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1988/03/11: Oswald W. Marrin to George Ware (3.100808)
Date: March 11 1988Creator: Marrin, Oswald W.
Type: Document
Description:A letter that provides shipping instructions for elm trees being provided by The Morton Arboretum to Litchfield, CT; the second page is a list of historic trees in Litchfield.
Extent: 2 sheets
1988/02/12: Dan Dinelli to George Ware (3.100809)
Date: February 12 1988Creator: Dinelli, Dan
Type: Document
Description:A request for trees for nursery on the grounds of North Shore Country Club, Glenview, IL.
Extent: 1 sheet
1988/04/28: Mary Keith to George Ware (3.100849)
Date: April 28 1988Creator: Keith, Mary
Type: Document
Description:A note on condition of elms provided by The Morton Arboretum and planted in Anna, IL and Marion, IL; including a photocopy of a photograph of the Anna tree, from Mary Keith of the Anna Garden Club.
Extent: 1 sheet
Morton Arboretum Prairie Restoration Project: 1960-1980, Raymond F. Schulenberg (3.104345)
Date: 1980sCreator: Schulenberg, Ray
Type: Document
Description:A formerly bound series of documents pertaining to the development of the Schulenberg Prairie. The physical copy of the artifact was formerly in a three-ring binder, but has since been placed in acid free folders, organized by the original tabs represented in the binder.
A table of contents for the pdf version provided in this record is as follows:
Before 1962: Pages 1-3
1962: Pages 4-19
1963: Pages 20-69
1964: Pages 70-106
1965: Pages 107-123
1966: Pages 124-125
1967: Pages 126-196
1968: Pages 197-230
1969: Pages 231-246
1970: Pages 247-264
1971: Pages 265-268
1972: Pages 269-275
After 1972: Pages 276-288
After 1980: Pages 289-315
Extent: 315 pages
Des Plaines River Wetlands Demonstration Project: Seed Bank Study (3.106965)
Date: January 1988Creator: Mengler, Jeff
Type: Document
Description:The results of a seed bank study done in 1986 and 1987 on the Des Plaines River in Wadsworth, Lake County, Illinois
Extent: 41 sheets
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Autumn 1988 (3.107034)
Date: 1988Creator: Halperin, Marilyn J.
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Autumn 1988 Branches Newsletter has articles on the following: the drought of 1988 and the Arboretum's efforts of keep up with the watering of newly planted trees and plants; Volunteer Appreciation Night; and the Hatch Meadow Project to plant and monitor test plots of Summit green ash trees in hostile clay soil emulating urban tree growing conditions such as concrete and other pavement. Volunteer opportunities, classes and new volunteers are featured.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of the Morton Arboretum, Spring 1988 (3.107035)
Date: 1988Creator: Stowell, Gladys, Engle, Martha
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Spring 1988 Branches Newsletter contains the following articles: a history of the rare book collection housed on shelves below the library and started by Joy Morton with contributions by Charles Sprague Sargent of the Arnold Arboretum in Boston and later Suzette Davidson; the crab apple collection of 50 species and the Du Page Environmental Awareness Center under the direction of Bill Borden founded to address the rapid growth of Du Page county and address issue such as waste disposal, air and water quality, land use and energy conservation. Volunteer opportunities, classes, trainings, and new volunteers.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Summer 1988 (3.107036)
Date: 1988Creator: Engle, Martha
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Summer 1988 Branches Newsletter contains articles on the following: the origins and history of the Hedge Garden; the Eagle Scouts and others who erected the first bluebird houses at The Morton Arboretum; and the May T. Watts Reading Garden history, design and construction. Volunteer opportunities, classes and events are featured along with a list of new volunteers.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Winter 1988 (3.107037)
Date: 1988Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Winter 1988 Branches Newsletter contains articles on the following: plant identification at The Morton Arboretum including volunteer former welder Joe Jendrzejczyk, who forged the Shepard's hook stakes and taught the technique to Chad Avery, Plant Label Specialist; the running of the switchboard at the Visitor Center Desk by Sharon Lewis and Nancy Tullsen as well as many part-time employees and volunteers; the International Seed Exchange Program started by Ray Schulenberg and continued by Dr. Ware. Volunteer opportunities, classes and events and lists of new and continuing volunteers are included.
Extent: 6 pages
1988/07/12: Rick Hootman to Berm Meeting Attendees (3.108567)
Date: July 12 1988Creator: Hootman, Rick
Type: Document
Description:Notes on issues related to berms discussed at the meeting on 07/12/1988.
