The Mark Twain Papers & Project is located at The Bancroft Library, Room 475, Berkeley, CA 94720-6000. The entrance to The Bancroft Library is on the east side of the Main Library, facing the Sather Tower, more commonly known as the Campanile.

Before entering the Mark Twain Project's Reading Room, you must stow your belongings in the lockers provided on the ground floor, located on the right-hand side of the east entrance. Pass the security guard station and proceed by elevator to the Mark Twain Project on the 4th floor. The Mark Twain Project is open on the following schedule.

Summer hours 2013
June 24 - August 16
Monday - Friday 10 am - 4 pm

Intersession Hours 2013
August 19 - August 28
Monday - Friday: 1 pm - 4 pm

Fall hours 2013
August 29 - December 20
Monday - Friday: 10 am - 4 pm
CLOSED:
September 2 (Independence Day)
November 11 (Veterans' Day)
November 28-29 (Thanksgiving Holiday)

Winter Holiday Closure
December 21, 2013 - January 1, 2014

Intersession hours
January 2 - January 17
Monday - Friday: 1 pm - 4 pm

Spring hours 2014
January 21 - March 21
Monday - Friday: 10 am - 4 pm
CLOSED
January 20 (Martin Luther King Jr. Day)
February 17 (Presidents' Day)

Everything Mark Twain wrote for which the Mark Twain Project had even a partial text, as of the end of 2001, has now been published—either by Mark Twain himself, by various hands between 1910 and 1962, or by the University of California Press or The Bancroft Library between 1962 and the end of 2002, either in printed volumes or in one of three Microfilm Editions issued by The Bancroft Library in December 2001. Some works have also been published or reprinted in this period by other publishers under license from the University of California Press.

What Mark Twain himself published, or anything of his that others published posthumously before the year 1923, is in the public domain and may be quoted or reproduced in its entirety without permission. Mark Twain writings of any kind, whether literary manuscripts, notebooks, marginalia, or letters which came to light after 2001 and which were not published in the Microfilm Editions or elsewhere before the end of 2002 are likewise in the public domain.

Under “fair use,” quotation from any published work still under copyright is permitted without obtaining the copyright holder’s permission. But re-publication or reprinting of any whole work (letter, notebook, essay, etc.) so protected requires the permission of the copyright holder. Generally speaking, if publication occurred in 1962 or later, permission is to be obtained from the University of California Press. If publication occurred between 1923 and 1961, permission is to be obtained from the Mark Twain Foundation.

It is the responsibility of the requester (a) to determine the specific source of the words to be quoted; and (b) to quote them with reasonable accuracy and precision. Mark Twain Project staff can offer limited assistance to confirm original publication dates of certain works and, for material published in the microfilm edition, we will provide specific microfilm reel numbers for citation purposes. For further copyright questions and assistance you may wish to consult an attorney.

All valid copyrights on Mark Twain’s words are held by Richard A. Watson and JPMorgan Chase Bank as Trustees of the Mark Twain Foundation, which reserves all reproduction or dramatization rights in every medium. To write to the Mark Twain Foundation, address your request to:

         Richard A. Watson
         Chamberlain, Willi, Ouchterloney, & Watson
         575 Eighth Avenue, 16th Floor
         New York, NY 10018

Copyright on all editorial transcriptions, reconstructions, decipherings, introductions, textual and explanatory notes, identifications of correspondents, places, and dates, in print or microfilm editions produced by the Mark Twain Project, is held by the Regents of the University of California. To write to the University of California Press, address your request to:

         Mary Francis
         University of California Press
         2120 Berkeley Way
         Berkeley, CA 94720

PICTORIAL PERMISSIONS
Permission to publish Mark Twain Project photographs and other images must be applied for in writing. We will be glad to mail a permissions form to you. Please see Contact Information for surface or e-mail addresses.