The Michigan Hemingway Endowment at Central Michigan University was founded in 2003 to accomplish three goals:
- Enable the Clarke Library to purchase material by or about Ernest Hemingway.
- Preserve the Hemingway-related material in the Clarke collection.
- Educate the public about the influence of northern Michigan on Hemingway
and the place of Michigan in Hemingway's works.
A recent acquisition to the Clarke Library was one the family scrapbooks made by Ernest Hemingway's mother, Grace Hemingway.
The current Endowment principal is approximately $37,000. A fund raising campaign is now underway to raise another $63,000 for the Endowment, growing the principal to $100,000, which would enable further collecting, preservation and outreach activities.
Thanks to the Michigan Hemingway Society board and individual members who have already contributed. To date 26 gifts totaling $22,725 have been received, plus a documented planned gift of $10,000, which totals about 52% of the goal.
Your support with a gift to the endowment, large or small, may be given through a tax deductible contribution to the Clarke Historical Library. Please specify that the contribution is for the Michigan Hemingway Endowment.
For more information about the endowment or to discuss a possible donation of material please contact:
Megan Moreno
Director of Development and Community Outreach
Central Michigan University Libraries
(989) 774-1826
megan.r.moreno@cmich.edu