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1953/12/08: Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.101903)
Date: December 8 1953Creator: Morton, Sterling
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk. The Board of Trustees decided to make Mrs. Zurcher a joint Vice President along with Mr. Peterkin. Because of Sterling Morton's long absences, it would be good to have both available. He is pleased that she is showing increasing interest in the Arboretum. She is as efficient and resourceful as her late aunt [Jean Morton Cudahy]. She was a favorite of her grandfather [Joy Morton]. Because of Mr. Hamill's move to Asheville, he is willing to resign from the Board. There is already a vacancy on the Board, so Morton is asking what other tasks could be assigned to Hamill, perhaps researching and reporting on Biltmore Forest.
Extent: 2 sheets
Dr. Miller's remarks, Cornerstone-Laying Ceremonies, Morton Medical Research Building, June 15, 1954 3:30 pm. [transcript] (3.101918)
Date: June 15 1954Type: Document
Description:Notes prepared for Dr. Miller to lead the cornerstone-laying ceremonies for the Morton Medical Research Building at Northwestern University. He is pleased that several of Mrs. Morton's friends were in attendance. In turn, he invites the following to speak a few words: Dr. Richard H. Young, Dean of Northwestern University Medical School, Mayor Martin H. Kennelly, Mr. Kenneth F. Burgess, president of the Board of Trustees. The University seeks to support research, teaching and service. This building will help with these missions. Before introducing Sterling Morton, he listed the contents of the cornerstone, which include photos, copies of wills, architectural drawings, newspaper clippings and more. He then handed the trowel to Sterling Morton and invited him to say a few words. Finally, Rev. Walter D. Wagoner, Northwestern University chaplain will deliver the benediction.
Extent: 2 sheets
Kenneth F. Burgess: Remarks on the cornerstone-laying ceremony for the Morton Medical Research Building [transcript] (3.101920)
Date: June 15 1954Type: Document
Description:Remarks made by Kenneth F. Burgess, President of the Board of Trustees on Northwestern University. He detailed the Morton family history, dating back to Holland in the 1600s through the present, noting the achievements and contributions of each generation. He praised Margaret Gray Morton, a former nurse, for funding the Morton Medical Research Building in memory of her late husband, Joy Morton.
Extent: 3 sheets
Sterling Morton [Remarks at the cornerstone-laying ceremony for the Morton Medical Research Building] [transcript] (3.101921)
Date: June 15 1954Creator: Morton, Sterling
Type: Document
Description:Representing his family at the cornerstone-laying ceremony for the Morton Medical Research Building at Northwestern University, Sterling Morton gave praise to Margaret Gray Morton, a nurse, who cared for his mother in her last days and later married his father. In her will Mrs. Morton left funds for a suitable memorial to her late husband, Joy Morton, to be used for medical purposes. He summarized Joy Morton's accomplishments in business and philanthropy, including the Morton Arboretum.
Extent: 2 sheets
Detail of the New WD. Memorial Panel for Administration Building of The Morton Arboretum (3.104346)
Date: August 26 1954Creator: Holabird & Root
Type: Plan
Description:Sheet numbered A-4. Text: This building erected in memory of Joy Morton, founder of The Morton Arboretum. The gift of Jean Morton Cudahy, 1935.
Collection has issuances of sheet A-4 dated August 18 and August 26, 1954.
Extent: 1 sheet
1955/01/04: Sterling Morton to Mary Chapin DuShane (3.104938)
Date: January 4 1955Creator: Morton, Sterling
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Sterling Morton to Mary Chapin DuShane stating that while his father's primary objective in creating the Arboretum was to build an outdoor woody plant museum, he has also, as she has mentioned, created a sanctuary for birds and men--although the birds are better behaved. She will receive some information about the Arboretum in the near future.
Extent: 1 sheet
1956/12/19: Sterling Morton to Edward Westover (3.105006)
Date: December 19 1956Creator: Morton, Sterling
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Sterling Morton to Edward Westover. He thanks Westover for his 26 years of service in helping to bring about the dream his father [Joy Morton] had. He remembers that Westover worked there when his father was alive. He's sure that Westover, among all who knew his father were "impressed by the strength and vigor of his personality."
Extent: 1 sheet
1959/03/27: Sterling Morton to Father Clougherty (Rev. Francis X. Clougherty) (3.105051)
Date: March 27 1959Creator: Morton, Sterling
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Sterling Morton to Father Clougherty of St. Procopius Abbey in Lisle, Illinois. He thanks Father Clougherty for his invitation to visit. He will put it on his agenda when he visits the Arboretum. Through the years he has heard from his father and from Clarence Godshalk of positive visits from faculty and students at the Abbey. They are always welcome. Morton remembers that his father (Joy Morton) "acquired part of the property which is now the Arboretum in the late summer of 1910. I believe the College came in about five or six years later and it was quite visible from the hilltop where the Arboretum's Thornhill Building now stands." He is curious as to how Mr. Jackson Martindell "fits into this picture."
Extent: 1 sheet
1959/05/13: Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.105055)
Date: May 13 1959Creator: Morton, Sterling
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk. He asks Godshalk to take a photo of the Paul Morton portrait in the Arboretum library. He feels that portrait better represents the size and import of the man. He compares him to his father [Joy Morton]. The purchaser of their Lake Forest home would like possession on June 1. He will need to be in New York for The Equitable meeting next week.
Extent: 1 sheet
Arboretum Landscape Teaching Aid Series: Three Norway Spruces (3.19506)
Date: 1940 – 1960Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Primarily textual teaching aid depicting Arboretum landscape. This material describes the three Norway spruce trees planted by Joy Morton, Wirt Morton, and Sterling Morton, including a pasted Arboretum map of their location on the grounds.
