Four Oaks (3.19491)
Date: 1940 – 1959Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Illustrations of four oaks: Chinkapin oak, Swamp white oak, White oak and Bur oak. Each tree is illustrated by silhouette, and is accompanied by an outline of its leaf and drawings of its twig with a winter bud and its acorn.
upper left: Quercus muehlenbergii, Chinkapin oak
upper right: Quercus bicolor, Swamp white oak
lower left: Quercus alba, White oak
lower right Quercus macrocarpa, Bur oak
Extent: 1 sheet
Logo acorn for Acorn Hill [graphic] / NSHS. (3.24034)
Date: 2001Creator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Drawing
Extent: 15 drawings : pen and ink, graphite, scratchboard, pencil smudge, b&w and some color 29 x 22 cm., and smaller + 2 printouts b&w, 44 x 28 cm.
Logo acorn for Acorn Hill [graphic] / NSHS. (3.24035)
Date: 2001Creator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Drawing
Extent: 15 drawings : pen and ink, graphite, scratchboard, pencil smudge, b&w and some color 29 x 22 cm., and smaller + 2 printouts b&w, 44 x 28 cm.
Logo acorn for Acorn Hill [graphic] / NSHS. (3.24069)
Date: 2001Creator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Drawing
Extent: 15 drawings : pen and ink, graphite, scratchboard, pencil smudge, b&w and some color 29 x 22 cm., and smaller + 2 printouts b&w, 44 x 28 cm.
Illustrations for Events, News, Classes [graphic] : Autumn 1989. (3.24164)
Date: 1989Creator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Drawing
Extent: 8 drawings : pen and ink, b&w 22 x 28 cm. (largest).
Illustrations for Events, News, Classes [graphic] : Autumn 1989. (3.24165)
Date: 1989Creator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Drawing
Extent: 8 drawings : pen and ink, b&w 22 x 28 cm. (largest).
Illustrations for Events, News, Classes [graphic] : Autumn 1989. (3.24166)
Date: 1989Creator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Drawing
Extent: 8 drawings : pen and ink, b&w 22 x 28 cm. (largest).
Illustrations for Events, News, Classes [graphic] : Autumn 1989. (3.24167)
Date: 1989Creator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Drawing
Extent: 8 drawings : pen and ink, b&w 22 x 28 cm. (largest).
Illustrations for Events, News, Classes [graphic] : Autumn 1989. (3.24168)
Date: 1989Creator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Drawing
Extent: 8 drawings : pen and ink, b&w 22 x 28 cm. (largest).
Illustrations for Events, News, Classes [graphic] : Autumn 1989. (3.24169)
Date: 1989Creator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Drawing
Extent: 8 drawings : pen and ink, b&w 22 x 28 cm. (largest).
Illustrations for Events, News, Classes [graphic] : Autumn 1989. (3.24170)
Date: 1989Creator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Drawing
Extent: 8 drawings : pen and ink, b&w 22 x 28 cm. (largest).
Illustrations for Events, News, Classes [graphic] : Autumn 1989. (3.24171)
Date: 1989Creator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Drawing
Extent: 8 drawings : pen and ink, b&w 22 x 28 cm. (largest).
Logo acorn for Acorn Hill [graphic] / NSHS. (3.24197)
Date: 2001Creator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Drawing
Extent: 15 drawings : pen and ink, graphite, scratchboard, pencil smudge, b&w and some color 29 x 22 cm., and smaller + 2 printouts b&w, 44 x 28 cm.
Quercus acutissima (sawtooth oak) (3.24299)
Date: October 18 1976Creator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Drawing
Description:Quercus acutissima (sawtooth oak)
Branch with leaves and three acorns, drawn from tree in The Morton Arboretum Street Tree Collection
Extent: 1 drawing
Quercus rubra (red oak) (3.24300)
Date: September 1980Creator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Drawing
Description:Quercus rubra (red oak)
Branch with fruits and leaves, drawn from specimen collected at The Morton Arboretum by George Ware and Nancy S. Hart, south of rhododendrons on Spring Road, Herbarium specimen # 37688 + 33514 + 10208
Extent: 1 drawing
Quercus shumardii var. acerifolia (maple-leaved oak) (3.24301)
Date: June 15 1988Creator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Drawing
Description:Quercus shumardii var. acerifolia (maple-leaved oak)
Full-flowering branch with stems and acorns (27 immature fruits on branch). Side view of single acorn. Drawn from an herbarium specimen collected at Magazine Mountain, Arkansas, fruit # 34768 pocket # 4571 specimen # 6225.
Extent: 1 drawing
Title banner for Fall nature rambles with squirrel and acorn [graphic] / NSH. (3.24347)
Date: 1990sCreator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Drawing
Extent: 1 drawing : pen and ink, b&w 7 x 22 cm.
Logo acorn for Acorn Hill [graphic] / NSHS. (3.24496)
Date: 2001Creator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Drawing
Extent: 15 drawings : pen and ink, graphite, scratchboard, pencil smudge, b&w and some color 29 x 22 cm., and smaller + 2 printouts b&w, 44 x 28 cm.
