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
Arbor Lodge, exterior view from lawn (3.3239)
Date: 1906 – 1923Type: Photographic image
Description:Arbor Lodge, exterior view from lawn
Extent: 1 photograph
Arbor Lodge gardens and surrounding landscape, unpaved road lined with trees, farm on right (3.3254)
Date: 1906 – 1923Type: Photographic image
Description:Arbor Lodge gardens and surrounding landscape, unpaved road lined with trees, farm on right
Extent: 1 photograph
Memorial dedication in honor of J. Sterling Morton at Arbor Lodge, President Grover Cleveland with Adlai Stevenson of Illinois, Hilary A. Herbert, Gov. Francis of Missouri (3.3724)
Date: October 28 1905Type: Photographic image
Description:Memorial dedication in honor of J. Sterling Morton at Arbor Lodge, President Grover Cleveland with Adlai Stevenson of Illinois, Hilary A. Herbert, Gov. Francis of Missouri (left to right)
Extent: 1 photograph
Jane Morton with two dogs in front of Morton residence construction at Thornhill (3.38578)
Date: 1909 – 1910Type: Photographic image
Description:Jane Morton, daughter of Mark Morton, with two dogs in front of Morton residence construction at Thornhill
Extent: 1 negative
Our Policies: McKinley's Splendid Speech at Buffalo Exposition (3.47594)
Date: September 1901Type: Document
Jeffersonia Diphylla (3.24637)
Date: 20th centuryCreator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Large illustration of a Twinleaf plant with detailed views of seed pods, seed, stamen, and pistil details with identifying text. Background images include Monticello at center left, and silhouettes of two small scenes at top right, the top showing a man giving a lecture or speech with the word "Poter" or "Peter" partially erased, the bottom showing a man and a women planting or gardening.
Illustrations as depicted from left to right:
- 2 stamens, one closed, one opened
- 1 pistil
- 1 large illustration of Twinleaf with three sets of leaves and 1 flower
- 1 seed-pod closed
- 1 seed-pod open
- 1 seed
Extent: 1 sheet
Arbor Lodge, exterior view from lawn (3.3240)
Date: 1906 – 1923Type: Photographic image
Description:Arbor Lodge, exterior view from lawn
Extent: 1 photograph
Arbor Lodge gardens and surrounding landscape, unpaved road through wooded area (3.3255)
Date: 1906 – 1923Type: Photographic image
Description:Arbor Lodge gardens and surrounding landscape, unpaved road through wooded area
Extent: 1 photograph
Memorial dedication in honor of J. Sterling Morton at Arbor Lodge, President Grover Cleveland giving dedication speech (3.3725)
Date: October 28 1905Type: Photographic image
Description:Memorial dedication in honor of J. Sterling Morton at Arbor Lodge, President Grover Cleveland giving dedication speech
Extent: 1 photograph
Arbor Lodge, rotunda portico leading out to garden (3.3241)
Date: 1906 – 1923Type: Photographic image
Description:Arbor Lodge, rotunda portico leading out to garden
Extent: 1 photograph
Memorial dedication in honor of J. Sterling Morton at Arbor Lodge, ceremony attendees, President Grover Cleveland on right (3.3726)
Date: October 28 1905Type: Photographic image
Description:Memorial dedication in honor of J. Sterling Morton at Arbor Lodge, ceremony attendees, President Grover Cleveland on right
Extent: 1 photograph
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
Arbor Lodge remodeling construction, house with rotundas framing erected, carriage and two men in front (3.3215)
Date: 1903Type: Photographic image
Description:Arbor Lodge remodeling construction, house with rotundas framing erected, carriage and two men in front
Extent: 1 photograph
Arbor Lodge gardens and surrounding landscape, intersecting walking paths (3.3242)
Date: 1906 – 1923Type: Photographic image
Description:Arbor Lodge gardens and surrounding landscape, intersecting walking paths
Extent: 1 photograph
Memorial dedication in honor of J. Sterling Morton at Arbor Lodge, formal group portrait in front of rotunda (3.32806)
Date: October 28 1905Type: Photographic image
Description:Memorial dedication in honor of J. Sterling Morton at Arbor Lodge, formal group portrait in front of rotunda including President & Mrs.Cleveland
Extent: 1 photograph
Memorial dedication in honor of J. Sterling Morton at Arbor Lodge, view of large crowd from podium (3.3727)
Date: October 28 1905Type: Photographic image
