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Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Spring 1987 (3.107031)
Date: 1987Creator: Stowell, Gladys
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the spring 1987 Branches Newsletter contains articles on; the iron bridge located near Sunfish Pond, in memory of Arboretum Photographer John Kohout and his wife Kitty who were killed in a auto accident and the North Woods Project to plant trees representative of that part of the United States. Volunteer opportunities, special activities and information about volunteers is also included.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Winter 1993 (3.107056)
Date: 1993Creator: Way, Carol
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Winter 1993 Branches Newsletter contains articles on: the staff photographers at the Arboretum, John Kohout and Jim Nachel, and the Photo Lab collection; Hidden Lake Forest Preserve highlighting the section leased to the Arboretum; and an introduction to Linda Kovach, the new Volunteer Coordinator. Volunteer opportunities, classes, events and lists of new and existing volunteers are included.
Extent: 6 pages
Events, News, & Classes: Autumn 1983 (3.113774)
Date: 1983Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Autumn 1983 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as Bluegrass at Thornhill and a Bonsai Exhibit at Thornhill. It also includes behind the scenes gardening information and how volunteers fight tent caterpillars and mentions a problem with deer eating young plants. It also has a list of classes.
Extent: 5 pages
Events, News, & Classes: Autumn 1984 (3.113775)
Date: 1984Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Autumn 1984 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as the Yuletide celebration and a lecture about "The Arboretum and Chicago's Architectural Heritage". The Arboretum also received a grant from the National Park Service of the United States Department of Interior to study the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.
Extent: 5 pages
Events, News, & Classes: Winter 1984 (3.113778)
Date: 1984Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Spring 1984 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as making maple syrup, the Yuletide Celebration, and the member's chamber music series. Local 12-year-old 4H member Wendy Reed wrote in to show your DuPage County Fair blue ribbon winning project showing conservation and the possible effects of proposed highway FAP 431. A picture shows the construction of the brick walkway that leads visitors to the gardens south of the Visitor Center.
Extent: 5 pages
Events, News, & Classes: Autumn 1985 (3.113779)
Date: 1985Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Autumn 1985 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as several mushroom-related activities, bird walks, and an upcoming field seminar to England discussing gardens and landscapes.
Extent: 5 pages
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: Summer 1985 (3.113781)
Date: 1985Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Summer 1985 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as a bluegrass concert at Thornhill Conference Center by the group Buck's Stove & Range Company. Bugs took center stage with the discussion Creepy Crawlies and Other Curious Things and the children's activity Hidden Worlds. Field trips visited the prairies of Carrol County, Crabtree Nature Center in Barrington, the Volo Bog, Glacier Park in McHenry County, and McKee Marsh in Warrenville.
Extent: 5 pages
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
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 1986 (3.113784)
Date: 1986Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Spring 1986 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as lectures about Tuberous Begonias and plants for troublesome spots. A future trip to Kenya for a field seminar was announced. Field trips include Starved Rock State Park, Warren Woods, and Mississippi Palisades State Park. A field seminar on English gardens and landscapes also took place. The Arboretum announced that library staff would begin cataloging and indexing the rare book collection to make it more accessible.
Extent: 5 pages
Events, News, & Classes: Summer 1986 (3.113785)
Date: 1986Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Summer 1986 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as the annual fish boil and a concert by Marshall Vente/Project Nine Plus with Anna Dawson. Bob Thomson, host of the popular syndicated PBS program "The Victory Garden", visited with the horticulture staff, and Robert W. Little, noted author, artist, and teacher, was to present a special lecture. Field trips included birding at Ryerson Conservation Area in Deerfield.
Extent: 5 pages
Events, News, & Classes: Winter 1986 (3.113786)
Date: 1986Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Winter 1986 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as a discussion on the "The Romance of Botanical Names" and "Resource Conservation in an Urban Environment". There was a field trip to watch bald eagles in Savanna, IL. Charles A. Lewis, the Arboretum's Collections Group Administrator, was honored with the G.B. Gunslogson Medal for "the creative use of home gardening in benefiting people-plant relationships and the future of American life" from the American Horticultural Society. The woody plant collections were to be computerized. A new maple, 'Marmo', was introduced. Members were also encourage to write Lt. Governor George Ryan to advocate for the development of a lake on the Danada Forrest Preserve as part of the Briarcliff Flood Control Program.
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: Summer 1987 (3.113789)
Date: 1987Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Summer 1987 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as the IAA (Illinois Arborist Association) Seminar and Jamboree and a beekeeping workshop. The Arboretum lost its photographer John Kohout and his wife Kitty in an unfortunate car accident and was collecting funds for a memorial. Peter J. Van Der Linden joined the staff as Curator of the Woods. Charles Lewis, Horticulturalist and Collection Group Administrator, addressed The American Association of Science. The Nature Artists' Guild of The Morton Arboretum was started to encourage natural history art.
Extent: 5 pages
Events, News, & Classes: Winter 1987 (3.113790)
Date: 1987Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Winter 1987 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as the upcoming Yuletide Celebration, Members' Ski Program, a Winter Ecology Walk, and Winter Bird Walks. There is also a lecture about Learning to Live With Expressways. The Great Lakes Forest Soils Conference, organized by Patrick Kelsey, Arboretum Research Soil Scientist, and Richard Hootman, Research Soil Specialist, took place with topics emphasizing soil development in undisturbed areas and disturbed or urbanized areas of the Arboretum problems associated with the growth of woody plants on "urban" soils; and the management of soils and vegetation in areas disturbed by construction. The Arboretum also received grants from the Institute of Museum Services, The Robert R. McCormick Charitable Trust; Chicago White Metal Charitable Foundation; Burroughs Corporation; AT&T Foundation; Bell Information Systems; Household Finance Corporation; Staley Continental, Inc.; W.W. Grainger, Inc.; The John D. and Catherin T. MacArthur Foundation; the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education; and Allied-Signal Inc.
A Trail Entrance Development Plan for the Kohout Memorial Planting, the Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois (3.6160)
Date: September 1988Creator: Tyznik, Anthony
Type: Plan
Description:Collection has two alternative, slightly modified versions designed to occupy a smaller area with slight variation in plantings. The memorial planting was not developed according to this plan.
Extent: 1 sheet
A Trail Entrance Development Plan for the Kohout Memorial Planting, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois [abbreviated version 1] (3.6161)
Date: September 1988Creator: Tyznik, Anthony
Type: Plan
Description:Plantings named vary slightly from other versions. An alternative, slightly modified version designed to occupy a smaller area. The memorial planting was not developed according to this plan.
Extent: 1 sheet
A Trail Entrance Development Plan for the Kohout Memorial Planting, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois [abbreviated version 2] (3.6162)
Date: September 1988Creator: Tyznik, Anthony
Type: Plan
Description:Plantings named vary slightly from other versions. An alternative, slightly modified version designed to occupy a smaller area. The memorial planting was not developed according to this plan.
Extent: 1 sheet