Rita Hassert oral history interview, 2022 August 10 (3.102504)
Date: August 10 2022Type: Audio
Description:A digital recording of an oral history interview with Rita Hassert, library collections manager of the Sterling Morton Library. This interview was conducted by Kristin Arnold and took place on August 10, 2022 in the conference room of the library at The Morton Arboretum. This is the second of two interviews.
The interview focuses on Hassert's observations of how the Sterling Morton Library has developed during her employment at The Morton Arboretum, which began in 1986. Topics include changes to the library's physical space, such as the construction of the Special Collections addition and the library's collections. Hassert also discusses library exhibits and events, like the Leafing Through The Pages book discussion group as well as major projects such as the retrospective cataloging project and the launch of ACORN (Arboretum COllections and Resources Nexus).
Craig Johnson oral history interview, 2023 February 1 (3.107011)
Date: February 1 2023Type: Audio
Description:A recording of an oral history interview with Craig Johnson, former supervisor of the Schulenberg Prairie, conducted by Cindy Crosby, prairie steward supervisor. The interview took place on February 1, 2023 in the Sterling Morton Library at The Morton Arboretum. This is part of a series of interviews with individuals connected to the Schulenberg Prairie.
Topics include the story of how Johnson became the prairie supervisor, his first encounters with prairie, May Watts, Ray Schulenberg, the origins of the Schulenberg Prairie, prescribed burns, prairie planting, impact of indigenous peoples on prairie, favorite plants, the development of prairie restoration, prairie volunteers, the Prairie Visitor Station, and advice for people working on prairie.
Branches: A Newsletter for the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum (3.107077)
Date: 2002Creator: Kenaston, Sally, Crosby, Cindy, Donnelly, Gerard T.
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Fall 2002 Branches Newsletter features articles on the following: volunteer, Stuart Vogel, who assisted with a tree temperature tracking project; Eagle Scout, Andrew Johnston, who completed a restoration project of the woodland near Parking Lot 13; the upcoming Fall Color Festival; the awarding of an Institute of Museum and Library Services grant to the Arboretum; and a feature on the Arboretum Board of Trustees. Volunteer opportunities, a list of new volunteers and upcoming Arboretum activities and classes are also included.
Extent: 4 pages
Branches: A Newsletter for the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Winter 2002 (3.107078)
Date: 2002Creator: Kenaston, Sally, Crosby, Cindy
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Winter 2002 branches Newsletter contains articles on the following: a focus on the Branching Out initiative at the Arboretum which consisted of the new Visitor Center, the Children's Garden and other projects. Volunteer opportunities, a list of new volunteers and activities and classes at the Arboretum are also included.
Extent: 4 pages
Branches: A Newsletter for the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Summer 2003 (3.107079)
Date: 2003Creator: Crosby, Cindy, Kenaston, Sally
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Summer 2003 Branches Newsletter features articles on the following: a focus on volunteer, Bonnie Vicha; an update on the Branching Out! project construction; a feature on two books published by volunteer Cindy Crosby including By Willoway Brook: Exploring the Landscape of Prayer with Schulenberg Prairie as it's setting; a capsule on recently honored volunteers; a summary of the turtle rescue project at Meadow Lake lead by volunteer, Ron Humbert, as part of the Branching Out! project and a Q & A about tree preservation at the Arboretum during the Branching Out! project. A list of new volunteers, an In Memoriam section, upcoming Arboretum activities and volunteer opportunities are also included.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: A Newsletter for the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Winter 2004 (3.107081)
Date: 2004Creator: Crosby, Cindy, Danielson, Donna, Kenaston, Sally
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Winter 2004 Branches Newsletter contains articles on the following; a focus on the Super Stuffers volunteer group who fold, stuff and affix mailing labels to Arboretum mailings; new Gatehouse procedures as a result of the new main entrance at Park Boulevard and Illinois Route 53; efforts to control Gypsy moths at the arboretum including trapping adult males and searching for egg masses; and an introduction to Edith Makra, in the newly created position of Community Trees Advocate. A list of new volunteers, tuition free classes for volunteers, volunteer opportunities and an in memoriam section is also included.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: A Newsletter for the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Winter 2005/2006 (3.107082)
Date: 2005 – 2006Creator: Crosby, Cindy, Kenaston, Sally
