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1985/07/25: Barb Engel to George Ware (3.100799)
Date: July 25 1985Creator: Engel, Barb
Type: Document
Description:A thank you letter and request for trees to George Ware from Barb Engel of Athens, IL, for Athenian Community Park.
Extent: 2 sheets
1985/01/16: Lois McCullagh to George Ware (3.100800)
Date: January 16 1985Creator: MuCullagh, Lois
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Lois McCullagh of the Scottish Home, North Riverside, IL, to George Ware arranging assistance from Dr. Ware in creating a tree program for the home.
Extent: 1 sheet
1985/01/25: George Ware to Lorin L. Schab (3.100811)
Date: January 25 1985Creator: Ware, George
Type: Document
Description:Response from Dr. Ware to Mr. Schab's inquiry, on behalf of the village of Westhaven, IL, about receiving elm saplings from the Arboretum.
Extent: 1 sheet
1985/08/30: George Ware to Brian R. Lillie (3.100866)
Date: August 30 1985Creator: Ware, George
Type: Document
Description:Letter from George Ware to Brian R. Lillie of the City of Rochester, NY Division of Forestry concerning elms that will be provided for testing.
1985/09/06: Brian Lillie to George Ware (3.100867)
Date: September 6 1985Creator: Lillie, Brian R.
Type: Document
Description:A thank you letter from Brian Lillie, City Forester, City of Rochester, NY to George Ware concerning elm trees to be received next spring
Extent: 1 sheet
1985/04/02: Jack L. Good to George Ware (3.100870)
Date: April 2 1985Creator: Good, Jack L.
Type: Document
Description:Request from the Sugar Creek Golf Course in Villa park to participate in a Cooperative Research program with the Morton Arboretum.
Extent: 1 sheet
1985/02/03: William J. Mitchener to George Ware (3.100873)
Date: February 3 1985Creator: Mitchener, William J.
Type: Document
Description:A note from William Mitchener to George Ware anticipating receipt of hybrid elms.
Extent: 1 sheet
Draft of 1985 Members' Cooperative Research Program Announcement and Application (3.106944)
Date: 1985Type: Document
Description:Communication with Morton Arboretum Members about the Members' Cooperative Research Program for 1985 with an edit.
Extent: 1 sheet, two-sided
1985 Homes of Hybrid Elms & Hybrid Maples (3.106945)
Date: 1985Type: Document
Description:Locations where elm and maple trees provided by the Morton Arboretum in 1985 were planted.
Extent: 3 sheets
1985-86 Members' Cooperative Research Program (3.106946)
Date: 1985Type: Document
Description:Draft list of trees and shrubs for the 1985-86 Members' Cooperative Research Program which includes nursery stock listings.
Extent: 8 sheets
The Myth of the Taproot (3.10912)
Date: December 21 1984 – March 20 1985Creator: Ware, George
Type: Article
Some Promising Woody Plants for Use in Urban Landscapes (3.10916)
Date: March 21 – June 20 1985Creator: Ware, George
Type: Article
Planting Hope in the Midwest (3.10923)
Date: September 21 – December 20 1985Creator: Ware, George
Type: Article
Events, News, & Classes: Spring 1985 (3.113780)
Date: 1985Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Spring 1985 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as welcoming Spring with classes like Arboretum Spring and The Nature of Spring. There are also several opportunities for birding. Field seminars were offered for Spring in the Southern Appalachians and Isle of Royale Adventure, and field trips were available to Braidwood, IL, Starved Rock State Park, Warren Woods, and Nelson Lake Marsh. The Atlantic Richfield Foundation Grant awarded $125,000 to support the project "City Trees For City People".
