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Compiled by writer Leicester Hemingway (1915-1982), the younger brother of Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), in the process of researching and writing his biography, My Brother Ernest Hemingway (1962), the collection contains more than 1,600 items.
Among the manuscript holdings, the bulk of which date from the mid-19th century until shortly before the author's death in 1961, are original letters, diaries, notes, original stories, and architectural drawings of Ernest's family including his mother, father, grandparents, and siblings. Items of particular interest include diaries of grandfather Anson Hemingway dating from the 1850s; family Civil War letters; courtship letters of his parents, Clarence and Grace Hall Hemingway, prior to and after their marriage; and letters to Grace from Ernest's four wives, (Elizabeth) Hadley Richardson (1921-1928), Pauline Pfeiffer (1928-1940), Martha Gellhorn (1940-1945), and Mary Welsh (1945-1961).
Works
Letter to Ernest Hemingway from Arthur Sherman
Holograph letter written to Ernest Hemingway in Alicetown, Bimini from Arthur Sherman, dated September 2, 1936. This is a scanned version of the original image in Special Collections and Archives at Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt.
Letter to Ernest Hemingway from Grace Hall Hemingway
Handwritten letter from Grace Hall Hemingway to Ernest Hemingway. This is a scanned version of the original image in Special Collections and Archives at Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt.
Letter to Ernest Hemingway from Miriam
Handwritten letter to Ernest Hemingway from "Miriam" in Little Rock, Arkansas, dated June 13, 1936. This is a scanned version of the original image in Special Collections and Archives at Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt.
Letter to Ernest Hemingway from Orlando Ferrer
Typescript letter to Ernest Hemingway in Key West from Orland Ferrer in Havana Cuba, dated July 25, 1936. This is a scanned version of the original image in Special Collections and Archives at Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt.
Letter to Ernest Hemingway from the IRS
Letter from the IRS to Ernest Hemingway notifying him of an audit of his 1935 income, dated July 27, 1936. This is a scanned version of the original image in Special Collections and Archives at Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt.
Letter to Ernest Hemingway from Wheeler Shipyard, Inc.
Typewritten letter to Ernest Hemingway from Wheeler Shipyard, Inc., dated November 14, 1934. This is a scanned version of the original image in Special Collections and Archives at Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt.
Letter to Grace Hall Hemingway from Martha Gelhorn
Letter written by Martha Gelhorn to Grace Hall Hemingway, dated June 13, 1942. This is a scanned version of the original image in Special Collections and Archives at Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt.
Telegrams from F. Scott Fitzgerald to Arnold Gingrich
Scanned telegrams from F. Scott Fitzgerald to Arnold Gingrich, dated March 23, 1935 and October 4. This is a scanned version of the original image in Special Collections and Archives at Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt.
