Pat Kelsey and Rick Hootman testing soil in the prairie, surrounded by golden prairie grass (3.58971)
Creator: Irving, Gary
Type: Photographic image
Description:Pat Kelsey (left) and Rick Hootman (right) testing soil in the prairie, surrounded by golden prairie grass
Extent: 1 slide
Pat Kelsey and Rick Hootman testing soil in the prairie, surrounded by golden prairie grass (3.58972)
Creator: Irving, Gary
Type: Photographic image
Description:Pat Kelsey (left) and Rick Hootman (right) testing soil in the prairie, surrounded by golden prairie grass with trees at horizon
Extent: 1 slide
Pat Kelsey and Rick Hootman testing soil in the prairie, surrounded by golden prairie grass (3.58969)
Creator: Irving, Gary
Type: Photographic image
Description:Pat Kelsey (left) and Rick Hootman (right) testing soil in the prairie, surrounded by golden prairie grass with trees at horizon
Extent: 1 slide
Undated: From George Ware to Dr. Donnelly (3.56106)
Creator: Ware, George
Type: Document
Description:Memo from George Ware to Dr. Donnelly discussing a meeting held May 20th with members of the DuPage County Forest Preserve to discuss an exchange in kind of property bordering the Hidden Lake Forest Preserve.
Extent: 1 sheet
Pat Kelsey and Rick Hootman testing soil in the prairie, surrounded by golden prairie grass (3.58970)
Creator: Irving, Gary
Type: Photographic image
Description:Pat Kelsey (left) and Rick Hootman (right) testing soil in the prairie, surrounded by golden prairie grass with trees at horizon
Extent: 1 slide
Pat Kelsey (left) and Rick Hootman using the Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer to test for heavy metal and salt contaminants in the lab (3.4518)
Date: 1980sCreator: Kohout, John
Type: Photographic image
Description:Pat Kelsey (left) and Rick Hootman using the Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer to test for heavy metal and salt contaminants in the lab
Extent: 1 photograph
Pat Kelsey (left) and Rick Hootman using the Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer to test for heavy metal and salt contaminants in the lab (3.4519)
Date: 1980sCreator: Kohout, John
Type: Photographic image
Description:Pat Kelsey (left) and Rick Hootman using the Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer to test for heavy metal and salt contaminants in the lab
Extent: 1 photograph
Soil scientists, Pat Kelsey (left) and Rick Hootman, at work in lab (3.4523)
Date: 1980sType: Photographic image
Description:Soil scientists, Pat Kelsey (left) and Rick Hootman, at work in lab
Extent: 1 photograph
Collaborative researchers from Northern Illinois University and Arboretum staff study root-system-nutrient interrelationships (3.4530)
Date: 1982 – 1983Creator: Kohout, John
Type: Photographic image
Description:Collaborative researchers from Northern Illinois University and Arboretum staff study root-system-nutrient interrelationships
Bottom left to right: Mike Duet, Mike Connor, Rick Hootman
Extent: 1 photograph
Pat Kelsey and Rick Hootman working with equipment in soils lab (3.58964)
Date: February 1984Creator: Kohout, John
Type: Photographic image
Description:Pat Kelsey (left) and Rick Hootman (right) working with equipment in soils lab
Extent: 1 slide
Rick Hootman in lab coat taking notes from chloride analysis of soil extract in lab (3.58948)
Date: September 1984Creator: Kohout, John
Type: Photographic image
Description:Rick Hootman in lab coat taking notes from chloride analysis of soil extract in lab
Extent: 1 slide
Rick Hootman, seated portrait (3.58945)
Date: November 1984Creator: Kohout, John
Type: Photographic image
Description:Rick Hootman, seated portrait
Extent: 1 slide
Rick Hootman, seated portrait (3.58946)
Date: November 1984Creator: Kohout, John
Type: Photographic image
Description:Rick Hootman, seated portrait
Extent: 1 slide
Ashkum-Markham Soil Associations of The Morton Arboretum (3.5451)
Date: December 1984Creator: Hootman, Rick
Type: Map
Extent: 1 sheet
