Griggs, Laura T. (Laura Tressel), 1883-1956
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1883 - 1956
Biography
Laura Tressel Griggs was born in 1883 and died July 23, 1956. She was married to Robert Fiske Griggs, a botanist who led a National Geographic Society expedition in 1915 to observe the aftermath of the Katmai volcanic eruption. Mount Griggs in Alaska is named after them. The Grigg's son, David Tressel Griggs placed a plaque as a grave marker at the summit of the mountain. She lived in Chevy Chase, Maryland.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Exchange of letters between Laura T. Griggs and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, May 31 - June 3, 1940 Digital
FOUND IN:
Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Mildred Bliss Office Files, A-Havey
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Sub-Group:
Dumbarton Oaks, Garden, Appreciation Letters
File — Box E, Folder: 4, item: 55Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:Griggs 1940.05.31
Scope and Contents:
Signed handwritten letter from Laura Tressel Griggs to Mildred Bliss and a copy of the typescript response from Mildred Bliss sent to her at 39 E. Bradley Lane, Chevy Chase, Maryland. Laura Tressel thanks Mildred Bliss for a tour of the beautiful Dumbarton Oaks Garden for her, her sister and her friends from Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, her daughter, Ruth Higbie, and her husband, Robert Fiske Griggs given by James Bryce. She describes the garden as "a garment of loveliness" and each garden had...