Chemical Deicers and the Environment (1.10299)
Date: 1992Creator: Kelsey, Pat, Hootman, Rick
Type: Book
Salt Study, Pat Kelsey (left) and Rick Hootman (right) working with tools (3.102561)
Date: 1990sType: Photographic image
Description:A black and white photographic print of Pat Kelsey (left) and Rick Hootman (right) working with tools in a field.
Extent: 1 photograph
Salt Study, Pat Kelsey (left) and Rick Hootman (right) working with tool (3.102562)
Date: 1990sType: Photographic image
Description:A black and white photographic print of Pat Kelsey (left) and Rick Hootman (right) working with tool in a field.
Extent: 1 photograph
Salt Study, Pat Kelsey (left) and Rick Hootman (right) working with tools (3.102563)
Date: 1990sType: Photographic image
Description:A black and white photographic print of Pat Kelsey (left) and Rick Hootman (right) working with tools in a field that appears to be on The Morton Arboretum grounds.
Extent: 1 photograph
Salt Study, Pat Kelsey (left) and Rick Hootman (right) working with tools (3.102564)
Date: 1990sType: Photographic image
Description:A black and white photographic print of Pat Kelsey (left) and Rick Hootman (right) working with tools in a field that appears to be on The Morton Arboretum grounds.
Extent: 1 photograph
Salt Study, Pat Kelsey (left) and Rick Hootman (right) working with tools (3.102565)
Date: 1990sType: Photographic image
Description:A black and white photographic print of Pat Kelsey (left) and Rick Hootman (right) working with tools in a field.
Extent: 1 photograph
Salt Study, Pat Kelsey (left) and Rick Hootman (right) working with tools (3.102567)
Date: 1990sType: Photographic image
Description:A black and white photographic print of Pat Kelsey (left) and Rick Hootman (right) working with tools in a field.
Extent: 1 photograph
Salt Study, Pat Kelsey (left) and Rick Hootman (right) working with tools (3.102568)
Date: 1990sType: Photographic image
Description:A color photograph on foam board of Pat Kelsey (left) and Rick Hootman (right) working with tools on what appears to the The Morton Arboretum's grounds.
Extent: 1 photograph
Salt Study, Pat Kelsey (left) and Rick Hootman (right) working with tools (3.102569)
Date: 1990sType: Photographic image
Description:A color photograph on foam board of Pat Kelsey (left) and Rick Hootman (right) working with tools on what appears to the The Morton Arboretum's grounds.
Extent: 1 photograph
Urban Vegetation Laboratory Report, V2. 2 No. 1, 1989 (3.106912)
Date: March 21 – June 20 1989Creator: Irving, Gary, Hart, Nancy , Joseph Larken, Larkin, Joe
Type: Document
Description:Newsletter of the Morton Arboretum Urban Vegetation Laboratory. Items covered in this issue:
Arboretum Berm Construction
Certification for Soil Scientist Patrick Kelsey
Member's Cooperative Research Program
Poplars for Use on Urban Landscapes
Oak Mycorrhizae
Tree Crown and Root System Asymmetry
Winter Salt Dispersion in the Arboretum
Extent: 4 pages in newsletter format
Inside Research: Winter 1995: Volume 2, Number 1 (3.106915)
Date: December 21 1995 – March 20 1996Type: Document
Description:The Morton Arboretum Research Department Newsletter for the winter of 1995.
Extent: 5 two-sided sheets
Site Suitability and Soil Boring Logs for the Proposed Crabapple Lake, Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois (3.106931)
Date: January 15 1987Creator: Kelsey, Pat, Hootman, Rick
Type: Document
Description:A draft report of studies conducted in January, 1987, to determine the suitability of a site proposed for a lake near the Crabapple collection to add an amenity feature, wildlife habitat, replacement of ecosystems lost to the North-South Tollway project and additional drainage.
Extent: 10 sheets
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Autumn 1987 (3.107030)
Date: 1987Creator: Engle, Martha
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Autumn 1987 Branches Newsletter includes articles on; a soil survey conducted in response to drainage problems exacerbated by the North/South tollway and funded in part by an Institute of Museum Sciences grant, the Adopt a collection program to assist with the maintenance of the collection plantings or geographic collections, and reporting on the recent volunteer recognition. Educational opportunities, volunteer opportunities and lists of new volunteers are also included.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Summer 1989 (3.107040)
Date: 1989Creator: Engle, Martha
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Summer 1989 Branches Newsletter contains articles on the following: a history of the soil at the Arboretum, specifically the movement of the glaciers and the ice sheet that covered the area; an update on the berms' their formation, purpose (to mitigate salt, exhaust and noise pollution), and design; and a sampling of collecting trips conducted by Arboretum staff and scientists. An in-service for volunteers, special events and classes are featured along with a list of new volunteers.
