1954/01/19: Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.101907)
Date: January 19 1954Creator: Morton, Sterling
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk. He discusses in detail his thoughts on a proposed demonstration ground for garden equipment. He suggests 50-100 acres. The next step is to ask the Manufacturers Association to determine the numbers for roto-tilling, row planting, hedge trimming, etc. The demonstrations would be popular and a big draw for Morton Arboretum. Tents, pavilions, food concessions would be likely handled by the Manufacturers Association. Entry fees should cover the expenses and a reasonable amount for upkeep between the twice yearly demonstrations. He's pleased that Crowley and Tyznik are helping with the administrative burden. He likes the Porter-Cable clipper for heavier branches. He'll keep the Skilsaw for lighter trimming. He's "enthusiastic about the garden instrument demo," thinking that this practical work is worth more to our population than any number of learned digests on plant genetics.
Extent: 3 sheets
1954/02/02: Clarence E. Godshalk to Sterling Morton (3.101910)
Date: February 2 1954Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Clarence E. Godshalk to Sterling Morton. He further explains the plans for Research Projects and the numbering framework they established to index the projects. It was purposely very broad to accommodate future ideas and plans. He cites examples, hinting at the possible future need for a plant pathologist on staff. They are experimenting with various rates of root cutting and girdling on ash, red oaks, and white oaks, also factoring in a variety of sizes of new holes for transplanting. He looks forward to hearing from Mr. Drury about California tree research. He details their plans for a small Field Day Project to encompass the Chicago area. Winter classes are being taught by Mrs. Watts, Nordine, Kammerer, Tyznik and Godshalk, with 175 attendees on Monday. Using Arboretum men, they planted 11 pine trees at his Lake Forest property, with more planned for Spring. Ted Smith asked for $3.50 for the planting work. A temporary workroom for Crowley and Tyznik was created at South Farm. Godshalk would like to purchase for his Wisconsin cabin, the 1929 Ford, and a small water heater and the heatilator that were salvaged from the old cottage in the bird sanctuary.
Extent: 3 sheets
Planting a Small Tree (Up to one inch in diameter) (3.10458)
Date: September 21 – December 20 1965Creator: Crowley Jr., Webster R.
Type: Article
An Imported Problem: Dutch Elm Disease, 1918 to 1966 (3.10473)
Date: March 21 – June 20 1966Creator: Crowley Jr., Webster R.
Type: Article
1955/08/26: Clarence E. Godshalk to Sterling Morton (3.104967)
Date: August 26 1955Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Clarence E. Godshalk to Sterling Morton. He is pleased to hear that the Arboretum will be getting the Gravely tractor that Morton has tested on his property in Santa Barbara. He hopes that Morton's fall will not trouble him. For a 70 year old man, he says that Morton is doing very well. He reminisces about Joy Morton's 70th birthday party. Godshalk also tells stories of his own father, still doing some farm work at 82. The first floor will be poured soon, brick work after that, and steel men will install framework for the Lecture Room. The men are taking down the old chimney to prepare for removing the roof. He and Web Crowley will see the Beckman Flame Photometer equipment in Chicago. He learned from Dr. Carter of Edgar Rex of the New Jersey State Department of Agriculture who might be doing research "along the line we propose on Dutch Elm Disease and Oak Wilt." Carter was "excited about the prospects of our nutrient studies for the pathologists are about convinced there is little more to be done for Dutch Elm Disease." Ed Baker mentioned a new machine that detects changes in leaf color and structure that he will investigate. The men are getting the building sites prepared at South Farm. Godshalk anticipates a very busy fall.
Extent: 2 sheets
1955/08/28: Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.104968)
Date: August 28 1955Creator: Morton, Sterling
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk. He describes a way to easily change cutting bars on mowers. Godshalk could borrow a flame photometer from the new Morton Salt lab in Woodstock, [Illinois].
Extent: 2 sheets
1955/09/16: Clarence E. Godshalk to Sterling Morton (3.104971)
Date: September 16 1955Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Clarence E. Godshalk to Sterling Morton. He is enclosing a letter that Webster Crowley received from Dr. Howard who is studying Dutch elm disease. He has nothing yet to be tested at Morton Arboretum. The new roof has been finished at the Administration Building with no water getting in. A great relief for all.
