MSS 87
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Ernest Hemingway file, 1942-1974.
- Entirely photocopies.
- ca. 50 items.
Chiefly U.S. government correspondence and internal FBI memoranda relating to Ernest Hemingway, particularly his activities in Spain during the Spanish Civil War, alleged Communist contacts, his intelligence work in Cuba during World War II, and friendship with Gustavo Duran. Many documents have been censored.
Originals held by the FBI, Washington D.C. (File 64-23312) and are reproduced on the Bureau's website at http://foia.fbi.gov/foiaindex/ernesthemingway.htm .
Gift of John de Groot, 1988, who obtained the documents under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act.
Forms part of the repository's de Groot collection of books and other research materials about Ernest Hemingway, part of the Idaho Writers Archive.