Logo acorn for Acorn Hill [graphic] / NSHS. (3.24497)
Date: 2001Creator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Drawing
Extent: 15 drawings : pen and ink, graphite, scratchboard, pencil smudge, b&w and some color 29 x 22 cm., and smaller + 2 printouts b&w, 44 x 28 cm.
Logo acorn for Acorn Hill [graphic] / NSHS. (3.24498)
Date: 2001Creator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Drawing
Extent: 15 drawings : pen and ink, graphite, scratchboard, pencil smudge, b&w and some color 29 x 22 cm., and smaller + 2 printouts b&w, 44 x 28 cm.
Logo acorn for Acorn Hill [graphic] / NSHS. (3.24499)
Date: 2001Creator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Drawing
Extent: 15 drawings : pen and ink, graphite, scratchboard, pencil smudge, b&w and some color 29 x 22 cm., and smaller + 2 printouts b&w, 44 x 28 cm.
Logo acorn for Acorn Hill [graphic] / NSHS. (3.24500)
Date: 2001Creator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Drawing
Extent: 15 drawings : pen and ink, graphite, scratchboard, pencil smudge, b&w and some color 29 x 22 cm., and smaller + 2 printouts b&w, 44 x 28 cm.
Logo acorn for Acorn Hill [graphic] / NSHS. (3.24501)
Date: 2001Creator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Drawing
Extent: 15 drawings : pen and ink, graphite, scratchboard, pencil smudge, b&w and some color 29 x 22 cm., and smaller + 2 printouts b&w, 44 x 28 cm.
Logo acorn for Acorn Hill [graphic] / NSHS. (3.24502)
Date: 2001Creator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Drawing
Extent: 15 drawings : pen and ink, graphite, scratchboard, pencil smudge, b&w and some color 29 x 22 cm., and smaller + 2 printouts b&w, 44 x 28 cm.
Logo acorn for Acorn Hill [graphic] / NSHS. (3.24503)
Date: 2001Creator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Drawing
Extent: 15 drawings : pen and ink, graphite, scratchboard, pencil smudge, b&w and some color 29 x 22 cm., and smaller + 2 printouts b&w, 44 x 28 cm.
Logo acorn for Acorn Hill [graphic] / NSHS. (3.24504)
Date: 2001Creator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Drawing
Extent: 15 drawings : pen and ink, graphite, scratchboard, pencil smudge, b&w and some color 29 x 22 cm., and smaller + 2 printouts b&w, 44 x 28 cm.
Logo acorn for Acorn Hill [graphic] / NSHS. (3.24505)
Date: 2001Creator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Drawing
Extent: 15 drawings : pen and ink, graphite, scratchboard, pencil smudge, b&w and some color 29 x 22 cm., and smaller + 2 printouts b&w, 44 x 28 cm.
Logo acorn for Acorn Hill [graphic] / NSHS. (3.24506)
Date: 2001Creator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Drawing
Extent: 15 drawings : pen and ink, graphite, scratchboard, pencil smudge, b&w and some color 29 x 22 cm., and smaller + 2 printouts b&w, 44 x 28 cm.
Logo acorn for Acorn Hill [graphic] / NSHS. (3.24507)
Date: 2001Creator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Drawing
Extent: 15 drawings : pen and ink, graphite, scratchboard, pencil smudge, b&w and some color 29 x 22 cm., and smaller + 2 printouts b&w, 44 x 28 cm.
Logo acorn for Acorn Hill [graphic] / NSHS. (3.24508)
Date: 2001Creator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Drawing
Extent: 15 drawings : pen and ink, graphite, scratchboard, pencil smudge, b&w and some color 29 x 22 cm., and smaller + 2 printouts b&w, 44 x 28 cm.
Acorns sprouting [graphic] / N Kolar. (3.24549)
Date: 1990sCreator: Kolar, Nancy
Type: Drawing
Extent: 1 drawing : pen and ink, b&w image 5 x 12 cm., on sheet 14 x 21 cm.
Forest Nature Trail Guide, page 12 illustrations and layout with preliminary sketches (3.24669)
Date: 1946Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Sheet One: Original illustrations and layout for page 12, excluding text, for The Morton Arboretum Forest Nature Trail Guide booklet. Key lines included.
Illustrated stumps with numbers indicate points of interest along trail as seen on trail map.
Tree stump #29: Four Kinds of Acorns
Identifying characteristics for "red," "northern pin," "bur," and "white" acorns as labeled and illustrated to the right.
Tree stump #30: Hepatica Leaves
Identifying characteristics for leaves, flower, and berry including a cube shape illustrated to the right - appears to have been replaced with new illustration of leaves on separate card that has become unglued (see below).
Tree stump #31: Blackberries
Identifying characteristics for leaves illustrated to the right - appears to have been replaced with new illustration of leaves, flower, and berry on separate card that has become unglued (see below).
Tree stump #32: A White Oak Tradmark
Illustration of a White Oak trunk with a band of bark that has been formed due to fungus.
Tree stump #33: Young Sugar Maples
Identifying characteristics for leaves and seeds illustrated to the right.
