Dorothy Canfield Fisher letters, 1939-1950

Summary

Creator:

Fisher, Dorothy Canfield, 1879-1958

Date:

1939-1950

Extent:

1 folder(s) 3 letters

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Dorothy Canfield Fisher letters, ms 1122. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of three typed letters written by Dorothy Canfield Fisher from Arlington, Vermont. In them, she relates her interest and friendship for Samuel Tupper, a Georgia novelist. With one letter to Tupper's mother and two to Tupper himself, Fisher recounts his visits to her Vermont home, his knowledge and grasp of the art of fiction, the similarities of Southerners and Vermonters, her readings for the Book-of-the-Month Club, and other literary matters.

Biographical / historical:

Dorothy Canfield Fisher (1879-1958), author and educational leader. Fisher helped introduce the Montessori method in the United States. Samuel Tupper was a novelist born in Georgia.

For more information on Fisher, see her biography in the American National Biography.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Authors, American.
Authors, American -- Georgia.
Literature (humanities)
Correspondence

Names:

Tupper, Samuel, 1904- -- Travel
Tupper, Samuel, Mrs. -- Correspondence

Preferred citation:

Dorothy Canfield Fisher letters, ms 1122. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.