1953/09/16: Sterling Morton to The Trustees of the Morton Arboretum (3.101894)
Date: December 14 1954Creator: Morton, Sterling
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Sterling Morton to the Trustees of the Morton Arboretum.
The architectural firm of Holabird & Root & Burgee are working on an addition to the Administration Building, to include laboratories, offices, and an adjoining propagating greenhouse. He feels this would be a suitable memorial to our late Chairman. Feeling that the active members of the Board of Trustees should in addition to their general duties, have special interest in particular phases of the work I am appointing committees as follows: Finances and Investments: Mr. King and Mr. Zurcher - Grounds, Roads, Plantings. etc. : Mr. Peterkin and Mr. Zurcher - Building and House Committee: Mrs. Zurcher and Mr. Baker. The duties of the first two committees are, of course, obvious. The third committee will have general supervision of the furnishings, decoration, etc. of the Administration and Thornhill Buildings. In addition, it will from time to time inspect all other buildings of the Arboretum, make recommendations on their usefulness. maintenance, repairs, etc. It will also be its province to recommend new structures, if needed, and to consult on the design thereof.
He welcomes recommendations of a suitable person to fill the vacancy of Chairman, and he spells out the qualifications to include residence in the Chicago area and interest in the basic objectives of the Arboretum.
Extent: 2 sheets
1954/01/09: Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.101906)
Date: January 9 1954Creator: Morton, Sterling
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk. He would like copies of past articles so that there is no repetition. [For Mrs. Morton's article for the local Garden Club], telling about projected new work would not repeat past ideas. He discusses the differences in equipment: Skilsaw, Porter-Cable cutter or Schiller-Pfeiffer Little Wonder Clippers for trimming hedges. Thanks for the pines for his Lake Forest place. If Mrs. Zurcher wants some too, he will take care of the bill. Morton is glad that Godshalk likes the binoculars.
Extent: 2 sheets
1954/01/19: Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.101907)
Date: January 19 1954Creator: Morton, Sterling
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk. He discusses in detail his thoughts on a proposed demonstration ground for garden equipment. He suggests 50-100 acres. The next step is to ask the Manufacturers Association to determine the numbers for roto-tilling, row planting, hedge trimming, etc. The demonstrations would be popular and a big draw for Morton Arboretum. Tents, pavilions, food concessions would be likely handled by the Manufacturers Association. Entry fees should cover the expenses and a reasonable amount for upkeep between the twice yearly demonstrations. He's pleased that Crowley and Tyznik are helping with the administrative burden. He likes the Porter-Cable clipper for heavier branches. He'll keep the Skilsaw for lighter trimming. He's "enthusiastic about the garden instrument demo," thinking that this practical work is worth more to our population than any number of learned digests on plant genetics.
Extent: 3 sheets
1954/01/23: Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.101909)
Date: January 23 1954Creator: Morton, Sterling
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Sterling Morton to Clarence E Godshalk. Morton comments on Godshalk's very detailed January 14, 1954 letter. He is concerned that the list is too broad for the size of the present staff and equipment. Some projects might better fall to colleges or governmental experiment stations. he approves of the lawn project, to benefit golf courses and parks. Newton Drury, former head of the National Park System, now in charge of Beaches and Parks in California, visited. He mentioned other Californians working on developing smaller varieties of better known trees, suggesting some collaboration. He mentions the Porter-Cable trimmer, generator and a small cart to hook behind the tractor to move the generator.
Extent: 3 sheets
1954/01/28: The Morton Arboretum to Sterling Morton (3.101908)
Date: January 28 1954Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Document
Description:Itemized bill from Morton Arboretum to Sterling Morton for moving 11 large red pine with frozen balls from Arboretum to Lake Forest. Includes labor, gas and meals = $197.11.
Extent: 1 sheet
1954/02/02: Clarence E. Godshalk to Sterling Morton (3.101910)
Date: February 2 1954Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Clarence E. Godshalk to Sterling Morton. He further explains the plans for Research Projects and the numbering framework they established to index the projects. It was purposely very broad to accommodate future ideas and plans. He cites examples, hinting at the possible future need for a plant pathologist on staff. They are experimenting with various rates of root cutting and girdling on ash, red oaks, and white oaks, also factoring in a variety of sizes of new holes for transplanting. He looks forward to hearing from Mr. Drury about California tree research. He details their plans for a small Field Day Project to encompass the Chicago area. Winter classes are being taught by Mrs. Watts, Nordine, Kammerer, Tyznik and Godshalk, with 175 attendees on Monday. Using Arboretum men, they planted 11 pine trees at his Lake Forest property, with more planned for Spring. Ted Smith asked for $3.50 for the planting work. A temporary workroom for Crowley and Tyznik was created at South Farm. Godshalk would like to purchase for his Wisconsin cabin, the 1929 Ford, and a small water heater and the heatilator that were salvaged from the old cottage in the bird sanctuary.
