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Morton Arboretum Prairie Restoration Project: 1960-1980, Raymond F. Schulenberg (3.104345)
Date: 1980sCreator: Schulenberg, Ray
Type: Document
Description:A formerly bound series of documents pertaining to the development of the Schulenberg Prairie. The physical copy of the artifact was formerly in a three-ring binder, but has since been placed in acid free folders, organized by the original tabs represented in the binder.
A table of contents for the pdf version provided in this record is as follows:
Before 1962: Pages 1-3
1962: Pages 4-19
1963: Pages 20-69
1964: Pages 70-106
1965: Pages 107-123
1966: Pages 124-125
1967: Pages 126-196
1968: Pages 197-230
1969: Pages 231-246
1970: Pages 247-264
1971: Pages 265-268
1972: Pages 269-275
After 1972: Pages 276-288
After 1980: Pages 289-315
Extent: 315 pages
Soil Map of The Morton Arboretum Prairie Restoration (3.106152)
Date: 1980 – circa 1990Type: Map
Description:Numbered sections refer to soil series on the Prairie Restoration at The Morton Arboretum, later named the Schulenberg Prairie. Key identifies number and name of soil series as well as the slope class.
Extent: 1 sheet
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Autumn 1986 (3.107026)
Date: 1986Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Autumn 1986 Branches Newsletter features: an article on the selection and creation of the computer system for the files of the live and dead plants at the Arboretum, including volunteers Jack Pfister and Randy Herber who mentored and guided the process; the volunteer recognition for that year; and an article on the Visitors Center dedicated in 1973 in honor of Sophia Preston Owsky Morton, designed by architect Arthur Myhrum and commissioned by Suzette Morton Zurcher (later Davidson); the staff at the Visitors Center are also featured in some detail. Educational opportunities, volunteer opportunities and new volunteers are also featured.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Spring 1986 (3.107027)
Date: 1986Creator: Kaskey, Marjorie
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Spring 1986 Branches Newsletter features the following articles: the battle against the Eastern Tent Caterpillars using a team of volunteers to avoid spraying; wildflowers at the Arboretum including the Wild Garden at the Outpost; Ray Schulenberg's, Curator of Collections, process of adding and locating plants in the Arboretum in tandem with Tony Tyznik. Upcoming educational and volunteer opportunities are included as well as new and featured volunteers.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Summer 1986 (3.107028)
Date: 1986Creator: Stowell, Gladys
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Summer 1986 Branches Newsletter features articles on; the establishment of the Woody Herb Garden with the help of volunteer Bonnie Paulson, waste water treatment at the Arboretum, the monitoring of the lakes and ponds at the Arboretum in conjunction wit the Illinois EPA and the establishment of new geographic collections in Sargent's Glade consisting of plants of the Pacific Northwest, the Rockies and the Southwest. Upcoming events and activities at the Arboretum are featured along with volunteer opportunities and a feature on new volunteers.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of the Morton Arboretum, Winter 1986 (3.107029)
Date: 1986Creator: Stowell, Gladys, Kaskey, Marjorie
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Winter 1986 Branches Newsletter features articles about: berm building along the new north/south tollway to mitigate sound and air pollution, the Outpost hosting 5th grade classes from local Montessori schools for the resident program and the health and survival of plants at the Arboretum as they overwinter. Upcoming events, classes and a special training based on the new Volunteer Handbook are highlighted.
Extent: ;6 pages
This is My Book II: The Cosmographia of Petrus Apianus, 1545 (3.10926)
Date: December 21 1985 – March 20 1986Creator: MacPhail, Ian
Type: Article
Research Notes (3.10927)
Date: December 21 1985 – March 20 1986Type: Article
Giving City Trees a Better Chance to Survive (3.10938)
Date: September 21 – December 20 1986Creator: Ware, George
Type: Article
Taking a Closer Look at Plants (3.10939)
Date: September 21 – December 20 1986Creator: Hess, William J.
Type: Article
The National Crabapple Evaluation Program (3.10940)
Date: September 21 – December 20 1986Creator: Green, Tom
Type: Article
Marion Trufant Hall, Third Director of The Morton Arboretum: A Twenty-year Retrospective: 1966-1986 (3.10942)
Date: December 21 1986 – March 20 1987Creator: Doty, Carol L.
Type: Article
A Trustee’s Perspective (3.10943)
Date: December 21 1986 – March 20 1987Creator: Haffner III, Charles C.
