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1953/10/30: Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.101899)
Date: October 30 1953Creator: Morton, Sterling
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk. You can order the post hole digger before the Trustees approve of it. Rather than adding more men, I want you to add other labor saving machinery. As housing developments get nearer, we will need to fence the entire Arboretum. Draw up an annual fencing plan to submit to the Trustees, using your new post hole digger and your existing crew. For the housing project, ask Mr. Steinbrecher to run a survey of the two locations we have tentatively decided on, giving contours at 25 ft. intervals. You could then sketch in houses, drives, sanitary arrangements before inviting in the architects. Also check with Steinbrecher about the cost of updating our 20 year old general plot of the Arboretum. He is pleased with the preliminary layout of the laboratory building and he thinks something very good will develop out of it.
Extent: 2 sheets
Burial Plot Belonging to Sterling Morton, Jean Morton Cudahy, and Margaret Gray Morton; Part of the SE 1/4 of Section 34, Township 39N. Range 10E. of the Third Principal Meridian (3.5334)
Date: October 2 1934Creator: Lozier, J. S.
Type: Map
Description:Survey of a tract in the Thornhill area.
Includes measurements in pencil.
Extent: 1 sheet
Burial Plot Belonging to Sterling Morton, Jean Morton Cudahy, and Margaret Gray Morton; Part of the SE 1/4 of Section 34, Township 39N. Range 10E. of the Third Principal Meridian (3.5335)
Date: October 2 1934Creator: Lozier, J. S.
Type: Map
Description:Survey of a tract in the Thornhill area.
Extent: 1 sheet
Lands Belonging to Morton Arboretum Subject to Life Estate in Margaret Gray Morton, Sterling Morton, and Jean Morton Cudahy (3.5337)
Date: October 4 1934Creator: Lozier, J. S.
Type: Map
Description:Surveys the area immediately around the Joy Morton residence at Thornhill.
Extent: 1 sheet
1938/03/15: C. E. Godshalk to Sterling Morton (3.84894)
Date: March 15 1938Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from C. E. Godshalk to Sterling Morton advising him that he has found a buyer (Mr. Giesler) for a portion of the Mertz land south of Warrenville Road. They agreed on a price of $150 per acre. He asks Mr. Morton to contact Stearns and Jones about the necessity of a survey being made.
Extent: 1 sheet
1945/01/16: C. E. Godshalk to Joseph Cudahy and Jean Morton Cudahy (3.99612)
Date: January 16 1945Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from C. E. Godshalk to Joseph Cudahy and Jean Morton Cudahy detailing his thoughts on future plans for the Arboretum. He gives a detailed plan on how to handle the traffic on busy Sundays in May and October and for possible future flower shows. He discusses an Arboretum tea room and picnic areas. He talks about building buildings for a nature school covering nature study and horticulture which could also cover agricultural topics in the off season. He suggests tearing down the Home Farm buildings and building one building for tool storage. 4-H shows could also be held at this site. He would like to create demonstration educational exhibits of small country home sites, perhaps funded by Sterling Morton in memory of his father. He suggests building farm buildings on Warrenville Road to demonstrate the running of a modern large farm. Finally, he suggests building an air strip and tearing down and building additional housing. He asks for their comments on his ideas.
Extent: 9 sheets