Pat Armstrong, headshot (3.90943)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Headshot of Pat Armstrong, employee of The Morton Arboretum.
Albizia julibrissin Durazz. (silk-tree), flowers (3.83207)
Date: July 3 1975Creator: Armstrong, Patricia K.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Albizia julibrissin Durazz. (silk-tree), several pink and white flowers, flower buds, pinnately compound leaves
Extent: 1 slide
Pat Armstrong sitting with class in Schulenberg Prairie (3.4817)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Pat Armstrong sitting with class as she teaches in Schulenberg Prairie
Extent: 1 photograph
Pat Armstrong teaching a class in Schulenberg Prairie (3.4816)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Pat Armstrong teaching a class in the Schulenberg Prairie
Extent: 1 photograph
Pat Armstrong studying plant in Schulenberg Prairie (3.4815)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Pat Armstrong studying plant in Schulenberg Prairie
Extent: 1 photograph
Pat Armstrong in Schulenberg Prairie (3.4814)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Pat Armstrong in Schulenberg Prairie
Extent: 1 photograph
Pat Armstrong in front of Administration Building (3.4813)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Pat Armstrong in front of Administration Building
Extent: 1 photograph
Morton Arboretum TEA Guides (Teaching Environmental Awareness) outside in the snow (3.4133)
Date: 1970sType: Photographic image
Description:Morton Arboretum TEA Guides (Teaching Environmental Awareness) outside in the snow
(Seated L to R): Laurie Skrzenta, Jennie Jendrzejczyk, Vicki Kohlman, Pat Armstrong
(Standing L to R): Carol Irvin, Carol Way, Ann Carlson, Emily Fleishman, Lois Myerholtz, Ester Shaw, Gloria Dobry, Jan McLaughlin, Sally Grunsfeld, Alice Burkman, Sybil Kellogg, Mildred Rahn, Marlene Ralston, Barbara Rutherford, Helen Pierce
Extent: 1 photograph
The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 08 No. 04 (3.34580)
Date: December 21 1972 – March 20 1973Type: Serial
Description:
- A Taste of Wilderness: Arboretum Teens Explore the Manistee (49-53)
- Notes from the Sterling Morton Library (54-55)
- Arboretum News and Notes (56)
- Climatological Summary (56)
- Charles C. Deam (1865-1953): An Uncommon Common Man (57-58)
- Excerpts from Letters written by Charles Clemon Deam to Floyd Swink between 1947 and 1951 with comments by Floyd Swink (59-62)
- Floyd Swink: Typist Turned Taxonomist (62-64)
Extent: 16 pages
The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 08 No. 02 (3.34578)
Date: June 21 – September 20 1972Type: Serial
Description:
- Ropes on the Fox (17-22)
- In Memoriam: Mary K. Moulton 1913-1972 (23-24)
- Hortus Botanicus: the Botanic Garden & the Book (24)
- Adventures Afield: A Brief History (25-26)
- Field Course in the Rocky Mountains (27-29, 32)
- Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum: Maple Family (Aceraceae) (30-31)
- Climatological Summary (32)
Extent: 16 pages
The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 11 No. 02 (3.34472)
Date: June 21 – September 20 1975Type: Serial
Description:
- “Nature City”: Translating the Natural Environment into Urban Language (17-22)
- American Plants in Porcelain Sculpture (23-25)
- I Loved a Frog Pond (26-27)
- Exploring a Pond in summer… (28-29)
- Flowering Dogwood, Cornus florida: Dogwood Family (Cornaceae) (30-31)
- People and Projects/ Climatological Summary (32)
Extent: 16 pages
Lecture by Ray Schulenberg: The Story of The Morton Arboretum Prairie Restoration (3.31580)
Date: September 11 1987Type: Audio
Description:Lecture titled "The Story of The Morton Arboretum Prairie Restoration" given by Ray Schulenberg as part of the 25th Anniversary Celebration of The Morton Arboretum Prairie.
Extent: 1 audio cassette
Alpine flower friends: plants & people I have known & loved (3.31515)
Date: 2012Creator: Armstrong, Patricia K.
Type: Book
Ten years in a backyard prairie (3.31504)
Date: March 27 1999Creator: Armstrong, Patricia K.
Type: Article
Description:Patricia Armstrong's assessment of the changes to her backyard prairie over the course of ten years. Details in changes of plants and wildlife.
Events, News, & Classes: Winter 1986 (3.113786)
Date: 1986Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Winter 1986 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as a discussion on the "The Romance of Botanical Names" and "Resource Conservation in an Urban Environment". There was a field trip to watch bald eagles in Savanna, IL. Charles A. Lewis, the Arboretum's Collections Group Administrator, was honored with the G.B. Gunslogson Medal for "the creative use of home gardening in benefiting people-plant relationships and the future of American life" from the American Horticultural Society. The woody plant collections were to be computerized. A new maple, 'Marmo', was introduced. Members were also encourage to write Lt. Governor George Ryan to advocate for the development of a lake on the Danada Forrest Preserve as part of the Briarcliff Flood Control Program.
Events, News, & Classes: Spring 1986 (3.113784)
Date: 1986Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Spring 1986 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as lectures about Tuberous Begonias and plants for troublesome spots. A future trip to Kenya for a field seminar was announced. Field trips include Starved Rock State Park, Warren Woods, and Mississippi Palisades State Park. A field seminar on English gardens and landscapes also took place. The Arboretum announced that library staff would begin cataloging and indexing the rare book collection to make it more accessible.
