New research wing, greenhouses, and service building for the Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois (3.5453)

Date: March 24 1955
Creator: Holabird & Root
Type: Plan
Description:The research wing constructed in 1955 as an addition to the Administration building ceased to house research activities in 1982, the year in which the new Research Center was added. At the later date, the 1955 structure became a functional administrative structure. The plans contain 5 subsets: A-1--A-14, architectural drawings; S-1 -- S-6,structural drawings; M-2 --M-7, mechanical drawings; E-1 -- E-6, electrical drawings; and CE-1, civil engineering drawing. This copy is missing M-1 and CE-2.
Extent: 33 sheets in binder

Layout of Chases for Morton Arboretum, Administration Building, Lisle, Illinois (3.5454)

Date: June 30 – August 10 1955
Creator: Holabird & Root
Type: Plan
Description:"Shop Drawing no. 1-6." Plans presumably contracted for by Holabird & Root & Burgee, architects, Chicago, Illinois, the prime contractor for constuction of the addition to the Administration Building. "Approved as built…"
Extent: 6 sheets in binder

Lighting and Electric Power Plan, New Research Wing, Greenhouses, and Sevice Building for the Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois (3.5455)

Date: June 15 1955
Creator: Super Electric Construction Co.
Type: Plan
Description:Plans contracted for by Holabird & Root & Burgee, architects, Chicago, Illinois, the prime contractor for construction of the addition to the Administration Building. Sheets numbered E-1--E-6.
Extent: 6 sheets

Air Conditioning for Morton Center, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois (3.5457)

Date: May 2 1967
Creator: Kroeschell Engineering Co.
Type: Plan
Description:Plans, numbered A1-A4, first issued between Jan. 31 and Feb. 24, 1967.
Copy 2 missing page A4.
Extent: 4 sheets, stapled

New Entrance, Administration Building, Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois (3.5512)

Date: May 24 1956
Creator: Holabird & Root
Type: Plan
Description:Sheets numbered A-1 and A-2.
Extent: 2 sheet in binder

[Stairway Plan at Front of Administration Building] (3.5513)

Date: 1960s
Creator: Tyznik, Anthony
Type: Plan
Description:Pencil notes on sheet 1.
Extent: 2 sheets, stapled

Steps and Platform, Administration Building, Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois (3.5514)

Date: January 26 1967
Creator: Carroll Construction Co.
Type: Plan
Description:Plans for the main entrance to the Administration Building.
Extent: 1 sheet

New Steps and Flagstone at Entrance [Administration Building] (3.5515)

Date: September 13 1988
Creator: Rechel Cut Stone Company
Type: Plan
Extent: 1 sheet

[Planting] Plan of Administration Building Meadow, the Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois (3.5708)

Date: 1930s
Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Plan
Description:Shows the area presently occupied by Meadow Lake, Elm, and Tilia Collections. 
Extent: 1 sheet

[Planting] Plan of Administration Building Meadow, the Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois [with misc. identifications of proposed plantings] (3.5709)

Date: 1930s
Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Plan
Description:Shows the area presently occupied by Meadow Lake, Elm, and Tilia Collections. This version has misc. identifications of proposed plantings written in pen throughout.
Extent: 1 sheet

Proposed future Morton Arboretum space development: needs and their suggested relationships [colored] (3.5742)

Date: 1970s
Creator: Tyznik, Anthony
Type: Plan
Description:Based on the map prepared by Nancy Hart Stieber, Morton Arboretum map [proposed land use 1969]. This version is colored in marker.
Extent: 1 sheet

Proposed future Morton Arboretum space development: needs and their suggested relationships (3.5743)

Date: 1970s
Creator: Tyznik, Anthony
Type: Plan
Description:Based on the map prepared by Nancy Hart Stieber, Morton Arboretum map [proposed land use 1969].
Extent: 1 sheet

A Proposed Circulation Pattern for the Ground Cover Garden (3.5744)

Date: June 1983
Creator: Tyznik, Anthony
Type: Plan
Extent: 1 sheet

Morton Arboretum map [proposed land use 1969] (3.5764)

Date: December 1969
Creator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Plan
Description:Shows Arboretum structures and major connecting roads/trails from the Thornhill area to Meadow Lake and South Farm. An updated version of this map was done at a later date by Anthony Tyznik. Cover sheet states: 1969 Proposed Land Use Morton Arboretum.
Extent: 1 sheet attached to posterboard

Proposed Terrace [Administration Building] The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois (3.5767)

Date: July 29 1959
Creator: Holabird & Root
Type: Plan
Description:Plan shows ms. note by C.E. Godshalk: "Rotunda Terrace idea." Collection has preliminary plans with various titles, dates, and in various sizes.
Written in marker on back: "1959 Rotunda terrace proposal."
Extent: 1 sheet

Proposed Terrace and Garden Forecourt [Administration Building] The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois (3.5768)

Date: December 10 1958
Creator: Holabird & Root
Type: Plan
Description:Collection has preliminary plans with various titles, dates, and in various sizes.
Extent: 1 sheet

Proposed Terrace and Garden Forecourt [Administration Building] The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois (3.5770)

Date: November 26 1958
Creator: Holabird & Root
Type: Plan
Description:Collection has preliminary plans with various titles, dates, and in various sizes.
Extent: 1 sheet