Extent: 3 sheets
1954/02/04: Marion George to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.101911)
Date: February 4 1954Creator: George, Marion
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Marion George, secretary to Sterling Morton, apologizing for the error in transcription that was made in a letter to Mr. McClave of The Northern Trust, which Godshalk was copied on. In Santa Barbara, Mr. Morton uses a SoundScriber and the letters are transcribed and mailed from Chicago. The original letter was wrongly transcribed by Marion George. It implied that Morton thought the gingko tree was related to the locust tree. Morton caught the error and wanted to preserve his reputation as a botanist.
Extent: 1 sheet
1954/02/08: C. E. Godshalk to J. Hopkins Smith, Jr. (3.85943)
Date: February 8 1954Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from C. E. Godshalk to J. Hopkins Smith, Jr. thanking him for the tree he donated in memory of Jean Morton Cudahy. It has been labeled: "Planted in memory of Mrs. Joseph M. Cudahy by J. Hopkins Smith, Jr. and has been planted near Thornhill.
Extent: 1 sheet
1954/02/10: Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.101912)
Date: February 10 1954Creator: Morton, Sterling, George, Marion
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk. He was relieved by Godshalk's clarification of the Research Projects. It seems a well thought out plan. He offers suggestions on road construction data to be kept. Miss George sent you draft copies of the articles he is writing for Mrs. Zurcher's proposed book, and requests any comments. He agrees that keeping the Field Day Tests for Small Equipment should be kept small for the Chicago area only. He suggests $25 for Godshalk to pay for the old water heater, truck chassis and Heatolator for Godshalk's cabin in Wisconsin. For the 1929 Ford, Morton suggests that it might have more future utility than the $10 from selling it for scrap. He thanks him for installing the pines in Lake Forest and paying Arboretum men instead of the expense of professional tree men. In the spring add as many more pines as necessary, including at Mrs. Zurcher's property. He is pleased that the classes are doing so well. He suggests exploring a schedule and staff compensation to add more classes than one night. He and Mrs. Morton went to Palm Springs to "bake out our virus infection," but they felt worse. So they cancelled the first part of their trip around the world until they are well.
The cover note from Miss George to Godshalk indicates that the articles Morton wants Godshalk to review are attached.
Extent: 3 sheets
1954/02/11: Clarence E. Godshalk to Sterling Morton (3.84471)
Date: February 11 1954Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Although Godshalk has received drawing of the proposed planting at the James C. King Home, he has not had time to study it and will write to Mr. Mc Clave after studying it. The note which Mr. Morton received from Mr. Nordine is part of a stationery packet with sketches by Mrs. Watts of four Arboretum views now sold at the Arboretum for one dollar. Working on research project to study planting around hedges; testing will be done on distance of plants, trimming and fertilizing hedges. Cultivating to be done in and around plants or beds to avoid washing on a hillside. Wants to get testing areas properly developed this year and would hold Field Day next year when better prepared for a more successful event. Received Porter-Cable hedgeshears and will cut hedges in dormant stage; will report to Mr. Morton after one month's use. Also checked with Mr. Waland about the chain jumping the track; Mr. Weland will check with the factory to find a possible remedy.
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1954/02/17: C. E. Godshalk to Sterling Morton (3.84470)
Date: February 17 1954Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from C. E. Godshalk to Sterling Morton saying he will take a look at the James King Home for men, then write to Mr. McClave. Due to the mild weather they have been getting, they may be able to do some planting in sod areas. Tyznik, Crowley and Godshalk have started a research project at the old Duel Farm to show people how they can handle woodland properties—keeping one naturalistic, the other one semi-natural. He describes the land around his vacation home in Wisconsin. He looks forward to getting away from people for a while and relax there. He believes Morton covered the subject very well for the proposed booklet. Mrs. Cudahy and the Simonds children believe that the general plan of the Arboretum was worked out by Mr. Simonds. However, Godshalk says not much of the present Arboretum layout is related to Simonds’ original plan. He is enclosing a plan with the things Simonds planned marked in red. Godshalk recalls the spring of 1922 when Simonds shipped 138, 000 plants to the Arboretum without a single planting plan to work with. Simonds plans were for a beautiful park, not an Arboretum. Teuscher, Kammerer and Godshalk all had more to do with the present day Arboretum layout than did Simonds. Godshalk has kept an accurate diary of the Arboretum’s development. Simonds was ultimately fired by Joy Morton.