Extent: ;6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of the Morton Arboretum, Spring 1990 (3.107044)
Date: 1990Creator: Way, Carol
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Spring 1990 Branches newsletter contains articles on the following: the Arboretum Propagation Facility including greenhouses; the introduction of fire or controlled burns into the East Woods; and the Soil Characterization Laboratory which was running tests on the soil and water at the Arboretum to ascertain the effects of sodium and calcium chlorides used as road deicers on the adjacent tollways. Volunteer opportunities, trainings, classes and events are featured along with lists of current and new volunteers.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of the Morton Arboretum, Summer 1991 (3.107049)
Date: 1991Creator: Way, Carol
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Summer 1991 Branches Newsletter contains articles on the following: an interview with artist and Curator of Rare Prints, Nancy Hart Stieber; and an article about the West Chicago Prairie and the study of it's soil by Morton Arboretum Soil Scientists Rick Hootman and Pat Kelsey. Information about volunteer positions, volunteers, classes and events is included along with lists of new volunteers
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Winter 1993 (3.107056)
Date: 1993Creator: Way, Carol
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Winter 1993 Branches Newsletter contains articles on: the staff photographers at the Arboretum, John Kohout and Jim Nachel, and the Photo Lab collection; Hidden Lake Forest Preserve highlighting the section leased to the Arboretum; and an introduction to Linda Kovach, the new Volunteer Coordinator. Volunteer opportunities, classes, events and lists of new and existing volunteers are included.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: A Newsletter for the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Winter 1999 (3.107071)
Date: 1999Creator: Way, Carol
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Winter 1999 Branches Newsletter includes articles on the following: volunteers Dolores and Ted Symon who have volunteered in the root and soil labs, at the Arbor Day plant sales and at the Visitors Center; the assistance of Eagle Scouts with the Heritage Trail Project under the direction of Ed Hedborn, Plant Records manager; the Volunteer giving Project; and the retirement of Carol Doty after 35 years at the Arboretum including overseeing the volunteer program. Volunteer opportunities, a list of new volunteers and Arboretum classes and activities are also featured.
Extent: 4 pages
Landscape Features of The Morton Arboretum (3.11007)
Date: September 21 – December 20 1990Creator: Hootman, Rick, Kelsey, Pat
Type: Article
Woody Plants and Roadway Salt: An Urban Dilemma (3.11042)
Date: September 21 – December 20 1992Creator: Hootman, Rick, Kelsey, Pat
Type: Article
Events, News, & Classes: Autumn 1984 (3.113775)
Date: 1984Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Autumn 1984 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as the Yuletide celebration and a lecture about "The Arboretum and Chicago's Architectural Heritage". The Arboretum also received a grant from the National Park Service of the United States Department of Interior to study the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.
Extent: 5 pages
Events, News, & Classes: Winter 1984 (3.113778)
Date: 1984Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Spring 1984 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as making maple syrup, the Yuletide Celebration, and the member's chamber music series. Local 12-year-old 4H member Wendy Reed wrote in to show your DuPage County Fair blue ribbon winning project showing conservation and the possible effects of proposed highway FAP 431. A picture shows the construction of the brick walkway that leads visitors to the gardens south of the Visitor Center.
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: Winter 1986 (3.113786)
Date: 1986Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Winter 1986 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as a discussion on the "The Romance of Botanical Names" and "Resource Conservation in an Urban Environment". There was a field trip to watch bald eagles in Savanna, IL. Charles A. Lewis, the Arboretum's Collections Group Administrator, was honored with the G.B. Gunslogson Medal for "the creative use of home gardening in benefiting people-plant relationships and the future of American life" from the American Horticultural Society. The woody plant collections were to be computerized. A new maple, 'Marmo', was introduced. Members were also encourage to write Lt. Governor George Ryan to advocate for the development of a lake on the Danada Forrest Preserve as part of the Briarcliff Flood Control Program.
Events, News, & Classes: Summer 1988 (3.113793)
Date: 1988Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Autumn 1988 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as the program "Cry Havoc! Weeds! (Part 2)" and a field trip to Milwaukee's Botanical Gardens. The construction of Crabapple Lake was announced. Margo Brumis and Beth Robinson joined the Arboretum staff. Ray Schulenberg and Robert Betz received United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) awards.
South Farm Land Use (3.35374)
Date: December 30 1988Creator: Kelsey, Pat
Type: Plan
Description:March 3, 1989 - South Farm Parking Lot Adjustments
March 6, 1989 - Location Code Data
Extent: 1 sheet
South Farm Land Use (3.35375)
Date: December 30 1988Creator: Kelsey, Pat
Type: Map
Description:Feb. 13, 1989: Survey data added.
Revision
Extent: 1 sheet
Drainage--Frost Hill (3.36065)
Date: November 7 1988Creator: Kelsey, Pat
Type: Plan
Description:Design plan and graphs
Sections A-A thru F-F
Extent: 1 sheet
Research Department Computer Software and Hardware Sharing Requirements (3.39927)
Date: October 10 1990Type: Document
Description:A series of 12 documents outlining existing computer equipment and an explanation of information needs, desired software, hardware, and applications within the Arboretum's Research Department for Marlin Bowles, Webb Crowley, Tom Green, Richard Hootman, Patrick Kelsey, Elizabeth Shimp, Mike Spravka, Gary Watson, Fay Wheatman, Chris Whelan, Gerould Wilhelm, and Linda Wetstein.
Extent: 12 sheets
Arboretum staff in Hedge Garden (3.4047)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Arboretum staff in Hedge Garden
(L to R): Pat Kelsey, John Swisher, Deb Seymour, George Shabel
Extent: 1 photograph
Pat Kelsey and class studying soil, seated on grass in an open field (3.4088)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Pat Kelsey and class studying soil, seated on grass in an open field
Extent: 1 photograph
1997/04/11: Rick Hootman and Doris Taylor to George Ware et al. (3.41605)
Date: April 11 1997Creator: Hootman, Rick, Taylor, Doris
Type: Document
Description:Memo from Rick Hootman and Doris Taylor to George Ware and others briefly describing community tree planting ceremonies for several suburbs to commemorate Arbor Day. Includes two completed forms for Hinsdale and Woodridge planting ceremonies and photocopied map of Hindsdale.
Extent: 4 sheets
1992/06/03: Rick Hootman and Pat Kelsey to Chris Whelan (3.44211)
Date: June 3 1992Creator: Hootman, Rick, Kelsey, Pat
Type: Document
Description:Memo from Rick Hootman and Pat Kelsey to Chris Whelan regarding research questions and other issues of concern regarding the East Woods.
Extent: 2 sheets
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