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John de Groot Papers and Collection on Ernest Hemingway, 1942-2006
Overview of the Collection
- Title
- John de Groot Papers and Collection on Ernest Hemingway
- Dates
- 1942-2006 (inclusive)19422006
- Quantity
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4 linear feet, (6 boxes)
- Collection Number
- MSS 087
- Summary
- The John de Groot Papers and Collection on Ernest Hemingway primarily consist of research materials collected by playwright and journalist John de Groot for his 1988 play about Hemingway, Papa. The collection dates from 1942-2006 and contains materials both by and about Hemingway including books, magazines, LPs, audio cassettes, memorabilia, and copies of United States government correspondence and internal FBI memoranda relating to Ernest Hemingway.
- Repository
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Boise State University Library, Special Collections and Archives
Special Collections and Archives
1910 University Drive
Boise ID
83725
Telephone: 2084263990
archives@boisestate.edu - Access Restrictions
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Collection is available for research.
- Languages
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
John de Groot is a playwright and journalist based in Florida. His one-man play about Ernest Hemingway, Papa, premiered in 1988 at Boise State University starring George Peppard. The production went on to Cleveland, Atlanta, and Chicago, and was subsequently produced in New York in 1996 and Los Angeles in 2005. James Earl Jones read the script as part of Hemingway's 100th birthday celebration at the Smithsonian.
De Groot's 5-year research process resulted in a collection of hundreds of books and periodicals by and about Hemingway, and included travel throughout the world to Hemingway's homes and favorite vacation spots including the Bahamas, Key West, Cuba, and Ketchum, Idaho.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The John de Groot Papers and Collection on Ernest Hemingway primarily consist of research materials collected by playwright and journalist John de Groot for his 1988 play about Hemingway, Papa. The collection dates from 1942-2006 and contains materials both by and about Hemingway including books, magazines, LPs, audio cassettes, and memorabilia.
Of particular interest are copies of United States government correspondence and internal FBI memoranda relating to Ernest Hemingway, obtained by John de Groot under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act. The files focus on Hemingway's activities in Spain during the Spanish Civil War, alleged Communist contacts, and his intelligence work in Cuba during World War II. Many documents have been censored.
The collection includes a manuscript of de Groot's play, Dark Ages, and contains an audio recording of de Groot's comments on items from his collection featured in the exhibit "A Hemingway Geography" at Boise State in 1988.
While the collection is predominantly in English, some materials are in Spanish and French.
Forms part of the Idaho Writers Archive.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
[item description], John de Groot Papers and Collection on Ernest Hemingway, Box [number] Folder [number], Boise State University Special Collections and Archives.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Location of Originals
FBI and US government correspondence originals located in File 64-23312, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington D.C. (Copies were obtained through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests and are redacted.)
Acquisition Information
1988 and 1989 gifts of John de Groot.
Separated Materials
Approximately 130 books are cataloged in Boise State University's online catalog.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Research Files and MemorabiliaReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | U.S. Government Correspondence: CIA-OSS |
