Brief biography on May Theilgaard Watts (1.4232)

Type: Document
Description:Brief biography on May Theilgaard Watts (Mrs. Raymond Watts)
Naturalist, Teacher, Author, Artist, Poet

Includes personal background, educational background, professional roles and accomplishments, honors received, a bibliography of published work by May Watts and articles about May Watts.
Extent: 4 sheets

Magnolia acuminata (3.448)

Date: 1900
Creator: Rehder, Alfred
Type: Photographic image
Description:Large cucumber magnolia (Magnolia acuminata) during the growing season
Extent: 1 photograph

Magnolia acuminata (3.449)

Date: October 2 1923
Creator: Palmer, Ernest Jesse, 1875-1962.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Cucumber magnolia (Magnolia acuminata) during the growing season

Photograph a: tree
Photograph b: trunk detail
Extent: 2 photographs

Malus coronaria (3.495)

Date: 1903
Creator: Rehder, Alfred
Type: Photographic image
Description:Wild sweet crabapple (Malus cornaria) tree blooming in springtime
Extent: 1 photograph

Pinus resinosa (3.667)

Date: August 12 1922
Creator: Teuscher, Henry
Type: Photographic image
Description:Dwarfed red pine (Pinus resinosa) trees growing on dry ledge
Extent: 2 photographs

Pillars view (3.2925)

Date: 1960s
Creator: Double Sixteen Co.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Pillars view
Extent: 1 photograph

View of the Hedge Garden and Administration Building at The Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois, circa 1960 (3.2926)

Date: 1956 – 1966
Type: Photographic image
Description:View of the Hedge Garden and Administration Building at The Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois, circa 1960
Extent: 1 photograph

Bench & garden, mature (3.2927)

Creator: Miller, W. L.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Bench & garden, mature
Extent: 1 photograph

Hedge Garden (3.2928)

Date: 1960s
Type: Photographic image
Description:Four pillar view from rodunda thru Hedge Garden
Extent: 1 photograph

Hedge Garden length looking east from rotunda (3.2929)

Date: September 21 – December 20 1956
Type: Photographic image
Description:Hedge Garden length looking east from rotunda
Extent: 1 photograph

Division 3 Arboretum view with juniperus horizontalis plumos in foreground (3.2930)

Date: 1942
Creator: Freriks, Dick J.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Division 3 Arboretum view with juniperus horizontalis plumos in foreground
Extent: 1 photograph

Upper level of the Hedge Garden (3.2931)

Date: 1942
Creator: Deardorf, M. S.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Upper level of the Hedge Garden
Extent: 1 photograph

The Hedge Garden & collection of old fashioned roses (3.2932)

Type: Photographic image
Description:Hedge Garden with roses and boxwood looking towards Administration Building
Extent: 1 photograph

View of Hedge Garden before pillars (3.2933)

Type: Photographic image
Description:View of Hedge Garden before pillars
Extent: 1 photograph

East view, Arboretum Hedge Garden (3.2934)

Date: circa 1940
Type: Photographic image
Description:Early view of the Hedge Garden planted in 1934, showing the dramatic rise of the undifferentiated Valparaiso Moraine. The highest point in the photo is now the Frost Hill area on the Arboretum's east side.
Extent: 1 photograph

Horseback riders through Puffer land when road is being constructed (3.2936)

Date: 1927
Type: Photographic image
Description:Horseback riders through Puffer land when road is being constructed
Extent: 1 negative

American elm on Lake Marmo (3.2938)

Date: 1920s
Type: Photographic image
Description:American elm on Lake Marmo after 1922 relocation with lengthy handwritten commentary on board. Describes moving tree under direction of O.C. Simonds. Note adds tree helped C.E.Godshalk become Arboretum superintendent in May 1922. Drawn illustration of move on back of board.

Written on front of board
"This tree was most important tree of all trees in CEG's mind. It helped him more than anything else to become Arb Sup't in May 1922."
"This tree died of Dutch Elm Disease years later 1950's."

