Events, News, & Classes: Autumn 1983 (3.113774)
Date: 1983Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Autumn 1983 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as Bluegrass at Thornhill and a Bonsai Exhibit at Thornhill. It also includes behind the scenes gardening information and how volunteers fight tent caterpillars and mentions a problem with deer eating young plants. It also has a list of classes.
Extent: 5 pages
Events, News, & Classes: Spring 1984 (3.113776)
Date: 1984Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Spring 1984 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as a nature photography seminar and a rally against the highway FAP-431 with an associated article explaining the highway would be taking land from the Arboretum. There are also announcements of new employees.
Extent: 5 pages
Events, News, & Classes: Autumn 1985 (3.113779)
Date: 1985Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Autumn 1985 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as several mushroom-related activities, bird walks, and an upcoming field seminar to England discussing gardens and landscapes.
Extent: 5 pages
Events, News, & Classes: Spring 1985 (3.113780)
Date: 1985Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Spring 1985 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as welcoming Spring with classes like Arboretum Spring and The Nature of Spring. There are also several opportunities for birding. Field seminars were offered for Spring in the Southern Appalachians and Isle of Royale Adventure, and field trips were available to Braidwood, IL, Starved Rock State Park, Warren Woods, and Nelson Lake Marsh. The Atlantic Richfield Foundation Grant awarded $125,000 to support the project "City Trees For City People".
Events, News, & Classes: Autumn 1986 (3.113783)
Date: 1986Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Autumn 1986 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as a talk by Dr. Gary Watson, the Arboretum's root specialist, discussing the importance of roots and a look at a Victorian Christmas with Sunny O'Neil. Field trips included birding along Chicago's lakefront, a waterfowl fall migration in the Palos area, and a trip to the Indiana Dunes. Charles Lewis and Dr. Herbert Schroeder, Environmental Psychologist with the US Forest Service, were participating in an exchange research trip to The Netherlands to establish joint projects.
Extent: 5 pages
Events, News, & Classes: Spring 1986 (3.113784)
Date: 1986Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Spring 1986 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as lectures about Tuberous Begonias and plants for troublesome spots. A future trip to Kenya for a field seminar was announced. Field trips include Starved Rock State Park, Warren Woods, and Mississippi Palisades State Park. A field seminar on English gardens and landscapes also took place. The Arboretum announced that library staff would begin cataloging and indexing the rare book collection to make it more accessible.
Extent: 5 pages
Events, News, & Classes: Summer 1986 (3.113785)
Date: 1986Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Summer 1986 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as the annual fish boil and a concert by Marshall Vente/Project Nine Plus with Anna Dawson. Bob Thomson, host of the popular syndicated PBS program "The Victory Garden", visited with the horticulture staff, and Robert W. Little, noted author, artist, and teacher, was to present a special lecture. Field trips included birding at Ryerson Conservation Area in Deerfield.
Extent: 5 pages
Events, News, & Classes: Autumn 1987 (3.113787)
Date: 1987Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Autumn 1987 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as the Yuletide Celebration and "Prairie with the Pros". Field trips included birding at Ryerson Conservation Area and Illinois Beach State Park. Ray Schulenberg, the Arboretum's Curator of Plant Collections, retired.
Extent: 7 sheets
Events, News, & Classes: Spring 1987 (3.113788)
Date: 1987Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Spring 1987 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as the field seminar "Spring in Door County" and the lecture "Getting at the Root of Spring Planting". Linda Sanford joined the Education staff as Curator of Youth Education, and Dr. Gary Watson joined the Research Group as Plant Pathologist. Dr. Frank Pascoe and Mrs. Linda Meyers were hired as Administrator and Secretary, respectively. The Arboretum received grants from the Institute of Museum Services Conservation Project and the Rice Foundation.
Extent: 5 pages
Events, News, & Classes: Autumn 1988 (3.113791)
Date: 1988Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Autumn 1988 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as the Chamber Concert Series and an examination of the work of Francois-Andre Michaux. Clarence Godshalk, Director Emeritus of The Morton Arboretum, passed away on April 20, 1988. Daniel Peterkin, Jr., Trustee of The Morton Arboretum and retired Chairman and President of Morton-Norwich Products Inc. died on May 11, 1988. The Library marked its 25th anniversary. Grants were received from the Nalco Foundation, Dr. Ralph and Marian Falk Medical Research Foundation, A. Montgomery Ward Foundation, and The Institute of Museum Services (IMS).