Type: Article
Research Under Dr. Marion T. Hall’s Administration: A Scientist’s Perspective (3.10944)
Date: December 21 1986 – March 20 1987Creator: Ware, George
Type: Article
An Administrator’s Perspective (3.10945)
Date: December 21 1986 – March 20 1987Creator: Lewis, Charles A.
Type: Article
Accomplishments of The Morton Arboretum During the Tenure of Dr. Marion T. Hall, Director, 1966 to Present (3.10946)
Date: December 21 1986 – March 20 1987Type: Article
Events, News, & Classes: Autumn 1986 (3.113783)
Date: 1986Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Autumn 1986 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as a talk by Dr. Gary Watson, the Arboretum's root specialist, discussing the importance of roots and a look at a Victorian Christmas with Sunny O'Neil. Field trips included birding along Chicago's lakefront, a waterfowl fall migration in the Palos area, and a trip to the Indiana Dunes. Charles Lewis and Dr. Herbert Schroeder, Environmental Psychologist with the US Forest Service, were participating in an exchange research trip to The Netherlands to establish joint projects.
Extent: 5 pages
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: Summer 1986 (3.113785)
Date: 1986Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Summer 1986 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as the annual fish boil and a concert by Marshall Vente/Project Nine Plus with Anna Dawson. Bob Thomson, host of the popular syndicated PBS program "The Victory Garden", visited with the horticulture staff, and Robert W. Little, noted author, artist, and teacher, was to present a special lecture. Field trips included birding at Ryerson Conservation Area in Deerfield.
Extent: 5 pages
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.
Ginkgo Coffee Shop in the Visitor Center (3.3361)
Date: 1980sType: Photographic image
Description:Ginkgo Coffee Shop in the Visitor Center, Helen Langrill seated on right at table facing camera
Decor designed by Elaine Fairbanks
Extent: 1 photograph
[Aerial Photographs of] The Morton Arboretum (3.33720)
Date: March 25 1986Creator: Sidwell Company
Type: Map
Extent: 5 sheets
[Aerial Photographs of] The Morton Arboretum (3.33721)
Date: March 25 1986Creator: Sidwell Company
Type: Map
Extent: 5 sheets
[Aerial Photographs of] The Morton Arboretum (3.33778)
Date: April 1986Creator: Sidwell Company
Type: Map
Extent: 6 Sheets
[Aerial Photographs of] The Morton Arboretum (3.33780)
Date: April 1986Creator: Sidwell Company
Type: Map
Extent: 6 sheets
Founder's Room historic windows bay (3.3406)
Date: 1980sCreator: Nickel, Richard
Type: Photographic image
Description:Founder's Room historic windows bay
Extent: 1 photograph
Map & Visitor Guide, The Morton Arboretum (3.34271)
Date: 1982 – 1986Type: Map
Description:Double-sided brochure, Map & Visitor Guide for The Morton Arboretum
Map details Arboretum roads, trails, plant collections, buildings and boundaries. Includes photographs of various Arboretum buildings with descriptive information.
Reverse side provides general information about the Arboretum, trails for walking and hiking, driving through the Arboretum, areas and collections of special interest, native plant communities, wildlife at the Arboretum, regulations, facilities and services, and information on membership. A section of the map is enlarged to identify landmarks around the Visitor Center, Administration Building, and Thornhill Education Center.
Extent: 1 sheet
The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 21 No. 04 (3.34519)
Date: December 21 1985 – March 20 1986Type: Serial
Extent: 16 pages
The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 22 No. 01-02 (3.34520)
Date: March 21 – September 20 1986Type: Serial
Extent: 32 pages
The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 22 No. 03 (3.34521)
Date: September 21 – December 20 1986Type: Serial
Extent: 16 pages
The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 22 No. 04 (3.34522)
Date: December 21 1986 – March 20 1987Type: Serial
Extent: 16 pages
The Morton Arboretum (3.35347)
Date: 1986Creator: Sidwell Company
Type: Map
Description:The maps shows images taken on December 16, 1985. The copyright date of the maps is 1986.
Extent: 5 sheets
Tollway Wetland and Lake Development - Conceptual Grading Plan - Hidden Lake Forest Preserve (3.36061)
Date: June 17 1986Creator: Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
Type: Plan
Extent: 1 sheet
Arbor Day, two men and three children planting tree with surrounding crowd (3.3937)
Date: 1980sType: Photographic image
Description:Arbor Day, two men and three children planting tree with surrounding crowd
Extent: 1 photograph
Arbor Day, tree planting (3.3938)
Date: 1980sType: Photographic image
Description:Arbor Day, tree planting, group of visitors shoveling dirt around tree next to gravel walkway
Extent: 1 photograph