Arbor Day poster (3.11473)
Creator: Burkard, Michael
Type: Print
Description:Color poster with two Arbor Day stamps (top left and bottom right), tree landscape woodcut in background, quote by Aldo Leopold.
"Acts of creation are ordinarily reserved for gods and poets. To plant a pine, one need only own a shovel." - Aldo Leopold
Extent: 1 poster
Arbor day: its history and observance (3.20904)
Date: 1896Creator: Egleston, Nathaniel Hillyer, 1822-1912.
Type: Book
Extent: 80 p. illus. 23 cm.
Arbor day (3.21121)
Date: 1888Creator: Furnas, Robert W. (Robert Wilkinson), 1824-1905, ed.
Type: Book
Extent: 184 p. front. (port.) 22 cm.
Arbor day (3.21122)
Date: 1888Creator: Furnas, Robert W. (Robert Wilkinson), 1824-1905, ed.
Type: Book
Description:
Digitized and available online:
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008596253
Extent: 184 p. front. (port.) 22 cm.
Arbor day : its history, observation, spirit and significance with practical selections on tree-planting and conservation, and a nature anthology (3.23311)
Date: 1909Type: Book
Extent: xxix, 360 p. 19 cm.
People planting trees: two men planting a tree, child kneeling (3.24004)
Date: 1980 – 1990Creator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Drawing
Description:Silhouette of two men planting a tree with bird perched in its branches, child kneeling beside tree.
Used for Arbor Day publications at The Morton Arboretum.
Extent: 1 drawing
People planting trees: two men planting a tree, child kneeling (3.24488)
Date: 1980 – 1990Creator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Drawing
Description:Silhouette of two men planting a tree with bird perched in its branches, child kneeling beside tree.
Used for Arbor Day publications at The Morton Arboretum.
Extent: 1 drawing
People planting trees: A Guide To Arbor Day Programs, front and back cover (3.24489)
Date: 1980 – 1990Creator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Drawing
Description:One man planting a balled-and-burlapped tree with bird perched in its branches (image similar to drawing a, except in technique). The paper is folded in the center to show the design of the front and back cover of A Guide To Arbor Day Programs. The image is on the front cover and The Morton Arboretum logo of a tree is glued on the back cover.
Extent: 1 sheet
People planting trees: man planting a balled and burlapped tree (3.24842)
Date: 1980 – 1990Creator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Drawing
Description:Silhouette of man planting a balled-and-burlapped tree with bird perched in its branches.
Used for Arbor Day publications at The Morton Arboretum, including A Guide To Arbor Day Programs.
Extent: 1 drawing
Caricature of Tree Boss (3.25310)
Date: 1990sCreator: Byrne, Anthony T.
Type: Print
Description:Caricature of man wearing hard hat, jumpsuit, boots, and bow tie holding trowel.
Logo for The Morton Arboretum Arbor Day tent, 2002. Also used for flyers, signs and brochures.
Extent: 1 print
Arbor Day planting along Rte 53 (3.2940)
Date: 1939Creator: Downers Grove Photo Studio
Type: Photographic image
Description:Arbor Day planting - Route 53 with tree planters lining road
Extent: 1 photograph
Arbor Day 1872-1932 (3.31070)
Date: 1932Type: Artifact
Description:Carmine rose-colored stamp commemorating Arbor Day. Framed by two arching trees, a girl holds a sapling tree upright while a boy fills in the planting hole with a shovelful of dirt.
United States Postage across top of stamp, Two Cents across bottom.
Arbor Day at top of image, 1872-1932 at bottom of image.
Arbor Day stamp issued on April 22, 1932, in Nebraska City, Nebraska, on the 100th anniversary of the birth of J. Sterling Morton and the sixtieth anniversary of Arbor Day, which he founded. Arbor day was first observed in Nebraska on April 22, 1872. 100,869,300 stamps were issued in 1932.
Extent: 1 postage stamp
Arbor Day 1872-1932 [with postal marks] (3.31071)
Date: 1932Type: Artifact
Description:Carmine rose-colored stamp commemorating Arbor Day. Framed by two arching trees, a girl holds a sapling tree upright while a boy fills in the planting hole with a shovelful of dirt.
United States Postage across top of stamp, Two Cents across bottom.
Arbor Day at top of image, 1872-1932 at bottom of image.