1944-1967 |
| 1 | 2 | U.S. Government Correspondence: Department of State |
1955-1984 |
| 1 | 3-4 | U.S. Government Correspondence: FBI |
1942-1955 |
| 1 | 5 | Newspaper Column, Bill Bonderant |
1969 |
| 1 | 6 |
Chicago Tribune, "Hemingway's Life in the Enticing Swirl of Cuba", Gabriel Garcia Marquez |
1984 |
| 1 | 7 |
Newsday, "The Love and Hate of Papa's Youngest", Paul Hendrickson |
1987 |
| 1 | 8 |
Washington Post, "Papa's Boys", Paul Hendrikson |
1987 |
| 1 | 9 | "Hemingway's Pain" from Men and Manhood |
1979 |
| 1 | 10 |
The Virginia Quarterly Review, "The Quest for Hemingway," Jeffrey Meyers |
|
| 1 | 11 | "Widow Reflects on Life with Ernest", William Stimson |
1974 |
| 1 | 12 |
Horizon, "In a World War I Hospital with Hemingway", Henry S. Villard |
1978 |
| 1 | 13 |
Parade magazine, "He Fights for Hemingway," Larry Smith |
1995 |
| 1 | 14 | "Hemingway" TV Mini-Series Publicity Materials (starring Treat Williams) |
1985 |
| 1 | 15 | "Hemingway" TV Mini-Series Publicity Materials (starring Stacy Keach) |
1988 |
| 1 | 16 |
El Floridita de Hemingway, Fernando G. Campoamor (Brochure in French) |
|
| 1 | 17 |
Hemingway House, (Museum Brochure) |
|
| 1 | 18 |
In Their Time (Exhibition Catalog, University of Virginia Library) |
1977 |
| 1 | 19 |
Marina Hemingway (Brochure) |
|
| 1 | 20 |
Pamplona/Navarra, Spain (Brochure) |
1982 |
| 1 | 21 |
Sloppy Joe's Pub: The First Fifty Years (Sharon Wells) |
1983 |
| 1 | 22 | Publications by the Museo Ernest Hemingway (Spanish) |
1986 |
| 1 | 23 |
Paris Review, "The Art of Fiction" (Interview) |
1958 |
| 1 | 24 | Sketches/Collages of Hemingway |
|
| 1 | 25 | "Author Price Guides": Ernest Hemingway |
1986 |
| 1 | 26 |
Ernest Hemingway, a Bibliography (United States Information Service, Rome) |
1967 |
| 1 | 27 | Photo: Hemingway on the Pilar
|
1957 |
| 1 | 28 | Newspaper Columns by John de Groot |
|
| 1 | 29 | Hemingway Commemorative US Stamps |
1989 |
| 1 | 30 | Swizzle Stick from El Floridita and Coasters from Sloppy Joe's |
|
| 1 | 31 | Ernest Hemingway Adventure Map of the World |
1986 |
| 1 | 32 | Photo: Hemingway and Typewriter |
|
| 1 | 33 | Hemingway in Idaho Conference, Boise State and Sun Valley |
1989 |
| 1 | 34 |
Papa Review, New York City |
1996 |
| 1 | 35 | Play Manuscript: The Dark Ages, An Infidel Virus
|
2006 |
| 1 | 36 |
The Dark Ages, An Ifidel Virus, Alternate Ending |
2006 |
| 5 | Plaque from the Marina Hemingway, Cuba |
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| 6 | Cassette: Meet Ernest Hemingway, Parts 1-4, copy (on 2 tapes) |
1954 | |
| 6 | Cassette: Side 1-Charla Con Consul de Suecia Y Hemingway (51:20) Side 2-Discurso Con Motivo Del Premio Nobel |
1954 | |
| 6 | Cassette: John de Groot comments on "A Hemingway Geography" at Boise State (2 copies) |
1989 | |
| 6 | LP: The Old Man and the Sea read by Charlton Heston |
1976 | |
| 6 | LP: Hemingway, A Portrait in Sound
|
1970 | |
| 6 | LP: Ernest Hemingway Reading
|
1965 |
Magazines and JournalsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 2 | American Heritage, Carlos Baker, "Slopes of Kilimanjaro" |
1968 |
| 2 | American Heritage, Cecil Eby, "For Whom the Bell Tolls" |
1969 |
| 2 | American, Alfred Kazin, "Hemingway and Fitgerald: The Cost of Being American" |
1984 |
| 2 | American Heritage, S.L.A Marshall, "How Papa Liberated Paris" |
1962 |
| 2 | Art in America, Henry Strater, "Portrait: Hemingway" |
1961 |
| 3 | Atlanta Journal, Rod Cockshutt; Michael Carlton, "Hemingway Haunts" |
1988 |
| 2 | Avon Annual, Ernest Hemingway, "Capital of the World" |
1945 |
| 2 | Avon Annual, Ernest Hemingway, "Big Two Hearted River; Part 1" |
1947 |
| 4 | Bohemia, Norberto Fuentes, "Hemingway Nos Ha Acompando en Momentos Cruciales" |
1984 |
| 2 | Book Digest, Carlos Baker, "Ernest Hemingway: Selected Letters, 1917-1961" |
1981 |
| 5 | Christianity Today, Daniel Pawley, "Ernest Hemingway: Tragedy of an Evangelical Family" |
1984 |
| 2 | Clockwatch Review, assorted articles |
1986 |
| 3 | Esquire, Ernest Hemingway, "Snows of Kilimanjaro" |
