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1929/07/06: Alvin M. West to Joy Morton (3.101441)
Date: July 6 1929Creator: West, Alvin M.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Alvin M. West (Reference Library on American Benefactions) asking Morton for information about the Morton Arboretum and the tract of land formerly belonging to his father that was conveyed to the University of Nebraska. West's organization researches organizations and compiles information about them to share with potential donors.
Extent: 1 sheet
1929/07/10: [Joy Morton] to Alvin M. West (3.101442)
Date: July 10 1929Creator: Morton, Joy
Type: Document
Description:Letter from [Joy Morton] to Alvin M. West sharing some general information about the Arboretum and enclosing a bound copy of Volume 3 of the Arboretun's Bulletin.
Extent: 1 sheet
Newspaper Clipping on Philanthropy (Institute of Research on Benefactions) (3.101444)
Date: circa 1929Creator: West, Alvin M.
Type: Document
Description:Newspaper clippings about the Institute of Research on Benefactions whose purpose is to collect information about possible places for people to wisely leave their money. The clippings also include a list of people commending the institute's work, a list of people whose wills and deeds the institute has on file, and general types of institutions/charities that are possible beneficiaries.
Extent: 4 sheets
1929/02/27: [Joy Morton] to C. E. Godshalk (3.101451)
Date: February 27 1929Creator: Morton, Joy
Type: Document
Description:Letter from [Joy Morton] to C. E. Godshalk enclosing a copy of a letter he sent to Fred Berg upon learning about his accident. It is half scolding, half sympathetic. He hopes all goes well on the farm. They are pleased with Tuscon, then they will go on to Phoenix, stopping at the new Arizona Biltmore. They are both well and pleased to have missed the cold waves and blizzards at home.
Extent: 1 sheet
1929/02/27: [Joy Morton] to Fred Berg (3.101452)
Date: February 27 1929Creator: Morton, Joy
Type: Document
Description:Letter from [Joy Morton] to Fred Berg after his accident saying he is not sure whether to sympathize with him or scold him for forgetting he is not a youngster anymore. He is sorry Berg had the accident, and he hopes he will get over it without any bad effects.
Extent: 2 sheets
1929/02/26: [C.E. Godshalk] to Joy Morton (3.101453)
Date: February 26 1929Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from [C.E. Godshalk] to Joy Morton informing him of Fred Von Oven's death. He sent a nice floral piece in Morton's name. They had a cold spell--20 degrees below zero--followed by flooding. Their most serious problem now is the rabbits; they are doing the best they can to protect everything. Fred Berg sent in 14 head of cattle for a total of $1312.58. This will help considerably in cutting down on their cost of operation. Fred is able to be up for short periods of time, but he is still badly bruised. Van Gemert is busy grafting the scions he collected last fall. They are beginning to receive acknowledgements of orders placed for small evergreens. In general things are going well, and they are in good health. He hope Morton and Mrs. Morton are well and enjoying the southern breezes.
Extent: 2 sheets
1929/03/06: C. E. Godshalk to Joy Morton (3.101454)
Date: March 6 1929Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from C. E. Godshalk to Joy Morton saying Fred Berg seemed quite pleased to be scolded by Morton. He is getting around rather well. The weather is spring-like, but as the ground is still frozen, they are unable to plant. They have considerable trimming and burning of brush yet to do. The men are moving larches and pines for the background of the flower garden. They are also pruning. Chas Schroeder has been down several times to ask for phosphate for the land he left idle last summer. Fred Berg also wants phosphate for the big hill. Should he buy a car and divide it between the two?
He has two good candidates for the assistant in botanical work position. He is enclosing copies of letters of their qualifications. Mr. Kammerer is stopping by today. He would like Morton's approval to offer the job to one of them for the salary offered to Mr. Weimer. He includes a message from Mrs. Barnet to Mrs. Morton.
