Morton Arboretum Map (3.19479)
Date: 1943Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Map
Description:2014 reprint of The Morton Arboretum's first color map, circa 1943.
Detailed map of Arboretum grounds, showing roads, paths, landscaping, shelters, structures, enlargement of some specific features, hedge garden, some specific trees, and trails with markers numbered 1 - 42. Other features include a scale, a calendar, and a compass rose consisting of directions depicted with leaves. A highly ornamental border includes grid marks, as well as drawings of animal tracks and detailed drawings and labels of plants. The Morton Arboretum encompassed 813 acres at time of map.
Extent: 1 sheet
Morton Arboretum Map: Preliminary Drawing for Colored Map (3.19480)
Date: 1943Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Preliminary drawing for detailed colored map of Arboretum grounds that was printed in 1943, showing roads, paths, landscaping, shelters, enlargement of some specific features, hedge garden, and center of hedge garden. Blank spaces indicate water and text placement. Tree symbols show exceptional specimens on east and west sides. The Morton Arboretum encompassed 813 acres at time of map. Drawing is in two pieces.
Extent: 2 sheets
Morton Arboretum Map (3.19481)
Date: 1943Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Map
Description:Detailed map of Arboretum grounds, showing roads, paths, landscaping, shelters, structures, enlargement of some specific features, hedge garden, some specific trees, and trails with markers numbered 1 - 42. Other features include a scale, a calendar, and a compass rose consisting of directions depicted with leaves. A highly ornamental border includes grid marks, as well as drawings of animal tracks and detailed drawings and labels of plants. Some replacement illustration and text has been adhered to the map. The Morton Arboretum encompassed 813 acres at time of map. One section is partially missing.
Extent: 1 sheet
Hedge Garden length looking east from rotunda (3.2929)
Date: September 21 – December 20 1956Type: Photographic image
Description:Hedge Garden length looking east from rotunda
Extent: 1 photograph
Lunching & Learning with Clarence Godshalk: Evolution of the Arboretum - From Farm to Arboretum (3.31582)
Date: January 25 1978Type: Audio
Description:Lunching and Learning program presented by Clarence Godshalk as he describes the evolution of the Arboretum, from farm land to Arboretum.
Extent: 1 audio cassette
Celebrating the 10th Birthday of the Children's Garden at The Morton Arboretum (3.31583)
Date: 2015Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Video
Three Rarest Trees in The Morton Arboretum's Living Collections (3.31607)
Date: 2015Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Video
Crabapple Collection alongside road (3.32741)
Date: 1935Type: Photographic image
Description:Crabapple Collection alongside road
Extent: 1 negative
European group west of DuPage River and east of Simonds Road (3.33291)
Date: 1930sType: Photographic image
Description:European group west of DuPage River and east of Simonds Road
Extent: 1 negative
Interview with Ray Schulenberg: biodiversity, collection sites, plant origins during his tenure (3.33435)
Date: March 2 2000Type: Audio
Description:Interview with Ray Schulenberg conducted by Kunso Kim (Curator of Botanical Collections), Marcus de la Fleur (visiting Landscape Architect) , and Tim Boland (Curator of Horticultural Collections).
Topics discussed include biodiversity at The Morton Arboretum, decisions on collection site placement, and origins of plant species introduced to The Morton Arboretum during Schulenberg's tenure.
Extent: 1 cassette
Vine Collection (3.34117)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Vine Collection
*located at about 40-F on Arboretum map/grid
Extent: 1 negative
Hedge Garden, early view (3.34118)
Date: 1934 – 1935Type: Photographic image
Description:Hedge Garden, early view
Extent: 1 negative
General Information and Guide Map of The Morton Arboretum (3.34267)
Date: 1941Type: Map
Description:Doublesided brochure with general information and a guide map of The Morton Arboretum.
Guide map details Arboretum roads, trails, parking, plant collections, buildings and points of interest. Fifteen areas on the grounds highlighted in the key and identified with circled numbers on the map. Surfaced roads, gravel roads, and paths distinguished on the map by the type of line drawn. Compass showing directions north, south, east, west as well as scale indicator above top center of map.
Reverse side provides general information about the Arboretum, rules and regulations, and information about the Arboretum publication, Bulletin of Popular Information.
Extent: 1 sheet
General Information and Guide Map of The Morton Arboretum (3.34268)
Date: 1942Type: Map
Description:Doublesided brochure with general information and a guide map of The Morton Arboretum.
Guide map details Arboretum roads, trails, parking, plant collections, buildings and points of interest. Vegetation illustrated throughout map. Three stylized trees under compass showing directions north, south, east, west as well as scale indicator above top center of map.
Reverse side provides general information about the Arboretum, rules and regulations, outstanding features, buildings, Arboretum publications, and location.
Extent: 1 sheet
A Guide Map of The Morton Arboretum (3.34269)
Date: 1969Creator: Tyznik, Anthony
Type: Map
Description:A guide map of The Morton Arboretum created by Tony Tyznik in 1969. The background is a dark green with the inner Arboretum being a light green and Arboretum roads highlighted in solid orange and checkered orange lines.