Arbor Day stamp issued on April 22, 1932, in Nebraska City, Nebraska, on the 100th anniversary of the birth of J. Sterling Morton and the sixtieth anniversary of Arbor Day, which he founded. Arbor day was first observed in Nebraska on April 22, 1872. 100,869,300 stamps were issued in 1932.
Extent: 1 postage stamp
Lunching & Learning with Suzette Morton Davidson: A Morton Family Album - Personal Reminiscences of the Morton Family (3.31581)
Date: January 19 1978Type: Audio
Description:Lunching and Learning program presented by Suzette Morton Davidson on the topic of Morton family history. Introduction by Charles Lewis.
Extent: 1 audio cassette
The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 01 No. 01 (3.34462)
Date: March 21 – June 20 1965Type: Serial
Description:
- Remarkable Deciduous Trees of The Morton Arboretum: West Side of the Arboretum (1-4)
- Calendar of Spring Flora Interest (5)
- Crataegus crus-galli L. Cockspur Thorn: (Rosaceae) Rose Family (6-8)
- Thornhill (9-11)
- Arboretum News and Notes (12-13)
- From the Sterling Morton Library (14-15)
- Spring Events (16)
Extent: 16 pages
The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 10 No. 01 (3.34467)
Date: March 21 – June 20 1974Type: Serial
Description:
- Argument for an Old Bog (1-7)
- “Fantasy in a Wood-Block” (8-9)
- Arbor Day Thoughts (10-11)
- Maidenhair Tree, Ginkgo biloba: Ginkgo Family (Ginkgoaceae) (12-13)
- News & c: Research Notes/ People & Projects/ Climatological Summary (14-15)
- The Lookout (16)
Extent: 16 pages
The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 04 No. 01 (3.34562)
Date: March 21 – June 20 1968Type: Serial
Description:
- Trilliums for Midwestern Wild Gardens (1-8)
- Arboretum News and Notes/ Climatological Summary (9, 16)
- A Garden of Printers’ Flowers (10-13)
- Shadbush, Allegheny Shadblow, Serviceberry, Juneberry, Amelanchier laevis: Rose Family (Rosaceae) (14-15)
Extent: 16 pages
The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 07 No. 03 (3.34575)
Date: September 21 – December 20 1971Type: Serial
Description:
- Noise—The Ultimate Insult (21-25, 28)
- Amur Cork-tree, Phellodendron amurense: Rue Family (Rutaceae) (26-27)
- What Became of Arbor Day? (29-36)
- Climatological Summary (36)
Extent: 16 pages
The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 08 No. 01 (3.34577)
Date: March 21 – June 20 1972Type: Serial
Description:
- All the Things Trees Are (1-5)
- The Man Who Started Arbor Day (6-8)
- Planting a Tree: From a Letter by Loren Eiseley (8)
- A New Arbor Day (9-11)
- Trees, Arbor Day, and a New Ethic (12-14)
- Climatological Summary (13)
- Arbor Day (14-15)
- “Our Grandest Arbor Day” (15)
- Arbor Day Centennial (16)
Extent: 16 pages
The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 09 No. 01 (3.34581)
Date: March 21 – June 20 1973Type: Serial
Description:
- Shall we Have an Out-of-Doors or an Indoor Civilization? : Shall we Plant Trees or Build Buildings? (1-6)
- Trees Are Forever—We Hope (7-9)
- Planting the Centennial Grove (10-11)
- At the Feeder (12-13)
- Persimmon, Diospyros virginiana: Ebony Family (Ebenaceae) (14-15)
- Arboretum News and Notes (16)
- Climatological Summary (16)
Extent: 16 pages
Arbor Day Centennial, tree planting afternoon program, James Olson at podium speaking to seated guests in tent on J. Sterling Morton, founder of Arbor Day (3.38498)
Date: April 22 1972Creator: Beasley, Michael
Type: Photographic image
Description:Arbor Day Centennial, tree planting afternoon program, James Olson at podium speaking to seated guests in tent on J. Sterling Morton, founder of Arbor Day
Extent: 1 negative
Arbor Day Centennial, tree planting afternoon program, James Olson at podium speaking to seated guests in tent on J. Sterling Morton, founder of Arbor Day (3.38499)
Date: April 22 1972Creator: Beasley, Michael
Type: Photographic image
Description:Arbor Day Centennial, tree planting afternoon program, James Olson at podium speaking to seated guests in tent on J. Sterling Morton, founder of Arbor Day
Extent: 1 negative
