1953/09/28: Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.101895)
Date: September 28 1953Creator: Morton, Sterling
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk. He left plants at the Administration Building. He hopes Nordine can make them healthy again. He would like a dozen or more of the Red Pines brought to his Lake Forest home. Now that the old house is down, there is a new vision for the property.
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
1954/06/20 : 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
1960/07/21: Sterling Morton to C. E. Godshalk (3.105103)
Date: July 21 1960Creator: Morton, Sterling
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Sterling Morton to C. E. Godshalk saying while he supports the proposal to set up a course at the Arboretum for training professional gardeners, he was not envisioning the much more ambitious plan proposed in the letter from Mr. Carleton. The Arboretum has sufficient funds in its endowment to operate it along its present lines, but that may not be true in the future. The Founder wanted a privately endowed, privately maintained, and privately managed organization, with no affiliates. Morton does not want political or university control of any part of the Arboretum. If Carleton, or others, wishes to establish a school outside of the Arboretum, students could get experience at the Arboretum, but under the direction of the Director. Morton makes it clear that as long as he is Chairman, there will be no affiliates connected with the Arboretum. A P.S. states that the German fountain has arrived and been installed.
Extent: 2 sheets
1960/07/22: C. E. Godshalk to Sterling Morton (3.105104)
Date: July 22 1960Type: Document
Description:Letter from C. E. Godshalk to Sterling Morton stating Morton's letter is exactly what he wanted to use to answer Roy Nordine and Dr. Carleton about the proposed training school. Godshalk has done little about it due to time constraints. He has been thinking of something more along the lines of the program at Longwood Gardens where they take on 9-10 students, and they rotate them throughout the organization. They had a final inspection from the State Highway Department on the Route 53 job, and all was ok. They hope to have Lake Marmo cleaned by the end of next week, ready to deepen it. The settling basin work has been going well. Tony has the parking area nearly ready for the curb man. Holabird & Root says the gate and Control House drawings will be ready by August 1. Mr. Boehmer will have the iron gates ready in time. Mr. Ward met with Mr. Carroll to get the work on Thornhill completed before fall classes.
Extent: 2 sheets
Arboretum News and Notes (3.10605)
Date: March 21 – September 20 1971Type: Article
1942/11/03: C. E. Godshalk to Roy Walker (3.109074)
Date: November 3 1942Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from C. E. Godshalk to Roy Walker (Supt. Landscape Construction, Chicago Park District) stating the Arboretum's propagator, Mr. van Gemert, died recently, and they are looking for a man to fill the position. In addition to being a propagator, the person must be familiar with caring for plants in all their stages. Roy Nordine has applied for the position and given Walker's name as a reference. They would appreciate Walker's opinion of Nordine for the job.
Extent: 1 sheet
1942/11/03: C. E. Godshalk to Robert Warren (3.109075)
Date: November 3 1942Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from C. E. Godshalk to Robert Warren (Landscape Department, Chicago Park District) stating the Arboretum's propagator, Mr. van Gemert, died recently, and they are looking for a man to fill the position. In addition to being a propagator, the person must be familiar with caring for plants in all their stages. Roy Nordine has applied for the position and given Warren's name as a reference. They would appreciate Warren's opinion of Nordine for the job.
Extent: 1 sheet
1942/11/03: C. E. Godshalk to Bj Loss (3.109076)
Date: November 3 1942Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from C. E. Godshalk to Bj Loss (President, Lake City and Jewel Nurseries) stating the Arboretum's propagator, Mr. van Gemert, died recently, and they are looking for a man to fill the position. In addition to being a propagator, the person must be familiar with caring for plants in all their stages. Roy Nordine has applied for the position and given Loss' name as a reference. They would appreciate Loss' opinion of Nordine for the job.
Extent: 1 sheet
1943/12/09: E. Lowell Kammerer to Clarence E. Godshalk and all at the Arboretum (3.109085)
Date: December 9 1943Creator: Kammerer, E. Lowell
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Lowell Kammerer to Clarence E. Godshalk "and all at the Arboretum." He discusses his experiences during the war.
Extent: 3 sheets
1944/07/23: E. Lowell Kammerer to Clarence E. Godshalk "and all at the Arboretum" (3.109088)
Date: July 23 1944Creator: Kammerer, E. Lowell
Type: Document
Description:Letter from E. L. Kammerer to Clarence E. Godshalk and all at the Arboretum updating them on his status in training and other personal matters.
Extent: 5 sheets
1944/06/14: Clarence E. Godshalk to E. Lowell Kammerer (3.109089)
Date: June 14 1944Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Clarence E. Godshalk to Lowell Kammerer providing a plethora of updates regarding the Arboretum and its staff.
