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Hemingway in Idaho

Hemingway in Idaho

. . . best of all he loved the fall. . .

Ernest Hemingway held an abiding affection for central Idaho from his first visit to Sun Valley in 1939 until his death in his final home along the Big Wood River in 1961. The Community Library has a robust collection of artifacts and materials from Hemingway’s time in Idaho, and the Library is the custodian of his final home.

Explore Hemingway in Idaho

Hemingway in Idaho

Remembering Hemingway Video

View photos and listen to Hemingway’s Idaho friends remembering him.

Text reads "Idaho Experience The Community Library Hemingway House virtual tour" and is superimposed on an image of the Hemingway House in winter.

Virtual Tour of Idaho Home

Visit Hemingway’s final home, which is private, through this virtual tour created with Idaho Public Television.

Hemingway typing outdoors

Museum Exhibit

Visit the Museum in Forest Service Park to see artifacts from Hemingway’s time in Idaho.

Ernest Hemingway and Stan Atkinson stand in front of Library / Gold Mine amidst deep snow

Digital Collections

Peruse historic photos from the House and from the archive that have been digitized.

Text reads "Idaho Experience Idaho's Hemingway" and is superimposed on a photo of a typewriter overlooking a mountain vista.

Idaho Public TV Program

Watch the Idaho Public Television “Idaho’s Hemingway” episode of Idaho Experience.

Audio Walking Tour

Visit Hemingway haunts on an audio walking tour narrated by Mariel Hemingway.

Iconic image of Ernest Hemingway

Conversations on Hemingway

In 2021, PBS launched a Ken Burns/Kim Novik documentary on the visionary work and turbulent life of Ernest Hemingway. The Community Library participated in several related events that are still available for viewing.

Hemingway's Typewriter

#HemingwayLife

Explore Hemingway’s life and influences as imagined through present-day social media.

graphic of Hemingway House

Hemingway House Sessions

Listen to musicians perform in the living room of Ernest and Mary Hemingway’s home.

Kelley showing maps

Collections and Preservation

The Library holds a growing collection of Hemingway photographs, books, correspondence, ephemera, and more, and special collections from the David Meeker Collection, the Gray Family Collection, the Michael Reynolds Papers, and the house that was Hemingway’s final home.

Many of these items are held in the Regional History Archive and are exhibited on a rotating basis at the Library and the Museum. Items also are available for research requests.

Make a research request

Best of all he loved the fall. . . . with the tawny and grey, the leaves yellow on the cottonwoods, leaves floating on the trout streams and above the hills the high blue windless skies.

– Ernest Hemingway’s eulogy for Idaho friend Gene Van Guilder

October 1939, Sun Valley

David Cale Hemingway Writer in Residence

Programs

Each September, the Library presents the annual Hemingway Seminar, a multi-day program to delve into Hemingway’s Life and work. Learn more

The Library presents the annual Hemingway Distinguished Lecture each July, featuring the finest contemporary writers. Learn more

In 2019, the Library launched a Writer-in-Residence Program at the private Hemingway House to support ongoing creative work. Learn more

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