Extent: 5 pages
Events, News, & Classes: Winter 1985 (3.113782)
Date: 1985Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Autumn 1985 Events, News & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as a weekend getaway at the arboretum, a seminar on evergreens, and a lecture on plant diseases and human history. Field trips were scheduled for bald eagle watching in Savanna, IL, a Starved Rock State Park trip, and Chicago's Crystal Palaces of Garfield Park and Lincoln Park. Charles C. Haffner, Chairman of the Arboretum's Board of Trustees, received the Sol Feinstone Award, and Charles Lewis, Horticulturalist and Administrator of the Arboretum's Collections Programs, received the "Alice Burlingame Award for Humanitarian Service." The Fragrance Garden opened west of the Thornhill Building and approximately 6,000 people attended the 1984 Fall Festival.
Extent: 5 pages
Events, News, & Classes: Summer 1985 (3.113781)
Date: 1985Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Summer 1985 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as a bluegrass concert at Thornhill Conference Center by the group Buck's Stove & Range Company. Bugs took center stage with the discussion Creepy Crawlies and Other Curious Things and the children's activity Hidden Worlds. Field trips visited the prairies of Carrol County, Crabtree Nature Center in Barrington, the Volo Bog, Glacier Park in McHenry County, and McKee Marsh in Warrenville.
Extent: 5 pages
Events, News, & Classes: Spring 1985 (3.113780)
Date: 1985Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Spring 1985 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as welcoming Spring with classes like Arboretum Spring and The Nature of Spring. There are also several opportunities for birding. Field seminars were offered for Spring in the Southern Appalachians and Isle of Royale Adventure, and field trips were available to Braidwood, IL, Starved Rock State Park, Warren Woods, and Nelson Lake Marsh. The Atlantic Richfield Foundation Grant awarded $125,000 to support the project "City Trees For City People".
Events, News, & Classes: Autumn 1985 (3.113779)
Date: 1985Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Autumn 1985 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as several mushroom-related activities, bird walks, and an upcoming field seminar to England discussing gardens and landscapes.
Extent: 5 pages
Events, News, & Classes: Winter 1984 (3.113778)
Date: 1984Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Spring 1984 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as making maple syrup, the Yuletide Celebration, and the member's chamber music series. Local 12-year-old 4H member Wendy Reed wrote in to show your DuPage County Fair blue ribbon winning project showing conservation and the possible effects of proposed highway FAP 431. A picture shows the construction of the brick walkway that leads visitors to the gardens south of the Visitor Center.
Extent: 5 pages
Events, News, & Classes: Summer 1984 (3.113777)
Date: 1984Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Summer 1984 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as summer concerts with performances by The Medinah Highlanders and Milwaukee's DANCECIRCUS. Taxonomist, Floyd Swink was honored. Lectures included "Exploring Kenya" and "America's Favorite Backyard Birds". Field trips included destinations like the Indiana Dunes and Volo Bog.
Extent: 5 pages
Events, News, & Classes: Spring 1984 (3.113776)
Date: 1984Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Spring 1984 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as a nature photography seminar and a rally against the highway FAP-431 with an associated article explaining the highway would be taking land from the Arboretum. There are also announcements of new employees.
Extent: 5 pages
Events, News, & Classes: Autumn 1984 (3.113775)
Date: 1984Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Autumn 1984 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as the Yuletide celebration and a lecture about "The Arboretum and Chicago's Architectural Heritage". The Arboretum also received a grant from the National Park Service of the United States Department of Interior to study the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.
Extent: 5 pages
Events, News, & Classes: Autumn 1983 (3.113774)
Date: 1983Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Autumn 1983 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as Bluegrass at Thornhill and a Bonsai Exhibit at Thornhill. It also includes behind the scenes gardening information and how volunteers fight tent caterpillars and mentions a problem with deer eating young plants. It also has a list of classes.
Extent: 5 pages
Life at Prairie Sun: Weeds, Water Bans, & Worried Neighbors (3.10918)
Date: June 21 – September 20 1985Creator: Armstrong, Patricia K.
Type: Article
Bryophytes of The Morton Arboretum (3.10883)
Date: June 21 – September 20 1983Creator: Armstrong, Patricia K.
Type: Article
Bryophytes: Tiny Treasures of the Plant World (3.10850)
Date: June 21 – September 20 1981Creator: Armstrong, Patricia K.
Type: Article
Prairie Poetry: Visions of the Past (3.10814)
Date: June 21 – September 20 1979Creator: Armstrong, Patricia K.
Type: Article
Behind the Scenes with the TEA Guides: “Dear Mrs. Arboretum…” (3.10810)
Date: March 21 – June 20 1979Creator: Armstrong, Patricia K.
Type: Article
Lichens of The Morton Arboretum (3.10776)
Date: June 21 – September 20 1977Creator: Armstrong, Patricia K.
Type: Article
Pat Armstrong oral history interview, 2023 February 27 (3.107205)
Date: February 27 2023Type: Audio
Description:A recording of an oral history interview with Pat Armstrong, former education staff member and Schulenberg Prairie supervisor, conducted by Cindy Crosby, prairie steward supervisor. The interview took place on February 27, 2023 in the Sterling Morton Library at The Morton Arboretum. This is part of a series of interviews with individuals connected to the Schulenberg Prairie.
Topics include the Schulenberg Prairie, the prairie volunteer corps, prairie restoration, residential prairie planting at her home, Prairie Poetry, and the Wild Plant Family Cookbook.
I Loved a Frog Pond (3.10716)
Date: June 21 – September 20 1975Creator: Armstrong, Patricia K.
Type: Article