Collections of The Morton Arboretum Archives

Part of the Suzette Morton Davidson Special Collections, the Arboretum’s archival collections house not only the historical and operating records of the Arboretum, but also the papers of several prominent landscape designers and naturalists.

The collections include thousands of original manuscript materials, artifacts, audiovisual materials, maps, photographic images, and even a collection of butterfly and moth specimens collected in 1895. These materials may be viewed in person or online.

Alfred Rehder and Ernest Jesse Palmer photographs (1.4375)
Alice Thoms Vitale papers (1.3059)
Arboretum Image Bank (1.4360)
Arie and John den Boer Crabapple Research Collection (1.7526)
Carol Doty collection on Alfred Etter (1.1497), Created 1945 – 1997
Centennial Image Bank (1.13540)
Collection of Jens Jensen materials (1.4377)
Collection of John Hagstrom Images (1.12440), Created 2005 – 2012, 2020
Collection of Kris Bachtell Materials (1.13548)
Collection of Marshall Johnson materials (1.4240)
Collection of May Theilgaard Watts materials (1.1557)
Collection of Morton Family materials (1.1498), Created 1847 – 1960
Collection of Morton Salt Company materials (1.1501)
Denton Butterfly And Moth Collection (1.1389), Created 1895, 1954
E. Lowell Kammerer papers (1.1387), Created 1924 – 1965
Ernest Henry Wilson photographs (1.4376)
Floyd Swink papers (1.1201), Created 1917, 1933 – 1998
George Ware papers (1.2740)
Gerould Wilhelm papers (1.6944)
Hedborn Plant Images (1.4894)
Herbert Lamp papers (1.3379), Created 1972
Living Collections Departmental Photographs (1.8240)
Marion Trufant Hall Juniperus research (1.1461), Created 1946 – 1987
Marlin Bowles papers (1.4244)
Mary K. Moulton papers (1.1503), Created 1925, 1945 – 1990
Nature Artists' Guild of The Morton Arboretum Collection (1.14635), Created 1986 – 2022
Patricia K. Armstrong Prairie Slides Collection (1.14219), Created 1960 – 2009
Planted: Finding Your Roots In STEM Careers (1.11696)
Robert F. Betz papers (1.3302)
Sterling Morton Library Art Collection (1.7591)
Sue Wiegrefe papers (1.3449)
The Morton Arboretum Historical Plant Records (1.13269)
The Morton Arboretum Records (1.1393), Created 1887 – 2020
The Morton Arboretum Records: Research (1.10226)
The Morton Arboretum Staff Publications and Dataset Collection (1.9618)
Thomas B. Simpson Papers (1.7742)
Vascular Plants Slide Collection (1.4869)
William Hess Papers (1.10151)