1994/04/21: Gary Watson to the IAA Video Committee; George Ware CC (3.102591)
Date: April 21 1994Creator: Watson, Gary W.
Type: Document
Description:Invitations to a meeting of the IAA (Illinois Arborist Association) Video Committee and two video production companies, Avid Productions and T. Kay Entertainment Group. This copy contains notes by George Ware about possible video set-ups and other details. A proposed outline for the video is also included.
Extent: 4 sheets
Fax Cover sheet - Draft Script for Tree Care Companion Video (3.102596)
Date: May 27 1994Type: Document
Description:A fax cover sheet distributing a first draft of the video script and proposed production schedule for the Tree Care Companion video.
Extent: 1 sheet
1993/07/16: Frederic D Miller to Stewart Pequignot (3.102605)
Date: July 16 1993Creator: Miller, Fredric D., Miller, Fredric D.
Type: Document
Description:Cover letter from Fredric D. Miller of the Illinois Arborist Association to the State Forester of Illinois concerning a grant application to be submitted to the USDA Forestry Service. A copy of the grant proposal and some working notes are attached.
Extent: 5 sheets
1994/06/13: Gary Watson to Christine Deruntz (3.102606)
Date: June 13 1994Creator: Watson, Gary W.
Type: Document
Description:Comments on tree care companion video script from Gary Watson and George Ware.
Extent: 7 sheets
Notes on Significant Tree Species found in Naperville Cemetery (3.104348)
Date: June 26 2009Type: Document
Description:Notes from Michael Spravka to Gary Watson on significant tree species in the Naperville Cemetery including an inventory completed in 2006 and a map of the cemetery.
Extent: 6 sheets
"Fungus may be at the root of wilting, dying trees" [news clipping] (3.104801)
Date: June 8 1993Type: Document
Description:An article from the Chicago Tribune dated Tuesday, June 8, 1993, quoting Gary Watson and Tom Green of The Morton Arboretum who suggest verticillium wilt as the cause of recent tree stress in the DuPage County, IL area.
Extent: 2 sheets
Tree Care: The Early Years [leaflet] (3.106904)
Date: 1995Type: Document
Description:Program and registration information for a seminar on the needs of trees in their early years of growth held at The Morton Arboretum on February 23, 1996.
Extent: 1 sheet; two-sided; 4 fold brochure format
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
Second Notice for METRIA 9 Call for Contributed Papers (3.106960)
Date: 1996Type: Document
Description:A leaflet requesting papers for the Ninth conference of the Metropolitan Tree Improvement Alliance held August 8 and 9, 1996.
Extent: 1 sheet folded into thirds
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, Autumn 1988 (3.107034)
Date: 1988Creator: Halperin, Marilyn J.
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Autumn 1988 Branches Newsletter has articles on the following: the drought of 1988 and the Arboretum's efforts of keep up with the watering of newly planted trees and plants; Volunteer Appreciation Night; and the Hatch Meadow Project to plant and monitor test plots of Summit green ash trees in hostile clay soil emulating urban tree growing conditions such as concrete and other pavement. Volunteer opportunities, classes and new volunteers are featured.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Summer 1992 (3.107051)
Date: 1992Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Summer 1992 Branches Newsletter contains articles on the following: Hatch Meadow and the transplanting project of Green Ash trees; and two Arboretum authors, Ian MacPhail and Charles Lewis and their books, Rearranging the World and Green Nature/Human Nature. The first book is a study of the work of the scientists at New Harmony, Indiana; Charles-Alexander Lesueur, Thomas Say, Andre Michaux and Francois Andre Michaux and the second is about the relationship between people and nature. Volunteer opportunities, lists of new and continuing volunteers, trainings, classes and events are also 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
2012/08/15: Mike Spravka to Gary Watson (3.108793)
Date: August 15 2012Type: Document
Description:A cover note to 2012 inventory of Ware Research Field.
Extent: 1 sheet
Getting to the Roots of Woody Plant Problems (3.10948)
Date: March 21 – June 20 1987Creator: Watson, Gary W.
Type: Article
The Benefits and Beauty of Mulch (3.11052)
Date: June 21 – September 20 1993Creator: Watson, Gary W., Tyznik, Anthony
Type: Article
The Urban Forest: A Review of Arboretum Research in Urban Forestry (3.11070)
Date: June 21 – September 20 1994Creator: Watson, Gary W., Ware, George
Type: Article
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: 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
Events, News, & Classes: Spring 1988 (3.113792)
Date: 1988Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Spring 1988 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as the lecture "Cry Havoc! Weeds! (Part 1) and the field seminar "Spring Nature Photography in the Southern Appalachians." The judging for the 1987 Illinois Landscape Architecture Award was held at the Arboretum. The DuPage Environmental Awareness Center (DEAC) was opened to raise environmental awareness in the DuPage County region. Dr. David E. Davis, a noted mammalogist retired after a distinguished career, made a gift to the Arboretum for an endowed research chair, the Emily Rodgers Davis Chair, to accomplish research in plant-animal inter-relationships within the Arboretum and other areas of geographic interest to us.