Written on back of board
"In spring of 1922 when Mr. Senn was sup't, the road around Lake Marmo was to be made and a 6-8" diam Amer. Elm #1 was in the roadway. Mr. O. C. Simonds, who was in charge assigned the job of moving the elm to location #2 (above drawing) which meant it had to be dug with a ball about 6' in diameter and about 2' deep. It then had to be loaded onto a stone boat or flat skid, and moved upright through the hawthornes that were zig-zag opposite each other. It could not be moved lying down because it would break the then, wide ball and roots. A team of horses was his only power to move the tree. 
He loaded it toward the front of the stone boat so the weight made the stone boat dig in the ground & the horses couldn't pull it. Secondly he had no guy ropes to the tree top to guide it between the hawthornes. About that..."
Extent: 1 photograph

One of the first black topping road jobs done in the Arboretum (3.2939)

Date: 1930s
Type: Photographic image
Description:Man and machine blacktopping roads. One of the first black topping road jobs done in the Arboretum.
Extent: 1 photograph

Arbor Day planting along Rte 53 (3.2940)

Date: 1939
Creator: Downers Grove Photo Studio
Type: Photographic image
Description:Arbor Day planting - Route 53 with tree planters lining road
Extent: 1 photograph

Traffic on Route 53 waiting to enter Arboretum (3.2941)

Date: 1940s
Type: Photographic image
Description:Traffic on Route 53 waiting to enter Arboretum
Extent: 1 photograph

Administration Building (3.2944)

Date: 1940
Creator: Brown, Clyde V.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Post card of Administration Building
Extent: 1 photograph

Administration Building (3.2945)

Date: 1940s
Creator: Freeman, John
Type: Photographic image
Description:Post card of Administration Building
Extent: 1 photograph

Entrance to Arboretum east side off what is now IL Route 53 (3.2946)

Date: 1935
Type: Photographic image
Description:Postcard of entrance to Arboretum east side off what is now IL Route 53
Extent: 1 postcard

Looking over DuPage Valley from Thornhill residence sunroom through hedges (3.2947)

Date: 1915 – 1916
Type: Photographic image
Description:Looking over DuPage Valley from Thornhill residence sunroom through hedges
Extent: 1 photograph

Hedge Garden looking towards pinetum before four pillars were installed (3.2948)

Type: Photographic image
Description:Hedge Garden looking towards pinetum before four pillars were installed
Extent: 1 photograph

Three men (Roy Burnside at right) moving huge root balled tree (3.2949)

Date: 1930s
Type: Photographic image
Description:Three men (Roy Burnside at right, others unknown) moving huge root balled tree
Extent: 1 photograph

Eight men (Roy Burnside at bottom left seated) seated on and around root balled tree on sled in winter snow (3.2950)

Date: 1930s
Type: Photographic image
Description:Eight men (Roy Burnside at bottom left seated) seated on and around root balled tree on sled in winter snow
Extent: 1 photograph

Moving evergreens short distance on mule-drawn skid (3.2951)

Date: 1923
Type: Photographic image
Description:Ed Westover with mule team moving tree with frozen ball - on "stone boat"

Moved as many as 1500 trees per winter with frozen balls

 
Extent: 1 negative

Moving frozen balled evergreens in winter (3.2952)

Date: 1933
Type: Photographic image
Description:Les Plumb, Frank Smith, Ed Westover, and other man unloading tree with balled roots from back of truck for tree transplanting in winter
Extent: 1 negative

Balled roots of tree on sled with pulley and chain in winter for tree transplanting (3.2953)

Date: 1930s
Type: Photographic image
Description:Balled roots of tree on sled with pulley and chain in winter for tree transplanting
Extent: 1 negative

Elms being moved to Hedge Garden in winter (3.2954)

Date: 1935 – 1936
Type: Photographic image
Description:Several elm trees with balled roots being moved to Hedge Garden in winter during tree transplanting
Extent: 1 negative

Elms being moved to Hedge Garden in winter (3.2955)

Date: 1935 – 1936
Type: Photographic image
Description:Several elm trees with balled roots next to Administration Building being moved to Hedge Garden in winter during tree transplanting
Extent: 1 negative

Crabapples being transplanted with frozen balls (3.2956)

Date: 1930s
Type: Photographic image
Description:Crabapple trees with frozen balls for transplanting in winter
Extent: 1 negative

Evergreens after being moved inside East Gate (3.2957)

Date: 1935
Type: Photographic image
Description:Evergreens after being moved inside East Gate in winter
Extent: 1 negative

Man pulling root balled tree on sled for winter transplanting (3.2958)

Date: 1935
Type: Photographic image
Description:Man pulling root balled tree on sled for winter transplanting
Extent: 1 negative

Moving frozen balled evergreens in winter (3.2959)

Date: January 28 1935
Type: Photographic image
Description:Closeup of balled roots with shovel leaning on ball for winter transplanting
Extent: 1 negative