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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.
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.
Lecture by Ray Schulenberg: The Story of The Morton Arboretum Prairie Restoration (3.31580)
Date: September 11 1987Type: Audio
Description:Lecture titled "The Story of The Morton Arboretum Prairie Restoration" given by Ray Schulenberg as part of the 25th Anniversary Celebration of The Morton Arboretum Prairie.
Extent: 1 audio cassette