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1941/03/19: Morton Salt Company Board of Directors Officers Election Announcement (3.84373)
Date: March 19 1941Type: Document
Description:Announcement by the Morton Salt Company's Board of Directors naming their new officers with their offices.
Extent: 1 sheet
1953/12/23: C. E. Godshalk to Sterling Morton (3.84469)
Date: December 23 1953Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from C. E. Godshalk to Sterling Morton apologizing for the delay in answering his letter. He was getting Mr. Tyznik started and preparing for the board meeting. He is happy that Mrs. Zurcher and Dan Peterkin going to be vice-chairmen. Mrs. Zurcher suggested that the Arboretum have a Christmas party for employees, paid for by the Chairman’s fund. It was a huge success and staff members and their wives asked Godshalk to thank Morton and the rest of the trustees for the party. She also suggested the Arboretum have a party for the trustees and the employees to become better acquainted. She would like to create a more comprehensive information bulletin. Mr. King was out, and they talked over Arboretum activities and the steer feeding program; trustees are taking a more active role than in the past. He will speak to Mrs. Watts and Mr. Kammerer to see if they can offer suggestions on how Mr. Hamill as a trustee could contribute to the Arboretum. He then talked about several types of equipment. He has Mr. Tyznik working on a plan for the area south of the Administration Building. They are making a very detailed outline of all the phases of the research program.
Extent: 2 sheets
1956/07/17: C. E. Godshalk to Sterling Morton (3.84523)
Date: July 17 1956Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from C. E. Godshalk to Sterling Morton saying he is happy to hear that the houses have been picked for the new housing project. He hopes he and other members of the staff who have had city planning training will be consulted on the layout since it is to be a landscape exhibition. The toll road engineers will make drillings this week to check the soil. Miles Sharpless has returned to the Forest Preserve District. Now Godshalk's hopes of getting the elm trees in good condition is shot. He is having trouble finding someone to do the actual climbing. Sharpless suggested he hire Mr. Enoch Price's crew to do the climbing, with Arboretum staff cleaning up. Godshalk hired Price's crew to do the work on some of the elm trees. He went over the pricing for the work with Morton. He hopes to use funds from the Grounds Committee Fund to pay for additional work. They have found one pretty sure case of Dutch Elm Disease on a tree on the newly acquired Johnson land. He updates Morton on the slow progress with the new building. He shall try to get to Morton's Lake Forest place some time this summer.
Extent: 3 sheets
1936/12/19: Clarence Godhsalk to Mark Morton (3.84946)
Date: December 19 1936Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Clarence Godshalk to Mark Morton thanking him, Sterling Morton and Mr. Peterkin for the generous gift. When he reported to the Board of Trustees about the items that were need that wasn't included in the Arboretum budget he only intended that they be considered if there was surplus. The gift is greatly appreciated.
Extent: 1 page