Extent: 3 sheets
1954/02/20: Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.101914)
Date: February 20 1954Creator: Morton, Sterling
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk. He approves of the planting and research project. He suggests that for demonstrations the Barberry and Amur Privet hedges are more affordable than the superior Japanese yew. Seeding new farmland will help when visitors eventually walk the property. Delay of an equipment demonstration is a good idea. He suggests a nursery of plants and seedlings that could be cultivated by mechanical means that would provide replacements and for future land planting at an economical price. He is waiting for information from Winpower about the problems he is having with the motor. He is enclosing a dollar and requests a package of the note card with Mrs. Watt's sketches. He is charmed by them and will use them for short notes and maybe Christmas cards. He and Mrs. Morton have suffered with a virus infection. Because of that they cancelled their trip around the world. They will come to Chicago in March and then go to Europe, and then to the International Chamber of Commerce meeting in Tokyo in the spring.
Extent: 2 sheets
1954/02/23: Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.101752)
Date: February 23 1954Creator: Morton, Sterling
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk. He is thanking Godshalk for clarifying his father's relationship with Mr. Simonds. He will make minor reference to him in the article that he is revising. Instead, he will spend greater time on Professor Sargent, who cautioned against Morton Arboretum becoming a private park rather than "carrying out its basic purpose." He approves the clearing out of some woods for a homesite, as a demonstration project.
Extent: 1 sheet
1954/02/23: Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.101915)
Date: February 23 1954Creator: Morton, Sterling
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk. For the article he is revising, he will mention the impact that Professor Sargent had on his father and the Arboretum plans. He acknowledges that his father and Mr. Symonds disagreed on some matters, and so will place less emphasis on that contribution. He notes that Sargent cautioned Joy Morton against creating a private park, but to keep in mind the basic purpose. He feels the idea of clearing out some woods to create a demonstration home site will have "extreme value to the people in our general region."
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1954/02/24: Clarence E. Godshalk to Sterling Morton (3.84472)
Date: February 24 1954Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Mrs. Langdon Pearce of Winnetka, would appreciate a note from you, thanking her for her recent gift to the Arboretum. She gave us a collection of butterflies and moths of about a thousand different kinds; This collection is housed in a very fine cherry cabinet. She also gave two expensively-bound volumes of butterfly plates and descriptions by Mr. S. F. Denton. These are both valuable additions to our nature education equipment. I have written to her to thank her and to tell her that he is having a label made to show that it was a gift from her. Lewis C. Weber of Chicago was granted permission to photograph mushrooms and lichens in the Arboretum provided that he gives duplicates of his slides to the Arboretum; recently he has sent us 109 slides, all labeled which we will use in our education programs. Mr. Ed Baker, who was here to look at some re-decorating to be done in the Administration Building, told me you'd be here in March; I hope to see you then.
Extent: 2 sheets
1954/03/13: Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.101916)
Date: March 13 1954Creator: Morton, Sterling
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk. For his revised article, he questions the spelling of Mr. Symonds, and learns that the correct name is O. C. Simonds. He's open to any other corrections for the article from Godshalk or the Trustees. He is glad to know that Godshalk met with Mr. McClave in Evanston [concerning the Morton Medical Research Building under construction at Northwestern University]. He describes in detail the turbo-charged DC-7 they flew from Los Angeles to Chicago.
Extent: 1 sheet
1954/03/15: Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.101917)
Date: March 15 1954Creator: Morton, Sterling
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk. Confirming phone conversation. He is giving very detailed directions for digging holes and planting trees, with requests for involving Victor Zurcher in the plan [at their Lake Forest property, still in the planning stage. The Zurchers are neighbors.]
Extent: 1 sheet
1954/04/23: Donald Wyman to Sir [E. Lowell Kammerer] (3.64468)
Date: April 23 1954Type: Document
Description:Generic letter from Wyman requesting any information about the receiver's Malus trees and edits for the revisal of the Malus publication.
