|
Pre-Hemingway |
|
| Oct. 8, 1894 |
Paul M. Pfeiffer of
Cedar Falls, Iowa, marries Mary Alice Downey of Parkersburg, Iowa |
| July 22, 1895 |
Pauline Marie born to Paul and Mary
Pfeiffer in Parkersburg |
| March 8, 1900 |
Karl Gustavus born to Paul and Mary
Pfeiffer in Parkersburg |
| March 1901 |
Paul M. Pfeiffer family moves to St.
Louis, where Paul and his brothers Henry and Gustavus establish Pfeiffer Pharmaceuticals |
| July 1, 1902 |
Paul M. Pfeiffer, while residing in
St. Louis, purchases first piece of property in Piggott, Arkansas |
| March 27, 1902 |
Virginia Ruth born to Paul and Mary
Pfeiffer in St. Louis |
| Oct. 19, 1907 |
Paul Max born to Paul and Mary
Pfeiffer in St. Louis |
1908 |
Pfeiffer Pharmaceuticals merges with
William R. Warner, and Paul's brothers, Henry and Gustavus, relocate to Philadelphia |
| Nov. 6, 1908 |
Paul Pfeiffer begins acquiring
additional property in Piggott, Arkansas, eventually owning more than 63,000 acres of land |
| May 21,1913 |
Pauline graduates from the Academy of
the Visitation in St. Louis |
| June 11, 1913 |
Paul M. Pfeiffer purchases home in
Piggott, built by William D. Templeton in 1910, at 1021 W. Cherry St. |
| July 4, 1913 |
Paul M. Pfeiffer moves his
family to Piggott, Arkansas, after promising his wife to place a Catholic chapel in
the home |
1916 |
Henry and Gustavus Pfeiffer acquire
Richard Hudnut company, headquartered in New York, and transfer William R. Warner
offices to New York |
| August 1918 |
Pauline graduates from the University
of Missouri School of Journalism |
| Nov. 5, 1918 |
Paul and Mary Pfeiffer's son Max dies
during the influenza epidemic |
| November 1918 |
Pauline goes to work on night desk of
Cleveland Press in Ohio |
1920
(c) |
Pauline goes to work in New
York, chaperoned by Gustavus (Uncle Gus) Pfeiffer, working first for the Daily
Telegraph, then to Vanity Fair as a fashion reporter |
| Dec. 9, 1922 |
Karl Pfeiffer marries Matilda Schmidt
in New Jersey |
1925 |
|
| February (c) |
Pauline goes to Europe to work for Vogue
as assistant to the Paris editor |
| March |
Pauline and her sister Virginia meet
Ernest and Hadley Hemingway at a party in Paris given by Kitty Cannell and Harold Loeb |
| April-November |
Pauline Pfeiffer and Hadley Hemingway
become friends |
| Oct. 5 |
In Our Time published in New
York by Boni & Liveright |
| December |
Pauline spends Christmas and New
Years at Schruns, Austria, with Ernest and Hadley |
1926 |
|
| Jan. 14 |
Pauline returns to Paris |
| March 2 |
Ernest visits Pauline in Paris (on
return from New York meeting to switch publishers) before rejoining Hadley at
Schruns |
| Late March |
Pauline and Virginia Pfeiffer and
Hadley Hemingway take vacation through chateau country in Virginia's car |
| April 1(c) |
Ernest and Hadley return to Paris |
| May 16 |
Hadley takes their ailing son, John
(Bumby), to Juan-les-Pins at Cap d'Antibes on the Mediterranean, while Ernest is writing
in Madrid |
| May 26 |
Pauline joins Hadley at Juan les Pins |
| May 28 |
Ernest joins Hadley and Pauline at
Juan les Pins |
| May 28 |
The Torrents of Spring
published in New York by Charles Scribner's Sons |
| July 1 |
Ernest and Hadley take Pauline and
others to the fiesta at Pamplona in Spain |
| Aug. 12 |
Ernest and Hadley take up separate
residences in Paris |
| Sept. 24 |
Pauline leaves for Piggott, Arkansas,
to begin 100-day trial separation required by Hadley as condition of divorce. Her
sister, Virginia, remains in Paris where she maintains contact with Hemingway |
| Oct. 13 |
Pauline arrives home in Piggott, via
New York |
| Oct. 22 |
The Sun Also Rises published
in New York |
| Nov. 16 |
Hadley cancels 100-day separation
condition |
| Dec. 8 |
Ernest files for divorce |
| Dec. 30 |
