On behalf of the entire board and staff of the Ernest Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park, we want to thank you for joining us this past Saturday as we highlighted the Hemingway Archives and specifically the Dear John letter received by Hemingway after his return from World War I.
The attached link has some images from the evenings festivities.
We truly appreciate your support and hope you will continue to stay engaged with our foundation through active membership and participation in our foundation programming. https://www.hemingwaybirthplace.com
Thank you!
2023 “Ernie, Dear Boy” Fall Fundraiser
Saturday, September 30, 2023 (6:00-9:00 pm)
Oak Park Public Library, 834 Lake Street, Oak Park, IL
Please join us for our fall fundraiser event on Saturday, September 30th, from 6:00 – 9:00 pm highlighting our Hemingway Archives held in the Special Collections of the Oak Park Public Library. The crown jewel within this archive collection is the famed “Dear John” letter Ernest Hemingway received from his nurse, Agnes von Kurowsky, upon his return to Oak Park after serving in the American Red Cross during World War I. The evening’s festivities will focus on the seminal part this letter played both in Hemingway’s life and in literary history.
6:00 – 6:45 pm Cocktail Reception with hors d'oeuvres
6:45 – 8:00 pm Dear John Letter and Archival Presentation
8:00 – 9:00 pm Archival Viewing and Cocktails
The evening will feature delicious catered hors d’oeuvres, cocktails by Papa’s Pilar, wine, beer, a separate raffle for professionally framed themed artwork of the Hemingway Birthplace ($400 value) or a Papa Pilar Themed Cooler Gift Basket ($550 value). Raffle tickets can be purchased in advance or on-site. We will also have on-site a fabulous Hemingway bookshelf (purchase a book for $20 and get a reward, $35-$100 value).
From our scholarship program to our global reach for exceptional writers through the Hemingway Shorts literary anthology series, to our Writer in Residence and other programming – we strive to educate, give, and learn. Our mission is both local and global in supporting a community of readers and writers from all over the world who are brought together by Hemingway’s literary legacy. The net event proceeds benefit the Foundation’s mission programs including our Hemingway Foundation Scholarship Fund.
Thank You To Our Event Sponsors
