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Topographical Map of Part of Thornhill Farm, DuPage County, Illinois (3.5231)
Date: 1920sCreator: Webster, Arthur L.
Type: Map
Description:Shows the Thornhill residential area and its immediate surroundings as they existed at date of issuance.
Extent: 1 sheet
Topographical Map of Part of Thornhill Farm, DuPage County, Illinois [annotated] (3.5232)
Date: 1920sCreator: Webster, Arthur L.
Type: Map
Description:Shows the Thornhill residential area and its immediate surroundings as they existed at date of issuance. This copy contains extensive annotations on recto and verso made by C.E. Godshalk. These treat early Arboretum plantings and other observations regarding layouts at Thornhill in 1921.
Extent: 1 sheet
Topographical Survey, Grounds Around Proposed Lake [Marmo] Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois (3.5236)
Date: July 1921Creator: O. C. Simonds & Co.
Type: Map
Description:The outline of the future Lake Marmo is demarcated by colored shading. Locations are shown for eight species of existing woodland cover.
Extent: 1 sheet
Topographical Plat of Portion of Land to be Used for Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois (3.5237)
Date: July 1921Creator: O. C. Simonds & Co.
Type: Map
Description:Surveys topography east of Route 53. Locations are shown for eight species of existing woodland cover.
Extent: 1 sheet
Topographical Plat of Morton Arboretum, Lisle [comprehensive edition] (3.5238)
Date: March 1922Creator: O. C. Simonds & Co.
Type: Map
Description:Topographic survey made 1921-1922. True elevations are given. Collection has varied issuances made during the survey. Final version has title statement centered at top of map. It shows the date as follows: "Aug. 1921 - MCH 1922". Preliminary versions show title in lower righthand corner of map and give Aug. 1921 only as date. Areas surveyed and completion of topographical detail vary in preliminary issuances. Water levels of the East Branch of the Dupage River are indicated for October 11, 1921.
This copy has greatest area and most detail.
Extent: 1 sheet
Topographical Plat of Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois [shading and notes] (3.5239)
Date: August 1921Creator: O. C. Simonds & Co.
Type: Map
Description:Topographic survey made 1921-1922. True elevations are given. Collection has varied issuances made during the survey. Final version has title statement centered at top of map. It shows the date as follows: "Aug. 1921 - MCH 1922". Preliminary versions show title in lower righthand corner of map and give Aug. 1921 only as date. Areas surveyed and completion of topographical detail vary in preliminary issuances. This copy shows native woodland cover by colored shading; also it has been marked in ms. with the grid used in enlargements made and issued in Jan. 1922. Water levels of the East Branch of the Du Page River are indicated for October 11, 1921.
This copy includes shading and notes.
Extent: 1 sheet
Topographical Plat of Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois [west] (3.5240)
Date: August 1921Creator: O. C. Simonds & Co.
Type: Map
Description:Topographic survey made 1921-1922. True elevations are given. Collection has varied issuances made during the survey. Final version has title statement centered at top of map. It shows the date as follows: "Aug. 1921 - MCH 1922". Preliminary versions show title in lower righthand corner of map and give Aug. 1921 only as date. Areas surveyed and completion of topographical detail vary in preliminary issuances. Water levels are shown for June 30, 1921.
This copy shows detail of west portion almost completely worked out.
Extent: 1 sheet
Topographical Plat of Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois [east] (3.5241)
Date: August 1921Creator: O. C. Simonds & Co.
Type: Map
Description:Topographic survey made 1921-1922. True elevations are given. Collection has varied issuances made during the survey. Final version has title statement centered at top of map. It shows the date as follows: "Aug. 1921 - MCH 1922". Preliminary versions show title in lower righthand corner of map and give Aug. 1921 only as date. Areas surveyed and completion of topographical detail vary in preliminary issuances. Water levels of the East Branch of the Dupage River are indicated for June 30, 1921.
This copy shows detail of east portion almost completely worked out.
Extent: 1 sheet
Topographical Plat of Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois [preliminary fragment] (3.5242)
Date: August 1921Creator: O. C. Simonds & Co.
Type: Map
Description:Topographic survey made 1921-1922. True elevations are given. Collection has varied issuances made during the survey. Final version has title statement centered at top of map. It shows the date as follows: "Aug. 1921 - MCH 1922". Preliminary versions show title in lower righthand corner of map and give Aug. 1921 only as date. Areas surveyed and completion of topographical detail vary in preliminary issuances. Water levels of the East Branch of the Dupage River are indicated for June 30, 1921.