Header: THREE Norway Spruces [image of three stylized trees] were planted by THREE Mortons / JOY MORTON / WIRT MORTON / STERLING MORTON
Text and illustrations from top to bottom:
- [Depicted in stylized scroll] THE RECORD: Three Tall Trees [Illustration of three trees] On Forest Road [followed by an arrow pointing downward to map below]
- map: the 3 spruces [arrow pointing downward to spot on map where trees are located, on Forest Road]. Label in lower right: GUIDE MAP of THE MORTON ARBORETUM LISLE, ILLINOIS
- text below map: *these trees are one answer to the ever occurring question: HOW FAST DO TREES GROW?
Extent: 1 sheet
Detail of Bronze Memorial Panel for Administration Building of The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois (3.6253)
Date: August 18 1954Creator: Holabird & Root
Type: Plan
Description:Sheet numbered A-4. Text: This buildng erected in memory of Joy Morton, founder of The Morton Arboretum. The gift of Jean Morton Cudahy, 1935.
Extent: 1 sheet
Letter Spacing for Marble Memorial Panel for Thornhill House & Administration Bldg. of The Morton Arboretum (3.6254)
Date: August 18 1954Creator: Holabird & Root
Type: Plan
Description:Sheet numbered A-3. Text: In memory of Joy Morton, Founder of the Morton Arboretum. The gift of Margaret Gray Morton. 1942.
Collection includes sheet A-5, Letter Key for Marble Memorial Panel (stapled to this document).
These sheets are both stapled to STRU: F II (b) 4 (3.5550)
Extent: 2 sheets
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
1955/07/26: C. E. Godshalk to Sterling Morton (3.84490)
Date: July 26 1955Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:The weather in Lisle has been hot and humid. He gives details on the progress on the construction of the new building. He's delighted Morton and his wife will attend the AABGA meeting. He provides the biographical information that Morton requested including date of birth, his formal education, his gratitude to his (Godshalk's) father for the practical training given, and his path to becoming director of the Arboretum. He sees his job at the Arboretum as keeping everything coordinated and the big picture in view. Godshalk will visit Morton's place in Santa Barbara on his upcoming trip. He discusses possible plans for the Monday after his arrival. He invites Morton to drive to Pasadena with him to see Earhart Laboratory and the Pasadena location of the Foundation for Agricultural Research.
Extent: 3 sheets
1956/02/20: C. E. Godshalk to Sterling Morton (3.84505)
Date: February 20 1956Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from C. E. Godshalk to Sterling Morton sharing his limited knowledge of the Parkway cable. They had two of them installed at the Arboretum in 1935 and have had no problems with them. He suggests talking to someone in purchasing at the Morton Salt Company. Godshalk doesn't believe a wood deck would complement Morton's house. He believes a stone patio would work better and gives advice on how it could be constructed. He assures Morton that Arboretum staff would be pleased if Morton showed the slides of his recent trip in the new auditorium. He recently came across some 16 mm film Morton's father and Mrs. Morton took on some of their trips. He asks Morton if he would like Godshalk to ship it to him. Godshalk believes parts of these films may be cut and used in a film about the history of the Arboretum. He updates him on the progress of work being done around the Arboretum. It looks like the new Toll Road will be on the south side of the Arboretum.
Extent: 2 sheets
1956/03/17: Mollie B. Nieland to Sterling Morton (3.84509)
Date: March 17 1956Creator: Nieland, Mollie B.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Mollie B. Nieland to Sterling Morton enclosing a letter from Elsie Jones (3.84508) suggesting Nieland send Morton a tree chart she created. Nieland mentions she met Morton's father in 1932 or 3, and she teaches biology in a Chicago high school.
Extent: 1 sheet
1956/05/29: Sterling Morton to Mollie B. Nieland (3.84510)
Date: May 29 1956Creator: Morton, Sterling
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Sterling Morton to Mollie B. Nieland apologizing for the delay in answering her letter (3.84509). He says her tree chart is very well done, and he plans to keep it for reference. He thanks her for sending it. He doesn't know if it is something people would buy from the Arboretum, but he suggests she contact Clarence Godshalk or Mrs. Raymond Watts about the possibility. He was glad she had the chance to visit his father before his death in 1934.
Extent: 1 sheet
1956/05/29: Sterling Morton to Mollie B. Nieland (3.84511)
Date: May 29 1956Creator: Morton, Sterling
Type: Document
Description:Copy of a letter sent by Sterling Morton to Mollie B. Nieland about a tree chart she created that Morton sent to C.E. Godshalk. Morton handwrote the following on the letter: "Clarence, for your info and files--the "chart" is a set of discs [ ] [ ] to give data on trees"
Extent: 1 sheet
1952/04/09: Clarence E. Godshalk to Jean M. Cudahy (3.85979)
Date: April 9 1952Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Clarence E. Godshalk to Jean M. Cudahy. The Arbor Day plaque will be fastened to the flat side of the boulder. There will be a tree planted for each of : J. Sterling Morton, Joy Morton, Sterling Morton and Jean Morton Cudahy on May 17, 1952. Lowell will write an article for the Garden Club of America Bulletin, sending it to the editor Mrs. Battles. Warm, dry April days bringing flowers in various locations. After getting out of the service, Jim will tour a bit, return to work for the summer at Morton Arboretum, and go back to school in the fall. He understands that Jean will leave Palm Beach April 15 and return to Chicago April 25.
Extent: 1 sheet