Boise State University Special Collections and Archives
John Robert Bittner Collection on Ernest Hemingway
MSS 267
14.5 linear feet
15 boxes
1940s-2000s
John Robert Bittner was a Hemingway scholar and award-winning professor of journalism and mass communication at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The collection consists of a mix of personal papers from Bittner and his research on Hemingway.
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John Robert Bittner was a Hemingway scholar and award-winning professor of journalism and mass communication at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Before his time as a professor, Bittner was a full-time news director of the Peoria Journal Star radio stations in Lafayette, Indiana and was a stringer for United Press International and ABC Radio News. He authored sixteen college textbooks on communication. Additional material from Bittner's research and writing on Hemingway is archived at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston. Bittner died in 2002 and was buried near Ernest Hemingway in the Ketchum Cemetery in Idaho.
The collection consists of a mix of personal papers from Bittner and his research on Hemingway. The collection includes photograph albums, plaques, personal memorabilia and published works of Bittner. The collection also includes files on Hemingway.
Collection is open for research.
Donated by Denise Bittner in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2016.
[Item description], John Robert Bittner Collection on Ernest Hemingway, Box [number] Folder [number], Boise State University Special Collections and Archives.
See also the John R. Bittner Personal Papers at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961
Authors, American
Literature
Idaho
Literature
Photographs
Photographs
Photograph albums, plaques, awards
1
Published works and research.
1943-2008
2
Phone books, research, articles, oral histories, published works.
3
Photograph albums, published works, misc. files.
4
Misc. Hemingway files - "note the Cuba files - audio tapes brought in via Miami from friends in Cuba. Note Jack Hemingway file - answering machine files".
5
Hemingway files.
6
Hemingway files.
7
Guest book, articles of clothing, strands of hair (of Bittner).
8
Hemingway files; Hemingway photographs.
9
Hemingway files, books written by Bittner.
10
Slides used for a Hemingway presentation Bittner gave at UNC-CH.
11
VHS tapes, cassettes.
12
Books related to Hemingway, communications books published by Bittner.
13
Plaques, awards, framed items, and a Parade magazine with Hemingway on cover.
14
Oversized box of plaques.
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