This copy is essentially a preliminary fragment without title and date.
Extent: 1 sheet
Topographic Sketch of Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois (3.5243)
Date: August 1921Creator: O. C. Simonds & Co.
Type: Map
Description:Conceptual oxbow ponds/wetlands along East Branch of the DuPage River are indicated.
Extent: 1 sheet
Topographic Sketch of Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois [handwritten notes] (3.5244)
Date: August 1921Creator: O. C. Simonds & Co.
Type: Map
Description:Native woodland cover is shown by colored shading. Conceptual oxbow ponds/wetlands along East Branch of the DuPage River are indicated. Ms. Note by C.E. Godshalk: "This must have been Mr. Simond's 1st idea…." He has drawn in original Lisle, Illinois Farm buildings.
This copy has notes and markings.
Extent: 1 sheet
Topographical Plat of Portion of Land to be Used for Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois, July 1921 (3.5245)
Date: July 1921Creator: O. C. Simonds & Co.
Type: Map
Description:Each sheet is individually titled. Area covered extends from western boundary eastward to the East Woods. True elevations are given. Native woodland cover is shown, and legend identifies eight species of trees.
Extent: 2 sheets mounted as one map
Topographical Plat of Portion of Land to be Used for Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois, July 1921-October 1922 (3.5246)
Date: July 1921 – October 1922Creator: O. C. Simonds & Co.
Type: Map
Description:Sheet titles vary. The first sheet has title shown above and subtitle: Sheet No. 2. The second sheet: Topographical Plat, Morton Arboretum, sheet No. 3. The third sheet: Topographical Plat, Morton Arboretum, sheet No. 4. The three sheets are attached as one map. True elevations are given. Survey covers the east portion of the Arboretum only. Topographical data are provided in the areas planned for road development only, and roadways have been marked with color. Native woodland cover is shown, with 14 species identified.
Extent: 3 sheets mounted as 1 map
The Morton Arboretum, DuPage County, Illinois [diazotype] (3.5247)
Date: 1922Creator: O. C. Simonds & Co.
Type: Map
Description:Collection has both blueline and blueprint copies of the map. All copies have been marked in ms. by C.E. Godshalk and others; varying details on planned roads, forestry plots, native woodland cover, and the layout of existing buildings are given.
Extent: 1 sheet
The Morton Arboretum, DuPage County, Illinois [diazotype] (3.5248)
Date: 1922Creator: O. C. Simonds & Co.
Type: Map
Description:Collection has both blueline and blueprint copies of the map. All copies have been marked in ms. by C.E. Godshalk and others; varying details on planned roads, forestry plots, native woodland cover, and the layout of existing buildings are given.
Extent: 1 sheet
The Morton Arboretum, DuPage County, Illinois [blueprint] (3.5249)
Date: 1922Creator: O. C. Simonds & Co.
Type: Map
Description:Collection has both blueline and blueprint copies of the map. All copies have been marked in ms. by C.E. Godshalk and others; varying details on planned roads, forestry plots, native woodland cover, and the layout of existing buildings are given. This version show the grid sequence used in the author's enlarged topographic survey (1 inch = 40 feet). (See SURV:A II (b) 1.)
Extent: 1 sheet
The Morton Arboretum, DuPage County, Illinois [blueprint] (3.5250)
Date: 1922Creator: O. C. Simonds & Co.
Type: Map
Description:Collection has both blueline and blueprint copies of the map. All copies have been marked in ms. by C.E. Godshalk and others; varying details on planned roads, forestry plots, native woodland cover, and the layout of existing buildings are given. This version show the grid sequence used in the author's enlarged topographic survey (1 inch = 40 feet). (See SURV:A II (b) 1.)
Extent: 1 sheet
The Morton Arboretum [topographic survey, 27 sheets] (3.5251)
Date: January 1922Creator: O. C. Simonds & Co.
Type: Map
Description:Large scale topographic survey based on data developed in 1921-1922. Sheet 1 entitled "Key Map", serves as index to grid squares numbered 1-25 and 27; no square 26 was assigned. Each square represents a surface area approximately 1000 by 1200 feet. True elevations are given. Native woodland forest cover is shown throughout the grid squares.
Extent: 27 sheets in binder
The Morton Arboretum [topographic survey, 29 sheets] (3.5252)
Date: January 1922Creator: O. C. Simonds & Co.
