This collection of articles by and about Mark Twain and his family was compiled by Barbara Schmidt, publisher of twainquotes.com. Included in Part Seven of this chronological listing (1920-1924) are articles concerning his death, some of Twain’s short stories, speeches and letters, as they appeared in the New York Times in that period. The original microfiche articles are available at the New York Times’ “Times Machine” website: https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/browser/. - Summary by John Greenman and Barbara Schmidt
Chapters
1 March 7, 1920 - REMODELING TWAIN HOME [Hartford mansion] 2 min 2 March 21, 1920 - TOPICS OF THE WEEK - CHANGING HUMOR [Editorial related to Van Wyck Brooks] 11 min 3 April 4, 1920 - MARK TWAIN [Editorial related to Gamaliel Bradford] & MARK TWAIN'S HARTFORD HOME [Letter to the Editor] 9 min 4 April 6, 1920 - MARK TWAIN'S HOUSE [Poem about Hartford mansion] 2 min 5 April 18, 1920 - MARK TWAIN MEMORIAL [Hartford mansion] 3 min 6 May 17, 1920 - TOPICS OF THE WEEK - COERCION CAN BE APPLIED [Editorial - Hartford mansion] 3 min 7 June 27, 1920 - MARK TWAIN, CHIEF OF SINNERS [Book Review of ‘‘The Ordeal of Mark Twain'‘] 18 min 8 September 12, 1920 - MARK TWAIN'S MOCK TRIAL 3 min 9 November 7, 1920 - ELECT MARK TWAIN TO HALL OF FAME 5 min 10 November 9, 1920 - FAME [Editorial on election to Hall of Fame] 3 min 11 November 24, 1920 - TO HONOR MARK TWAIN. Ettinger Wants Books Mentioned in Schools 1 min 12 December 1, 1920 - OBSERVE TWAIN'S BIRTHDAY. Senator Reed Extols Author 2 min 13 March 10, 1921 - BUST OF MARK TWAIN STOLEN 1 min 14 October 9, 1921 - AID ESCAPE FROM RUSSIA 7 min 15 March 12, 1922 - MARK TWAIN FOUND GORKY A VEXATION 4 min 16 March 21, 1922 - $200,000 MARK TWAIN SET. Gabriel Wells Pays Record Price 1 min 17 June 11, 1922 - TWAIN'S CABIN DEDICATED 2 min 18 December 28, 1922 - MARK TWAIN'S HOME SOLD [Stormfield] 1 min 19 January 25, 1923 - PAYS $1,900 FOR RARE MARK TWAIN WORK [‘‘Is Shakespeare Dead'‘] 2 min 20 March 23, 1923 - MARK TWAIN ESTATE SOLD 1 min 21 June 10, 1923 - DINNER TALK BY MARK TWAIN [Review of MARK TWAIN'S SPEECHES] 18 min 22 July 9, 1923 - HARBAUGH,WRITER OF TERROR TALES, SELLS RELICS OF PAST 3 min 23 July 26, 1923 - TWAIN'S OLD HOME DESTROYED BY FIRE (Stormfield) 3 min 24 October 7, 1923 - EUROPE AND ELSEWHERE [Book Review] 6 min 25 December 2, 1923 - FLEET-FINGERED TYPIST 2 min 26 April 18, 1924 - BUYS MARK TWAIN'S HOUSE 1 min 27 May 14, 1924 - UNVEIL TEN BUSTS FOR HALL OF FAME 7 min 28 July 13, 1924 - MARK TWAIN'S BROAD GERMAN GRIN 12 min 29 July 26, 1924 - MARK TWAIN MATCHED GERMAN'S INVENTION 2 min 30 August 10, 1924 - MARK TWAIN'S FORMER HOME - Famous Fifth Avenue House 13 min 31 October 15, 1924 - A UNIQUE AUTOBIOGRAPHY 4 min 32 October 19, 1924 - MIRROR OF THE HEART AND MIND OF A GREAT AMERICAN 39 min 33 December 28, 1924 - MARK TWAIN'S BURGLAR - Now a Devoted Reader of Man He Robbed 17 min