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.
Events, News, & Classes: Winter 1988 (3.113794)
Date: 1988Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Autumn 1988 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as the lecture "Plant Diseases and Human History" and Valentine projects with pressed flowers. The decision was made to discontinue the Arboretum's maple syrup-making program due to competition from other area events. A portion of the collection was impacted by flooding. Peter Van Der Linden and Gary Irving joined the staff. A grant was received from The Cooperative College Botany Program, and Charles A. Lewis received a special award in recognition of his "outstanding contributions to the founding of the New York City Housing Authority's Garden Competition," and for continuing service to the Authority's ongoing Garden program.
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
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
The Care of Trees giving The Morton Arboretum a check for Dr. Gary Watson's research on roots (3.4060)
Date: 1990sType: Photographic image
Description:The Care of Trees giving The Morton Arboretum a check for Dr. Gary Watson's research on roots
(L to R): Larry Hall (Vice President, The Care of Trees), Gary Watson, Gerry Donnelly
Extent: 1 photograph
The Care of Trees giving The Morton Arboretum a check for Dr. Gary Watson's research on roots (3.4061)
Date: 1990sType: Photographic image
Description:The Care of Trees giving The Morton Arboretum a check for Dr. Gary Watson's research on roots
(L to R): Larry Hall (Vice President, The Care of Trees), Gary Watson, Gerry Donnelly
Extent: 1 photograph
The Care of Trees giving The Morton Arboretum a check for Dr. Gary Watson's research on roots (3.4062)
Date: 1990sType: Photographic image
Description:The Care of Trees giving The Morton Arboretum a check for Dr. Gary Watson's research on roots, group standing outside near Hedge Collection
(L to R): Gerry Donnelly, Gary Watson, Larry Hall (Vice President, The Care of Trees), John Hendricksen (President, The Care of Trees), Christopher Dunn
Extent: 1 photograph
Green Nature, Human Nature book signing in Sterling Morton Library, George Ware speaking to Gary Watson and Gerry Donnelly in the May T. Watts Reading Garden (3.4183)
Date: May – June 1996Type: Photographic image
Description:Green Nature, Human Nature book signing in Sterling Morton Library, George Ware speaking to Gary Watson and Gerry Donnelly in the May T. Watts Reading Garden
(L to R): Gerry Donnelly, Gary Watson, George Ware
Extent: 1 photograph
Green Nature, Human Nature book signing in Sterling Morton Library, group of guests in conversation in the May T. Watts Reading Garden (3.4186)
Date: May – June 1996Type: Photographic image
Description:Green Nature, Human Nature book signing in Sterling Morton Library, group of guests in conversation in the May T. Watts Reading Garden
(L to R): Gary Watson, Charles Lewis, Bill Hess, Peter Wang, Gerry Donnelly
Extent: 1 photograph
Green Nature, Human Nature book signing in Sterling Morton Library, group of guests in conversation in the May T. Watts Reading Garden (3.4193)
Date: May – June 1996Type: Photographic image
Description:Green Nature, Human Nature book signing in Sterling Morton Library, group of guests in conversation in the May T. Watts Reading Garden
(L to R): Gary Watson, Rita Hassert, Gerry Donnelly, Amy Westerhold
Extent: 1 photograph
1992/06/02: Gary Watson to Chris Whelan (3.44242)
Date: June 2 1992Creator: Watson, Gary W.
Type: Document
Description:Memo from Gary Watson to Chris Whelan concerning East Woods research, education, and management.
Extent: 1 sheet
Trees with protective wrap in Research Plot (3.4496)
Creator: Watson, Gary W.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Trees with protective wrap in Research Plot
Extent: 1 photograph
Research crew operating a hydropneumatic elutriation root washing system in laboratory (3.4497)
Date: 1990sCreator: Kohout, John
Type: Photographic image
Description:Research crew operating a hydropneumatic elutriation root washing system in laboratory
L to R: Web Crowley, Tony Sanda (volunteer), Gary Watson, Jack Dieckmann (volunteer)
Extent: 1 photograph
Gary Watson (left) with Jitzke Kopinga, Urban Tree Root Specialist from Research Institute of Forestry and Urban Ecology (Wageningen, Netherlands) (3.4514)
Date: 1990Type: Photographic image
Description:Gary Watson (left) with Jitzke Kopinga, Urban Tree Root Specialist from Research Institute of Forestry and Urban Ecology (Wageningen, Netherlands)
Extent: 1 photograph
Kirsten Spravka and Gary Watson in cherry picker near crown of tree doing research (3.4538)
Date: 1990sCreator: Irving, Gary
Type: Photographic image
Description:Kirsten Spravka and Gary Watson in cherry picker near crown of tree doing research
Extent: 1 photograph