Pauline sails from New York for
Europe |
1927 |
|
| Jan. 8 |
Ernest meets Pauline at Cherbourg |
| April 14 |
Ernest's divorce from Hadley final |
| May 10 |
Ernest and Pauline marry in Paris |
| Oct. 14 |
Men Without Women published in
New York |
1928 |
|
| March 17 |
Hemingways sail for Key West, via
Havana |
| April 7 |
Hemingways arrive in Key West |
| April 23 |
Paul Pfeiffer arrives in Key West to
meet his new son-in-law |
| May 20 |
Pauline departs for Piggott by train |
| May 25 |
Ernest and Paul Pfeiffer depart for
Piggott by car. Ernest has completed 200 pages of A Farewell to Arms |
| May 31 |
Ernest and Paul Pfeiffer arrive in
Piggott |
| June |
Ernest Hemingway meets Otto (Toby)
Bruce of Piggott, who becomes a lifelong assistant and friend |
| June 13 |
Hemingways drive to Kansas City for
birth of first child |
| June 28 |
Patrick Hemingway born by Caesarian
section |
| July 20 |
Hemingways return from Kansas City to
Piggott by train (arriving July 23) |
| July 25 |
Ernest departs Piggott for Kansas
City and Wyoming (Ernest has completed 486 pages of A Farewell to Arms) |
| Aug. 14 |
Patrick Hemingway baptized in Piggott
by priest from Paragould in the morning; Pauline departs Piggott in afternoon to
join Ernest, leaving Patrick with mother and sister |
| Sept. 2 |
Ernest completes first draft of A
Farewell to Arms |
| Sept. 25 |
Hemingways return to Piggott.
Ernest works on "Wine of Wyoming" |
| Oct. 17 |
Ernest arrives in Oak Park to visit
family, Pauline remains in Piggott with Patrick |
| Oct. 20 |
Pauline accompanies sister Virginia
to Jonesboro to have her tonsils removed at St. Bernards Hospital |
| Oct. 29 |
Pauline leaves Piggott to join Ernest
in Oak Park, leaving Patrick in Piggott |
| Nov. 1-17 |
Hemingways visit friends on East
Coast, including Princeton-Yale football game with F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald |
| Nov. 18 |
Hemingways depart for Piggott to pick
up Patrick |
| Nov. 21 |
Hemingways leave Piggott by car for
Key West |
| Dec. 6 |
Hemingway's father commits suicide in
Oak Park |
| Dec. 8 |
Clarence Hemingway's funeral |
1929 |
|
| Jan. 22 |
Hemingway completes revisions to A
Farewell to Arms |
| April 5 |
Ernest, Pauline, Bumby and Patrick
depart Havana for Europe |
| Sept. 27 |
A Farewell to Arms published
in New York |
| Oct. 8 |
Pfeiffer family reunion in Piggott |
| Oct. 24 |
Stock Market Crash in New York |
| Nov. 8 |
Uncle Gus Pfeiffer visits Ernest,
Pauline and Patrick Hemingway and Virginia Pfeiffer in Paris |
| Nov. 10 |
Uncle Gus and Ernest Hemingway travel
to Berlin, returning Nov. 16 |
1930 |
|
| Jan. 9 |
Hemingways sail for United States |
| Feb. 2 |
Hemingways arrive in Key West |
| Feb. 19 |
Paul Pfeiffer establishes Piggott
State Bank |
| June |
Pauline, Patrick and nurse go to
Piggott; Hemingway goes to New York to meet Bumby and Virginia and bring them to Piggott |
| July 13 |
Hemingways in Wyoming with Bumby
(Patrick remains in Piggott with grandparents) |
| Nov. 1 |
Hemingway injured in auto wreck near
Billings, Montana |
| Dec. 21 |
Hemingway released from hospital and
leaves with Pauline for Piggott for Christmas |
1931 |
|
| Jan. 3 |
Hemingways return to Key West |
| February |
Uncle Gus Pfeiffer fishes with
Hemingway, Archibald MacLeish, Henry Strater and Charles Thompson in the Tortugas |
| April 29 |
Uncle Gus Pfeiffer purchases house
for Hemingways in Key West |
| May |
Hemingways leave for Europe |
| Sept. 23 |
Hemingways sail for New York, then on
to Kansas City, for birth of second child. Patrick sent to Piggott |
| Nov. 12 |
Gregory Hemingway born by Caesarian
section in Kansas City |
| Nov. 26-30 (c) |
Ernest spends Thanksgiving quail
hunting in Piggott while Pauline is recovering in Kansas City |
| Dec. 5 |