Water Table Potential of Soils Along the North-South Tollway Corridor at The Morton Arboretum (3.5450)
Date: April 1985Creator: Hootman, Rick
Type: Map
Extent: 1 sheet
Pat Kelsey and Rick Hootman analyzing soil in lab (3.58949)
Date: May 1985Creator: Kohout, John
Type: Photographic image
Description:Pat Kelsey and Rick Hootman analyzing soil in lab
Extent: 1 slide
Rick Hootman in lab coat analyzing chloride from soil extract in lab (3.58947)
Date: May 1985Creator: Kohout, John
Type: Photographic image
Description:Rick Hootman in lab coat analyzing chloride from soil extract in lab
Extent: 1 slide
Rick Hootman (left), Pat Kelsey, and George Ware (right) in hard hats studying contour maps for future site of Crabapple Lake (3.4513)
Date: 1986 – 1987Creator: Irving, Gary
Type: Photographic image
Description:Rick Hootman (left), Pat Kelsey, and George Ware (right) in hard hats studying contour maps for future site of Crabapple Lake
Extent: 1 photograph
Deicing Salt and Heavy Metal dispersion from an Urban Expressway onto Long-Undisturbed Ecosystems in Northern Illinois, U.S.A. (3.106964)
Date: 1986Creator: Patrick, Kelsey, Hootman, Rick
Type: Document
Description:A report on aerial deposition and soil concentration of Na, Pb, Cd, Cu and Zn in an area of Morton Arboretum adjacent to an expressway.
Extent: 6 sheets
Pat Kelsey (left) and Rick Hootman soil testing in the prairie (3.4515)
Date: 1986 – 1987Type: Photographic image
Description:Pat Kelsey (left) and Rick Hootman soil testing in the prairie
Extent: 1 photograph
Pat Kelsey (left) and Rick Hootman soil testing in the Japanese Collection (3.4516)
Date: 1986 – 1987Creator: Irving, Gary
Type: Photographic image
Description:Pat Kelsey (left) and Rick Hootman soil testing in the Japanese Collection
Extent: 1 photograph
Pat Kelsey (left) and Rick Hootman soil testing in the lab (3.4517)
Date: 1986 – 1987Creator: Irving, Gary
Type: Photographic image
Description:Pat Kelsey (left) and Rick Hootman soil testing in the lab
Extent: 1 photograph
1986/10/13: Rick Hootman to George Ware et al. (3.37614)
Date: October 13 1986Creator: Hootman, Rick
Type: Document
Description:Arboretum memo from Rick Hootman to Dr. Hall, Charles Lewis, Tony Tyznik, George Ware, and Duane Henry. Notes from meeting of Oct. 9, 1986 concerning berm erosion, berm plants, and new amenity lake.
Extent: 2 sheets
Tree Inventory, Tree Appraisal, and Soil Resource Inventory of a Portion of the Northwestern University Campus, Evanston, Illinois (3.62542)
Date: 1987Creator: Kelsey, Pat, Hootman, Rick
Type: Book
Rick Hootman doing tree inventory at Northwestern University (3.4529)
Date: 1987Type: Photographic image
Description:Rick Hootman doing tree inventory at Northwestern University
Extent: 1 photograph
Events, News, & Classes: Winter 1987 (3.113790)
Date: 1987Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Winter 1987 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as the upcoming Yuletide Celebration, Members' Ski Program, a Winter Ecology Walk, and Winter Bird Walks. There is also a lecture about Learning to Live With Expressways. The Great Lakes Forest Soils Conference, organized by Patrick Kelsey, Arboretum Research Soil Scientist, and Richard Hootman, Research Soil Specialist, took place with topics emphasizing soil development in undisturbed areas and disturbed or urbanized areas of the Arboretum problems associated with the growth of woody plants on "urban" soils; and the management of soils and vegetation in areas disturbed by construction. The Arboretum also received grants from the Institute of Museum Services, The Robert R. McCormick Charitable Trust; Chicago White Metal Charitable Foundation; Burroughs Corporation; AT&T Foundation; Bell Information Systems; Household Finance Corporation; Staley Continental, Inc.; W.W. Grainger, Inc.; The John D. and Catherin T. MacArthur Foundation; the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education; and Allied-Signal Inc.
