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Statistics for Members' Cooperative Research Program (MCRP) from 1981 to 1995 (3.100786)
Date: 1990sType: Document
Description:A document that shows the number of plants distributed and the number of members receiving plants through the Members' Cooperative Research Program (MCRP) from 1981 - 1995.
Extent: 1 sheet
1992: George Ware Tree Distribution Notes (3.100791)
Date: 1992Creator: Ware, George
Type: Document
Description:George Ware notebook showing 1992 tree distribution notes
Extent: 6 two-sided sheets
Research Plot Assignments, 1992 (3.104800)
Date: June 29 1992Type: Document
Description:The Morton Arboretum research plot assignment list from 1992.
Extent: 1 sheet
Landscape Plant News: Vol.3, No. 1, March 1992 (3.106890)
Date: March 1992Type: Document
Description:Marked-up copy of the newsletter of the Center for Development of Hardy Landscape Plants editing a contribution by Dr. Ware on the Morton Arboretum's Elm Breeding and Improvement Program.
Extent: 10 sheets
A Standard Planning Process for Residential Design Projects (3.106907)
Date: October 9 1992Creator: Lynch, Karla P.
Type: Document
Description:Steps to create residential landscape design project created for a Native Plant Symposium held at The Morton Arboretum in October,1992. Also included is a list of helpful books on designing native plant landscapes available through the Sterling Morton Library of the Morton Arboretum.
Extent: 1 sheet; double-sided
Elm Trees: From China to The Morton Arboretum (3.106916)
Date: 1990sCreator: Ware, George
Type: Document
Description:An undated article written by Dr. Ware that appeared in The Honker, newsletter of the DuPage Audubon Society.
Extent: 1 sheet
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Spring 1992 (3.107050)
Date: 1992Creator: Way, Carol
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Spring 1992 Branches Newsletter contains articles on the following: Fischer Field, its origins and development as a test plot area for hybrid trees; the Outpost Wildflower Garden maintained by a volunteer group identified as VIEW (Volunteers in Education Work) and later WISH (Workers in Sylvan Horticulture); and START (Students Teamed in Arboretum Restoration Tasks) a volunteer group formed for high school students interested in working in restoration at the Arboretum. Volunteer opportunities. Volunteer information, lists of new volunteers and classes and programs are featured.
Extent: ;6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Winter 1992 (3.107052)
Date: 1992Creator: Halperin, Marilyn J.
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Winter 1992 Branches Newsletter features the following articles: Integrated Pest Management or IPM, the use of botanical products and predatory insects to control pests, as it was deployed in Greenhouse 9; and an extensive write up on the volunteer Appreciation evening that year. Volunteer opportunities, lists of new and continuing volunteers, trainings, classes and events are also featured.
Extent: ;6 pages
Final Performance Report to the Institute of Museum Services for a 1990 Conservation Grant (3.108569)
Date: May 31 1992Type: Document
Description:Final report to the Institute of Museum Services supporting a 1990 grant to The Morton Arboretum for study and conservation of collections adjacent to the south border berms created for the I88/I355 construction.
Extent: 5 sheets
Elm Breeding and Improvement at The Morton Arboretum (3.11030)
Date: March 21 – June 20 1992Creator: Ware, George
Type: Article
The "Roots" of the Research Program: Origins of the Urban Vegetation Lab (3.114635)
Date: 1992Creator: Ware, George
Type: Article
Description:This is the first issue of Inside Research, the newsletter of the Morton Arboretum research program. This issue describes the origins of the research program with focus on the Urban Vegetation Lab.
Extent: 6 pages
LONG-TERM GRAZING EFFECTS ON AN ILLINOIS SAND PRAIRIE AND COMPARISONS WITH UNGRAZED NATURAL AREAS (3.114671)
Date: 1992Creator: Bowles, Marlin L.
Type: Article
Description:This two-year study compares the effects of three treatments: open grazing, reduced grazing (in ten partly open exclosures), and former grazing (on a 40 acre area) on vegetation structure (height and cover per 1/4meter2) of dry-mesic sand prairie, the dominant vegetation type at the Savanna Army Depot, IL.
Extent: 7 pages
The Morton Arboretum's Gravel and Dolomite Prairie Restoration Development Plan (3.114672)
Date: March 1992Creator: Bowles, Marlin L.
Type: Document
Description:This paper covers The Morton Arboretum's plan to restore a gravel and dolomite prairie on the Arboretum's grounds, It covers the natural communities, the endangered and threatened plants included in the restoration, and the steps necessary to establish and maintain the restoration.
Extent: 58 pages
Dr. George Ware with 100,000th Herbarium specimen (3.37444)
Date: circa 1992Type: Photographic image
Description:Dr. George Ware with 100,000th Herbarium specimen (Acer freemanii, Marmo Maple)
Extent: 1 photograph
1992/05/21: Jerry Wilhelm to Chris Whelan (3.44209)
Date: May 21 1992Type: Document
Description:Memo from Jerry Wilhelm to Chris Whelan in response to a memo dated May 7, 1992 discussing the governing philosophy of the curation and maintenance of the Arboretum's Collections versus experimental science, with an emphasis on the East Woods.
Extent: 1 sheet
1992/04/07: Chris Whelan to George [Ware] and various staff members (3.44210)
Date: April 7 1992Creator: Whelan, Christopher J.
Type: Document
Description:Memo from Chris Whelan to various staff members requesting input in regards to the educational, management, and research issues that they consider important in relation to the East Woods. A post-it note is attached to the memo, signed Chris W. and dated April 14, 1992, asking George [Ware] to review the content.
Extent: 4 sheets
Elm hybridization, bags on trees, George Ware research project (3.4503)
Date: 1990sCreator: Nachel, Jim
Type: Photographic image
Description:Elm hybridization, bags on trees, George Ware research project
Extent: 1 photograph
1992/06/29: George Ware to Jan Schmidt Barkley (3.47445)
Date: June 29 1992Creator: Ware, George
Type: Document
Description:Letter from George Ware to Jan Schmidt Barkley of the J. Frank Schmidt Family Charitable Trust reporting on progress and adversities encountered while researching characteristics that contribute to the success and vitality of urban trees.
Extent: 1 sheet
1992/11/25: George Ware to Jan Schmidt Barkley (3.47446)
Date: November 25 1992Creator: Ware, George
Type: Document
Description:Letter from George Ware to Jan Schmidt Barkley of the J. Frank Schmidt Family Charitable Trust thanking them for a $4,000 endowment to research the drought-tolerance of sugar maples.
Extent: 1 sheet
1992/06/20: Ruth Luthringer to Dilip Das (3.57374)
Date: June 20 1992Creator: Luthringer, Ruth
Type: Document
Description:A set of two letters and a monologue. The letters are from Ruth Luthringer to Dilip Das and George Ware and seek feedback in regards to a short monologue titled Thornhill Elm which interprets the life-cycle of the Accolade Elm.
Extent: 4 sheets
1992/06/10: George H. Ware to Dr. Qingru Zhao (3.66634)
Date: June 10 1992Creator: Ware, George
Type: Document
Description:Letter from George H. Ware of the Morton Arboretum to Qingru Zhao thanking him for Ulmus seeds and enclosing a check for 4,000.
Extent: 1 sheet
1992 Annual Report, Research Group (3.81725)
Date: 1992Type: Document
Description:Annual report for the Research Group of the Morton Arboretum which contains a mission statement, group structure, chronology of events, interactions, priorities, and strengths and weaknesses.
Extent: 8 sheets