Arbor Day Centennial, tree planting afternoon program, Shannon Rovers pipe band playing bagpipes leading processional down Joy Path from Thornhill (3.38501)
Date: April 22 1972Creator: Beasley, Michael
Type: Photographic image
Description:Arbor Day Centennial, tree planting afternoon program, Shannon Rovers pipe band playing bagpipes leading processional down Joy Path from Thornhill, J. Sterling Morton descendants and crowd follow behind
Extent: 1 negative
Arbor Day Centennial, tree planting afternoon program, Shannon Rovers pipe band playing bagpipes leading processional from Thornhill across lawn behind Founder's Room (3.38502)
Date: April 22 1972Creator: Beasley, Michael
Type: Photographic image
Description:Arbor Day Centennial, tree planting afternoon program, Shannon Rovers pipe band playing bagpipes leading procession from Thornhill across lawn behind Founder's Room, J. Sterling Morton descendants and crowd follow behind
Extent: 1 negative
Arbor Day Centennial, tree planting afternoon program, James Olson at podium speaking to seated guests in tent on J. Sterling Morton, founder of Arbor Day (3.38503)
Date: April 22 1972Creator: Beasley, Michael
Type: Photographic image
Description:Arbor Day Centennial, tree planting afternoon program, James Olson at podium speaking to seated guests in tent on J. Sterling Morton, founder of Arbor Day
Extent: 1 negative
Arbor Day Centennial, tree planting, Naperville Municipal Band playing outside (3.38504)
Date: April 22 1972Creator: Beasley, Michael
Type: Photographic image
Description:Arbor Day Centennial, tree planting, Naperville Municipal Band playing outside
Extent: 1 negative
Arbor Day Centennial, tree planting, Naperville Municipal Band playing outside (3.38505)
Date: April 22 1972Creator: Beasley, Michael
Type: Photographic image
Description:Arbor Day Centennial, tree planting, Naperville Municipal Band playing outside
Extent: 1 negative
Arbor Day Centennial, tree planting, Webster Crowley at microphone speaking to crowd (3.38506)
Date: April 22 1972Creator: Beasley, Michael
Type: Photographic image
Description:Arbor Day Centennial, tree planting, Webster Crowley at microphone speaking to crowd
Extent: 1 negative
Arbor Day Centennial, tree planting, Marion Hall at microphone speaking to crowd (3.38507)
Date: April 22 1972Creator: Beasley, Michael
Type: Photographic image
Description:Arbor Day Centennial, tree planting, Marion Hall at microphone speaking to crowd
Extent: 1 negative
Arbor Day Centennial, tree planting, Marion Hall at microphone speaking to crowd (3.38508)
Date: April 22 1972Creator: Beasley, Michael
Type: Photographic image
Description:Arbor Day Centennial, tree planting, Marion Hall at microphone speaking to crowd
Extent: 1 negative
Arbor Day Centennial, tree planting, Marion Hall at microphone speaking to crowd (3.38509)
Date: April 22 1972Creator: Beasley, Michael
Type: Photographic image
Description:Arbor Day Centennial, tree planting, Marion Hall at microphone speaking to crowd
Extent: 1 negative
Arbor Day Centennial, tree planting, Alfred Etter at microphone speaking to crowd (3.38510)
Date: April 22 1972Creator: Beasley, Michael
Type: Photographic image
Description:Arbor Day Centennial, tree planting, Alfred Etter at microphone speaking to crowd
Extent: 1 negative
Arbor Day Centennial, tree planting, Alfred Etter at microphone speaking to crowd (3.38511)
Date: April 22 1972Creator: Beasley, Michael
Type: Photographic image
Description:Arbor Day Centennial, tree planting, Alfred Etter at microphone speaking to crowd
Extent: 1 negative
Arbor Day Centennial, tree planting, Marion Hall at microphone speaking to crowd (3.38512)
Date: April 22 1972Creator: Beasley, Michael
Type: Photographic image
Description:Arbor Day Centennial, tree planting, Marion Hall at microphone speaking to crowd
Extent: 1 negative
Arbor Day Centennial, tree planting, Marion Hall at microphone speaking to crowd (3.38513)
Date: April 22 1972Creator: Beasley, Michael
Type: Photographic image
Description:Arbor Day Centennial, tree planting, Marion Hall at microphone speaking to crowd
Extent: 1 negative