1949 |
| 3 | Esquire, Robert Emmett Ginna, "Life in the Afternoon" |
1962 |
| 3 | Esquire, Ernest Hemingway, "Bimini" |
1970 |
| 5 | Floriday Keys Magazine, Jim Reisler, "Ernest Hemingway's Cuba" |
1987 |
| 2 | Granata: In Trouble Again, A Special Issue of Travel Writing, Martha Gellhorn, "Cuba Revisited" |
1986 |
| 3 | Holiday, Kenneth Tynan, "Visit to Havana" |
1960 |
| 2 | Horizon, George Plimpton, "Interview with Ernest Hemingway" |
1959 |
| 2 | Horizon, Malcolm Cowley, "Hemingway: The Image and the Shadow" |
1973 |
| 3 | Kansas City Star, Brian Burnes, "Hemingway's Kansas City" |
1986 |
| 2 | Kenyon Review, Philip Young, "Hemingway and Me" |
1966 |
| 3 | Life, Ernest Hemingway, "The Killers" (Story and Movie Review) |
1946 |
| 3 | Life, Malcolm Cowley, "Portrait of Mister Papa" |
1949 |
| 3 | Life, Ernest Hemingway, "Tribute to Mama from Papa Hemingway" |
1952 |
| 3 | Life, "'Papa' Pops Up Again" |
1954 |
| 3 | Life, "Old Man Lands Biggest Catch" |
1954 |
| 3 | Life, "Hemingway: Driving Force of a Great Artist" |
1961 |
| 4 | Life, Mary Hemingway, "Sentimental Safari" |
1963 |
| 4 | Life, Ernest Hemingway, "The Dangerous Summer, Part 1" |
1960 |
| 4 | Life (excerpts), Ernest Hemingway, "The Dangerous Summer, Parts 1-3 |
1960 |
| 4 | Look, Ernest Hemingway, "Safari" |
1954 |
| 3 | Look, Ernest Hemingway, "The Christmas Gift, Part II" |
1954 |
| 4 | Look, Mary Hemingway, "Hemingway: A Personal Story" |
1961 |
| 5 | Mainliner, Raymond Shourds, "Hemingway's Key West Home" |
1969 |
| 5 | Marlin, Robert L. Patroni, "The Man Who Mastered Words and Marlin" |
1986 |
| 4 | The New York Times Magazine, Peter Griffin, "Young Hemingway: Three Unpublished Stories" |
1985 |
| 2 | Pageant, Mark Savage, "Ernest Hemingway--Wars, Women, Wine, Words" |
1953 |
| 5 | Playboy, Ernest Hemingway, "Ernest Speaks His Mind" |
1961 |
| 5 | Playboy, Earnest Hemingway, "Man's Credo" and Evgeny Evtushenko |
1963 |
| 5 | Playboy, Ernest Hemingway, "Advice to a Young Man" |
1964 |
| 5 | Playboy, Patrick Hemingway, "My Papa, Papa" |
1968 |
| 4 | Saturday Evening Post, A.E. Hotchner, "Papa Hemingway, Part 1 of 3" |
1966 |
| 4 | Saturday Evening Post, A.E. Hotchner, "Papa Hemingway, Part 2 of 3" |
1966 |
| 5 | Saturday Review, Carlos Baker, "Mary Hemingway's Years with Ernest," (Book Review, How it Was by Mary Welsh Hemingway) |
1976 |
| 5 | Saturday Review, Carlos Baker, "The Son Also...", (Book Review, Papa: A Personal Memoir by Gregory H. Hemingway) |
1976 |
| 4 | Soviet Life, Boris Gilenson, "Hemingway Our Living Contemporary" |
1969 |
| 4 | Sports Illustrated, "Sportsman: Ernest Hemingway" |
1954 |
| 4 | Sports Illustrated, John Blaishell, "Bullfight's Greatest Rivalry" |
1959 August |
| 4 | Sports Illustrated, Mary Hemingway, "Holiday for a Wound Toredo" |
1959 August |
| 4 | Sports Illustrated, Ernest Hemingway, "Matter of Wind" |
1959 August |
| 4 | Sports Illustrated, Robert Cantwell, "River That Will Flow Forever" |
1961 |
| 4 | Sports Illustrated, Ernest Hemingway, "African Betrayal" |
1986 |
| 4 | This Week Magazine, A. E. Hotchner, "Hemingway Talks to American Youth" |
1959 |
| 4 | Time, "An American Storyteller" |
1954 |
| 2 | Wilson Quarterly, Frank McConnell, "Hemingway: Stalking Papa's Ghost" |
1986 |
| 4 | Wisdom, John Atkins, "Hemingway and The: American Novel, Motion Picture, Great Outdoors, Old Man and the Sea" |
1958 |
| 4 | Wisdom, Ernest Hemingway, "From the Wisdom of Ernest Hemingway" |
1958 |
| 4 | Writer's Digest, Edward Stafford, "Afternoon with Hemingway" |
1964 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- American drama--20th century
- American literature--20th century
- Literature
- Plays
- World War, 1939-1945
Personal Names
- Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961
Geographical Names
- Spain--History--Civil War, 1936-1939
Occupations
- Playwriting
Alan Virta and Mary Hepworth in 1998. Revised in 2017 by Gwyn Hervochon.
1998; updated 2023
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