Extent: 1 sheet
1957/02/01: Richard J. Campana to C. E. Godshalk (3.105016)
Date: February 1 1957Creator: Campana, Richard J.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Richard J. Campana (Associate Plant Pathologist, State Natural History Survey Division) to C. E. Godshalk thanking him for the cooperation and hospitality shown to him by Godshalk, Gordon Scott, and Web Crowley during the series of lectures on Dutch elm disease. It appears the lectures were a success, and he looks forward to cooperating with The Morton Arboretum in education and research in the near future.
Extent: 1 sheet
1958/03/25: Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.105036)
Date: March 25 1958Creator: Morton, Sterling
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk. He has copies of the letters that Noel B. Wysong sent to Webster Crowley and Gordon Scott about the material they presented at the National Shade Tree Conference. In California, they have had a lot of rain, making everything very green, but also some flooded roads and slides.
Extent: 1 sheet
Winter Injury (3.10522)
Date: December 21 1967 – March 20 1968Creator: Crowley Jr., Webster R.
Type: Article
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Summer 1987 (3.107032)
Date: 1987Creator: Engle, Martha
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Summer 1987 Branches Newsletter contains articles on the following; twenty five years of the prairie restoration project, the establishment of the root library under the Urban Vegetation Library to study the condition of tree roots within the Arboretum, and the tree evaluation plot established to study the success of trees in an urban like setting. Special events and classes, volunteers and volunteer opportunities are highlighted.
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
Early America in Plant Names (Part I) (3.10747)
Date: June 21 – September 20 1976Creator: Crowley Jr., Webster R.
Type: Article
Early America in Plant Names (Part II) (3.10753)
Date: September 21 – December 20 1976Creator: Crowley Jr., Webster R.
Type: Article
Large Native Trees of the Morton Arboretum (3.10911)
Date: December 21 1984 – March 20 1985Creator: Crowley Jr., Webster R.
Type: Article
The Morton Arboretum Weather Station (3.10986)
Date: March 21 – June 20 1989Creator: Crowley Jr., Webster R.
Type: Article
The Scanning Electron Microscope at Work Documenting the Parentage of the ‘Marmo’ maple (3.10998)
Date: March 21 – June 20 1990Creator: Crowley Jr., Webster R., Hess, William J.
Type: Article
Kissing Cousins: Sumacs and Maples (3.11036)
Date: June 21 – September 20 1992Creator: Winter, Kendall, Crowley Jr., Webster R., Hess, William J.
Type: Article
Some Broad-Leaved Evergreens for the Chicago Region (3.11044)
Date: December 21 1992 – March 20 1993Creator: Crowley Jr., Webster R.
Type: Article
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
The Morton Arboretum 1993 Calendar (3.19270)
Date: 1993Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Photographic image
The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 01 No. 03 (3.34464)
Date: September 21 – December 20 1965Type: Serial
Description:
- Outstanding Plants in Review (1-5)
- Planting a Small Tree (Up to one inch in diameter) (6-7)
- Rhus typhina L. dissecta Rehd. Cutleaf Staghorn Sumac: (Anacardiaceae) Cashew Family (8-9)
- Planning the Arboretum (10-12)
- Talking Turkey (13)
- Arboretum News and Notes (14-16)
(links to these articles can be found below under RELATED OBJECTS)
Extent: 16 pages
The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 01 No. 04 (3.34465)
Date: December 21 1965 – March 20 1966Type: Serial
Description:
- Remarkable Deciduous Trees of The Morton Arboretum: East Side of the Arboretum (1-5)
- Goose Pye for Dinner: Christmas with Some Great Naturalists (6-10)
- Arboretum News and Notes (11)
- Pinus parviflora Siebold and Zuccarini, Japanese White Pine: (Pinaceae) Pine Family (12-13)
- A Greeting to Chicago's New Botanic Garden (14)
- Index Volume One (14-16)
Extent: 16 pages