Site Suitability and Soil Boring Logs for the Proposed Crabapple Lake, Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois (3.106931)
Date: January 15 1987Creator: Kelsey, Pat, Hootman, Rick
Type: Document
Description:A draft report of studies conducted in January, 1987, to determine the suitability of a site proposed for a lake near the Crabapple collection to add an amenity feature, wildlife habitat, replacement of ecosystems lost to the North-South Tollway project and additional drainage.
Extent: 10 sheets
Crabapple Lake Plan Meeting: August 31, 1987 (3.67076)
Date: August 31 1987Type: Document
Description:Notes from an August 31, 1987 meeting regarding plans to correct erosion and drainage issues for Morton Arboretum's Crabapple Lake, Crowley Pond, and other affected areas.
Extent: 2 sheets
[Arboretum Maps Assembled for the Crabapple Lake Permit Application Submitted to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers] (3.5573)
Date: September 1987Creator: Kelsey, Pat, Hootman, Rick
Type: Map
Description:The request contains: 1) Proposed lake site, location and vicinity, shown on the U.S.G.S. Wheaton quadrangle topographic map; 2) Proposed lake shown on the Arboretum collections grid map; and 3) the topographic and watershed site of the lake shown on the 1985 topographic map by Sidwell Company (SURV: A III (c) 2).
Extent: 3 sheets
1987/11/06: C. Lewis to G. Ware et al. (3.67074)
Date: November 6 1987Creator: Lewis, Charles A.
Type: Document
Description:Memo from Charles Lewis of the Morton Arboretum to George Ware concerning drainage problems in tree nurseries and proposed action plans.
Extent: 2 sheets
Urban Vegetation Laboratory Newsletter Volume 1, Number 1, Spring 1988 (3.67125)
Date: 1988Creator: Irving, Gary
Type: Document
Description:Text only content for a newsletter titled Urban Vegetation Laboratory Newsletter for the Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois. The document also contains a history of the laboratory's objectives, facilities, and personnel.
Extent: 11 sheets
Rick Hootman in the laboratory (3.4525)
Date: 1988Type: Photographic image
Description:Rick Hootman in the laboratory
Extent: 1 photograph
Events, News, & Classes: Summer 1988 (3.113793)
Date: 1988Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Autumn 1988 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as the program "Cry Havoc! Weeds! (Part 2)" and a field trip to Milwaukee's Botanical Gardens. The construction of Crabapple Lake was announced. Margo Brumis and Beth Robinson joined the Arboretum staff. Ray Schulenberg and Robert Betz received United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) awards.
Urban Vegetation Laboratory Report V. 1 No. 1, 1988 (3.83045)
Date: March 21 – June 20 1988Type: Document
Description:In-house publication of the Morton Arboretum. This particular issue discusses the North-South Tollway, current grants, research, publications and objectives of the UVL.
Extent: 2 sheets, 1 folded
[Crabapple Lake Construction Baseline Grid for Grading Limits] (3.5576)
Date: June 23 1988Creator: Tyznik, Anthony, Hootman, Rick
Type: Map
Description:The baseline grid here shown is traced on Sheet no. 3 of the Sheaffer and Roland Stormwater management system (STRU:H I (b) 5).
Extent: 1 sheet
1988/07/12: Rick Hootman to Berm Meeting Attendees (3.108567)
Date: July 12 1988Creator: Hootman, Rick
Type: Document
Description:Notes on issues related to berms discussed at the meeting on 07/12/1988.
Extent: 2 pages