Mark Twain and His Times

This interpretive archive, drawn largely from the resources of the Barrett Collection, focuses on how “Mark Twain” and his works were created and defined, marketed and performed, reviewed and appreciated. The goal is to allow readers, scholars, students and teachers to see what Mark Twain and His Times said about each other, in a way that can speak to us today. Contained here are dozens of texts and manuscripts, scores of contemporary reviews and articles, hundreds of images, and many different kinds of interactive exhibits.

This project was a collaborative effort; in addition to the named team members above, support was provided by the University of Virginia Library (including the Scholars’ Lab, E-Text Center, and Digital Curation Services) and the UVA Department of English. Filmed almost entirely on location at the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library.

(Please contact Scholars’ Lab if any names are missing from the credited collaborators displayed.)

Collaborators:

• Steve Railton, Project Owner
• Jeremy Boggs, Research development & maintenance
• Ammon Shepherd, Site stability conversion & migration
• Amanda Visconti, Legacy preservation & planning process
• Wayne Graham, Past Scholars' Lab work
• David McClure, Past Scholars' Lab work
• Joseph Gilbert, Past Scholars' Lab work
• Chris Ruotolo, Past E-Text Center work
• David Seaman, Past E-Text Center work
• David Gants, Past E-Text Center work
• Tom Lukas, Past E-Text Center work
• Catherine Tousignant, Past E-Text Center work
• Bradley Daigle, past Digital Curation Services work
• Jennifer Middlesworth, past UVA English work
• Cindy Maisannes, past UVA English work
• Nicole Huffman, past UVA English work
• Lisa Goldberg, past UVA English work
• Virginia Cope, past UVA English work