Extent: 1 page
1954/06/09: Sterling Morton to C. E. Godshalk (3.84473)
Date: June 9 1954Creator: Morton, Sterling
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Sterling Morton to C. E. Godshalk telling him Morton sat at the same table as Alderman John J. Hoellen at the luncheon in honor of Emperor Haile Selassie. Hoellen is extremely enthusiastic about the Arboretum; he and his wife visit frequently. Morton suggested Hoellen stop by the Administration Building for a little special attention the next time he visits. Haile Selassie is a man of enormous dignity, aristocratic appearance, and gives the impression of great strength of character--as do his grandson and granddaughter.
Extent: 1 sheet
1954/06/15: Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.101922)
Date: June 15 1954Creator: Morton, Sterling
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk. After their recent meeting, he feels he has a better understanding of things. Ed Baker is finishing up the Johnson and Lacey projects, except one detail which must go in the deed, preventing the possibility of erecting buildings on the right-of-way except with the approval of the Board of Trustees. He wants to stake out locations for a dozen more pine trees. He has determined the house location and will have the old road taken out.
Extent: 1 sheet
1954/06/18: Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.101923)
Date: June 18 1954Creator: Morton, Sterling
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk. Enclosed are copies of the remarks made by the participants [at the Cornerstone-laying ceremony for the Morton Medical Research Building at Northwestern University.] Please keep them in the Arboretum file. It was nice to see Mrs. Barnet and Mrs Cutten there, in spite of the extreme heat.
Extent: 1 sheet
1954/06/20 : Clarence E. Godshalk to Sterling Morton (3.101924)
Date: June 20 1954Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Detailed letter from Clarence E. Godshalk to Sterling Morton in Santa Barbara. He lists in detail the budget and expenses of the first 9 months, ending June 30, with projections of expense needs for the final 3 months of the year. Details concerning the Labor Budget, Grounds Committee, House Committee, Road Committee, Fence Fund to finish fencing the entire Arboretum property, Staff Travel expenses for Nordine, Kammerer, Eickhorst, and Watts, and the Chairman's Fund. He suggested working with Public Service and Dr. Tehon of the Natural History Survey, and Dr. Mills and Dr. Decker on a mutually beneficial plan to exchange fencing for maintenance for security and fire protection access.
Extent: 4 sheets
1954/07/07: Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.101925)
Date: July 7 1954Creator: Morton, Sterling
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk. In the Holabird & Root project for the greenhouse and workroom, Morton questions what is included in the estimate. He suggests that Godshalk try to do as much of the paving, flagstone and other masonry work with local stonemasons to keep it out of both Holabird & Root and the general contractor's percentages. He hopes they are able to get started soon to finish before winter. He related that the general contractor for the Morton Medical
Research Building at Northwestern University found Holabird & Root so precise and exacting that contractors needed to bid higher when they were involved. For a long-term university building, that amount of precise detail was a good thing, he agreed. They are having lovely weather in Santa Barbara.
Extent: 2 sheets
1954/08/03: C. E. Godshalk to Sterling Morton (3.84474)
Date: August 3 1954Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from C. E. Godshalk to Sterling Morton enclosing some bills for plants purchased for Morton for his Lake Forest home. Ed Baker says that the deeds have been turned over for the Lacey and Johnson lands, so they will be able to begin work on them. He is happy they have worked out the plans for a cooperative arrangement with the Natural History Survey and for getting the laboratory and greenhouse additions underway. Ed had talked to Mrs. Zurcher about the houses. The Arboretum looks exceptionally well for this time of year.
Extent: 1 sheet
1954/08/18: Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.101926)
Date: August 18 1954Creator: Morton, Sterling
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk, thanking him for taking care of the Lake Forest plants. He's glad to see Mr. Baker is back from his ranch in Wyoming. Now that the Lacey and Johnson lands are clear Godshalk can begin to work on them. "It will be interesting to see what comes back in the way of underbrush in the Johnson woods which have been so heavily pastured for so many years." The fall classes look very interesting. Mrs. Watts is 'most ingenious.' Please keep on Mrs. Zurcher and Mr. Baker on the building program. He compares flights on several airplanes.
Extent: 2 sheets
1954/08/23: Donald Wyman to Sir [E. Lowell Kammerer] (3.64467)
Date: August 23 1954Type: Document
Description:Generic letter asking for Malus species records on receiver's property to help create a master list.
