The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 19 No. 02 (3.34505)
Date: June 21 – September 20 1983Type: Serial
Extent: 16 pages
The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 23 No. 03 (3.34525)
Date: September 21 – December 20 1987Type: Serial
Extent: 16 pages
Acer japonicum (Fullmoon maple), leaves and flower with fruit (3.37529)
Date: May 10 1980Creator: Kohout, Kitty
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer japonicum (Fullmoon maple), closeup of typical leaf - almost circular in shape with many short toothed lobes - and flower cluster with small fruit including wide spreading wings
Extent: 1 slide
Acer saccharum (sugar maple), twig and buds, spring (3.37974)
Date: April 1983Creator: Kohout, Kitty
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer saccharum (sugar maple), closeup detail of the tip of a single pale brown twig with pointed, brownish buds
Extent: 1 slide
Acer rubrum (red maple), fruit, summer (3.38142)
Date: June 1986Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer rubrum (red maple), closeup detail showing two-winged pink and green samara fruit clusters hanging in summer
Extent: 1 slide
1987/04/08: Joe W. White to George Ware (3.38290)
Date: April 8 1987Creator: White, Joe W.
Type: Document
Description:Set of two letters
First letter from Joe W. White of Friends of the Barnwell Center to George Ware inviting him to present a program on the selection, planting, and management of urban trees at the Barnwell Center in Shreveport, Louisiana on February 24, 1988.
Second letter from George Ware to Joe W. White agreeing to present at the Barnwell Center on February 24, 1988.
Extent: 2 sheets
Arbor Day, tree planting (3.3938)
Date: 1980sType: Photographic image
Description:Arbor Day, tree planting, group of visitors shoveling dirt around tree next to gravel walkway
Extent: 1 photograph
Presentation of check for $125,000 to The Morton Arboretum by ARCO (3.4057)
Date: August 3 1984Type: Photographic image
Description:Presentation of check for $125,000 to The Morton Arboretum by ARCO
(L to R): Carlton Norris (ARCO), Byron Turnquest (ARCO), George Ware, and Marion Hall standing outside
Extent: 1 photograph
Fish boil: large pot on flame with setup (3.4105)
Date: 1980sCreator: Larkin, Joe
Type: Photographic image
Description:Fish boil: large pot on flame with setup
Extent: 1 photograph
Sterling Morton Library 25th Anniversary, featured speaker with Arboretum staff and trustee in the May T. Watts Reading Garden (3.4208)
Date: 1988Type: Photographic image
Description:Sterling Morton Library 25th Anniversary, featured speaker with Arboretum staff and trustee in the May T. Watts Reading Garden
(L to R): Marion Hall, Charles Haffner, Michael Stieber, Ian MacPhail, James Wells (featured speaker, Newberry Library), Harry Weese, Carol Doty
Extent: 1 photograph
Employee in forested area participating in controlled burn, smoke to the left (3.4509)
Date: 1980sType: Photographic image
Description:Employee in forested area participating in controlled burn, smoke to the left
Extent: 1 photograph
Root system development (3.4542)
Date: 1980sType: Photographic image
Description:Root system development, comparing deep rich soil on the left with well-developed roots throughout the 16 inch profile, and old agricultural soil on the right with a compacted layer at 8 inches showing limited root development
Extent: 1 photograph
Man with hat looking at crowd listening to tree planting talk given by George Ware on Arbor Day in front of Meadow Lake (3.55533)
Date: 1987Creator: Doty, Carol L.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Man with hat looking at crowd listening to tree planting talk given by George Ware on Arbor Day in front of Meadow Lake
Extent: 1 slide
1989/02/10: Michael T. Rains to Gerald W. Adelmann (3.56338)
Date: February 10 1989Creator: Rains, Michael T.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Michael T. Rains of the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service to Gerald W. Adelmann of the Open Lands Project complimenting the Neighborwoods project and proposing joint efforts to develop holistic approaches to urban forestry by integrating ecology, art, city planning, global warming, and other current issues with the City Beautiful Movement.
Extent: 2 sheets
Map and Visitor Guide The Morton Arboretum [by Nancy Hart Stieber and John Sosnowski] (3.5818)
Date: 1984Creator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Document
Description:Leaflet created for the informal series titled: Map & Visitor Guide. On the recto of the leaflet an inset map (1 inch=1/2 mile) shows major Arboretum structures and connecting roads; also given is a summary of the Arboretum's history, public facilities and services, and regulations. Updated in 1989 with Crabapple Lake.
