Browsing by people, organizations and landmarks: century:
The Morton Arboretum Naturalist Guides: Schulenberg Prairie Training Seminar: September 21, 2000-1:00 p.m.: Prairie History Fact/Summary Sheet (3.104181)
Date: 2000Creator: Johnson, Craig B.
Type: Document
Description:A four-paged fact sheet describing Ray Schulenberg and the Schulenberg Prairie.
Extent: 4 pages
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, 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 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
Ed Hedborn oral history interview, 2023 March 08 (3.107277)
Date: March 8 2023Type: Audio
Description:A recording of an oral history interview with Ed Hedborn, manager of plant records, conducted by Kristin Arnold, archivist. The interview took place on March 8, 2023 in the Sterling Morton Library at The Morton Arboretum.
The interview focuses on Hedborn's experiences and memories of The Morton Arboretum's Collections Program during the curatorship of Kunso Kim, which lasted from 1998 to 2014, and Matt Lobdell, which lasted from 2014 to 2022. Topics include the development of the Arboretum's collections, online collections catalogs, the Arboretum's grid system, the Collections Master Plan, the building of the Curatorial and Operations Center, working in Plant Clinic, and tribute trees.
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.
Education Program Guide team, BP sponsorship (3.34456)
Date: 2007Type: Photographic image
Description:The Morton Arboretum Education Program Guide team with Vice Chairman of BP, Steve Elbert, in the Founder's Room following a $1 million grant from the BP Foundation to endow the Arboretum's youth science programs.
Front row, Left to Right
April Sedall, Sandy Perkins, Craig Johnson, Barb Vrchota, Keith Anderson, Pat Elliot, Debbie Russell, Camille Grabski, Jill Lexier, Jennifer VanDerMolen
Back row, Left to Right
Gerry Donnelly (The Morton Arboretum President & CEO), DeeAnn Crabill, Mary Toohey, Edye Wolf, Heather Schultz (Jurinek), Lynn Herman, Steve Elbert (Arboretum Trustee & Vice Chairman of BP), Becky Kirsh, Kathleen Simko, Jean Savage, Lyn Myers, John Silady, Debbie Pasquesi, Jan Little, Clem Hamilton (Vice President of Arboretum Programs)
Extent: 1 photograph
Know Your Arboretum: History on the Hill with Craig Johnson, Pt.1 (3.62389)
Date: February 29 2016Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Video
Description:Know Your Arboretum staff education session on the history of Thornhill.
Part 1 of 2
Know Your Arboretum: History on the Hill with Craig Johnson, Pt.2 (3.62390)
Date: March 7 2016Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Video
Description:Know Your Arboretum staff education session on the history of Thornhill.
Part 2 of 2