The Clark Humanities Museum at Scripps College is pleased to host the exhibition “Mark Twain,” on display now through March 14, 2003. This exhibition will incorporate a variety of printed materials drawn from the Special Collections at both Scripps’ Ella Strong Denison Library and the Honnold/Mudd Library of The Claremont Colleges; featured works include rare editions, manuscripts, letters, and photographs based on the American writer’s works. This event is free and open to the public; for more information and exhibition hours, please call 909.607.3606.
Mark Twain, pseudonym for Samuel Clemens, is arguably one of the greatest American writers. He drew on his own life experiences-steamboat pilot, soldier, itinerant newspaper reporter-to create enduring and popular stories and novels with a distinctive American literary voice, full of humor and keen insights into human nature. Curated by Carrie Marsh, Special Collections Librarian at Honnold/Mudd Library, this exhibition focuses on examples of Clemens’ published works, with an emphasis on A Tramp Abroad, for which Honnold/Mudd Library has original manuscript pages. Also on view will be rare editions and special editions of other Twain novels and short stories, manuscripts, news and magazine articles, letters, games, and other materials.