Extent: 2 pages
Ernest J. Palmer – The Morton Arboretum Connection (3.10964)
Date: December 21 1987 – March 20 1988Creator: Hess, William J.
Type: Article
The Arboretum’s East Woods: Are They Forever? (3.10965)
Date: December 21 1987 – March 20 1988Type: Article
Save This Program from Extinction (3.10966)
Date: December 21 1987 – March 20 1988Creator: Frampton Jr., George T.
Type: Article
Biennial Review of Major Programs 1986/1987 (3.10968)
Date: March 21 – September 20 1988Creator: Hall, Marion Trufant
Type: Article
The Netherlands: Part I: A Planned Country (3.10976)
Date: September 21 – December 20 1988Creator: Lewis, Charles A.
Type: Article
The Emily Rodgers Davis Chair (3.10977)
Date: September 21 – December 20 1988Type: Article
This is My Book IV: L’Heritier de Brutelle’s Stirpes Novae; 1785-1791 (3.10979)
Date: December 21 1988 – March 20 1989Creator: MacPhail, Ian
Type: Article
The Netherlands: Part II: Synthesis (3.10980)
Date: December 21 1988 – March 20 1989Creator: Lewis, Charles A.
Type: Article
Julian Steyermark’s Arboretum Connection (3.10981)
Date: December 21 1988 – March 20 1989Creator: Clark, Ross C.
Type: Article
Events, News, & Classes: Autumn 1988 (3.113791)
Date: 1988Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Autumn 1988 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as the Chamber Concert Series and an examination of the work of Francois-Andre Michaux. Clarence Godshalk, Director Emeritus of The Morton Arboretum, passed away on April 20, 1988. Daniel Peterkin, Jr., Trustee of The Morton Arboretum and retired Chairman and President of Morton-Norwich Products Inc. died on May 11, 1988. The Library marked its 25th anniversary. Grants were received from the Nalco Foundation, Dr. Ralph and Marian Falk Medical Research Foundation, A. Montgomery Ward Foundation, and The Institute of Museum Services (IMS).
Events, News, & Classes: Spring 1988 (3.113792)
Date: 1988Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Spring 1988 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as the lecture "Cry Havoc! Weeds! (Part 1) and the field seminar "Spring Nature Photography in the Southern Appalachians." The judging for the 1987 Illinois Landscape Architecture Award was held at the Arboretum. The DuPage Environmental Awareness Center (DEAC) was opened to raise environmental awareness in the DuPage County region. Dr. David E. Davis, a noted mammalogist retired after a distinguished career, made a gift to the Arboretum for an endowed research chair, the Emily Rodgers Davis Chair, to accomplish research in plant-animal inter-relationships within the Arboretum and other areas of geographic interest to us.
Events, News, & Classes: Summer 1988 (3.113793)
Date: 1988Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Autumn 1988 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as the program "Cry Havoc! Weeds! (Part 2)" and a field trip to Milwaukee's Botanical Gardens. The construction of Crabapple Lake was announced. Margo Brumis and Beth Robinson joined the Arboretum staff. Ray Schulenberg and Robert Betz received United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) awards.
Events, News, & Classes: Winter 1988 (3.113794)
Date: 1988Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Autumn 1988 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as the lecture "Plant Diseases and Human History" and Valentine projects with pressed flowers. The decision was made to discontinue the Arboretum's maple syrup-making program due to competition from other area events. A portion of the collection was impacted by flooding. Peter Van Der Linden and Gary Irving joined the staff. A grant was received from The Cooperative College Botany Program, and Charles A. Lewis received a special award in recognition of his "outstanding contributions to the founding of the New York City Housing Authority's Garden Competition," and for continuing service to the Authority's ongoing Garden program.
Soil Moisture and Temperature Results on the Morton Arboretum Prairie and Forest Sites for the 1987 and 1988 Growing Seasons (3.114662)
Date: August 24 1988Creator: Altvatter, Kim
Type: Article
Description:The paper discusses soil monitoring conducted during the 1987 and 1988 growing seasons at sites within the Schulenberg Prairie and East Woods of The Morton Arboretum for moisture content, soil temperature, moisture tension and water table depth. Included are procedures, results and analysis.
Extent: 44 pages
PROPOSAL FOR ASSESSMENT OF AND ESTABLISHMENT OF MONITORING PROGRAMS FOR ENDANGERED AND THREATENED SPECIES WITHIN THE LAKE COUNTY FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT (draft) (3.114666)
Date: 1988Creator: Bowles, Marlin L.