A Landscape Development Plan for the Administration Building, the Morton Arboretum [Cotoneaster, Euonymus, Prunus, Hydrangea, Rhodotypos, Hypericum, Viburnum, Microbiota, Hamamelis, Stylophorum, Waldsteinia, Astilbe, Ribes, Juniperus, Lonicera] (3.5952)

Date: 1980s
Creator: Tyznik, Anthony
Type: Plan
Description:Including various species from Cotoneaster, Euonymus, Prunus, Hydrangea, Rhodotypos, Hypericum, Viburnum, Microbiota, Hamamelis, Stylophorum, Waldsteinia, Astilbe, Ribes, Juniperus, Lonicera
Extent: 1 sheet

New research wing, greenhouses, and service building for the Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois [subset] (3.6052)

Date: March 24 1955
Creator: Holabird & Root
Type: Plan
Description:The research wing constructed in 1955 as an addition to the Administration building ceased to house research activities in 1982, the year in which the new Research Center was added. At the later date, the 1955 structure became a functional administrative structure.  This copy contains sheets CE-1 -- CE-2 (civil engineering drawings); S-1 -- S-6 (structural drawings); and M-1 -- M-7 (mechanical drawings).
Extent: 15 sheets

A Landscape Development Plan for the Administration Building, The Morton Arboretum [Clethra, Picea, Cornus, Amelanchier] (3.6123)

Date: 1987
Creator: Tyznik, Anthony
Type: Plan
Description:Including various species from Clethra, Picea, Cornus, Amelanchier
Extent: 1 sheet

A Landscape Design Plan for a Lily Pool and Patio for the Administration Building, the Morton Arboretum (3.6136)

Date: 1980s
Creator: Tyznik, Anthony
Type: Plan
Extent: 1 sheet

A Planting Plan for the Ground Cover Garden East, The Morton Arboretum (3.6139)

Date: November 1983
Creator: Tyznik, Anthony
Type: Plan
Extent: 1 sheet

A Landscape Development Plan for the Ground Cover Garden West, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois (3.6143)

Date: October 1986
Creator: Tyznik, Anthony
Type: Plan
Description:Plants planted are listed throughout plan and layout
Extent: 1 sheet

Disabled Access Ramps at the Administration Building, North Door (3.6194)

Date: July 15 1994
Creator: Mehaffey, Scott A.
Type: Plan
Description:Handrail section, wood ramp/stoop extension, site plan, lower wood ramp plan, elevation, lower handrail elevation, wood stoop detail construction drawings with notes.
Extent: 1 sheet

The Morton Arboretum Ground Cover Garden Renovation Proposed Path Changes (3.6214)

Date: June 9 1995
Creator: Mehaffey, Scott A.
Type: Plan
Extent: 2 sheets

Ground Cover Garden 1996 Renovation (3.6221)

Date: July 29 1996
Creator: Mehaffey, Scott A.
Type: Plan
Description:Woody and perennial ground cover garden planting lists.
Extent: 3 sheets

Ground Cover Gazebo and Details (3.6236)

Date: July 1995
Creator: Egelhaaf, Kurt John
Type: Plan
Description:Original gazebo design modified in 1995.
Extent: 1 sheet

Detail of Bronze Memorial Panel for Administration Building of The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois (3.6253)

Date: August 18 1954
Creator: Holabird & Root
Type: Plan
Description:Sheet numbered A-4. Text: This buildng erected in memory of Joy Morton, founder of The Morton Arboretum. The gift of Jean Morton Cudahy, 1935.
Extent: 1 sheet

Letter spacing for marble memorial panel for Thornhill House and Administration Building, The Morton Arboretum (3.6254)

Date: August 18 1954
Creator: Holabird & Root
Type: Plan
Description:Sheet numbered A-3. Text: In memory of Joy Morton, Founder of the Morton Arboretum. The give of Margaret Gray Morton. 1942. Collection has sheet A-5, Letter key for marble memorial panel.
Extent: 1 sheet

May T. Watts Reading Garden [planting plan] (3.6277)

Date: September 1997
Creator: Zybko, Connie
Type: Plan
Description:Planting plan and layout, including plant names
Extent: 1 sheet

Administration Building Grounds, Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois (3.6283)

Creator: Kammerer, E. Lowell
Type: Plan
Extent: 1 sheet

Administration Building, The Morton Arboretum, Basement Revisions (3.6370)

Date: June 1941
Creator: Holabird & Root
Type: Plan
Description:Sheet 1 labeled Drawing 1.
Sheet 2 labeled Drawing E1, Electrical Wiring
Extent: 2 sheets

New research wing, greenhouses, and service building for the Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois (3.6392)

Date: 1955
Creator: Holabird & Root
Type: Plan
Description:Sheets A-3, A-12, E- 1, E-2, M-2, E-6 [1956] - "as built" note on back.
Extent: 6 sheets

[Construction Drawing for a Staircase] (3.6499)

Creator: Tyznik, Anthony
Type: Plan
Description:Plan and side views, stair detail.
Extent: 1 sheet

[Greenhouse plans for Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL] (3.6510)

Date: December 14 1954 – April 22 1955
Creator: Lord & Burnham Company
Type: Plan
Description:Plans contain drawings 1-16, 6D, 11A, 16AD, V1-3, H4 of various plans, elevations, cross-sections and details
Extent: 23 sheets

[Arboretum - Southwest Section of East Side] (3.6577)

Date: circa 1978
Type: Plan
Description:Administration Building proposed additions added in pencil. Collections labeled in ink. Date hint: East-West Tollway is marked Illinois 5.
Extent: 1 sheet