Extent: 2 sheets
1929/03/13: C. E. Godshalk to Joy Morton (3.101455)
Date: March 13 1929Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from C. E. Godshalk to Joy Morton saying the weather is quite spring-like. They have finished moving the pines and larches and are now moving the crabapples and hawthorns to the flower garden. There is brush to burn and raking to do on the residence lawn. Fred Berg seems to be completely recovered. There have been five calves born; one was sold to Frank Meyer. He would like to hire Kamerer (sic) who is not as scientifically trained as the other candidates, but he will accept a lower salary. Mr. Marts and Mr. Steere are working towards their doctorates and would not accept the salary offered. Morton's new chauffeur's wife liked the cottage, and they will move in April 1. The grape vines are trimmed and tied up, and Mr. Bain will loan them his power sprayer.
Extent: 2 sheets
1929/03/19: C. E. Godshalk to Joy Morton (3.101456)
Date: March 19 1929Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from C. E. Godshalk to Joy Morton saying he was glad to get his telegram telling him to hire Kammerer. He goes on to list Kammerer's qualifications. Godshalk is having Kammerer check the Arboretum's card catalog with Van Gemert's to insure the accuracy of Arboretum records. He had Kammerer checking up on winter damage with him and is also making notes on the plants that have the best spring bark color. He wants to highlight these plants in the first bulletin. He would also like to include a list of plants rabbits prefer, so readers know which ones to protect. At the Arboretum, winter weather damage was slight, but rabbit damage was heavy. Everyone at the Arboretum seems to enjoy his work; he has given the men responsibilities in addition to their regular work freeing up Godshalk to study plant material. He has been testing the ground for frost, but it is still too sticky to work in. They are trimming dead branches and burning brush. They will continue to move the crabapples and hawthornes when the soil is drier. He updates him on the dairy operation. Mr. Bixby sent him a letter saying the nut trees are dug and will be sent within a few days.
Extent: 2 sheets
1929/04/03: C. E. Godshalk to Joy Morton (3.101458)
Date: April 3 1929Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from C. E. Godshalk to Joy Morton telling him about the heavy rain and wind the Arboretum experienced. Every low spot was filled with water, and water was over both roads north of the cement hedge near his house. He was worried about the river dam, but they did not have to do any sand bagging. Considerable road repair will need to be done on the east side. They have been transplanting from the nursery and thinning existing plantings using 24 men. The ground is still too wet for plowing and discing. Kammerer is in charge of the men digging in the nursery and in Van Gemert's beds; these plants will be added to the botanical and geographical groups. Penskofer and several straw bosses are in charge of the men doing the planting. He ordered the small trees for Pete Hardy's plantings. The new chauffeur and his wife moved in, and Godshalk had him clean and grease the Ford. He is a little afraid Price, the chauffeur, while probably a good driver, is not much of a mechanic. He will have White help him with the work on the Dodge. They will have the material ready for the first bulletin by the time Morton returns.
Extent: 2 sheets
1929/02/22: [Clarence E. Godshalk] to Aubrey Fealdi (3.101868)
Date: February 22 1929Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from [Clarence E. Godshalk] to Aubrey Fealdi, Landscape Design Department, University of Michigan. He is searching for a landscape design graduate to also be his assistant, now that Mr. Teuscher is leaving his Botantist position after disagreements with Mr. Morton. This puts Godshalk in charge. He further defines the duties and tasks of the potential new employee.
Extent: 1 sheet
1929/02/22: [Clarence E. Godshalk] to Botanical Department, University of Michigan (3.101870)
Date: February 22 1929Type: Document
Description:Unsigned letter, possibly from Clarence E. Godshalk, to Botanical Department, University of Michigan. "We are looking for a young man sufficiently trained in botanical work to be assistance to " Morton Arboretum. Duties include gathering plant information, writing for the monthly bulletin, researching plant literature to identify new plants to add to the collection, helping to answer inquiries, and identify unknown plants we receive. Position starts April 1.
Extent: 1 sheet
[1929/02/22] Rough draft of letter sent to several universities seeking botanical student (3.101871)
Date: February 22 1929Type: Document
Description:Handwritten rough draft of letter to be sent to the Botanical Department of University of Illinois, University of Michigan, University of Iowa, Indiana University, University of West Virginia, University of Minnesota, likely drafted by Clarence Godshalk. "We are looking for a young man sufficiently trained in botanical work to be assistance to " Morton Arboretum. Duties include gathering plant information, writing for the monthly bulletin, researching plant literature to identify new plants to add to the collection, helping to answer inquiries, and identify unknown plants we receive. Position starts April 1. The typed version is dated February 22, 1929.