Pauline, Ernest, and new baby join
Patrick in Piggott |
| Dec. 19 |
Hemingways back in Key West |
1932 |
|
| May (c) |
Karl and Matilda move to Piggott,
where Matilda begins designing and building English Tudor home north of Pfeiffer family
home |
| May 17 |
Virginia completes renovation of
Ernest's barn-studio in Piggott |
| June 24 (c) |
Pauline, Patrick
and Gregory travel to Piggott via train |
| July |
Hemingway arrives in Piggott via car
with his sister Carol |
| July 12 |
Ernest and Pauline arrive at
Nordquist Ranch |
| Sept. 22 |
Pauline heads back to Piggott |
| Sept. 23 |
Death in the Afternoon
published in New York |
| Oct. 16 |
Ernest departs Wyoming for Key West
(Pauline has returned to Key West, but children remain in Piggott) |
| Nov. 8 |
Pauline returns to Piggott after
children become ill |
| Nov. 25 |
Ernest leaves to join family in
Piggott and spends Thanksgiving through Christmas |
| December |
Hemingway writes some of
"Fathers and Sons" and finishes "A Clean Well-Lighted Place" |
| Mid-December |
Piggott barn-studio catches fire;
Hemingway manuscripts saved but he loses books, clothing and guns |
| Dec. 21 |
Movie version of A Farewell to
Arms premieres in Piggott |
| Dec. 29 (c) |
Hemingways return to Key West |
1933 |
|
| April 13 |
Hemingway goes to Cuba for marlin
fishing with Pauline's brother, Karl, and her uncle, Gus Pfeiffer |
| June 1 |
Karl and Matilda move into completed
home |
| June |
Virginia starts a new renovation of
Hemingway's studio after the fire |
| Aug. 7 |
Ernest, Pauline, Bumby and Patrick
Hemingway, along with Virginia Pfeiffer sail from Havana for Europe. Gregory stays
behind with nurse, Ada Stern |
| Oct. 27 |
Winner Take Nothing published
in New York |
| Nov. 22 |
Ernest, Pauline and Charles Thompson
sail from Marseilles for African safari; Patrick returns home with his Aunt Virginia,
meets Gregory and his nurse, and goes on to Piggott |
| Dec. 20 |
Hemingway party departs Nairobi for
two-month safari |
1934 |
|
| Feb. 28 |
Hemingways depart Africa and return
to Paris, via Haifa |
| March 27 |
Hemingways sail for Key West, via New
York, arriving home April 12 |
| May-June |
Pauline visits parents in Piggott |
| Dec. 23 |
Hemingways arrive in Piggott for
Christmas holidays |
1935 |
|
| April 14 |
Hemingway takes
The Pilar (his boat bearing Pauline's nickname) to Bimini for tuna fishing, where Pauline
and children join him later, along with Virginia Pfeiffer |
| Oct. 25 |
Green Hills of Africa is
published in New York |
1936 |
|
| February |
Pauline spends a week in Piggott,
then joins Ernest in Havana |
| April-May |
Pauline and Gregory in Piggott,
Patrick remains with nurse |
| June 4 |
Hemingways leave for Bimini, where
they are joined by her sister |
| July |
Pauline returns to Key West; Virginia
remains in Bimini with Ernest |
| July 16 |
Hemingway returns to Key West from
Bimini |
| July 27 |
Hemingways leave Key West for
Piggott, then on to Nordquist ranch in Wyoming with children |
| Oct. 27 |
Hemingways depart for Key West, via
Piggott |
| December |
Hemingway meets Martha Gellhorn in
Key West |
1937 |
|
| Feb. 27 |
Hemingway sails for Europe to join
Martha as a war correspondent |
| May 13 |
Hemingway departs Europe for New
York, where he is met by Pauline |
| May 26 |
Ernest and Pauline leave to spend
summer in Bimini, interrupted by Ernest's frequent short trips to New York |
| July 8 |
Ernest goes to the White House with
Martha Gellhorn |
| July 10 |
Ernest and Pauline travel to
Hollywood to raise funds for Loyalist cause in Spain |
| Aug. 14 |
Hemingway sails for Europe to rejoin
Martha Gellhorn |
| Aug. 24 |
Pauline and sons go to Mexico |
| Oct. 15 |
To Have and Have Not published
in New York |
| November |