Type: Document
Description:Morton Arboretum's response to a request for proposal by the Lake County Forest Preserve District to assess the status of endangered species within properties of Lake County Forest Preserve District to include: maps, descriptions and location of species populations; make recommendations for management of those populations; develop a monitoring program to assess the status of the populations over time.
Extent: 11 pages
Pansy (3.24633)
Date: 20th centuryCreator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Illustration of a large pansy flower and three detail views, including floral diagram, reverse of flower, and center, accompanied by descriptive text. Background sketches along the left side include a house, a heart, and a church, center bottom includes three women and two girls sitting in a circle drinking tea, and center right includes flowers and an elf. Sketches depict various pansy folklore.
Upper left text lists various names this flower goes by - herb trinity, pink of my John, heart's ease, step-mother, kit run in the street, kiss me at the garden gate, cuddle me to you, kiss me quick or PANSY
Top right floral diagram illustration identifies sepal, petal, stamen, pistil, nectar sac
Bottom left illustration (reverse of flower) identifies sepal, petal, nectar sac
Bottom right illustration identifies stigma, pistil and stamens, nectar sac
Extent: 1 sheet
Owl Pellets Galore (3.24640)
Date: 20th centuryCreator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Document
Description:Four pages of type-written text for Owl Pellets Galore by May Theilgaard Watts, an account detailing the process of searching for and examining long-eared owl pellets with Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts.
Accompanied by artwork titled Under the Roost of the Long-Eared Owls.
Extent: 4 sheets
Under the Roost of the Long-Eared Owls (3.24641)
Date: 20th centuryCreator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Four illustrations depicting long-eared owls and their pellets. Captions accompany each individual illustration. The drawings illustrate the story OWL PELLETS GALORE by May Theilgaard Watts, Naturalist at The Morton Arboretum.
Upper left text: UNDER the ROOST of the LONG-EARED OWLS
Illustrations with captions, from left to right, top to bottom:
- Drawing of an owl pellet
- Caption: An owl pellet
- Drawing of forest floor, including rhododendron
- Caption: When rhododendron leaves uncurl we find pellets.
- Drawing of rodent bone findings
- Caption: Each pellet reveals parts of a small rodent.
- Drawing of two owls in a tree
- Caption: They seem to grow taller as we approach.
Extent: 1 sheet
Three Seasons of Bloom in the Prairie (3.24642)
Date: 20th centuryCreator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Illustration of 23 prairie plants shown in a chart formation categorized by Fall, Summer, and Spring from top to bottom, and from high prairie to low prairie from left to right. Identifying text appears beneath each illustration, some of which is on strip of board attached to the bottom with tape.
Header: THREE SEASONS of BLOOM in the PRAIRIE
Text, top right: the individual plants represent colonies of varying sizes
Plants as depicted from top to bottom, left to right:
- Fall
- big bluestem
- blazing star
- Indian grass
- wild rye
- switch grass
- saw-toothed sunflower
- prairie dock
- cord grass
- Summer
- lead plant
- New Jersey tea
- flowering spurge
- stiff goldenrod
- black-eyed Susan
- Culver's root
- tall meadow rue
- Sullivant's milkweed
- Spring:
- bird's-foot violet
- blue-eyed grass
- puccoon
- downy phlox
- wild strawberry
- Canada anemone
- yellow star grass
Extent: 1 sheet
The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 23 No. 04 (3.34526)
Date: December 21 1987 – March 20 1988Type: Serial
Extent: 16 pages
The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 24 No. 01-02 (3.34527)
Date: March 21 – September 20 1988Type: Serial
Extent: 32 pages
The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 24 No. 03 (3.34528)
Date: September 21 – December 20 1988Type: Serial
Extent: 16 pages
The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 24 No. 04 (3.34529)
Date: December 21 1988 – March 20 1989Type: Serial
Extent: 16 pages
South Farm Land Use (3.35374)
Date: December 30 1988Creator: Kelsey, Pat
Type: Plan
Description:March 3, 1989 - South Farm Parking Lot Adjustments
March 6, 1989 - Location Code Data
Extent: 1 sheet
South Farm Land Use (3.35375)
Date: December 30 1988Creator: Kelsey, Pat
Type: Map
Description:Feb. 13, 1989: Survey data added.
Revision
Extent: 1 sheet