Type: Map
Description:Large scale topographic survey based on data developed in 1921-1922. Sheet 1 entitled "Key Map", serves as index to grid squares numbered 1-25 and 27; no square 26 was assigned. Each square represents a surface area approximately 1000 by 1200 feet. True elevations are given. Native woodland forest cover is shown throughout the grid squares.
Extent: 29 sheets in binder
Thomas H. Slusser Farm, Wheaton, Illinois (3.5287)
Date: 1920sCreator: Steinbrecher, Harold F.
Type: Map
Description:Shows a portion only of Slusser properties which bordered on Leask Lane to the west and on Thornhill Farm to the east. The area shown was subsequently purchased by the Arboretum.
Extent: 1 sheet
Morton Arboretum [development and land acquisitions] (3.5288)
Date: 1920sType: Map
Description:A schematic drawing showing principal land tracts and ownership within the projected boundaries of the Arboretum.
Extent: 1 sheet
Plat of the SE 1/4 Section 35, T.39N., and NE 1/4 Section 2, T.38N., R.10E of the 3rd P.M.[and] Plat of the S 1/2 Section 36, T.39N., N1/2 Section 1, T.38N., Range 10 E of the 3rd P.M. (3.5290)
Date: July 1921Creator: Webster, Arthur L.
Type: Map
Description:Map comprises two sheets, separately produced and titled, which have been joined without cropping an overlapping area. A composite version with the overlap omitted was subsequently made by C.E. Godshalk, with all other descriptions of the original reproduced. Both versions of this work are represented in the collections. The area surveyed is located in the southeast corner of the Arboretum. Original land owners and acreages of their tracts are given.
Extent: 1 sheet with overlap
Plat of the SE 1/4 Section 35, T.39N., and NE 1/4 Section 2, T.38N., R.10E of the 3rd P.M..[and] Plat of the S 1/2 Section 36, T.39N., N1/2 Section 1, T.38N., Range 10E of the 3rd P.M. (3.5291)
Date: July 1921Creator: Webster, Arthur L.
Type: Map
Description:Original map comprises two sheets, separately produced and titled, which have been joined without cropping an overlapping area. This composite version with the overlap omitted was subsequently made by C.E. Godshalk, with all other descriptions of the original reproduced. Both versions of this work are represented in the collections. The area surveyed is located in the southeast corner of the Arboretum. Original land owners and acreages of their tracts are given.
Made from C.E.G. copy.
Extent: 1 sheet
Plat of the SE 1/4 Section 35, T.39N., and NE 1/4 Section 2, T.38N., R.10E of the 3rd P.M..[and] Plat of the S 1/2 Section 36, T.39N., N1/2 Section 1, T.38N., Range 10E of the 3rd P.M. (3.5292)
Date: July 1921Creator: Webster, Arthur L.
Type: Map
Description:Original map comprises two sheets, separately produced and titled, which have been joined without cropping an overlapping area. This composite version with the overlap omitted was subsequently made by C.E. Godshalk, with all other descriptions of the original reproduced. Both versions of this work are represented in the collections. The area surveyed is located in the southeast corner of the Arboretum. Original land owners and acreages of their tracts are given. This copy has shaded areas that show land Mr. Morton did not own in 1921.
CEG copy
Extent: 1 sheet
Plat of the SE 1/4 Section 35, T.39N., and NE 1/4 Section 2, T.38N., R.10E of the 3rd P.M[and] Plat of the S 1/2 Section 36, T.39N., N1/2 Section 1, T.38N., Range 10E of the 3rd P.M. (3.5294)
Date: July 1921Creator: Webster, Arthur L.
Type: Map
Description:Original map comprises two sheets, separately produced and titled, which have been joined without cropping an overlapping area. This composite version with the overlap omitted was subsequently made by C.E. Godshalk, with all other descriptions of the original reproduced. Both versions of this work are represented in the collections. The area surveyed is located in the southeast corner of the Arboretum. Original land owners and acreages of their tracts are given. Contains curved marks in red for unknown reason.
CEG copy
Extent: 1 sheet
Morton Arboretum Section "A" [Part of the S 1/2 of the S 1/2 of Section 34, T.39 N., R. 10 E, and such portion of Section 35 … and part of the N 1/2 of Section 3, T.38 N., R.10 E] (3.5296)
Date: December 9 1922Creator: Webster, Arthur L.
Type: Map
Description:The initial survey of the west portion of the Arboretum bordering Route 53 to the east and Thornhill Farm to the north, an area totaling 150.2 acres. A subsequent survey of an expanded Section "A" was carried out in 1934 by J. S. Lozier and Harold F. Steinbrecher; this was issued under the title: Revised plat of Section "A" (SURV:B III (d) 1).
