Notations and contact information (3.44622)
Type: Document
Description:Note written by or for George Ware containing contact information for Jim McShane and information about avoiding damage to trees during the construction of a house
Extent: 1 sheet
Johnsbury Road Subdivision (3.7330)
Creator: Jensen, Jens
Type: Plan
Description:Topography and planting plan
Extent: 1 sheet
Undated Note (3.94350)
Type: Document
Description:Undated and unsigned note requesting a photo of the hill where some bridge grafting of apple trees was done at Framingham Nurseries.
A Floor Layout Plan for The Chicago Flower & Garden Show, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois (3.36074)
Creator: Tyznik, Anthony
Type: Plan
Description:Includes additional notations in pencil and pen, with a portion of the plan colored in marker.
Extent: 1 sheet
Trees for Tree Evaluation Group (3.81728)
Type: Document
Description:A listing of a variety of trees titled "Trees for Tree Evaluation Group".
Extent: 1 sheet
The Morton Arboretum's Oak Conservation Efforts in Latin America (3.85402)
Creator: Denvir, Audrey, Alvarez-Clare, Silvia, Westwood, Murphy
Type: Article
Undated brochure: Lodi Tent and Awning Company: Imported German Fountains (3.105076)
Type: Document
Description:Brochure of Imported German Fountains, created by Lodi Tent and Awning Company in Lodi, California. Featured are "Rotating Fountain Heads for Pools, exhibits, Gardens, Lily Ponds and Parks." Also included is a single page price list.
Extent: 5 sheets
[Sketch of Garden for Milton Florsheim] (3.97319)
Creator: Johnson, Marshall L.
Type: Plan
Extent: 1 sheet
The Landscape Below Ground IV: Proceedings of the Fourth International Workshop on Tree Root Development in Urban Soils (3.95419)
Type: Book
Description:The Landscape Below Ground IV conference of 2018 convened an international group of presenters who introduced the latest research and management practices related to all aspects of tree root development in urban soils. The papers included in these proceedings contribute to the growing body of knowledge on these topics and represent an important resource for practitioners, managers, and policymakers involved in tree care in cities.
Extent: 792 pages
Undated: Patricia Trambridge to George Ware (3.38205)
Creator: Trambridge, Patricia
Type: Document
Description:Note from Patricia Trambridge to George Ware stating that she is sending him an article about himself that was in the The State Newspaper from Columbia, South Carolina.
Extent: 1 sheet
(2000): Elm Planting Photographs [copies - Various 1] (3.102425)
Type: Document
Description:Various photocopied photographs received by George Ware of David Elms provided by The Morton Arboretum. The group includes a picture of a plaque in Peoria, IL titled "Sentinel on the Bluff" about a Bur Oak tree. The middle picture is of Lebanon, IL high school students planting seedlings. The third picture is of an unidentified group planting a tree. These pictures are from around the year 2000.
Extent: 1 sheet
Testing for changes in biomass dynamics in large‐scale forest datasets (3.85450)
Creator: Condit, Richard
Type: Article
Inventory List of Plants with Ascension Numbers from the 1920's (3.104904)
Type: Document
Description:A plant inventory list in alphabetical order by scientific name. Ascension numbers are all from the 1920's. It indicates source of the plant and natural range and location in the arboretum.
Extent: 69 sheets
No Date: [illegible] to E. L. Kammerer [assumed] (3.93834)
Type: Document
Description:Note asking to send all 1950s bulletins and requesting information on Pyracantha (Fire Thorn). Signature is not legible and there is no clear addressee.
Landscape of Meadow Lake: A View from the Visitor Center (3.6804)
Type: Plan
Description:Plantings around Meadow Lake shoreline, trees and shrubs labeled
Extent: 1 sheet
List of Purchased Plants by Purchaser (3.86107)
Type: Document
Description:Handwritten list of plants purchased by various people, along with the total amounts they paid for the plants.
Extent: 3 sheets
[1986]: IUPU Biology Club to The Morton Arboretum (3.100874)
Creator: Indiana University - Purdue University
Type: Document
Description:A request from Indiana University - Purdue University Arboretum Committee of the Biology Club to The Morton Arboretum for seeds of woody plants for a campus arboretum.
Extent: 1 sheet
Proposed Uses for the Present Ginkgoes [sic] [Tea Room] (3.6828)
Creator: Tyznik, Anthony
Type: Plan
Description:Second floor of Administration Building. Not exactly as built.
C.2 is a variant of c.1 and is labeled "The Remodelling of The Tea Room."
Extent: 1 sheet
Memorabilia of George Ware from a 1995 Expedition to China (3.60085)
Creator: Ware, George
Type: Document
Description: A packet of memorabilia from George Ware's 1995 Expedition to China consisting of a variety of items such as, but not limited to, boarding passes, postcards, postage stamps, ticket stubs, and brochures.
