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Title
The Stolen White Elephant. Holograph MS.
Names
Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910 (Creator)
Collection

Samuel Langhorne Clemens collection of papers, 1856-1938 (bulk 1870-1938)

Manuscripts and Typescripts

Manuscripts

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1882 (Approximate)
Library locations
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
Shelf locator: Berg Coll MSS Clemens
Shelf locator: The Stolen White Elephant etc. MS Mark Twain
Genres
Manuscripts
Short stories
Notes
Ownership: Berg
Physical Description
Extent: 119 leaves
[122 written sides]
 Dust jacket design of The Stolen White Elephant, Boston, James R. Osgood & Co., 1882. 1 leaf. 
 Title page in SLC's hand: "The Stolen White Elephant,| etc.,| By Mark Twain ... 1882". 1 leaf. 
 Text: pagination: 1, 1½, 2-16, 16v, 17-25, 25v, 26-46, 46v, 47-116 [117 leaves]. 
 [119 leaves = 122 sides].
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15893396
MSS Unit ID: 19174
Accession number: 710060B
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 94fad330-f061-012f-cb20-58d385a7bbd0
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1835: Creator Born
  • 1882: Issued
  • 1910: Creator Died
  • 2015: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "The Stolen White Elephant. Holograph MS." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1882. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d6342fd0-2b09-0132-48dd-58d385a7bbd0

Chicago/Turabian Format

Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "The Stolen White Elephant. Holograph MS." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 23, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d6342fd0-2b09-0132-48dd-58d385a7bbd0

APA Format

Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. (1882). The Stolen White Elephant. Holograph MS. Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d6342fd0-2b09-0132-48dd-58d385a7bbd0

Wikipedia Citation

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The Stolen White Elephant. Holograph MS.