[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 97 (Thursday, June 27, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H6976]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      EXHIBIT HONORING MARK TWAIN

  (Mr. BARR of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BARR of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, for 75 days this summer the people 
of Cobb County, GA, and neighboring communities will have a unique 
opportunity to view an exhibit featuring original materials from 
America's great writer and humorist: Mark Twain.
  The exhibit, known as, ``Mark Twain: An American Voice to the 
World,'' will be on display in Kennesaw State University's Horace 
Sturgis Library, and will feature original manuscripts, artifacts, 
first editions, and other items from this great American author.
  The exhibition has been praised as ``The most richly varied and 
representative display of original materials relating to the life and 
works of Mark Twain ever assembled for public exhibition,'' by Robert 
Pack Browning, director of the Mark Twain papers at the University of 
California, Berkeley.
  I would like to congratulate Kennesaw State University president 
Betty L. Siegel, library director Robert B. Williams, and his staff. I 
would also like to thank the numerous institutions and collectors who 
participated in the exhibition. My thanks goes also to my colleagues, 
Speaker Gingrich, and Fifth District Congressman John Lewis, and to 
Fred Bentley, Sr., for making this project a reality for the people of 
Georgia.

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