

David Sloane moderates the "Writings" panel with (left to right) Ronald Jenn, Hugh Davis, Joseph Csicsila and Peter Messent

Bosco joins the audience

Mark Dawidziak on Mark Twain and the movies

John Pascal on teaching Mark Twain

Andrew Levy on Mark Twain and American identity

Summary and response by Holger Kersten

Taylor Roberts and Alan Gribben after the talks

Closing thoughts and toast by Kevin Mac Donnell

Sunday

Kent Rasmussen and Mark Dawidziak

John and Patty Pascal and Taylor Roberts

Donna and Kevin Mac Donnell

Now and then: Recreating a scene from Elmira 1997