Extent: 1 sheet
Plat of H. Puffer Estate in SE. 1/4 Section 36, T.39 N., R.10. E. and in E. 1/2 Section 1, T.38N., R.10 E. of 3rd P.M. (3.5297)
Date: 1920sCreator: Webster, Arthur L.
Type: Map
Description:Shows 160 acres on the eastern boundary of the Arboretum.
Extent: 1 sheet
Plat of H. Puffer Estate in SE 1/4 Section 36, T.39 N., R.10 E. and in E 1/2 Section 1, T.38N., R.10 E. of 3rd P.M. (3.5298)
Date: 1920sCreator: Webster, Arthur L.
Type: Map
Description:Shows 160 acres on the eastern boundary of the Arboretum.
Extent: 1 sheet
General plan for [the] Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois, DuPage Co. , Illinois (3.5638)
Date: 1922Creator: O. C. Simonds & Co.
Type: Map
Description:Collection has an added copy covering the west portion of the Arboretum only. Both plans show existing woodland species and projected plantings
Extent: 1 sheet
Plan of Development for Morton Arboretum, Joy Morton, Founder, Lisle, Illinois. [colored] (3.5772)
Date: 1925Type: Map
Description:Map designed to form part of an informational leaflet, Map & visitor guide, the Morton Arboretum. This map includes a legend identifying physical features and plant collections, some areas colored with color pencil.
"This map shows plantings from April 1st 1921 to May 1st 1925. Future plantings to be made are not shown. C.E. Godshalk, Supt." printed as note included in map.
"Early colored map of section A & B of Arb" and "Sections A & B about 1925, note roads on east side at this time" written in ink on back of map.
Extent: 1 sheet
Plan of Development for Morton Arboretum, Joy Morton, Founder, Lisle, Illinois. [with 6 photographs printed above map] (3.5773)
Date: 1925Type: Map
Description:Map designed to form part of an informational leaflet, Map & visitor guide, the Morton Arboretum. This map includes a legend identifying physical features and plant collections and six photos of Arboretum views and specimen at the top of the map.
"This map shows plantings from April 1st 1921 to May 1st 1925. Future plantings to be made are not shown. C.E. Godshalk, Supt." printed as note included in map.
Extent: 1 sheet
Plan of development for Morton Arboretum, Joy Morton, founder, Lisle, Illinois. [#13] (3.5775)
Date: 1925Type: Map
Description:Map designed to form part of an informational leaflet, Map & visitor guide, the Morton Arboretum. This map includes a legend identifying physical features and plant collections.
"This map shows plantings from April 1st 1921 to May 1st 1925. Future plantings to be made are not shown. C.E. Godshalk, Supt." printed as note included in map.
"Blackline prints and photostats #13 pictures 1925" written in ink on back of map. "Morton Arboretum "Plan of Development" #13" written on duplicate.
Extent: 1 sheet
[Map of] DuPage County [showing highways and rural routes] (3.5909)
Date: circa 1920Creator: Webster, Arthur L.
Type: Map
Extent: 1 sheet
Plat of the SE 1/4 Section 35, T.39N., and NE 1/4 Section 2, T.38N., R.10E of the 3rd P.M. [and] Plat of the S 1/2 Section 36, T.39N., N1/2 Section.1, T.38N., Range 10E of the 3rd P.M. (3.5978)
Date: July 1921Creator: Webster, Arthur L.
Type: Map
Description:Original map comprises two sheets, separately produced and titled, which have been joined without cropping an overlapping area. This composite version with the overlap omitted was subsequently made by C.E. Godshalk, with all other descriptions of the original reproduced. Both versions of this work are represented in the collections. The area surveyed is located in the southeast corner of the Arboretum. Original land owners ans acreages of their tracts are given.
Sealed CEG copy; has ms notes recording deeded dates, etc.
Extent: 1 sheet
Plat of survey of part of the southeast quarter of Section 34, Township 39 North, Range 10 east of the Third Principal Meridian, in DuPage County, Illinois, and part of the southwest quarter of Section 35, T.39N., R.10E. Of the 3rd P.M. (3.5988)
Date: August 24 1927Creator: Webster, Arthur L.
Type: Map
Description:Shows an 8.64 acre tract on the west side of the Arboretum bordering on Joliet Road, now Park Blvd.
Extent: 1 sheet
Map of DuPage County, Illinois (3.6001)
Date: 1929Creator: Webster, Arthur L.
Type: Map
Extent: 1 sheet