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Susy Clemens
Olivia Susan Clemens
Description of the Susy Clemens Correspondence
Olivia Susan "Susy" Clemens (March 19, 1872 – August 18, 1896), was the second child and oldest daughter of Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), and his wife Olivia Langdon Clemens. She died of spinal meningitis at age twenty-four. This collection comprises forty-four letters she exchanged with her close friend Louise Brownell.
Non-digital printed materials can be found in the Special Collections Department of the Hamilton College Library.
External Resources
- Susy Clemens (wikipedia)
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- Letter from Olivia Clemens to Louise Brownell
- Berkeley no.: 9161
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- Letter from Olivia Clemens to Louise Brownell, April, 1892 from Rome, Italy
- Berkeley no.: 9142, Inscriptions: April 21 1892
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- Letter from Olivia Clemens to Louise Brownell, April, 1892, from Rome, Italy
- Berkeley no.: 9141
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- Letter from Olivia Clemens to Louise Brownell, April, 1892, from Rome, Italy
- Berkeley no.: 9140
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- Letter from Olivia Clemens to Louise Brownell, April, 1892, from Trento, Italy
- Berkeley no.: 9139, Inscriptions: April 16, 1892
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- Letter from Olivia Clemens to Louise Brownell, April, 1893
- Berkeley no.: 9157, Inscriptions: April 3 1893
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- Letter from Olivia Clemens to Louise Brownell, April, 1893 from Venice, Italy
- Berkeley no.: 9158, Inscriptions: in CDM; April 6, 1893
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- Letter from Olivia Clemens to Louise Brownell, August, 1892, from Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Berkeley no.: 10425, Inscriptions: This one is tricky - verify dates, check docs
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- Letter from Olivia Clemens to Louise Brownell, December, 1891
- Inscriptions: Envelope date: Dec 5 1891
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- Letter from Olivia Clemens to Louise Brownell, December, 1892 from Florence, Italy
- Berkeley no.: 9153, Inscriptions: Dec 31 1892
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- Letter from Olivia Clemens to Louise Brownell, December, 1892 from Florence, Italy
- Berkeley no.: 9152, Inscriptions: Dec 27 1892
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- Letter from Olivia Clemens to Louise Brownell, Early April, 1893, from Florence, Italy
- Inscriptions: early April 1893
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- Letter from Olivia Clemens to Louise Brownell, January 1893 from Florence, Italy
- Inscriptions: January 1893