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Winter 2005-2006 Branches Newsletter features articles on the following: a focus on volunteer Jeff Franklin; a feature on attendance at the Arboretum since the opening of the Children's Garden and Maze; the presentation of an AT&T Cares Foundation Grant; Volunteer Recognition Night; an overview of the newly established volunteer name badge system and an introduction to Betsy Hunt, volunteer Office Assistant. Volunteer opportunities. A list of new volunteers, upcoming arboretum activities and an In memoriam section are also included.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: A Newsletter for the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Spring 2005 (3.107083)
Date: 2005Creator: Crosby, Cindy, Kenaston, Sally
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Spring 2005 Branches Newsletter contains articles on the following: a focus on volunteer, Walter Eickhorst, who along with his family has a long history of association with the Arboretum; an introduction to the new Children's Garden; a review of the Arboretum's Conflict of Interest Policy; and an article featuring the trees of Palos Park. A list of new volunteers, volunteer opportunities and arboretum activities is also included.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: A Newsletter for the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Winter 2005 (3.107084)
Date: 2005Creator: Crosby, Cindy, Kenaston, Sally
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Winter 2005 Branches Newsletter includes articles on the following: a focus on the Thornton High School Project in Harvey, Illinois to create a mini-arboretum and garden; a new facilities and programming update including statistics on the impact on visitation numbers; and a feature on Craig Johnson, Director of Education and Public Programs, who is retiring as the volunteer manager of the Schulenberg Prairie. A list of new volunteers, tuition free classes for volunteers, volunteer opportunities and information on the volunteer orientation are also included along with an in memoriam section.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: A Newsletter for the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, February 2007 (3.107087)
Date: 2007Creator: Kenaston, Sally
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the February 2007 Branches Newsletter contains articles on the following: the annual Yule Log Hunt; the Christmas bird count conducted in part by volunteer Jeff Chapman; a Macgyvers, Morton Arboretum Children's Garden Youth Volunteers, update on the benefits of the program for participants; 8 members of the boy Scouts of American who completed their Eagle Scout program under the direction of Ed Hedborn, Arboretum Plant Records Manager; and safety tips outlined by Dave Cascarano, Arboretum Security Supervisor. Volunteer opportunities and an In Memoriam are also included.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: A Newsletter for The Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, February 2009 (3.107092)
Date: 2009Creator: Heffern, Nicholle
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the February 2009 Branches Newsletter contains articles on the following: the upcoming Animal House Exhibition of 11 oversized animal dens; the Active Volunteer benefits programs; an employee and volunteer giving program to support the China Collection and further emerald ash borer research; the Holiday Experience including trains and the Yule Log Hunt; Kathy Crawford, an Interpretation and Exhibits volunteer; and Angus Buchanan, a Morton Arboretum Children's Garden Youth Volunteer, or Macgyver, who is converting his volunteer work into an Eagle Scout project. Volunteer opportunities and an In Memoriam are also included.
Extent: 6 pages
Don and Espie Nelson oral history interview, 2023 February 15 (3.107115)
Date: February 15 2023Type: Audio
Description:A recording of an oral history interview with Don and Espie Nelson, prairie steward volunteers at the Schulenberg Prairie, conducted by Cindy Crosby, prairie steward supervisor. The interview took place on February 15, 2023 in the Sterling Morton Library at The Morton Arboretum. This is part of a series of interviews with individuals connected to the Schulenberg Prairie.
Topics include the Nelsons' experiences leading up to prairie work, Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, Schulenberg Prairie, Vermont Cemetery, Langham Island, prescribed burns, Ray Schulenberg, and Lily Cache Prairie.
Pat Armstrong oral history interview, 2023 February 27 (3.107205)
Date: February 27 2023Type: Audio
Description:A recording of an oral history interview with Pat Armstrong, former education staff member and Schulenberg Prairie supervisor, conducted by Cindy Crosby, prairie steward supervisor. The interview took place on February 27, 2023 in the Sterling Morton Library at The Morton Arboretum. This is part of a series of interviews with individuals connected to the Schulenberg Prairie.
Topics include the Schulenberg Prairie, the prairie volunteer corps, prairie restoration, residential prairie planting at her home, Prairie Poetry, and the Wild Plant Family Cookbook.
Emma Leavens oral history interview, 2023 February 27 (3.107206)
Date: February 27 2023Type: Audio
Description:A recording of an oral history interview with Emma Leavens, Research Coordinator of the Experimental Prairie. The interview was conducted by Cindy Crosby, prairie steward supervisor. It took place on February 27, 2023 in the Sterling Morton Library at The Morton Arboretum. This is part of a series of interviews with individuals connected to the Schulenberg Prairie.
