McKenzie, Nettie Evelyn, 1881-1969
Person
Biography
Nettie Evelyn Tressel McKenzie (1881-1969) was married to Fayette Avery McKenzie. She is the sister of Laura Tressel Griggs whose husband is Robert Fiske Griggs, a noted botanist. She died in Davidson County, Tennessee and is buried with her husband in Riverview Cemetery, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania.
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...