Extent: 2 sheets
1944/03/03: Clarence E. Godshalk to E. Lowell Kammerer (3.109091)
Date: March 3 1944Type: Document
Description:Letter from Clarence Godshalk to Lowell Kammerer stating that spring has come, birds are here; spring work will start much earlier this year. After indecision about privet hedge in Hedge Garden, have now decided to cut the entire hedge to the ground to start over. If growth too small by summer's end, we will replace it with another hedge.. Mr. Nordine and I have made a surplus list for many lilacs, and will keep one of each kind of lilac to be sure those planted are well-established.
Our attendance has been good on Sundays but we will probably not open until the first of April. In announcing our classes, we have specified an enrollment of twenty-five members, otherwise no class. Because of talk of only two gallons with A coupons, classes may be poorly attended. He also goes into other personal details.
Extent: 2 sheets
1944/03/03: Clarence E. Godshalk to Lewis (Louis B. Martin) (3.109097)
Date: March 3 1944Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Clarence E. Godshalk to "Lewis" (Louis B. Martin) discussing spring updates from around the Arboretum.
Extent: 2 sheets
1943/05/07: Roy M. Nordine to W. A. Taylor (3.109386)
Date: May 7 1943Creator: Nordine, Roy
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Roy M. Nordine to W. A. Taylor (American Pomological Society) asking Taylor if any of the fruit trees Johnny Appleseed planted led to distinct varieties.
Extent: 1 sheet
1943/05/20: Roy M. Nordine to N. E. Hansen (3.109387)
Date: May 20 1943Creator: Nordine, Roy
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Roy M. Nordine to N. E. Hansen informing him that Nordine has changed positions and is enjoying his job as a plant propagator. The Arboretum has been having a serious problem with fire blight with the pear and crabapple collections. Since the only variety of Pyrus not affected is P. ussuriensis, what effect would this variety have if used as an understock to create an immune condition in the stock plant? Does Hansen know of a Malus species that is free from fire blight?
Extent: 1 sheet
1944/01/01: G. F. Gravatt to Roy M. Nordine (3.109418)
Date: January 1 1944Creator: Gravatt, G. F.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from G. F. Gravatt, Senior Pathologist, USDA, Dept of Plant Industry to Roy M. Nordine suggesting that the injury reported to the Chinese and Japanese chestnut trees is because of low temperatures or late spring freezes.
Extent: 1 sheet
1945/02/26: C. E. Godshalk to L. C. Gottschalk (3.109456)
Date: February 26 1945Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from C. E. Godshalk to L. C. Gottschalk stating they have used silt collected from their lake for top dressing lawns and vegetable gardens as well as grading around the Arboretum. They have not made any comparative studies, but they had to add sand to the vegetable gardens as the silt made the ground too sticky and difficult to work. After the sand was added, they had good results. Godshalk has asked their propagator, Mr. Nordine, to run some tests with plants in the greenhouse and take measurements to see what results he can get using lake sediment. He will share the results with Gottschalk when they are available.
Extent: 1 sheet
1945/07/14: Fleeta Brownwell Woodroffe to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.109462)
Date: July 14 1945Creator: Woodroffe, Fleeta Brownwell
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Fleeta Brownwell Woodroffe (Associate Editor of Better Gardens Department of Better Homes and Gardens magazine) to Clarence E. Godshalk regarding a visit to the Arboretum.
Extent: 1 sheet
1945/07/23: J. C. Carter to Roy Nordine (3.109471)
Date: July 23 1945Creator: Carter, James Cedric
Type: Document
Description:Letter from J.C. Carter to Roy Nordine discussing the rooting material for cuttings.
Extent: 1 sheet
1945/11/26: Esther Armstrong to Jean M. Cudahy (3.109480)
Date: November 26 1945Creator: Armstrong, Esther
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Esther Armstrong, Head Recreation Worker at Vaughan General Hospital in Hines, Illinois to Mrs. Joseph Cudahy, thanking her and the Arboretum staff for the classes offered to the psychiatric patients at the hospital.
Extent: 1 sheet
Lecture by Ray Schulenberg: The Story of The Morton Arboretum Prairie Restoration (3.31580)
Date: September 11 1987Type: Audio
Description:Lecture titled "The Story of The Morton Arboretum Prairie Restoration" given by Ray Schulenberg as part of the 25th Anniversary Celebration of The Morton Arboretum Prairie.