Extent: 1 sheet
1929/02/22: [Clarence E. Godshalk] to Botanical Department, University of Minnesota (3.101872)
Date: February 22 1929Type: Document
Description:Unsigned letter, possibly from Clarence E. Godshalk, to Botanical Department, University of Minnesota. "We are looking for a young man sufficiently trained in botanical work to be of assistance to " Morton Arboretum. Duties include gathering plant information, writing for the monthly bulletin, researching plant literature to identify new plants to add to the collection, helping to answer inquiries, and identify unknown plants we receive. Position starts April 1.
Extent: 1 sheet
1929/02/22: [Clarence E. Godshalk] to Botanical Department, University of Wisconsin (3.101873)
Date: February 22 1929Type: Document
Description:Unsigned letter, possibly from Clarence E. Godshalk, to Botanical Department, University of Wisconsin.
Extent: 1 sheet
1929/02/22: [Clarence E. Godshalk] to Botanical Department, University of Iowa (3.101874)
Date: February 22 1929Type: Document
Description:Unsigned letter, possibly from Clarence E. Godshalk, to Botanical Department, University of Iowa.
Extent: 1 sheet
1929/02/22: [Clarence E. Godshalk] to Landscape Department, University of Iowa (3.101875)
Date: February 22 1929Type: Document
Description:Unsigned letter, possibly from Clarence E. Godshalk, to Landscape Department, University of Iowa.
Extent: 1 sheet
[1929/02/22]: U. of Illinois Landscape Dept. (3.101876)
Date: February 22 1929Type: Document
Description:A handwritten draft paragraph to be inserted into letters seeking a student landscaper which was sent to the Landscape Dept at each University. "We prefer a landscape man to a botanist as botanists as a rule are not practical and this is a practical institution. There is nothing difficult about the work. If the man is sufficiently trained in botanical work to do the following things and is industr[ious] that is all we ask.
Extent: 1
1929/02/22: [Clarence E. Godshalk] to Landscape Department, University of Illinois (3.101879)
Date: February 22 1929Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Unsigned letter, possibly from Clarence E. Godshalk, to Landscape Department, University of Illinois.
Extent: 1 sheet
1929/02/22: [Clarence E. Godshalk] to Botanical Department, University of Indiana (3.101880)
Date: February 22 1929Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Unsigned letter, possibly from Clarence E. Godshalk, to Botanical Department, University of Indiana.
Extent: 1 sheet
1929/07/11: Phoenix Farms to The Morton Arboretum (3.101881)
Date: July 11 1929Type: Document
Description:Letter from Marjorie Lyon Smith of Phoenix Farms asking about a tour for the Forest Ridge Garden Club next spring.
Extent: 1 sheet
1929/08/20: P. A. Glenn to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.101882)
Date: August 20 1929Creator: Glenn, P. A.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from P. A. Glenn, Chief Plant Inspector, Department of Agriculture, State of Illinois, to Clarence E. Godshalk. Enclosed is Nurserymen's Certificate #235, the report on the inspection of your nursery stock. Please make a copy for your files, and send us a copy for our files.
Extent: 1 sheet
Morton Arboretum Financial Ledger, 1924-1936 (3.116403)
Date: 1924 – 1936Type: Document
Morton Arboretum Financial Ledger, 1924-1936 (3.116404)
Date: 1924 – 1936Type: Document
Pansy (3.24633)
Date: 20th centuryCreator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Illustration of a large pansy flower and three detail views, including floral diagram, reverse of flower, and center, accompanied by descriptive text. Background sketches along the left side include a house, a heart, and a church, center bottom includes three women and two girls sitting in a circle drinking tea, and center right includes flowers and an elf. Sketches depict various pansy folklore.
