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1928/02/20: Joy Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.101492)
Date: February 28 1928Creator: Morton, Joy
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Joy Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk. He appreciates the photos which Godshalk has taken. He requests that the Pierce be taken to Downers Grove for repair.
Extent: 1 sheet
1928/03/15: Shirley Maxfield to Margaret Gray Morton (3.101498)
Date: March 15 1928Creator: Maxfield, Shirley
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Shirley Maxfield to Mrs. Morton. Enclosed is a copy of a day letter addressed to Mrs. Morton. She took the message by phone and cannot send the original copy.
Extent: 1 sheet
1928/05/07: Clarence E. Godshalk to Joy Morton (3.101506)
Date: May 7 1928Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Clarence E. Godshalk to Joy Morton. Godshalk discusses an issue with another Arboretum employee.
Extent: 2 sheets
1928/07/12: E. J. Palmer to Joy Morton (3.101508)
Date: July 11 1928Creator: Palmer, Ernest Jesse, 1875-1962.
Type: Document
Description:Letter transmitting the contents of a telegram received at Naperville Station at noon. "Will reach Chicago 6:50 tomorrow morning. Out on early train. E. J. Palmer, Kansas City, Missouri"
Extent: 1 sheet
1928/02/12: Mrs. George M. [Abbie S.] Kendall to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.101802)
Date: February 12 1928Creator: Garden Clubs of Illinois, Inc.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Abbie S. (Mrs. George M.) Kendall to Clarence E. Godshalk. She writes as Treasurer of the Garden Club of Illinois, thanking him for agreeing to talk about "The Morton Arboretum" to the group on Saturday, March 31, at 8 pm.
Extent: 1 sheet
1928/02/06: Mrs. George M. Kendall to Joy Morton (3.101803)
Date: February 2 1928Type: Document
Description:Letter from Mrs. George M. Kendall to Joy Morton. In planning the second Annual Chicago Garden and Flower Show, they would like a talk from Mr. Godschalk on March 31 on The Morton Arboretum. They have no funds and would appreciate "gratis for the good of the cause." Pencilled note at the bottom indicates that he will speak although he does "not claim to be a professional speaker."
Extent: 2 sheets
1928/03/07: N. L. Esthus to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.101805)
Date: March 7 1928Creator: Esthus, Norman
Type: Document
Description:Letter from N. L. Esthus, on "Purchasing Department" letterhead, to Clarence E. Godshalk. Reporting the credit rating of Shaw Manufacturing as "first class credit", giving him the O.K. for a purchase.
Extent: 1 sheet
1928/03/26: Henry A. Dreer to [Clarence E. Godshalk] (3.101808)
Date: March 26 1928Creator: Henry A. Dreer (Firm)
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Henry A. Dreer to [Clarence E. Godshalk]. They are shipping the missing 2 pounds of Prizetaker Onion seed, with apologies.
Extent: 1 sheet
1928/04/21: [Shirley Maxfield] to Norma A. Bryan (3.101811)
Date: April 21 1928Creator: Maxfield, Shirley
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Shirley Maxfield to Norma A. Bryan. She is enclosing one dollar for a subscription to the Bulletin from Mrs. Walter C. Lyman. Please add her to the subscription list.
Extent: 1 sheet
1928/04/19: Sears Roebuck and Company to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.101812)
Date: April 19 1928Creator: Sears Roebuck Company
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Sears Roebuck to Clarence E. Godshalk. They are returning the repaired radio chassis to him. It required $2.00 worth of repairs, for which they will bill him. Shorthand notation at the bottom of this letter.
Extent: 1 sheet
1928/04/28: S. W. Shaw to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.101816)
Date: April 28 1928Creator: Shaw Manufacturing Company
Type: Document
Description:Letter from S.W. Shaw of Shaw Manufacturing to Clarence E. Godshalk. He acknowledges receipt of the $25 deposit for T45C Power Mower. Once they have received the balance due of $246.50 and instructions as to how and when delivery will be made, they will process the order.
Extent: 1 sheet
1928/05/02: Shirley Maxfield to Norma A. Bryan (3.101817)
Date: May 2 1928Creator: Maxfield, Shirley
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Shirley Maxfield to Norma A. Bryan. Enclosed is a letter from Hugo Winkenderfer. Please take care of the information he requests.
Extent: 1 sheet
1928/05/04 : J. W. Byrnes to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.101818)
Date: May 4 1928Creator: Bureau of Plant Industry, Department of Agriculture
Type: Document
Description:Letter from J. W. Byrnes of the Bureau of Plant Industry, Department of Agriculture. Regarding the request for any surplus plants of the pompon Chrysanthemum "Mrs. Calvin Coolidge", the small surplus that they had has been exhausted. He will keep this request for next year, if there is a surplus.
