Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Fillmore Norfleet Correspondence, Accession 5497-c, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Acquisition Information

This group of letters was given to the Library on February 10, 1988 by Mrs. Fillmore Norfleet of Charlottesville, Virginia.

Funding Note

Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Scope and Content

This collection contains seven letters, 1934 and 1953, written to Fillmore Norfleet , chiefly concerning his work on the publication of the diary of Robert Henning Fisher . Two letters, 1934, written in French, from Albin Michel , an editor, comment on Norfleet's book, Jesus la Caille . Letters, 1953, from Hugh Foot , Governor of Jamaica, and C. Bernard Lewis , Director and President of the Jamaica Historical Society , express their willingness to assist with the publication of the diary of Fisher, mention the journal of Lady Nugent (wife of General Nugent, Governor of Jamaica from 1801-1806), and later suggest that he approach Richard Reynolds, Jr. for assistance with the introduction to the diary. In addition, there is a 1953 letter from John Cook Wyllie in his capacity as Curator of Rare Books, University of Virginia Library.