The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 12 No. 02 (3.34476)
Date: June 21 – September 20 1976Type: Serial
Description:
- A Day with Aldo Leopold (17-21)
- Honey Locust, Gleditsia triacanthos: Legume Family (Leguminosae) (22-23)
- Early America in Plant Names (Part I) (24-29)
- People & Projects/ Climatological Summary (30-31)
- The Lookout (32)
Extent: 16 pages
The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 02 No. 01 (3.34508)
Date: March 21 – June 20 1966Type: Serial
Description:
- After Elms - What? (1-7)
- European Alder, Black Alder. Alnus glutinosa: Birch Family (Betulaceae) (8-9)
- An Imported Problem: Dutch Elm Disease, 1918 to 1966 (10-12)
- Christmas Bird Census, 1965 (13-15)
- Climatological Summary (14)
- Arboretum News and Notes (16)
Extent: 16 pages
The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 02 No. 02 (3.34509)
Date: June 21 – September 20 1966Type: Serial
Description:
- Flowering Crabapples You Should Know (17-22)
- Tyrannopolis vs. A Place to Live: The First Oikos Conference (23-25)
- As Nature Shows Them (26-27)
- Pagoda Dogwood, Alternate-leaved Dogwood. Cornus alternifolia: Dogwood Family (Cornaceae) (28-29)
- Arboretum News and Notes/ Climatological Summary (30-32)
Extent: 16 pages
The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 03 No. 03 (3.34552)
Date: September 21 – December 20 1967Type: Serial
Description:
- Confusing Viburnums (33-39)
- A Remarkable Plant (40-41)
- Ten Windows (42-45)
- Amur Maple, Acer ginnal: Maple Family (Aceraceae) (46-47)
- Arboretum News and Notes/ Climatological Summary (48)
Extent: 16 pages
The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 03 No. 04 (3.34553)
Date: December 21 1967 – March 20 1968Type: Serial
Description:
- The Arboretum as a Cultural Institution (49-53)
- Winter Injury (54-58)
- Climatological Summary (57)
- The Lookout (59)
- Sycamore, Buttonwood, Platanus occidentalis: Sycamore Family (Platanaceae) (60-61)
- Arboretum News and Notes (62)
- Three Year Index: 1965-1967 (62-64)
Extent: 16 pages
The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 07 No. 04 (3.34576)
Date: December 21 1971 – March 20 1972Type: Serial
Description:
- Hemlock—Graceful Conifer (37-41)
- The Secret World of May Watts (42-44)
- Man and Nature (45-52)
- Climatological Summary (52)
Extent: 16 pages
Clarence Godshalk with Webster Crowley studying Dutch Elm Disease (3.3539)
Date: 1950sType: Photographic image
Description:Clarence Godshalk with Webster Crowley studying Dutch Elm Disease
Extent: 1 photograph
The Morton Arboretum 50th anniversary standalone or traveling exhibit, facing Collections panel (3.3577)
Date: 1972Type: Photographic image
Description:The Morton Arboretum 50th anniversary standalone or traveling exhibit, facing collections panel, created by Nancy Hart and Web Crowley
Set up at the Art Institute of Chicago, Architect's Hall on second floor [?]
Extent: 1 photograph
The Morton Arboretum 50th anniversary standalone or traveling exhibit, Sterling Morton Library panel (3.3578)
Date: 1972Type: Photographic image
Description:The Morton Arboretum 50th anniversary standalone or traveling exhibit, Sterling Morton Library panel, created by Nancy Hart and Web Crowley
Set up at the Art Institute of Chicago, Architect's Hall on second floor [?]
Extent: 1 photograph
The Morton Arboretum 50th anniversary standalone or traveling exhibit, photographs panel (3.3579)
Date: 1972Type: Photographic image
Description: The Morton Arboretum 50th anniversary standalone or traveling exhibit, photographs panel, created by Nancy Hart and Web Crowley
Set up at the Art Institute of Chicago, Architect's Hall on second floor [?]
Extent: 1 photograph
The Morton Arboretum 50th anniversary standalone or traveling exhibit, facing photograph panel (3.3580)
Date: 1972Type: Photographic image
Description: The Morton Arboretum 50th anniversary standalone or traveling exhibit, facing photograph panel, created by Nancy Hart and Web Crowley
Set up at the Art Institute of Chicago, Architect's Hall on second floor [?]
Extent: 1 photograph