Extent: 1 sheet
1928/05/02: Gertrude Duveri to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.101819)
Date: May 2 1928Creator: Duveri, Gertrude
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Gertrude Duveri (Mrs. E. Jackson Duveri) to Clarence E. Godshalk. The Garden Study Class of Rogers Park Woman's Club would like to visit when the lilacs and iris are at their best. Please let her know the best dates.
Extent: 1 sheet
1928/05/05: R. Scheffler to Joy Morton (3.101820)
Date: May 5 1928Creator: Scheffler, Rudolph
Type: Document
Description:Letter from R. Scheffler to Joy Morton. The Wheaton Lions Club is planning an event to raise funds to expand their street lighting project. They are in need of some fast growing plants that would be surplus, and that would be donated gratis or at a great discount. [There is a lengthy message in shorthand, likely in reply.]
Extent: 1 sheet
1928/05/15: Herbert Moule to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.101824)
Date: May 15 1928Creator: Moule, Herbert
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Herbert Moule of Wheaton College to Clarence E. Godshalk. A faculty group of 40 from Wheaton College will be coming to tour Morton Arboretum on Saturday May 27. They prefer to come when the Iris are in full bloom, but they are locked into that date. They hope to meet him after a picnic lunch on the grounds. Please confirm. (Secretarial notes in shorthand at the bottom mention the Prairie Club on Sat 26.)
Extent: 1 sheet
1928/05/23: Herbert Moule to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.101826)
Date: May 23 1928Creator: Moule, Herbert
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Herbert Moule to Clarence E. Godshalk. The Wheaton College Faculty group would like to change the date of their visit from May 26, 1928 to June 2, 1928. In that way, you will not have 2 groups on the grounds and with your time on the same day.
Extent: 1 sheet
1928/05/28: Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Company to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.101828)
Date: May 28 1928Type: Document
Description:Bill of Lading from Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Company to Clarence E. Godshalk. Listed is the garden tractor mower and 3 related parts that was ordered from Shaw Manufacturing Co. Page 2 details the terms and conditions of shipment.
Extent: 2 sheets
1928/05/25: Shaw Manufacturing Co. to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.101829)
Date: May 25 1928Creator: Shaw Manufacturing Company
Type: Document
Description:Invoice from Shaw Manufacturing Co. to Clarence E. Godshalk for the T45 Power Mower. The date of 2 checks received, with no balance due.
Extent: 1 sheet
1928/02/23: Fiske Seed Company to [Clarence E. Godshalk] (3.101830)
Date: February 23 1928Creator: Fiske Seed Company
Type: Document
Description:Post card from Fiske See Company to Morton Arboretum. Order No. 10214. "We acknowledge receipt of your order, which will be given our best attention."
Extent: 2 sheets
1928/05/26: S. W. Shaw to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.101832)
Date: May 26 1928Creator: Shaw Manufacturing Company
Type: Document
Description:Letter from S. W. Shaw of Shaw Manufacturing to Clarence E. Godshalk, informing him that the Shaw Power Mower as ordered was shipped the previous day. If there are any questions after reading the enclosed manual, to please contact them.
Extent: 1 sheet
1928/05/28: W. P. Flint to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.101834)
Date: May 28 1928Creator: Flint, W. P.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from W. P. Flint, Chief Entomologist of Illinois State Natural History Division to Clarence E. Godshalk. He identified damage to the black walnut twigs sent for analysis on May 25. A detailed analysis and explanation confirms there were bud worms which are the larvae of small moths which feed on the foliage. Flint would like to visit sometime during the summer. A handwritten message on the side of this letter indicates that a letter of welcome was sent to Flint.
Extent: 1 sheet
1928/06/06: Mrs. Wheeler H. Peckham to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.101840)
Date: June 6 1928Creator: Peckham, Mrs. Wheeler H.
Type: Document
Description:Telegram from Mrs. Wheeler H. Peckham to Clarence E. Godshalk.
Extent: 1 sheet
1928/06/12: Benjamin R. Hoffman to Morton Arboretum (3.101841)
Date: June 12 1928Creator: Hoffman, Benjamin
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Benjamin R. Hoffman to Morton Arboretum. Arnold Arboretum showed him a form of shrub label fixed on a vertical spur for setting in the ground. He would like a price quote in quantities of a hundred. In pencil at the bottom is a line of shorthand notes.
Extent: 1 sheet
1928/06/16: Shaw Manufacturing to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.101845)
Date: June 16 1928Creator: Shaw Manufacturing Company
Type: Document
Description:Letter from L. Shaw of Shaw Manufacturing to Clarence E. Godshalk. He is pleased that the Shaw Power Mower is "doing splendid work." He quotes prices for several additional parts for the cutter bar. In red pencil is a note by Godshalk to look up the order and figure the amount to be enclosed. In black shorthand and manuscript are notes about "ledger plates."
