UpDate - Vol. 15, No. 28, Page 14
April 18, 1996
On the trail of Hemingway

     Richard Davison, English, continued his research on Ernest
Hemingway in Bimini from Jan. 11-25, presenting a paper about
Hemingway and material on the author in the University's Special
Collections.
     Davison also researched sites associated with Hemingway and
interviewed islanders who knew the author. Davison also helped hang
photographs in the Compleat Angler Hemingway Room, which houses the
largest collection of Hemingway photos on permanent display.
     Davison was joined by more than 30 scholars-including two past
presidents and the president-elect of the Hemingway Society, as well
as the author's eldest son, Gregory. The meetings were meeting in
honor of Hemingway's three summers (1935-37) in Bimini and the works
he wrote there-To Have and Have Not-and works such as Islands in the
Stream, that drew heavily on his knowledge of Bimini.
     Davison stayed in Hemingway's room, overlooking Bimini Bay at the
Compleat Angler Hotel. The windows overlook Brown's Dock, where,
according to Alvin Taylor, Hemingway erected a boxing ring and offered
$100 to anyone who stayed in the ring with him for over two rounds.