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1947/02/03: Don [Wyman] to Lowell Kammerer (3.62170)
Date: February 3 1947Type: Document
Description:Postcard asking about a plant received from the Morton Arboretum, cornus racemosa.
Extent: 1 postcard
1947/12/15: John Wister to Lowell [Kammerer] (3.62199)
Date: December 15 1947Creator: Wister, Dr. John C.
Type: Document
Description:Letter fro John Wister asking for more information on the death of Mr. Cudahy.
Extent: 1 sheet
1947/11/19: Lillian Warren to E.L. Kammerer (3.62942)
Date: November 19 1947Type: Document
Description:Letter asking for article on "Flowering Shrubs" for 1948 Official Directory of Chicago Flower Show.
Extent: 1 sheet
1947/12/15 Lillian Warren to E.L. Kammerer (3.62946)
Date: December 15 1947Type: Document
Description:Letter granting request to change title of article.
Extent: 1 sheet
1947/01/19: Jean Morton Cudahy to E. L. Kammerer (3.93563)
Date: January 19 1947Creator: Cudahy, Jean Morton
Type: Document
Description:Discussing sending Bulletins to various people, general life updates.
1947/07/09: George W. Petersen to E. L. Kammerer (3.93655)
Date: July 9 1947Creator: Petersen, George W.
Type: Document
Description:Letter asking E. L. Kammerer to judge the arrangements category at the Men's Garden Club of Villa Park Flower Show.
1947/09/24: E. L. Kammerer to The Morton Arboretum (3.93773)
Date: September 24 1947Creator: Kammerer, E. Lowell
Type: Document
Description:Postcard from San Francisco discussing his trip there.
1947/06/16: Mr. John Kinzie to E. L. Kammerer (3.93777)
Date: June 16 1947Creator: Kinzie, John
Type: Document
Description:Postcard from Mr. John Kinzie to the Arboretum saying he is interested in the Dove Tree (Davidia involucrata) and asks if they might be able to help him obtain a specimen since they have one in their collections. He also asks for information about the tree and whether the Arboretum issues Bulletins.
1947/09/29: Marie D. Aspley to E. L. Kammerer (3.93779)
Date: September 29 1947Creator: Aspley, Marie D.
Type: Document
Description:Card from Marie D. Aspley to E. L. Kammerer asking if he would come and speak at a meeting of their garden club. She says she has heard him speak at the Arboretum several times and would love for him to give a talk to the garden club members. On the front of the card is an illustration of a stream at the Morton Arboretum.
1947/01/21: George W. Kelly to E. L. Kammerer (3.93781)
Date: January 21 1947Creator: Kelly, George W.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from George W. Kelly to E. L. Kammerer asking if he and Mrs. Watts would be willing to update a key to different Oak species that was included in the 1944 Nov./Dec. Bulletin of Popular Information to include 8 species that grow in Colorado but were not on the key (Q. ilicifolia, Scrub Oak; Q falcata, Southern Red; borealis, Northern Red; prinoides, Dwarf Chinickapin [Chinkapin]; montana, Chestnut; novomexicana, New Mexican; utahensis, Utah White; undulata, Wavyleaf). He also thanks Mr. Kammerer for the Bulletin which is a valued addition to their growing library.
1947/02/05: George W. Kelly to E. L. Kammerer (3.93783)
Date: February 5 1947Creator: Kelly, George W.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from George W. Kelly to E. L. Kammerer saying he appreciates how much work it takes to create something like the Oak key. He also says he will keep working on one that includes Oaks found in Colorado, even though he is worried it won't be as scientifically accurate as would like and might face criticism.
1947/02/05: Harvey Williams to E. L. Kammerer (3.93785)
Date: February 5 1947Creator: Williams, Harvey
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Harvey Williams to E. L. Kammerer saying that he is very interested in the bulletin from September/October that featured clipped hedges, especially because there is a lack of information on the subject. He asks for advice on a red cedar hedge that he is having trouble with, and that local horticulturists had differing opinions on or no knowledge of how to solve the issue.
1947/08/29: Edwin A. Mason to E. L. Kammerer (3.93787)
Date: August 29 1947Type: Document
Description:Postcard from Edwin A. Mason to E. L. Kammerer saying that the Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary is planning to build up a collection of plants for wildlife food and cover and are interested in Mr. Kammerer's card filing system for plants. Mr. Mason asks if Mr. Kammerer would send example cards.
1947/09/15: Ruth B. Kroscher to E. L. Kammerer (3.93789)
Date: September 15 1947Creator: Kroscher, Ruth B.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Ruth Kroscher to E. L. Kammerer thanking him for his recent lectures, and expresses awe at the Arboretum's display of shrub material at the recent Hinsdale Garden Show. She says a member of the American Rose Society had high praise for the Arboretum's rose garden. She also goes into detail about an experience with understocks and growing hybrid tea roses.
1947/10/23: Alfred W. Lane to The Director - The Morton Arboretum (3.93791)
Date: October 23 1947Creator: Lane, Alfred W.
Type: Document
Description:A letter from Alfred W. Lane to The Director of The Morton Arboretum asking about cacti at the Arboretum and describing his own gardening and greenhouse.
1947/11/18: B. O. Mulligan to E. L. Kammerer (3.93795)
Date: November 18 1947Creator: Mulligan, Brian O.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from B. O. Mulligan asking if the Arboretum has seeds of Acer pennsylvanicum, Acer nigrum, or Acer spicatum they could send. He says he could send seeds of Quercus Rudkinii and Acer glabrum Douglasii in return.
1947/04/24: Alice W. Pierce to The Morton Arboretum (3.93796)
Date: April 24 1947Creator: Pierce, Alice W.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Alice Pierce asking is the Arboretum can provide any information on the 7 year locust, and if there are any methods to prevent them from hatching or a way to protect trees from the cicadas.
1947/05/09: Mrs. A. O. Young to Mr. Kammerer (3.93798)
Date: May 9 1947Creator: Young, A. O.
Type: Document
Description:A letter from Mrs. A. O. Young to Mr. Kammerer asking questions on the Sycamore Maple Tree.
1947/05/15: Mrs. Margaret Wright to The Morton Arboretum (3.93800)
Date: May 15 1947Creator: Wright, Margaret
Type: Document
Description:Postcard from Mrs. Wright to the gentlemen at the Arboretum inquiring about a shrub she purchased labeled Weigela Vaniceki, which she was unable to find any information about. There are some handwritten notes in the margins by Lowell Kammerer.