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Please visit our ABOUT section for more information.Ed Hedborn oral history interview, 2023 March 08
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March 8 2023Description
A recording of an oral history interview with Ed Hedborn, manager of plant records, conducted by Kristin Arnold, archivist. The interview took place on March 8, 2023 in the Sterling Morton Library at The Morton Arboretum.The interview focuses on Hedborn's experiences and memories of The Morton Arboretum's Collections Program during the curatorship of Kunso Kim, which lasted from 1998 to 2014, and Matt Lobdell, which lasted from 2014 to 2022. Topics include the development of the Arboretum's collections, online collections catalogs, the Arboretum's grid system, the Collections Master Plan, the building of the Curatorial and Operations Center, working in Plant Clinic, and tribute trees.
Subject - keywords and LC headings
Floerkea proserpinacoides Willd. (false mermaid)Leucanthemum vulgare Lam. (oxeye daisy)
Birch Family Collection
Buckeye Collection
Quercus macrocarpa Michx. (bur oak)
China Collection
Collections Grid
Central & Western Asia Collection
Drainage
Elm Collection
European Collections
Flowering Trees Collection
Interpretation Sites
Magnolia Collection
Maple Collection
Midwest United States Collection
Northern Illinois Collection
Oak Collection
Ozarks Collection
Plant Clinic
Curatorial and Operations Center (COC)
Arboretum Collections
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Hedborn Jr., Edward A. (interviewee)Arnold, Kristin E. (interviewer)
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