Selected Bibliography
from The State Historical Society of Missouri

Articles in the Missouri Historical Review [REF F550 M691]

• Armstrong, C. J. “Mark Twain's Early Writings Discovered.” v. 24. no. 4 (July 1930), pp. 485-501.
• Bidewell, George Ivan. “Mark Twain's Florida Years.” v. 40, no. 2 (January 1946), pp. 159-173.
• Boeser, Linda. “Two Comstock Journalists: Samuel L. Clemens and William L. Wright as Reporters and Authors.” v. 59, no. 4 (July 1965), pp. 428-438.
• Clemens, Cyril. “The True Character of Mark Twain's Wife.” v. 24, no. 1 (October 1929), pp. 40-49.
• Clymer, Kenton J. “John Hay and Mark Twain.” v. 67, no. 3 (April 1973), pp. 397-406.
• Dahl, Curtis. “Mark Twain and Ben Ely: Two Missouri Boyhoods.” v. 66, no. 4 (July 1972), pp. 549-566.
• Dains, Mary K. “Thomas Hart Benton's Huck Finn Illustrations Commemorate Mark Twain.” v. 80, no. 1 (October 1985), pp. 1-13.
• Dunbar, Laverne J. “The Missouri Mark Twain Collection.” v. 19, no. 2 (January 1925), pp. 262-267.
• “Necrology – Samuel L. Clemens.” vol. 4, no. 4, (July 1910), pp. 330-332.
• Jones, Judy Yaeger. “Some Private Advice on Publishers: Correspondence Between Laura C. Redden and Samuel L. Clemens.” v. 93, no. 4 (July 1999), pp. 386-396.
• King, Roy T. “The Mark Twain Centennial, 1835-1935.” v. 29, no. 3 (April 1935), pp. 169-174.
• Mabbott, T. O. “Mark Twain's Artillery, A Mark Twain Legend.” v. 25, no. 1 (October 1930), pp. 23-29.
• Mattson, J. Stanley. “Twain's Last Months on the Mississippi.” v. 62, no. 4 (July 1968), pp. 398-409.
• Saum, Lewis O. “Colonel Donan, Mark Twain and a Campaign That Failed.” v. 87, no. 2 (January 1993), pp. 131-149.
• Shoemaker, Floyd C. “Mark Twain, America's Most Widely Read Author.” v. 29, no. 3 (April 1935), pp. 165-168.
• Smith, J. Harold. “Mark Twain's Basic Political Concepts: Man, Parties, Democracy.” v. 59, no. 3 (April 1965), pp. 349-354.
• Spehar, Warren E. “The Walter Scott: A Steamboat Ahead of Its Day.” v. 62, no. 1 (October 1967), pp. 51-52.
• “Thomas Hart Benton’s Original Illustrations For Mark Twain Classics.” v. 75, no. 4 (July 1981), pp. 385–395.
• “Views From the Past, [Mark Twain] Missouri Landmarks.” v. 71, no. 1 (October 1976), pp. 80-81.

Articles from the Newspaper Collection

• “Hannibal’s Tribute to Samuel L. Clemens – ‘Mark Twain’ – Memorial Services Held at the Presbyterian Church Yesterday Afternoon.” Hannibal Morning Journal. April 26, 1910. p. 1. [A transcription of the memorial service in Hannibal]
• “Mark Twain.” Joplin Globe. December 19, 2005. p. 7B.
• “Mark Twain: A Sketch of the Great Missouri Humorist – His Wife – His Home –Practical Jokes.” Boonville Weekly Advertiser. April 15, 1881. p. 2, c. 1 & 2.
• “Mark Twain Dies and Whole World Expresses Grief.” St. Louis Post-Dispatch. April 22, 1910. p. 1, c. 1; p. 4, c. 6 & 7.
• “Mark Twain’s Marriage.” Boonville Weekly Advertiser. January 10, 1879. p. 7, c. 1.
• “Samuel Langhorne Clemens ‘Mark Twain,’ Dies at Stormfield, near Redding, Conn.” Hannibal Morning Journal. April 22, 1910. p. 1, c. 1.

Articles and Books

• American National Biography. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. v. 22, pp. 52-60. [REF 920 Am37 v. 22]
• Christensen, Lawrence O., William E. Foley, Gary R. Kremer, and Kenneth H. Winn, eds. Dictionary of Missouri Biography. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1999. pp. 193-196. [REF F508 D561]
• Clemens, Clara. My Father, Mark Twain. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1931. [REF IC591 BcL2]
• Clemens, Cyril. Mark Twain for Young People. New York: Whittier Books, 1953. [REF IC591 BcL5mar]
• Dictionary of American Biography. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1930. vol. 4, pp. 192-198. [REF 920 D561 v. 4]
• Howard, Oliver, and Goldena Howard. The Mark Twain Book. Marceline, MO: Walsworth, 1985. [REF IC591 Bhowd]
• Kane, Harnett T. Young Mark Twain and the Mississippi. New York: Random House, 1966. [REF IJ K132y]
• Kirk, Connie Ann. Mark Twain: A Biography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2004. [REF IC591 Bkir]
• Meltzer, Milton. Mark Twain Himself; A Pictorial Biography. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2002. [REF IC591 BMe 2002]
• Neider, Charles. The Autobiography of Mark Twain. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1959. [REF IC591 Bane]
• Powers, Ron. Mark Twain: A Life. New York: Free Press, 2005. [REF IC591 Bpo2]
• Ward, Geoffrey C., Dayton Duncan, and Ken Burns. Mark Twain [An Illustrated Biography]. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001. [REF IC591 Bwar]
• Who Was Who In America. Chicago: A. N. Marquis Co., 1942. v. 1 (1897-1942), p. 230. [REF 920 W6201 v.1]