Mrs. Gilmer Brenizer Papers, 1846-1942

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Mrs. Gilmer Brenizer Papers, 1846-1942

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Mrs. Gilmer Brenizer (Nellie Waddell Benizer) of Washington, D.C., worked for the Forestry Division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture as a scientific illustrator. The collection includes genealogical materials relating to the Moore, Waddell, Yeamans, Swann, Brownrigg, Wright, Gilmer, Brenizer, and related families; personal and family correspondence, including letters from her father, L. R. Waddell of Smithfield, N.C.; photographs; scrapbooks; clippings; and materials dealing with the Daughters of the American Revolution, United Daughters of the Confederacy, and various other ancestral societies. Also included is material relating to Mrs. Brenizer's work with the Forestry Division, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and a story written about the renovation of an 1810 house in Georgetown, Washington, D.C.

About 3000 items (8.0 linear feet)

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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SNAC Resource ID: 6625742

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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Brenizer, Gilmer, Mrs., d. 1942.

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Mrs. Gilmer Brenizer (Nellie Waddell Brenizer) of Washington, D.C., daughter of L. R. Waddell of Smithfield, N.C., worked for the Forestry Division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture as a scientific illustrator. She died in 1942. From the guide to the Mrs. Gilmer Brenizer Papers, 1846-1942, (Southern Historical Collection) Mrs. Gilmer Brenizer (Nellie Waddell Brenizer) of Washington, D.C., daughter of L. R. Waddell of Smithfield, N.C. Mrs. Brenizer worked for the Forestry...