Illumination, Winter 2015-2016, Chicago Symphony Orchestra Symphony Woods - long (3.31586)
Date: 2015Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Video
Illumination, Winter 2015-2016, Chicago Symphony Orchestra Symphony Woods - short (3.31589)
Date: 2015Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Video
Nature Connects, July 17-November 1, 2015, promotional video (3.31592)
Date: 2015Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Video
Nature Connects, 2015, Tortoise, social media (3.31599)
Date: 2015Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Video
Upcoming events, Fall/Winter 2015, trailer (3.31609)
Date: 2015Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Video
Description:Includes Nature Connects, Thursday Family Nights, Tails On The Trails, Fall Color Festival, Glass Pumpkin Patch, Fall Color 5k Run & Walk, and Illumination.
Exhibit: DuPage River dioramas (3.34357)
Type: Photographic image
Description:An exhibit showing two dioramas of the DuPage River.
Labels above the dioramas, from left to right:
- THE DUPAGE RIVER AS IT USED TO BE.
- AND AS MOST OF IT IS TODAY
Extent: 1 slide
Geology model (3.34361)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A model featuring a cross-section of some of Earth's geological layers.
Extent: 1 slide
Seed model (3.34362)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A model featuring a cross-section of 2 halves of a seed. The model appears to be made of wood.
Extent: 1 slide
Mushroom models (3.34363)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Models of three types of mushrooms.
The center mushroom is partially labeled:
- Amanita / [po]isonous
- Lentinus lepideus
Extent: 1 slide
Twig model (3.34364)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A display featuring a model of a twig with leaf scars and a terminal bud.
Extent: 1 slide
Twig model, partly opened (3.34365)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A display featuring a model of a twig which is partly opened, showing the interior of the bud.
Extent: 1 slide
Uses of Wood Exhibit (3.34367)
Date: September 4 1974Creator: Stickney, William S.
Type: Photographic image
Description:An exhibit featuring wood from 18 different trees and its uses. The display is configured in four concentric circles centered around a spinning cross: the inner circle depicts tree silhouettes, the next circle depicts detailed images of leaves, the third consists of square panels of processed wood, and the outer circle consists of dioramas depicting how each type of wood is used.
The cross is labeled as follows:
- TREE SHAPE
- LEAF [red arrow]
- WOOD
- USES
- TURN THE RED ARROW TO A LEAF / THE OTHER ARMS WILL POINT TO: / the shape of the tree / a piece of wood from the tree / some uses for the wood
- WHITE ASH
- ARBOR VITAE
- WHITE SPRUCE
- SWEET GUM
- SUGAR MAPLE
- AMERICAN LINDEN
- CHERRY
- TULIP TREE
- BALD CYPRESS
- IRONWOOD
- WHITE PINE
- BLACK WALNUT
- AMERICAN ELM
- SHAGBARK HICKORY
- WHITE OAK
- RED OAK
- EASTERN HEMLOCK
- PONDEROSA PINE
Extent: 1 slide
Uses of Wood Exhibit: Ironwood (3.34368)
Date: September 4 1974Creator: Stickney, William S.
Type: Photographic image
Description:A diorama from the Uses of Wood exhibit, depicting how ironwood is used with a tool bench.
Extent: 1 slide
Uses of Wood Exhibit: White Pine (3.34369)
Date: September 4 1974Creator: Stickney, William S.
Type: Photographic image
Description:A diorama from the Uses of Wood exhibit, depicting how white pine is used in doors and millwork.
Extent: 1 slide
Uses of Wood Exhibit: Black Walnut (3.34370)
Date: September 4 1974Creator: Stickney, William S.
Type: Photographic image
Description:A diorama from the Uses of Wood exhibit, depicting how black walnut wood is used in furniture.
Extent: 1 slide
Uses of Wood Exhibit: American Elm (3.34371)
Date: September 4 1974Creator: Stickney, William S.
Type: Photographic image
Description:A diorama from the Uses of Wood exhibit, depicting how American elm wood is used in barrels inside what appears to be the interior of a dry goods or general store with a cast iron stove.
Extent: 1 slide
Uses of Wood Exhibit: Shagbark Hickory (3.34372)
Date: September 4 1974Creator: Stickney, William S.
Type: Photographic image
Description:A diorama from the Uses of Wood exhibit, depicting an example of how shagbark hickory wood is used in an axe handle.
Extent: 1 slide
Uses of Wood Exhibit: White Oak (3.34373)
Date: September 4 1974Creator: Stickney, William S.
Type: Photographic image
Description:A diorama from the Uses of Wood exhibit, depicting an example of how white oak wood is used in decorative interior finishes, such as fireplace mantels and wall panels.
Extent: 1 slide
Uses of Wood Exhibit: Red Oak (3.34374)
Date: September 4 1974Creator: Stickney, William S.
Type: Photographic image
Description:A diorama from the Uses of Wood exhibit, depicting an example of how red oak wood is used in decorative interior finishes, such as flooring.
Extent: 1 slide
Uses of Wood Exhibit: Eastern Hemlock (3.34375)
Date: September 4 1974Creator: Stickney, William S.
Type: Photographic image
Description:A diorama from the Uses of Wood exhibit, depicting an example of how eastern hemlock wood was used in old-fasioned playground equipment.
Extent: 1 slide
Uses of Wood Exhibit: Ponderosa Pine (3.34376)
Date: September 4 1974Creator: Stickney, William S.