Extent: 15 items
China Plant Exploration Expedition (3.62540)
Type: Document
Description:Handwritten notes concerning The Morton Arboretum's China Plant Exploration Expedition.
Extent: 1 sheet
A Construction Plan for a Ravine Trail Bridge, The Morton Arboretum (3.6193)
Creator: Tyznik, Anthony
Type: Plan
Description:Plan, side elevation, end elevation construction drawings. A draft on vellum exists at #1640 (3.6855).
Extent: 1 sheet
Undated: Peter [Wang] to George Ware (3.44614)
Creator: Wang, Peter
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Peter [Wang] to George Ware discussing possible Chinese names for a new variety of Elm.
Extent: 1 sheet
Morton Salt ad no. 6713, Iodized Salt (3.3564)
Type: Print
Description:Morton Salt ad no. 6713, Iodized Salt
Illustration of a woman in an apron holding a Morton Iodized Salt canister. A young boy is looking up at the woman, while a young girl has her hands on a large bowl, next to a rolling pin.
Text below illustration: "Help Keep Your Family Goiter Free!" next to an enlarged Morton Salt canister
"In 1927, Morton introduced iodized salt to help prevent simple goiter. As significant as that was, if it were the only thing Morton had done for salt, it's not likely they would have stayed America's salt favorite for 56 years. No salt salts like Morton Salt salts. When it rains it pours."
Extent: 1 sheet
Statement of Bird Cartage Account with The Morton Arboretum (3.109052)
Type: Document
Description:An itemized Statement of Bird Cartage account for cleaning Lake Marmo.
Extent: 1 sheet
Notes on tree pests and disease - George Ware (3.104794)
Type: Document
Description:Handwritten notes of George Ware on various tree pests and diseases.
Extent: 1 sheet
Arboretum for the Fordson High School Presented by Ford Motor Co (3.97308)
Creator: Johnson, Marshall L.
Type: Plan
Extent: 1 sheet
Strategies for Sustainable Tree Planting in Confined Urban Spaces (3.85427)
Creator: Watson, Gary W.
Type: Article
Notations, Morton Arboretum received a $25,000 Grant from The Institute of Museum Services for work on the Hidden Lake Parcel (3.67145)
Type: Document
Description:Handwritten notes in pencil on lined note paper describing the Morton Arboretum receiving a $25,000 grant from The Institute of Museum Services for work on the Hidden Lake Parcel and the studies and inventories that the Arboretum will undertake with the grant money.
Extent: 1 sheet
Post-2020 goals overlook genetic diversity (3.85442)
Creator: Hoban, Sean M.
Type: Article
Description:Letter to Science Magazine that expresses concern that global genetic biodiversity goals have focused on agrobiodiversity (e.g. crops) for the past several decades. The letter, as well as the news coverage, suggest new focus on genetic diversity, adaptive capacity, and resilience in all wild species as well as domestic. Species long term survival as well as ecosystem resilience depends on genetic diversity, especially during climate change. The letter provides concrete and practical suggestions for a goal and for indicators for within-species biodiversity.
Arbor Lodge - reprint from American Forests by James R. Lowell (3.84671)
Creator: Lowell, James R.
Type: Document
Description:An article about Arbor Lodge with 3 photographs and a poem
Extent: 4 sheets
[Retaining Wall, I-88 Parapet Over Route 53] (3.32017)
Type: Plan
Description:One sheet with eight elevations of I-88 parapet over Route 53, with retaining wall, abutments, and wing walls.
Extent: 1 sheet
Each Year in the Forest: Winter (3.85490)
Creator: Hipp, Andrew
Type: Article
Description:An essay on the natural history of the forest understory from December through February, drawing strongly from The Morton Arboretum.
A Seat Detail for The Morton Arboretum (3.6276)
Creator: Tyznik, Anthony
Type: Plan
Description:Seat arm detail, steel seat bracket detail, plan view, front elevation, end elevation.
Extent: 1 sheet
Root Injury and Tree Health (3.102590)
Type: Document
Description:Pamphlet suggesting ways to minimize root damage when construction projects take place near a tree.
Extent: 11 pages
The Education Program of The Morton Arboretum [historic document] (3.64507)
Creator: Kammerer, E. Lowell
Type: Document
Description:Copy of an article written for Mrs. Cudahy for the New York Botanic Garden describing the Morton Arboretum's history and what it currently had.
Extent: 2 pages
NW corner of Arboretum at Leask Lane (3.108553)
Type: Document
Description:An undated copy of aerial photograph of the NE corner of The Morton Arboretum bordering Leask Lane with markings showing use of the various plots
Extent: 1 sheet