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Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Winter 1990 (3.107042)
Date: 1990Creator: Stowell, Gladys, Way, Carol
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Winter 1990 Branches Newsletter contains articles on the following: Plant hunters in China who brought back seeds for many of the trees in the China collection at the Arboretum; Behavioral Ecology with several studies done under the umbrella of the Emily Rogers Davis chair; and a special Earth Day celebration to dedicate the Crab Apple Lake system. Volunteer opportunities, trainings, events and classes are included along with lists of active and new volunteers.
Extent: ;6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of the Morton Arboretum, Autumn 1990 (3.107043)
Date: 1990Creator: Way, Carol, Halperin, Marilyn J.
Type: Serial
Description:This issue of the Autumn 1990 Branches Newsletter contains articles on the following: the compilation, publication, editions, layout and indexing, uses and documentation of Plants of the Chicago Region begun by Frank Swink and published by the Arboretum; and the Natural History Collection, organization, relocation and cataloging. Volunteer opportunities, classes and events are included along with information about existing and new volunteers.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of the Morton Arboretum, Spring 1990 (3.107044)
Date: 1990Creator: Way, Carol
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Spring 1990 Branches newsletter contains articles on the following: the Arboretum Propagation Facility including greenhouses; the introduction of fire or controlled burns into the East Woods; and the Soil Characterization Laboratory which was running tests on the soil and water at the Arboretum to ascertain the effects of sodium and calcium chlorides used as road deicers on the adjacent tollways. Volunteer opportunities, trainings, classes and events are featured along with lists of current and new volunteers.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of the Morton Arboretum, Summer 1990 (3.107045)
Date: 1990Creator: Way, Carol, Stowell, Gladys
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Summer 1990 Branches newsletter contains articles on the following: the Outpost and a description of the outdoor education programs for school age children; Dick Wason and his VIEW (Volunteers in Education Work) team assisting with visitor education, plant placement and labeling; and the Dorothy Doughty porcelain bird collection in the Sterling Morton Library. The Doughty porcelain collection article gives a detailed account of the process the artist used to create the pieces from live bird models and the acquisition and instillation of the collection on the former rare book room display shelves. and . Volunteer opportunities, new volunteers, classes and programs are also featured.
Extent: ;6 pages