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Tree Portraits: Siberian Elm (3.31795)

Date: 1940 – 1950
Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of a Siberian Elm tree, including a nature print outline of a leaf.

Header: SIBERIAN ELM

Drawings from top to bottom, left to right:

leaf
tree

Extent: 1 sheet

The Stylish House: 1931 to 1941 (3.34277)

Type: Photographic image
Description:A version of an illustration from Reading the Landscape, Chapter 13: "The Stylish House or Fashions as an Ecological Factor," depicting a home and its landscaped yard. This illustration shows the view of the house and yard during the early mid-20th century.

Text and images from top to bottom, left to right:

John Edward and Nancy Ann / Bee / Chuck / and / Lassie
1931 to / 1941 [sketch of a shrub]
[drawing showing a bird's-eye view of the house and grounds, including the neighboring house and yard, with the following plants and trees labeled:]
- herbs
- white petunias / white delphiniums / Artemisia Silver King
- privet
- tartarian / honeysuckle
- Colorado spruce
- Pfitzer juniper
- [m---] pine
- Siberian elms
[sketches of a garden gnome, animal-shaped planters, and a lily pond to the right of the illustration]

Extent: 1 slide

1983/12/20 Ray Keen to George Ware (3.39924)

Date: December 20 1983
Creator: Keen, Dr. Ray
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Dr. Ray Keen of Kansas State University to George Ware discussing the status of various trees in and around the campus at Kansas State University.
Extent: 2 sheets

1996/03/22: Lorenzo Mittempergher to George Ware (3.39945)

Date: March 22 1996
Creator: Mittempergher, Lorenzo
Type: Document
Description:A letter from Lorenzo Mittemphergher, an elm breeder from the Insituto di Patalogia e Zoologia Forestale e Agraria in Firenze, Italy. The letter requests Ulmus seed from trees in the Arboretum, and references an enclosed article he co-authored, "Elm Yellows A Disease To Be Taken Into Consideration When Breeding Elm For Disease Resistance" published in the 8th Congress of the Mediterranean Phytopathological Union, Agadir - Morocco, 1990. There are also handwritten notes on a notepad listing several varieties of Ulmus.
Extent: 4 sheets, 1 notepad

1997/07/29: Lorenzo Mittempergher to George Ware (3.39958)

Date: July 29 1997
Creator: Mittempergher, Lorenzo
Type: Document
Description:Printed email from Lorenzo Mittempergher to George Ware thanking him for the elm accessions and conveying issues with trying to get these species to grow in his country [Italy].
Extent: 1 sheet

1999/05/16: Yiquin Xin to George Ware (3.44548)

Date: May 16 1999
Creator: Xin, Yiqun
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Yiqun Xin of Shandong University in China to George Ware discussing sending Ulmus macrocarpa seeds from the city of Jinan and Ulmus glaucescens and Ulmus pumila seeds from the Shandong province.
Extent: 1 sheet

1996/05/03: George Ware to Robert E. Schutzki (3.55936)

Date: May 3 1996
Creator: Ware, George
Type: Document
Description:Fax cover sheet and plant breeding abstract from George Ware to Dr. Robert E. Schutzki of Michigan State University concerning elm breeding and improvement at The Morton Arboretum.
Extent: 2 sheets

2000/02/02: George Ware to Hans Heybroek (3.56102)

Date: February 2 2000
Creator: Ware, George
Type: Document
Description:Letter from George Ware to Hans Heybroek of The Netherlands discussing the growth habits and potential applications of both Ulmus parvifolia and Ulmus pumila.
Extent: 2 sheets

1991/10/04: George Ware to Suzanne Malec (3.56304)

Date: October 4 1991
Creator: Ware, George
Type: Document
Description:Facsimile of an abstract and research paper sent to Suzanne Malec of the Open Land Project. The paper, Trees for Restricted Spaces was written by George Ware and discusses the genetic, topographic, and edaphic factors to take into consideration when selecting urban trees.
Extent: 8 sheets