Events, News, & Classes: Spring 1988 (3.113792)
Date: 1988Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Spring 1988 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as the lecture "Cry Havoc! Weeds! (Part 1) and the field seminar "Spring Nature Photography in the Southern Appalachians." The judging for the 1987 Illinois Landscape Architecture Award was held at the Arboretum. The DuPage Environmental Awareness Center (DEAC) was opened to raise environmental awareness in the DuPage County region. Dr. David E. Davis, a noted mammalogist retired after a distinguished career, made a gift to the Arboretum for an endowed research chair, the Emily Rodgers Davis Chair, to accomplish research in plant-animal inter-relationships within the Arboretum and other areas of geographic interest to us.
Illinois Tree Trail - Red Pine, Pinus resinosa (3.18538)
Date: 1970sCreator: Simonds, Roberta
Type: Drawing
Illinois tree trail. (3.24813)
Date: 1970Type: Drawing
Extent: 18 drawings : pen and ink, blue line and black type 31 x 23 cm.
Illinois tree trail. (3.24814)
Date: 1970Type: Drawing
Extent: 18 drawings : pen and ink, blue line and black type 31 x 23 cm.
Illinois tree trail. (3.24815)
Date: 1970Type: Drawing
Extent: 18 drawings : pen and ink, blue line and black type 31 x 23 cm.
Illinois tree trail. (3.24816)
Date: 1970Type: Drawing
Extent: 18 drawings : pen and ink, blue line and black type 31 x 23 cm.
Illinois tree trail. (3.24817)
Date: 1970Type: Drawing
Extent: 18 drawings : pen and ink, blue line and black type 31 x 23 cm.
Illinois tree trail. (3.24818)
Date: 1970Type: Drawing
Extent: 18 drawings : pen and ink, blue line and black type 31 x 23 cm.
Illinois tree trail. (3.24819)
Date: 1970Type: Drawing
Extent: 18 drawings : pen and ink, blue line and black type 31 x 23 cm.
Illinois tree trail. (3.24820)
Date: 1970Type: Drawing
Extent: 18 drawings : pen and ink, blue line and black type 31 x 23 cm.
Illinois tree trail. (3.24821)
Date: 1970Type: Drawing
Extent: 18 drawings : pen and ink, blue line and black type 31 x 23 cm.
Illinois tree trail. (3.24822)
Date: 1970Type: Drawing
Extent: 18 drawings : pen and ink, blue line and black type 31 x 23 cm.
Illinois tree trail. (3.24823)
Date: 1970Type: Drawing
Extent: 18 drawings : pen and ink, blue line and black type 31 x 23 cm.
Illinois tree trail. (3.24824)
Date: 1970Type: Drawing
Extent: 18 drawings : pen and ink, blue line and black type 31 x 23 cm.
Illinois tree trail. (3.24826)
Date: 1970Type: Drawing
Extent: 18 drawings : pen and ink, blue line and black type 31 x 23 cm.
Illinois tree trail. (3.24827)
Date: 1970Type: Drawing
Extent: 18 drawings : pen and ink, blue line and black type 31 x 23 cm.
Illinois tree trail. (3.24828)
Date: 1970Type: Drawing
Extent: 18 drawings : pen and ink, blue line and black type 31 x 23 cm.
Illinois tree trail. (3.24829)
Date: 1970Type: Drawing
Extent: 18 drawings : pen and ink, blue line and black type 31 x 23 cm.
Illinois tree trail. (3.24830)
Date: 1970Type: Drawing
Extent: 18 drawings : pen and ink, blue line and black type 31 x 23 cm.
Rattlesnake master : after Caravaggio's Entombment of Christ (3.30583)
Date: 1994Creator: Simonds, Roberta
Type: Painting
Extent: 1 painting : watercolor and gouaches image 38 x 29 cm., on paper 58 x 48 cm.
Donors Holiday Tea at the Sterling Morton Library: Gerry and Pam Donnelly speaking to Peach and Dick Simonds (3.4110)
Date: 1992Creator: Nachel, Jim
Type: Photographic image
Description:Donors Holiday Tea at the Sterling Morton Library: Gerry and Pam Donnelly speaking to Peach and Dick Simonds
Extent: 1 photograph
Field trip to Hunt Institute - (Back L to R): Becky Guy, Janet Spahn, John Brindle, Elaine Fairbanks, John's assistant, Andy Beck (Seated L to R): Mary Faville, Peach Simonds, Nancy Hart, Henri Tweedie, Jo Mayeau, Madelaine Bullwinkel (3.4158)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Field trip to Hunt Institute - (Back L to R): Becky Guy, Janet Spahn, John Brindle, Elaine Fairbanks, John's assistant, Andy Beck (Seated L to R): Mary Faville, Peach Simonds, Nancy Hart, Henri Tweedie, Jo Mayeau, Madelaine Bullwinkel