A cutout illustration depicting leaf characteristics for the Hepatica and leaf, flower, and berry characteristics for blackberries originally adhered to board has detached and is housed with art.
Sheet Two: Preliminary sketch of green-colored illustrations.
Extent: 2 sheets
Twelve Oaks (3.24795)
Date: 1944Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Illustration of leaf, acorn, and twigs with buds for twelve different types of oak, created to accompany "The Oaks Of The Morton Arboretum" article featured in Morton Arboretum Bulletin of Popular Information. Drawings are divided into two categories and depicted in columns with descriptive text.
Header: TWELVE OAKS
Leaves, acorns, and twigs as depicted in two categories, from left to right, top to bottom:
Category 1: The Black Oak Group
- Eastern Red Oak - Quercus borealis
- leaf - dull above, glabrous beneath, lobes narrowing toward margin, sinuses about half-way to mid-rib.
- acorn - shallow cup, saucer-shaped, with glossy tight scales, white kernel
- twig with buds - buds red brown, not angled; twigs red-brown, smooth
- Northern Pin - Quercus ellipsoidalis
- leaf - lustrous, deeply lobed, lobes widening toward margin, base truncate or broad-cunate, 5 to 7 lobed
- acorn - top-shaped cup, enclosing half of nut, yellow kernel
- twig with buds - buds red-brown, obtuse at tip; twigs red-brown
- Black - Quercus velutina
- leaf - leathery, thick, petioles yellow, sinuses varying from shallow to deep
- acorn - bowl-like cup, scales form fringe at margin, yellow kernel
- twig with bids - buds pale woolly, strongly 5-sided; twigs red-brown, lenticels conspicuous
- Pin - Quercus palustris
- leaf - thin, lustrous, 5 to 7 lobed, few-toothed, slender petioles, base cuneate
- acorn - saucer-shaped cup, scales with free tips, nut often striped
- twigs with buds - side buds at wide angle; twigs red-brown, smooth
- Shingle - Quercus imbricaria
- leaf - lustrous above, pubescent below, persistent in Winter
- acorn - stalked cup, bowl-like, thin
- twig with buds - buds brown smooth; twigs smooth, gray-brown
- Willow - Quercus phellos
- leaf - lustrous, nearly sessile, acute at both ends
- acorn - talked cup, shallow, thin
- twig with buds - buds brown; twigs fine
- White - Quercus alba
- leaf - glabrous, with deep sinuses, often persistent in winter
- acorn - bowl-like cup, with thickened warty scales, nut edible
- twig with buds - buds red-brown, smooth; twigs red-brown, later ashy-gray; lenticels pale, conspicuous
- Bur - Quercus macrocarpa
- leaf - usually with "wasp-waist" - thick, smooth above, pale-pubescent beneath
- acorn - cup fringed, covering half or more of nut, larger in South
- twig with buds - buds pale-woolly, gray-tan; twigs gray, later corky-ridged
- English - Quercus robur
- leaf - auricled base, nearly sessile
- acorn - cup enclosing 1/4 to 1/3 of nut, long-stemmed
- twig with buds - buds, brown; side buds divergent; twigs brown
- Chinquapin - Quercus muehlenbergii
- leaf - thick, shiny above, pubescent beneath, somewhat sharply-toothed, rounded base, slender petiole
- acorn - cup bowl-shaped, thin, scales indistinct
- twig with buds - buds chestnut-brown; twigs orange-brown
- Basket - Quercus michauxii
- leaf - crenate margin, pale-pubescent beneath, cunate base, 10 to 14 pairs of teeth
- acorn - cup bowl-shaped, thickened, scales wedge-shaped
- twig with buds - buds chestnut-brown, twigs orange-brown
- Swamp White - Quercus bicolor
- leaf - thick, firm, coarsely-toothed, shining above, pale-fomentose beneath, 6 to 10 pairs of teeth, often persistent in winter
- acorn - usually paired, cup bowl-shaped, slightly-fringed, long-stalked
- twigs with buds - buds brown; twigs yellow-brown, with pale, raised lenticels
Extent: 1 sheet
Leaf Prints: Swamp White Oak (3.27720)
Date: circa 1950Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Print
Description:A white negative nature print of swamp white oak leaves, stems, and fruit on a dark background with identifying text at bottom right handwritten by May T. Watts.
Identifying text:
- Oak swamp white
- Quercus platanoides
Extent: 1 sheet
Tree Portraits: Hill's Oak (3.31787)
Date: 1940 – 1950Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of a Hill's Oak tree, including a nature print outline of a leaf, drawings of a winter twig and fruit, and descriptive text.
Header: HILLS OAK
Drawings and text, from top to bottom, left to right:
- leaf: [arrow] shining surface
- tree
- twig
- fruit
Extent: 1 sheet
Tree Portraits: Swamp White Oak (3.31796)
Date: 1940 – 1950Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of a Swamp White Oak tree, including a nature print outline of a leaf, drawings of a twig, a fruit, and descriptive text.
Header: SWAMP WHITE OAK
Drawings and text from top to bottom, left to right:
- leaf
- fruit
- tree: on low ground
- twig
Extent: 1 sheet