Upper left text lists various names this flower goes by - herb trinity, pink of my John, heart's ease, step-mother, kit run in the street, kiss me at the garden gate, cuddle me to you, kiss me quick or PANSY
Top right floral diagram illustration identifies sepal, petal, stamen, pistil, nectar sac
Bottom left illustration (reverse of flower) identifies sepal, petal, nectar sac
Bottom right illustration identifies stigma, pistil and stamens, nectar sac
Extent: 1 sheet
Owl Pellets Galore (3.24640)
Date: 20th centuryCreator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Document
Description:Four pages of type-written text for Owl Pellets Galore by May Theilgaard Watts, an account detailing the process of searching for and examining long-eared owl pellets with Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts.
Accompanied by artwork titled Under the Roost of the Long-Eared Owls.
Extent: 4 sheets
Under the Roost of the Long-Eared Owls (3.24641)
Date: 20th centuryCreator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Four illustrations depicting long-eared owls and their pellets. Captions accompany each individual illustration. The drawings illustrate the story OWL PELLETS GALORE by May Theilgaard Watts, Naturalist at The Morton Arboretum.
Upper left text: UNDER the ROOST of the LONG-EARED OWLS
Illustrations with captions, from left to right, top to bottom:
- Drawing of an owl pellet
- Caption: An owl pellet
- Drawing of forest floor, including rhododendron
- Caption: When rhododendron leaves uncurl we find pellets.
- Drawing of rodent bone findings
- Caption: Each pellet reveals parts of a small rodent.
- Drawing of two owls in a tree
- Caption: They seem to grow taller as we approach.
Extent: 1 sheet
Three Seasons of Bloom in the Prairie (3.24642)
Date: 20th centuryCreator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Illustration of 23 prairie plants shown in a chart formation categorized by Fall, Summer, and Spring from top to bottom, and from high prairie to low prairie from left to right. Identifying text appears beneath each illustration, some of which is on strip of board attached to the bottom with tape.
Header: THREE SEASONS of BLOOM in the PRAIRIE
Text, top right: the individual plants represent colonies of varying sizes
Plants as depicted from top to bottom, left to right:
- Fall
- big bluestem
- blazing star
- Indian grass
- wild rye
- switch grass
- saw-toothed sunflower
- prairie dock
- cord grass
- Summer
- lead plant
- New Jersey tea
- flowering spurge
- stiff goldenrod
- black-eyed Susan
- Culver's root
- tall meadow rue
- Sullivant's milkweed
- Spring:
- bird's-foot violet
- blue-eyed grass
- puccoon
- downy phlox
- wild strawberry
- Canada anemone
- yellow star grass
Extent: 1 sheet
Bulletin of Popular Information V. 04 No. 01 (3.32282)
Date: April 19 1929Type: Serial
Description:
- [Winter damage on plants at The Morton Arboretum]
- [Plants giving the most pronounced early spring color effects at The Morton Arboretum]
Extent: 8 pages
Bulletin of Popular Information V. 04 No. 02 (3.32283)
Date: May 22 1929Type: Serial
Description:
- [Various species of the Prunus group blooming at the Arboretum this spring]
Extent: 6 pages
Bulletin of Popular Information V. 04 No. 03 (3.32284)
Date: June 10 1929Type: Serial
Description:
- [New species proven worthy of cultivation]
Extent: 4 pages
Bulletin of Popular Information V. 04 No. 04 (3.32285)
Date: June 29 1929Type: Serial
Description:
- Loniceras
Extent: 4 pages
Bulletin of Popular Information V. 04 No. 05 (3.32286)
Date: July 18 1929Type: Serial
Description:
- Some Low Growing Shrubs For Border Planting
Extent: 4 pages
Bulletin of Popular Information V. 04 No. 06 (3.32287)
Date: August 8 1929Type: Serial
Description:
- Report On Forestry Plots
Extent: 4 pages
Bulletin of Popular Information V. 04 No. 07 (3.32288)
Date: August 24 1929Type: Serial
Description:
- Report On Forestry Plots (continued)
Extent: 4 pages
Bulletin of Popular Information V. 04 No. 08 (3.32289)
Date: September 27 1929Type: Serial
Description:
- Report On Forestry Plots - Continued
Extent: 4 pages