Type: Photographic image
Description:A diorama from the Uses of Wood exhibit, depicting an example of how ponderosa pine wood is used in agricultural work, such as wheelbarrows and barn construction.
Extent: 1 slide
Uses of Wood Exhibit: White Ash (3.34377)
Date: September 4 1974Creator: Stickney, William S.
Type: Photographic image
Description:A diorama from the Uses of Wood exhibit, depicting an example of how white ash wood is used in sports equipment, such as baseball bats.
Extent: 1 slide
Uses of Wood Exhibit: Arborvitae (3.34378)
Date: September 4 1974Creator: Stickney, William S.
Type: Photographic image
Description:A diorama from the Uses of Wood exhibit, depicting an example of how arborvitae wood is used in items such as fence posts and railroad ties.
Extent: 1 slide
Uses of Wood Exhibit: White Spruce (3.34382)
Date: September 4 1974Creator: Stickney, William S.
Type: Photographic image
Description:A diorama from the Uses of Wood exhibit, depicting an example of how white spruce wood is used in items such as newspaper and oars.
Extent: 1 slide
Uses of Wood Exhibit: Sweet-gum (3.34383)
Date: September 4 1974Creator: Stickney, William S.
Type: Photographic image
Description:A diorama from the Uses of Wood exhibit, depicting an example of how sweet-gum wood is used in items such as lumber for interior woodwork and cigar boxes.
Extent: 1 slide
Uses of Wood Exhibit: Sugar Maple (3.34384)
Date: September 4 1974Creator: Stickney, William S.
Type: Photographic image
Description:A diorama from the Uses of Wood exhibit, depicting an example of how sugar maple wood is used in items such as flooring, interior finishes, and furniture.
Extent: 1 slide
Uses of Wood Exhibit: Linden (3.34385)
Date: September 4 1974Creator: Stickney, William S.
Type: Photographic image
Description:A diorama from the Uses of Wood exhibit, depicting an example of how linden wood is used in items such as kitchen cabinetry.
Extent: 1 slide
Uses of Wood Exhibit: Black Cherry (3.34386)
Date: September 4 1974Creator: Stickney, William S.
Type: Photographic image
Description:A diorama from the Uses of Wood exhibit, depicting an example of how black cherry wood is used in items such as furniture.
Extent: 1 slide
Uses of Wood Exhibit: Tulip-tree (3.34387)
Date: September 4 1974Creator: Stickney, William S.
Type: Photographic image
Description:A diorama from the Uses of Wood exhibit, depicting an example of how tulip-tree wood is used in items such as barrels and crates.
Extent: 1 slide
Uses of Wood Exhibit: Bald-cypress (3.34388)
Date: September 4 1974Creator: Stickney, William S.
Type: Photographic image
Description:A diorama from the Uses of Wood exhibit, depicting an example of how bald-cypress wood is used in items such as shutters and siding.
Extent: 1 slide
The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 01 No. 02 (3.34463)
Date: June 21 – September 20 1965Type: Serial
Description:
- Meeting the Shade Problem: Selective Plant Material Suitable for Growing in Shade (1-6)
- The Art of Jens Jensen, Landscape Architect (7)
- Ostrya virginiana (Mill.) K. Koch. Ironwood, American Hornbeam: (Betulaceae) Birch Family (8-9)
- The Control of Some Summer Insect Pests (10-11)
- The May T. Watts Reading Garden (12-14)
- Arboretum News and Notes/ Climatological Summary (14-16)
Extent: 16 pages
The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 04 No. 01 (3.34562)
Date: March 21 – June 20 1968Type: Serial
Description:
- Trilliums for Midwestern Wild Gardens (1-8)
- Arboretum News and Notes/ Climatological Summary (9, 16)
- A Garden of Printers’ Flowers (10-13)
- Shadbush, Allegheny Shadblow, Serviceberry, Juneberry, Amelanchier laevis: Rose Family (Rosaceae) (14-15)
Extent: 16 pages
The Morton Arboretum 50th anniversary standalone or traveling exhibit, facing Collections panel (3.3577)
Date: 1972Type: Photographic image
Description:The Morton Arboretum 50th anniversary standalone or traveling exhibit, facing collections panel, created by Nancy Hart and Web Crowley
Set up at the Art Institute of Chicago, Architect's Hall on second floor [?]
Extent: 1 photograph
The Morton Arboretum 50th anniversary standalone or traveling exhibit, Sterling Morton Library panel (3.3578)
Date: 1972Type: Photographic image
Description:The Morton Arboretum 50th anniversary standalone or traveling exhibit, Sterling Morton Library panel, created by Nancy Hart and Web Crowley
Set up at the Art Institute of Chicago, Architect's Hall on second floor [?]
Extent: 1 photograph
The Morton Arboretum 50th anniversary standalone or traveling exhibit, photographs panel (3.3579)
Date: 1972Type: Photographic image
Description: The Morton Arboretum 50th anniversary standalone or traveling exhibit, photographs panel, created by Nancy Hart and Web Crowley
Set up at the Art Institute of Chicago, Architect's Hall on second floor [?]
Extent: 1 photograph
The Morton Arboretum 50th anniversary standalone or traveling exhibit, facing photograph panel (3.3580)
Date: 1972Type: Photographic image
Description: The Morton Arboretum 50th anniversary standalone or traveling exhibit, facing photograph panel, created by Nancy Hart and Web Crowley
Set up at the Art Institute of Chicago, Architect's Hall on second floor [?]
Extent: 1 photograph