Higbie, Ruth, 1909-1990
Person
Biography
Ruth Griggs Higbie(1909-1990) was the daughter of Laura T. Griggs and Robert Fiske Griggs. She married Howard Ernest Higbie. She wrote, "A Classful of Gods and Goddesses in Nepal" and nature articles for various magazines. She died in Madision County, Virginia and was buried on private property with her husband.
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...