Extent: 1 page
1954/08/26: C. E. Godshalk to Sterling Morton (3.84475)
Date: August 26 1954Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from C. E. Godshalk to Sterling Morton updating him on events at the Arboretum. Mrs. Zurcher has approved the plans for the window at Thornhill and the plaques, describing them to Morton. The housing is at a standstill. They applied the grub control at the correct time. He also plans to treat for weeds. They are patching the roads, and he hopes to get approval from Ed on the method of handling their fencing program along the new land. They will not be attending the Shade Tree Conference in Atlantic City this year. Kammerer and Eickhorst ate taking the station wagon and going on a collecting and study trip out east. Mrs. Watts wants to go to a conservation meeting at Louis Bromfield's place. These trips should about use up their travel fund for the year. He discusses a possible treatment plan for fire blight and the sick elms. He proposes a fix for the porch roof of his house.
Extent: 3 sheets
1954/09/07: Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.101928)
Date: September 7 1954Creator: Morton, Sterling
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk. His recent medical tests confirm that he is in good health. He received the revised plan from Holabird & Root for the laboratories, etc, leaving the artistic end to Mrs. Zurcher. The butternut panel will look better than the bronze one. He is pleased that the Building Commission has dropped the idea of pre-fab houses, instead going for a solid masonry build, which will reduce future maintenance. He used Chlordane to keep frogs away from the residence. He's looking for suggestions to keep down the crabgrass in California. He's pleased with the progress on fencing. He comments on the possible use of salt on plants to treat diseases, but waits for Dr. Tehon's results. He urges Godshalk to attend conferences and meetings himself, to keep up with arboreta trends. He approves of changing off the new roof at Godshalk's house to the Chairman's Fund. He offers political comments on China, US and France.
Extent: 3 sheets
1954/09/09: C. E. Godshalk to Sterling Morton (3.84476)
Date: September 9 1954Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from C. E. Godshalk to Sterling Morton. Godshalk, Ed Baker, Mr. and Mrs. Zurcher, and Mr. Ward met to go over the building plans. He summarizes the results of the discussion about the housing project for staff. He shares their proposed plan for the Arboretum to update the border of the Arboretum and for the Arboretum to cease farming, renting out any remaining farm land. White, their present farm foreman, would like to rent the land while remaining an employee of the Arboretum, with time off to plant and harvest. Extending the Arboretum boundaries will save on taxes. Godshalk plans to tear down the farm buildings. Tony (Tyznik) and Godshalk will have a plan drawn up by the Trustees meeting showing the recommended new boundaries of the Arboretum. He will do his best to get something lined up for the purchase of the Yackley, Herboth, McMahon, and Jones lands. Cases of Dutch elm disease have been reported in Aurora and Highland Park. He has arranged for Dr. Tehon or one of his men to speak at two meetings for professionals in the Chicago area about how to recognize Dutch elm disease and oak wilt and prevent their spread. They will demonstrate how to treat the trees. The Arboretum will also have exhibits showing how to recognize symptoms of these diseases and will give out sheets on control measures for visitors.
Extent: 3 sheets
1954/09/18: Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.101929)
Date: September 18 1954Creator: Morton, Sterling
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk. He describes their recent driving trip to several National Parks. He approves of the plan to build solid housing along the east side of the road. Keeping the research laboratory in a central location is best. He is in favor of closing out the farm operation, and to taking down the dairy barn near Thornhill. He asks the condition of cottages near Thornhill. "Renting out land not used for Arboretum purposes is a definite way of establishing which of our lands should be tax-exempt and which should not be." This is in spite of neighbors objections to more land on the tax-exempt rolls. He trusts Godshalk to determine if White would make a good tenant. By his return to Chicago in October, he expects that Godshalk should know which of the lands should be declared as permanent Arboretum property. "Please get those other pieces of land bought. Don't let your thrifty streak guide you." He's sorry to see that Dutch elm disease and oak wilt are now in Chicago. He fears that people won't have the courage or money to control. it.
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1954/09/22: C. E. Godshalk to Sterling Morton (3.84477)
Date: September 22 1954Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from C. E. Godshalk to Sterling Morton stating he recalls that Morton preferred the house project plan where it ultimately ended up at South Farm. He will send Morton a copy of the plan. He prepared a map of the proposed changes for Ed (Baker) and his committee to present to the rest of the trustees. Proposals include:
Selling two parcels of land to Mr. Scott to straighten out the north boundary of the Arboretum.