Events, News, & Classes: Winter 1985 (3.113782)
Date: 1985Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Autumn 1985 Events, News & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as a weekend getaway at the arboretum, a seminar on evergreens, and a lecture on plant diseases and human history. Field trips were scheduled for bald eagle watching in Savanna, IL, a Starved Rock State Park trip, and Chicago's Crystal Palaces of Garfield Park and Lincoln Park. Charles C. Haffner, Chairman of the Arboretum's Board of Trustees, received the Sol Feinstone Award, and Charles Lewis, Horticulturalist and Administrator of the Arboretum's Collections Programs, received the "Alice Burlingame Award for Humanitarian Service." The Fragrance Garden opened west of the Thornhill Building and approximately 6,000 people attended the 1984 Fall Festival.
Extent: 5 pages
1985/06/05: Douglas Smith to George Ware (3.37867)
Date: June 5 1985Creator: Smith, Douglas L.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Douglas Smith of Planmetrics, Inc. acknowledging the receipt of plants and discourse concerning landscape architecture and anecdotes of the Winged Foot Golf Club, as well as the enclosure of the book, Winged Foot Story.
Extent: 1 sheet
1985/06/12: Randall J. Fox to George Ware (3.38477)
Date: June 12 1985Creator: Fox, Randall J.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Randall J. Fox of Arbor Lodge State Historical Park to George Ware asking for his assistance in planting newly developed hybrid elm trees in their park, Arbor Lodge State Historical Park in Nebraska, the home of J. Sterling Morton.
Extent: 1 sheet
1985/01/23: Herman Sievering to George Ware (3.40005)
Date: January 23 1985Creator: Sievering, Herman
Type: Document
Description:A letter from Herman Sievering of Governors State University to George Ware discussing plans and staffing to study highway impacts,needle-washing, canopy exchange, and throughfall measurements.
Enclosed with the letter is an article titled "Contributions of Acid Deposition and Natural Processes to Cation Leaching for Forest Soils" from the Journal of the Air Pollution Association dated November, 1983.
Extent: 8 sheets
1985/01/21: Herman Sievering to George Ware (3.40009)
Date: January 21 1985Creator: Sievering, Herman
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Herman Sievering of Governors State University to George Ware concerning the cost of appointing Sievering to conduct air pollution impacts on woody plants.
Extent: 2 sheets
1985/01/15: George Ware to Herman Sievering (3.41607)
Date: January 15 1985Creator: Ware, George
Type: Document
Description:Letter from George Ware to Herman Sievering granting approval for his proposed experimental work on canopy through-fall using planted pine trees including all associated costs.
Extent: 1 sheet
1985/07/23: George Ware to Randall J. Fox (3.56104)
Date: July 23 1985Creator: Ware, George, Mintern, Gloria
Type: Document
Description:A set of two letters. The first from George Ware to Randall J. Fox of the Arbor Lodge State Historical Park stating that he will send some small hybrid elm trees for planting. The second (dated August 15, 1988) from Gloria Smith Mintern to George Ware informing him that the tree he sent is doing well.
Extent: 2 sheets
1985-1988: Marlin Bowles to Dr. Hall and George Ware (3.57448)
Date: 1985 – 1988Creator: Bowles, Marlin L.
Type: Document
Description:A series of 7 letters shared with Dr. Hall and George Ware from Marlin Bowles between various employees of The Morton Arboretum and The Center for Plant Conservation in Jamaica Plain, MA, regarding cooperative projects and research programs.
Extent: 11 sheets
1985/03/06: Zhang Qiwen to Dr. George H. Ware (3.62265)
Date: March 6 1985Creator: Qiwen, Zhang
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Zhang Qiwen of The Chinese Academy Of Forestry, Peking, China to George Ware offering suggestions on how to care for P. tomentosa root cuttings he sent and inquiring about serving in a work study program at the Arboretum.
Extent: 1 sheet
1985/06/21: Geoffrey G. Gilbert to George H. Ware (3.67014)
Date: June 21 1985Creator: Geoffrey G. Gilbert
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Geoffrey G. Gilbert of the law firm McBride, Baker & Coles to George H. Ware of the Morton Arboretum discussing the contents of environmental impact statements concerning the development of the North-South Tollway in Illinois.
Extent: 2 sheets