Topics include how Leavens was introduced to prairie, the High Line in New York City, the Schulenberg Prairie, the Ware Field Experimental Prairie, soil research, prairie restoration, women in science, and climate change.
Dave Kropp oral history interview, 2023 March 1 (3.107276)
Date: March 1 2023Type: Audio
Description:A recording of an oral history interview with Dave Kropp, first volunteer who worked on the Schulenberg Prairie and close friend of Ray Schulenberg. The interview was conducted by Cindy Crosby, prairie steward supervisor. It took place on March 1, 2023 at Dave Kropp's home in Mokena, Illinois. This is part of a series of interviews with individuals connected to the Schulenberg Prairie.
Topics include how Kropp met Ray Schulenberg and began to work on the prairie, the origins of the Schulenberg Prairie, Kropp's home prairie that he planted with Schulenberg near Plainfield, Illinois, and prescribed burns.
Craig Johnson oral history interview, 2023 March 15 (3.107282)
Date: March 15 2023Type: Audio
Description:A recording of an oral history interview with Craig Johnson, former supervisor of the Schulenberg Prairie, conducted by Cindy Crosby, prairie steward supervisor. The interview took place on March 15, 2023 in the Sterling Morton Library at The Morton Arboretum. This second interview with Craig Johnson is part of a series of interviews with individuals connected to the Schulenberg Prairie.
Topics include working on the Schulenberg Prairie with volunteers, human-landscape interactions, the Kankakee mallow, Ray Schulenberg, prairie planting successes and failures, seed collecting (authorized and unauthorized), climate change, Willoway Brook, influence of prairie restorers, vision for the future of prairie, and what prairie teaches us.
Jerry Wilhelm oral history interview, 2023 March 22 (3.107283)
Date: March 22 2023Type: Audio
Description:A recording of an oral history interview with Gerould (Jerry) Wilhelm, former herbarium assistant and field taxonomist at The Morton Arboretum, conducted by Cindy Crosby, prairie steward supervisor. The interview took place on March 22, 2023 in the Research Center at The Morton Arboretum. This is part of a series of interviews with individuals connected to the Schulenberg Prairie.
Topics include Wilhelm's residential garden of native plants, soil, water, climate change, Dick Young, the evaluation of prairie remnants, the rise of ecology and environmentalism, Wilhelm's first experiences with Ray Schulenberg and Floyd Swink, Flora of the Chicago Region, draining prairie, prescribed burns, and Bob Betz and cemetery prairies.
Cindy Crosby oral history interview, 2023 April 12 (3.107456)
Date: April 12 2023Type: Audio
Description:A recording of an oral history interview with Cindy Crosby, prairie steward supervisor and author, conducted by Rita Hassert, library collections manager. The interview took place on April 12, 2023 in the Research Center at The Morton Arboretum. This is part of a series of interviews with individuals connected to the Schulenberg Prairie.
Topics include Crosby's introduction to prairie, mentors who taught her about prairie, volunteer work on prairie, weeding, moth studies, how management of the prairie has changed, favorite prairie plant, work at Nachusa Grasslands, prairie planting at her home, connecting prairie and art, her writings, and the legacy of the prairie.
Working at The Morton Arboretum (3.82961)
Date: 2019Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Video
Description:A video promoting working at The Morton Arboretum.
Working at The Morton Arboretum (3.82962)
Date: 2019Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Video
Description:A video promoting working at The Morton Arboretum.
The Morton Arboretum Volunteer Stewardship, final (3.83064)
Date: October 15 2012Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Video
Adult Education, Trees and Nature, Spring Wildflower Walk (3.91684)
Date: 2016Type: Photographic image
Description:Instructor Cindy Crosby holds a plant up to a group on a "Spring Wildflower Walk."
Adult Education, On the Prairie with Author Cindy Crosby (3.91692)
Date: 2019Type: Photographic image
Description:Cindy Crosby, author of Tallgrass Conversations: In Search of the Prairie Spirit, talks to a group of people at the Schulenberg Prairie Visitor Station for the "On the Prairie with Author Cindy Crosby" event as part of the Summer Literary Series.
What is the Natural Areas Conservation Training Program? (3.92671)
Date: 2018Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Video
Description:A video describing the Natural Areas Conservation Training (N-ACT) program. The video depicts Morton Arboretum staff and N-ACT program graduates discussing the program.