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Ida Langdon's speech, presenting Twain study to Elmira College. Miss Langdon recalls a day when Mark Twain invited children in to hear and criticize The Prince and the Pauper, which he was then writing. I.L. mentions the many well-behaved people who visited the study, but the difficulty of preserving it from "nature" and "human nature." The Elmira College site was the only one that pleased the whole family. I.L. speaks of the appropriateness of the site and her pleasure at giving the study. 7 pp. handwritten., May 1952

 Item — Box: 1
Dates: May 1952
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 2490, Ida Langdon papers / Series II. Manuscripts and miscellaneous

"The Many Faces of Mark Twain." A Voice of America 60 minute documentary on the life and times of Twain. This program was broadcast on Nov. 27, 1960, the 125th anniversary of Twain's birth. The program includes narration and taped "portraits" of Twain by several who knew him. 47 pp. ditto copy., Oct. 12, 1960

 Item — Box: 1
Dates: Oct. 12, 1960
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 2490, Ida Langdon papers / Series II. Manuscripts and miscellaneous

"Mark Twain: The Forming of a Writer," a lecture delivered by Henry Nash Smith during the Twain Festival at Elmira. Nash examined Innocents Abroad to determine the influences affecting Mark Twain during his formative period. 24 pp. typescript copy., Oct. 12, 1960

 Item — Box: 1
Dates: Oct. 12, 1960
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 2490, Ida Langdon papers / Series II. Manuscripts and miscellaneous

"Mark Twain and Elmira," read by I.L. at Mark Twain Festival, Elmira College. This speech includes a letter to the William Dean Howells family. The speech appears in Chemung Historical Journal 6:2 (1960); the letter in the Chemung Historical Journal 6:3 (Mar. 1961). 25 pp. xerox copy of speech; 5 pp. typescript copy of letter., Oct. 13, 1960

 Item — Box: 1
Dates: Oct. 13, 1960
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 2490, Ida Langdon papers / Series II. Manuscripts and miscellaneous

Ida Langdon's Phi Beta Kappa address, "The Making of the Oxford Dictionary." I.L. describes the history, aims and supplement of the dictionary. 23 pp. xerox copy., May 16, 1961

 Item — Box: 1
Dates: May 16, 1961
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 2490, Ida Langdon papers / Series II. Manuscripts and miscellaneous

One copy of Howell's description of Twain from the introduction to the Twain-Howells Letters, ed. Henry Nash Smith, Vol. 1, p. xviii. 1 p. typewritten.

 Item — Box: 1
Dates: 1902-1964.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 2490, Ida Langdon papers / Series II. Manuscripts and miscellaneous

Mark Twain and Elmira by Jervis Langdon (Twain's nephew). Langdon describes MT's connections with Elmira: his marriage, vacationing, work in his study, playing billiards in town, and burial. Many of Twain's books were written in Elmira. 9 pp., 1935

 Item — Box: 1
Dates: 1935
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 2490, Ida Langdon papers / Series III. Printed material

University of Texas Studies in English, Vol. 37 (reprint). "Mark Twain's Images of Hannibal from St. Petersburg to Eseldorf" by Henry Nash Smith, with an inscription to Ida Langdon, Nov. 9, 1960. The article describes Twain's memories of Hannibal, Mo. in Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn, and the development and final abandonment of the Hannibal image in later writing. Twain "...register[ed] in fictionthe death of 19th century culture." He could not find new literary capital in the Waste Land and alienation, but "bet too much" on a belief in an "orderly benign universe." 23 pp., 1958

 Item — Box: 1
Dates: 1958
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 2490, Ida Langdon papers / Series III. Printed material

Theater program of Hal Holbrook in "Mark Twain Tonight." (No location given.) 2 pp., 1959

 Item — Box: 1
Dates: 1959
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 2490, Ida Langdon papers / Series III. Printed material

Program of Mark Twain Festival, Elmira College. Photos included. 5 pp., Oct. 12-14, 1960

 Item — Box: 1
Dates: Oct. 12-14, 1960
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 2490, Ida Langdon papers / Series III. Printed material

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