Pauline takes apartment in East
Hamptons |
| Dec. 28 |
Pauline meets Ernest in Paris |
1938 |
|
| Jan. 12 |
Hemingways sail from Europe for
Nassau, Havana, and Key West |
| March 19 |
Hemingway returns to Europe |
| May 30 |
Hemingway arrives in New York and
departs for Key West |
| Aug. 4 |
Hemingways leave Key West for
Nordquist ranch in Wyoming |
| Aug. 28 |
Hemingways have confrontation; Toby
Bruce picks up Pauline and the boys to take them to Piggott, then on the Key West |
| Aug. 31 |
Hemingway sails for Europe, where he
rejoins Martha |
| Sept. 9 |
Pauline and children in Piggott |
| Oct. 14 |
The Fifth Column and the First 49
Stories is published in New York |
| Nov. 24 |
Pauline in New York; Ernest returns
from France |
| Dec. 1 |
Hemingways leave New York separately:
Pauline to Key West, Ernest to Cuba |
| Dec. 5 |
Hemingway returns to Key West |
1939 |
|
| February |
Uncle Gus Pfeiffer visits Ernest and
Pauline in Key West |
| April 5 |
Hemingway returns to Havana,
via the Pilar, where he rejoins Martha |
| August |
Hemingway and Martha return to Key
West while Pauline is in Europe; then takes Martha home to St. Louis and goes to Wyoming |
| September |
Pauline returns from Europe and
joins Ernest at ranch. Boys join several days later. Pauline is ill.
When she recuperates sufficiently, Ernest tells her he is leaving. Hemingway calls
Toby Bruce to take Pauline and the boys home; he goes on to Sun Valley to meet Martha |
| November |
Martha Gellhorn leaves Sun Valley for
assignment |
| Dec. 10 |
Hemingway does about-face and wants
to spend holidays with Pauline and the boys. Leaves for Key West |
| Dec. 17 |
Hemingway arrives home to an empty
house; Pauline has taken boys to New York for the holidays |
| Dec. 26 |
Hemingway leaves for Cuba via ferry |
1940 |
|
Summer |
Pauline takes boys and rents
apartment in San Francisco |
| Oct. 21 |
For Whom the Bell Tolls
published in New York |
| Nov. 4 |
Ernest and Pauline Hemingway divorce |
| Nov. 21 |
Ernest marries Martha Gellhorn |
|
Post-Hemingway |
|
| Jan. 26, 1944 |
Paul Pfeiffer dies in Piggott |
| Jan. 29, 1950 |
Mary Pfeiffer dies in Piggott |
| February 1950 |
Pfeiffer home and barn-studio
purchased by Tom and Beatrice Janes |
| Sept. 7, 1950 |
Across the River and Into the
Trees published in New York |
| Oct. 1, 1951 |
Pauline Hemingway dies at her
sister's home in Hollywood |
| Sept. 8, 1952 |
Old Man and the Sea published
in New York |
| Aug. 23, 1953 |
Uncle Gus Pfeiffer dies in New York |
1956 |
"A Face in the Crowd"
filmed in Piggott at suggestion of Toby Bruce and premieres in 1957 |
| July 2, 1961 |
Ernest Hemingway takes his life in
Ketchum, Idaho |
| Feb. 24, 1973 |
Virginia Pfeiffer dies at her home in
Hollywood |
| Jan. 28, 1976 |
Tom Janes dies |
| Dec. 11, 1981 |
Karl Pfeiffer dies |
| June 24, 1982 |
Pfeiffer family home and barn-studio
placed on National Historic Register |
|
1986 |
Bruce Janes, son of Tom and Bea
Janes, renovates barn-studio as his private residence |
|
1996 |
Beatrice Janes places the home for
sale |
|
April
1997 |
Arkansas State University purchases
the Pfeiffer family home from Beatrice Janes and acquires the barn-studio from her son |
|
July
4-5, 1999 |
Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and
Educational Center Grand Opening enjoyed a huge succes |
August 19,
2000 |
Beatrice Janes dies. |
|
Dec. 2, 2000 |
John Hadley Nicanor (Jack or
Bumby) Hemingway, son of Ernest Hemingway and Hadley Richardson Hemingway, dies. |
October 1,
2001 |
Gregory Hancock Hemingway, son
of Ernest Hemingway and Pauline Pfeiffer Hemingway, dies in Miami. |
|
Jan.
29, 2002 |
Matilda Schmitt Pfeiffer, wife
of Karl Pfeiffer, dies at her home in Piggott, Arkansas. |
Hemingway-Pfeiffer
Museum and Educational Center