Griggs, Robert F. (Robert Fiske), 1881-1962
Person
Biography
Robert Fiske Griggs was a botanist who led a 1915 National Geographic expedition to observe the aftermath of the Katmai volcanic eruption. He has a Ph.D. from Harvard University. He was a professor at George Washington University from 1921-1947 and President of the Washington Botanical Society in 1927 and Washington Academy of Sciences in 1932-1933. He was Chairman of the Division of Biology and Agriculture of the National Research Council from 1940-1947 and President of the Ecological Society of America in 1943. His son, David Tressel Griggs placed the ashes of his mother and father along with a plaque at the summit of Mount Griggs within the Katmai National Park. He also had a daughter, Ruth Griggs Higbie.
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...