Extent: 1 audio cassette
Bulletin of Popular Information V. 24 No. 01 (3.32525)
Date: January 1949Creator: Kammerer, E. Lowell, Nordine, Roy
Type: Serial
Description:
- Propagating Woody Plants By Hardwood Cuttings
Extent: 4 pages
Juniperus virginiana 'Canaertii' (Canaert eastern red-cedar), Roy Nordine studying grafted tree (3.37162)
Date: November 1962Type: Photographic image
Description:Juniperus virginiana 'Canaertii' (Canaert eastern red-cedar), Roy Nordine studying grafted tree with wooden marker amongst other trees and shrubs
Living Collections Accession Number: 84-31
Extent: 1 slide
Juniperus virginiana ‘Glauca’ (Blue eastern red-cedar), Roy Nordine studying grafted tree (3.37169)
Date: November 1962Type: Photographic image
Description:Juniperus virginiana ‘Glauca’ (Blue eastern red-cedar), Roy Nordine studying grafted tree with wooden marker
Living Collections Accession Number: 1095-26
Location on grounds using The Morton Arboretum grid map: G-48/78-79 (Cupressaceae Collection)
Extent: 1 slide
Arboretum Christmas Party, group eating at table (3.4034)
Date: 1950sType: Photographic image
Description:Arboretum Christmas Party, group eating at table
(L to R): Mrs. Fred Johnson, Vern Jones, Roy Nordine, Mrs. John Losic, Frank Smith
Extent: 1 photograph
Roy Nordine outdoors holding branch of plant (3.5096)
Date: 1960sType: Photographic image
Description:Roy Nordine outdoors holding branch of plant
Extent: 1 photograph
Closeup of Roy Nordine holding plant in greenhouse (3.5097)
Date: 1960sCreator: Kozelka, Art
Type: Photographic image
Description:Closeup of Roy Nordine holding plant in greenhouse
Extent: 1 photograph
Roy Nordine outdoors standing next to plant (3.5098)
Date: 1960sType: Photographic image
Description:Roy Nordine outdoors standing next to plant
Extent: 1 photograph
Roy Nordine working in greenhouse (3.5099)
Date: 1960sCreator: Beach & Barnes
Type: Photographic image
Description:Roy Nordine working in greenhouse
Extent: 1 photograph
Closeup of Roy Nordine working in greenhouse (3.5100)
Date: 1960sCreator: Beach & Barnes
Type: Photographic image
Description:Closeup of Roy Nordine working in greenhouse
Extent: 1 photograph
Malus pumila (Common Apple), bark, mature (3.57271)
Date: April 2 1958Creator: Nordine, Roy
Type: Photographic image
Description:Malus pumila (Common Apple), bark, mature
1936/06/22: Audrie Chase to Jean Cudahy (3.61629)
Date: June 22 1936Type: Document
Description:Letter from Audrie Chase to Jean Cudahy expressing appreciation for the work Mr. Godshalk did in marking Mr. Gault's Grave and commending the recent set of courses given by Mrs. Watts. The letter also mentions the new map.
Extent: 1 Sheet
1958/07/16: Andrew T. Leiser to Roy Nordine (3.64523)
Date: July 16 1958Type: Document
Description:Leiser provides Nordine with information regarding Rhododendrons and different aspects of their horticultural variability including soil tolerance, color, and lime tolerance.
Extent: 3 pages
1945/07/30: C. E. Godshalk to H. A. Webber (3.84426)
Date: July 30 1945Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from C. E. Godshalk to H. A. Webber sharing information about the progress of four trees, Sequoia giganteum, being grown at the Arboretum after arriving from California. Three were set out in beds this spring and are doing well in the nursery under lath shade. Seven years ago he saw a very large Sequoia giganteum in Pennsylvania at the Painter Arboretum, and it was in fine condition. However, he was told recently that the tree had died. He won't be able to give more information about them until the trees have been at the Arboretum for about 10 years. His opinion is that they will have considerable trouble with them due to alternative freezing and thawing in the area.
Extent: 1 sheet
1952/01/16: C. E. Godshalk to Sterling Morton (3.84450)
Date: January 16 1952Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from C. E. Godshalk to Sterling Morton stating that Mr. Eickhorst made Morton's labels and is mailing them to him. Since the Arboretum is enjoying exceptionally mild weather, Mr. Nordine will ship Morton's Metasequoia to him. He received Morton's check for $1.00 for the bulletin subscription for Mr. Landon. In 1951, they had 1091 paid subscriptions. He heard that California is having an exceptional amount of rainfall. The snow in Illinois is melting rapidly, but not causing any floods. Due to the mild weather, the men are working in the woods. Snow and freezing weather are forecast in February, so that should finish the tree moving.
Extent: 1 sheet