Henry White will lease the rest of the available farm land for $12 per acre. He will remain a full-time Arboretum employee, and his son-in-law, who is a farmer, will work on the land with him.
Godshalk ordered a new Ford tractor with a back hoe on the back. It cost $5460. He details how they will use the new piece of equipment.
He will send Morton a map showing the following:
New staff houses
Four labor houses and who will live in them. The South Farm house should be torn down and two more labor houses will be needed.
If four more labor houses are built in 1956, they can clean up four old houses.
They will tear down the farm buildings and the big old South Farm house, and he propose building a new shop.
The Herboths at one time said they would deed their land to the Arboretum at their deaths. Herboth bought the Yackley land. Ed Baker proposes that the trustees buy both pieces of property now, giving the Herboth’s a life lease. Herboth and his wife seem agreeable to that proposal but want some time to think it over. Godshalk would like them to sell the Arboretum the Yackley property outright and keep the life lease on their current property. They are still working on purchasing the Jones and McMahon properties.
Godshalk would like to use the Lisle Farms operation bank balance for the improvements at South Farm.
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1954/09/24: John C. Wister to E. Lowell Kammerer (3.64928)
Date: September 28 1954Creator: Wister, Dr. John C.
Type: Document
Description:The correspondence regards E. Lowell Kammerer's appointment to Chairman of the Education Committee by John C. Wister.
Extent: 1 page
1954/09/27: Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.101930)
Date: September 27 1954Creator: Morton, Sterling
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk. He comments at length on various ongoing projects. He approves the sale to Mr. Scott of the lands and 2 buildings north of the quarter section line. He approves tearing down unnecessary farm buildings, but will discuss in more detail when they meet on October 20. He approves the transfer of equipment from Lisle Farms which the Arboretum can use, and to keep 3 men on the Lisle Farms payroll until clean up is completed next March. He approves of the general project for 12 houses, including a well, which should be located and dug as soon as possible. He is prepared to enter into an arrangement with the Herboths which would give the Arboretum their property and the Ackley property. He has signed the proposal from Lord & Burham, which can proceed. He likes the new Ford tractor which could save labor costs if properly operated and maintained. He approves of the suggested arrangement with White and his son in law. White is of more value to the Arboretum than doing the farming. He is glad that Ed is working to acquire the McMahan property and the Jones property. He offers the suggestion that they might consider selling some of the outlying properties to raise the money. Any balance in the Lisle Farms account should go toward cleaning up South Farm. He comments on politics in Washington.
Extent: 3 sheets
1954/09/28: Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.101931)
Date: September 28 1954Creator: Morton, Sterling
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk. The only commission that Mr. Ward should receive from the greenhouse would be if he places a contract for stone work. Mr. Morton met a man named Hubbert in his Santa Barbara Sears store who used to live in Downers Grove. The man worked at the Plymouth dealership and remembered selling cars to Godshalk.
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1954/09/28: Sterling Morton to Holabird & Root & Burgee (3.101927)
Date: August 28 1954Creator: Morton, Sterling
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Sterling Morton to Holabird & Root & Burgee. He received the preliminary drawings covering the new bronze memorial panel for the lobby of the Administration Building, new marble memorial panel for the Thornhill House entrance lobby, drawings of new metal frames for doors and windows on the south wall of the main room of Thornhill House, and also suggested reroofing on the porch of the Godshalk residence. He thinks double pane windows at Thornhill should reduce the cost of heating. He offers suggestion for changes for the doors and transoms. The plastic roof on the porch at Godshalk residence will let in more light than canvas would. Copies sent to Godshalk and Mrs. Zurcher. If Mrs. Zurcher has comments on the memorial panels he will consider them.
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1954/10/02: Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.101932)
Date: October 2 1954Creator: Morton, Sterling
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk. He likes the plan for changes at South Farm. He wants to inspect the residence to determine if it should be torn down. He wonders whether the old greenhouse could be salvaged as an auxiliary to the new greenhouse. Will the demolition yield usable lumber for the alterations in the service section? On Assessment Plat #1 of 34 acres, he feels there are too many lots, and he suggests that 24 lots is a better size, with the fire reservoir in the "park and play area". He is interested to see which lots would be for staff houses and which for labor houses. Further discussions when he returns to Chicago.
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