Description:Memorial dedication in honor of J. Sterling Morton at Arbor Lodge, view of large crowd from podium
Extent: 1 photograph
Arbor Lodge remodeling construction, house with rotundas framing erected, workmen in front (3.3216)
Date: 1903Type: Photographic image
Description:Arbor Lodge remodeling construction, house with rotundas framing erected, workmen in front
Extent: 1 photograph
Arbor Lodge gardens and surrounding landscape, walking path toward garden arbor (3.3243)
Date: 1906 – 1923Type: Photographic image
Description:Arbor Lodge gardens and surrounding landscape, walking path toward garden arbor
Extent: 1 photograph
Aerial view of Arbor Lodge (3.3290)
Date: 20th centuryCreator: Savage, John S.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Aerial view of Arbor Lodge
Extent: 1 photograph
Memorial dedication in honor of J. Sterling Morton at Arbor Lodge, view from crowd looking toward podium (3.3728)
Date: October 28 1905Type: Photographic image
Description:Memorial dedication in honor of J. Sterling Morton at Arbor Lodge, view from crowd looking toward podium
Extent: 1 photograph
Arbor Lodge gardens and surrounding landscape, walking path along pruned hedges (3.3244)
Date: 1906 – 1923Type: Photographic image
Description:Arbor Lodge gardens and surrounding landscape, walking path along pruned hedges
Extent: 1 photograph
J. Sterling Morton Monument at Arbor Lodge (3.3291)
Date: 1905Type: Photographic image
Description:J. Sterling Morton Monument at Arbor Lodge
Extent: 1 photograph
Memorial dedication in honor of J. Sterling Morton at Arbor Lodge, wood nymph statue holding sapling (3.3729)
Date: October 28 1905Type: Photographic image
Description:Memorial dedication in honor of J. Sterling Morton at Arbor Lodge, wood nymph statue holding sapling
Extent: 1 photograph
Oriental printing, fantasy and art papers / imported and stocked by Andrews/Nelson/Whitehead, Inc. (3.23401)
Date: 20th centuryType: Book
Extent: [1] leaf, [4] p., [120] leaves : samples, some color 10 x 21 cm.
Arbor Lodge gardens and surrounding landscape, J. Sterling Morton memorial area (3.3245)
Date: 1906 – 1923Type: Photographic image
Description:Arbor Lodge gardens and surrounding landscape, J. Sterling Morton memorial area
Extent: 1 photograph
Morton Residence at Thornhill, exterior, construction, with two men sitting in foreground (3.3395)
Date: 1909 – 1910Type: Photographic image
Description:Morton Residence at Thornhill, exterior, construction, with two men sitting in foreground
Five little windows are in North side of dining room. Front entrance, built later, was to right where scaffolding is.
Extent: 1 photograph
Some Gardens in the Middle West (3.67176)
Date: 1908Creator: Jensen, Jens
Type: Article
Description:This article can be made available at the Sterling Morton Library. To make an appointment, contact the Sterling Morton Library staff by following the link here.
Extent: 3 pages
Arbor Lodge gardens and surrounding landscape, garden area (3.3246)
Date: 1906 – 1923Type: Photographic image
Description:Arbor Lodge gardens and surrounding landscape, garden area
Extent: 1 photograph
Arbor Lodge mansion, side view from lawn (3.3733)
Date: 1902Type: Photographic image
Description:Arbor Lodge mansion, side view from lawn
Extent: 1 photograph
Morton Salt Company Newspaper Clippings Scrapbook (3.44172)
Date: 1900sType: Book
Description:This scrapbook contains clippings from various newspapers from 1900 through 1909. The clippings are related to the Morton Salt Company.
Extent: 1 scrapbook
Arbor Lodge interior (prior to 1903 remodeling) (3.3203)
Date: 1855 – 1902Type: Photographic image
Description:Arbor Lodge interior (prior to 1903 remodeling)
Extent: 1 photograph
Memorial dedication in honor of J. Sterling Morton at Arbor Lodge, formal group portrait in front of rotunda (3.3222)
Date: October 28 1905Type: Photographic image
Description:Memorial dedication in honor of J. Sterling Morton at Arbor Lodge, formal group portrait in front of rotunda including President & Mrs.Cleveland
35 people numbered in picture, 29 identified in 1940
Extent: 1 photograph
Arbor Lodge gardens and surrounding landscape, garden path (3.3247)
Date: 1906 – 1923Type: Photographic image
Description:Arbor Lodge gardens and surrounding landscape, garden path
Extent: 1 photograph