Extent: 1 sheet printed on both sides
Doris Taylor holding rope while other grounds worker wraps rope around burlaped tree root ball (3.59099)
Date: April 1986Creator: Kohout, John
Type: Photographic image
Description:Doris Taylor holding rope while other grounds worker wraps rope around burlaped tree root ball
Extent: 1 slide
A Construction Drawing for the Woody Herb Garden Fence, the Morton Arboretum (3.6150)
Date: 1980sCreator: Tyznik, Anthony
Type: Plan
Description:Shows elevation and plan view
Extent: 1 sheet
1989/12/07: Request for Advance or Reimbursement, Institute of Museum Services (3.67142)
Date: December 31 1989Creator: Hall, Marion Trufant
Type: Document
Description:A reimbursement form from The Institute of Museum Services titled Request for Advance or Reimbursement filled out by Marion T. Hall from The Morton Arboretum. One sheet is a typewritten version and another sheet is a handwritten draft version.
Extent: 2 sheets
Plat of Vacation of Bryant Road in Secs. 35 & 36 - 39-10 (3.6729)
Date: March 21 1983Creator: Steinbrecher Jr., Harold F.
Type: Map
Extent: 1 sheet
Abeliophyllum distichum Nakai (white-forsythia), flowers, branch (3.81502)
Date: April 15 1986Creator: Kohout, Kitty
Type: Photographic image
Description:Abeliophyllum distichum Nakai (white-forsythia), bell shaped four petal flower, red-brown stem, leaf buds, closed flower bud, slighr open flower bud
Extent: 1 slide
1987/01/15: DuPage River Survey Worksheet (3.81698)
Date: January 15 1987Creator: Kesich, Paul
Type: Document
Description:Survey of water temperature, dissolved oxygen, and visual observations of current, clarity, and foam content for various sites on the DuPage River dated January 15, 1987.
Extent: 2 sheets
Oriental printing, fantasy and art papers / imported and stocked by Andrews/Nelson/Whitehead, Inc. (3.23401)
Date: 20th centuryType: Book
Extent: [1] leaf, [4] p., [120] leaves : samples, some color 10 x 21 cm.
Summer or wood duck = Anas sponsa. L. (3.29192)
Date: 20th centuryCreator: Audubon, John James, 1785-1851.
Type: Painting
Extent: 1 print : commercial reproduction, color image 74 x 49 cm., on sheet 82 x 56 cm.
The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 19 No. 03 (3.34506)
Date: September 21 – December 20 1983Type: Serial
Extent: 16 pages
The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 23 No. 04 (3.34526)
Date: December 21 1987 – March 20 1988Type: Serial
Extent: 16 pages
Acer negundo (boxelder), twig and buds (3.37498)
Date: April 1983Creator: Kohout, Kitty
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer negundo (boxelder), closeup detail of twig and white oval buds
Extent: 1 slide
Acer palmatum (Japanese maple), leaves with fall color (3.37579)
Date: November 1983Creator: Kohout, John
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer palmatum (Japanese maple), closeup of leaves that are deeply divided into 5 or 7 lobes showing bright orange and red fall color
Extent: 1 slide
Acer saccharum (sugar maple), fall color (3.37930)
Date: November 1988Creator: Shouba, Jack
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer saccharum (sugar maple), branch with leaves that are bright greenish yellow in the fall
Extent: 1 slide
Acer pensylvanicum (striped maple), male flowers (3.38053)
Date: May 20 1984Creator: Kohout, Kitty
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer pensylvanicum (striped maple), closeup detail of bright yellow-green male flowers in slender drooping cluster
Extent: 1 slide
Acer platanoides (Norway maple), buds (3.38065)
Date: April 1983Creator: Kohout, Kitty
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer platanoides (Norway maple), closeup detail of rounded, dark brown buds on twig
Extent: 1 slide
Acer rubrum (red maple), flowers (3.38167)
Date: May 1984Creator: Dritz, Ken
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer rubrum (red maple), closeup detail of clusters of red female flowers budding from twig
Extent: 1 slide
1986/11/15: Lois Ballard to George Ware (3.38291)
Date: November 15 1986Creator: Ballard, Lois N.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Lois Ballard of the Wisconsin Landscape Critics Council enclosing payment and thanking him for presenting at the Landscape Design Symposium at George Williams College.
Extent: 1 sheet
Arbor Day, elm planting ceremony in Chicago (3.3939)
Date: 1980sCreator: Larkin, Joe
Type: Photographic image
Description:Arbor Day, elm planting ceremony in Chicago, children shoveling dirt around planted tree
Extent: 1 photograph
Presentation of check for $125,000 to The Morton Arboretum by ARCO (3.4058)
Date: August 3 1984Type: Photographic image
Description:Presentation of check for $125,000 to The Morton Arboretum by ARCO
(L to R): Carlton Norris (ARCO), Byron Turnquest (ARCO), George Ware, and Marion Hall standing outside
Extent: 1 photograph
Rick Hootman (left), Pat Kelsey, and George Ware (right) in hard hats studying contour maps for future site of Crabapple Lake (3.4513)
Date: 1986 – 1987Creator: Irving, Gary
Type: Photographic image
Description:Rick Hootman (left), Pat Kelsey, and George Ware (right) in hard hats studying contour maps for future site of Crabapple Lake
Extent: 1 photograph