Extent: 1 sheet
Map & Visitor Guide, The Morton Arboretum (3.34271)
Date: 1982 – 1986Type: Map
Description:Double-sided brochure, Map & Visitor Guide for The Morton Arboretum
Map details Arboretum roads, trails, plant collections, buildings and boundaries. Includes photographs of various Arboretum buildings with descriptive information.
Reverse side provides general information about the Arboretum, trails for walking and hiking, driving through the Arboretum, areas and collections of special interest, native plant communities, wildlife at the Arboretum, regulations, facilities and services, and information on membership. A section of the map is enlarged to identify landmarks around the Visitor Center, Administration Building, and Thornhill Education Center.
Extent: 1 sheet
Administration Building, view from Hedge Collection and Old Fashioned Rose Garden (3.36376)
Date: 1930sType: Photographic image
Description:Administration Building, view from Hedge Collection and Old Fashioned Rose Garden
Extent: 1 negative
Ginkgo biloba (ginkgo), Ginkgo Collection sign at The Morton Arboretum (3.36562)
Date: July 1994Creator: Nachel, Jim
Type: Photographic image
Description:Ginkgo biloba (ginkgo), Ginkgo Collection sign at The Morton Arboretum posted in front of two trees
Extent: 1 slide
Ginkgo biloba (ginkgo), Japanese Collection at The Morton Arboretum (3.37022)
Date: October 1982Creator: Kohout, John
Type: Photographic image
Description:Ginkgo biloba (ginkgo), three trees with green and yellow foliage, near road alongside Japanese Collection sign at The Morton Arboretum.
Arboretum grid map location: Y-58 to Y-60
Extent: 1 slide
Populus deltoides (eastern cottonwood), bark detail (3.37726)
Date: October 8 2002Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Populus deltoides (eastern cottonwood), bark detail on mature trunk with deep furrows and ridges, along DuPage River in Arboretum Willow Salicaceae Collection, K-26 area
Extent: 1 slide
Crabapple (Malus) Collection, Sunday afternoon visitors (3.37793)
Date: May 13 1957Type: Photographic image
Description:Crabapple (Malus) Collection, Sunday afternoon visitors
Extent: 1 photograph
Test garden southeast of propagating houses (3.37795)
Date: 1950sType: Photographic image
Description:Test garden southeast of propagating houses
Extent: 1 photograph
Man taking photograph on tripod in between row of trees (3.37797)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Man taking photograph on tripod in between row of trees
Extent: 1 filmstrip
Hedge Garden looking east thru rotunda (3.37802)
Date: September 21 – December 20 1956Type: Photographic image
Description:Hedge Garden looking east thru rotunda
Extent: 1 filmstrip
1995/02/03: Mike Spravka to George Ware et al. (3.38003)
Date: February 3 1995Type: Document
Description:Arboretum memo from Mike Spravka to George Ware, Kris Bachtell, Carol Doty, Bill Dreyer, Christopher Dunn, Ed Hedborn, Pattie Jelen, Scott Mehaffey, Linda Sanford, Tish Sparrowe, Peter Van Der Linden, and Gary Watson concerning revisions to the Tree Evaluation Plot Collection which the public uses to select trees suitable for urban and suburban areas. A 1994-1995 Index Seminum of seeds collected from natural populations in the United States is attached to the memo and addressed to Dr. Ware.
Extent: 7 sheets
Quercus (oak), habit, summer (3.38311)
Date: June 1994Creator: Nachel, Jim
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus (oak), habit, several tall trees amongst Arboretum Oak Collection with identification marker on short post in foreground
Extent: 1 slide
Arboretum Evergreen Collection (3.40104)
Date: 1950sType: Photographic image
Description:Arboretum Evergreen Collection
Extent: 1 photograph
The Morton Arboretum Inventory & Collections & Cultural Names (3.44609)
Date: April 25 1990Creator: Sidwell Company
Type: Map
Description:Four topographical maps with drawn area boundaries and area names written in marker. Page 5 is missing.
Extent: 4 Sheets
1995: Flow sheet (page 7) (3.56341)
Date: 1995Type: Document
Description:Page 7 of a flow sheet from 1995 that lists dates and taxonomic names of plants and possibly their zone location in the Arboretum. Dr. Ware is handwritten in the upper right margin.
Extent: 1 sheet
Records for the Arboretum's Plant Collections, two index cards pulled from drawer (3.59062)
Date: March 1985Type: Photographic image
Description:Records for the Arboretum's Plant Collections, two index cards pulled from drawer
Extent: 1 slide
Ed Hedborn looking at Plant Collections records (3.59064)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Ed Hedborn looking at Plant Collections records
Extent: 1 slide
Three Rarest Trees in The Morton Arboretum's Living Collections, web version 1 (3.62071)
Date: 2015Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Video
Three Rarest Trees in The Morton Arboretum's Living Collections, web version 2 (3.62072)
Date: 2015Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Video
Celebrating the 10th Birthday of the Children's Garden at The Morton Arboretum, social media (3.62138)
Date: 2015Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Video
Rhododendron 'April Mist' (April Mist Rhododendron), flower, full (3.67981)
Date: April 21 2015Creator: Brown, Deborah J. G.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Rhododendron 'April Mist' (April Mist Rhododendron), flower, full