Extent: 1 sheet
1928/06/23: Shaw Manufacturing Co. to Briggs and Stratton Manufacturing (3.101848)
Date: June 23 1928Type: Document
Description:Letter from Shaw Manufacturing Co, to Briggs & Stratton Manufacturing in Milwaukee. Shaw Manufacturing is returning to Briggs & Stratton defective parts from Morton Arboretum. Clarence Godshalk indicated that the parts failed after 5 days of using the tractor. Shaw requests that replacement parts be sent to Morton Arboretum .
Extent: 1 sheet
1928/06/23: Shaw Manufacturing Co. to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.101849)
Date: June 23 1928Creator: Shaw Manufacturing Company
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Shaw Manufacturing Co to Clarence E. Godshalk. He is enclosing some tractor parts and the letter he sent to Briggs & Stratton requesting replacement parts be sent directly to Morton Arboretum. He apologized for "the trouble with your engine."
Extent: 1 sheet
1928/07/05: A. V. Jackson to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.101851)
Date: July 5 1928Creator: Jackson, A. V.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from A. V. Jackson, of Liberty Mushrooms in Naperville, to Clarence E. Godshalk. Let us know how many loads of fertilizer you hauled so that we may bill you for the correct amount.
Extent: 1 sheet
1928/02/08: Henry A. Dreer to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.101852)
Date: February 8 1928Creator: Henry A. Dreer (Firm)
Type: Document
Description:Two postcards from Henry A. Dreer, Seeds, Plants and Bulbs in Philadelphia to Morton Arboretum. The first card acknowledged the order, the second was to notify of shipment of the order by American Railway Express.
Extent: 2 sheets
1928/08/07: Hinsdale Sanitarium Laboratory to Morton Farm (3.101853)
Date: August 7 1928Creator: Hinsdale Sanitarium Laboratory
Type: Document
Description:Statement from Hinsdale Sanitarium to Morton Farm. Report of examination of water for typhoid: Widal negative (all dilutions.) Signed by H. E. Ford, Analyst.
Extent: 1 sheet
1928/08/10: Maxfield, Shirley O. to E. Vernon Fox (3.101855)
Date: August 10 1928Creator: Maxfield, Shirley
Type: Document
Description:Invoice from Morton Arboretum (S. O. Maxfield, Bookkeeper) to E. Vernon Fox for 1 cord of wood and hauling charges. Handwritten note at the bottom from Fox stating that he only ordered and received 1/2 cord of wood.
Extent: 1 sheet
1928/08/15: George M. Reed to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.101856)
Date: August 15 1928Creator: Reed, George M.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from George M. Reed, Curator at Brooklyn Botanic Garden, to Clarence E. Godshalk. Because they are transplanting, he is offering to send several varieties of Japanese iris and a few Siberians. In pen below is a handwritten note : Answered on 08/21/1928, that they could use Japanese and Siberians "as we hadn't a special place for them."
Extent: 1 sheet
1928/09/19: W. Y. Dow to [Clarence E. Godshalk] (3.101865)
Date: September 19 1928Creator: Dow, W. Y.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from W. Y. Dow to [Clarence E. Godshalk].
Extent: 1 sheet
1928/09/20: Henry C. Mercer to [Clarence E. Godshalk] (3.101866)
Date: September 20 1928Type: Document
Description:Letter from Dr. Henry C. Mercer, of Moravian Pottery and Tile Works, Doylestown, PA. to [Clarence E. Godshalk]. He is asking for information on tree labels: materials, lettering, fastening and source. He was referred by Mr. [?Carlson?] of Arnold Arboretum.
Extent: 1 sheet
1928/01/20: The Pacific Lumber Company of Illinois to Morton Arboretum 1928/02/23 : The Pacific Lumber Company of Illinois to Morton Arboretum (3.101878)
Date: January 20 1928Creator: Pacific Lumber Company of Illinois
Type: Document
Description:Two postcards from The Pacific Lumber Company of Illinois, 332 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois to Morton Arboretum, acknowledging orders for Redwoods which will be shipped from their local warehouse.
Extent: 2 sheets
Joy Morton Orchards Apple Crate Piece (3.106088)
Date: 1920 – 1934Type: Artifact
Description:A single board from an apple crate with "Morton's Fine Nebraska Apples" painted in red. The apple crate was used by Joy Morton Orchards Co. in Nebraska City, Nebraska, which later became Porter Orchards and Farm, followed by Arbor Day Farm.