Moving frozen balled evergreens in winter (3.2952)
Date: 1933Type: Photographic image
Description:Les Plumb, Frank Smith, Ed Westover, and other man unloading tree with balled roots from back of truck for tree transplanting in winter
Extent: 1 negative
First Arboretum tractor pulling remodeled horse-drawn grader (3.3012)
Date: 1927Type: Photographic image
Description:First Arboretum tractor pulling remodeled horse-drawn grader
Les Plumb (left), Roy Burnside (right)
Extent: 1 photograph
Clarence Godshalk driving Arboretum's first international tractor with front end loader carrying tree (3.33490)
Date: 1948Type: Photographic image
Description:Clarence Godshalk driving Arboretum's first international tractor with front end loader carrying tree
Les Plumb and Tony Drendel also depicted
Extent: 1 negative
Moving frozen balled evergreens in winter (3.3719)
Date: 1933Type: Photographic image
Description:Les Plumb (on truck), Frank Smith (on truck), Ed Westover (facing camera) and additional man loading evergreen with balled roots on to back of truck for tree transplanting in winter
Extent: 1 negative
Children of Arboretum employees (3.37629)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Children of Arboretum employees, standing in front of farm building
L to R: Juanita (daughter of Otto Johnson), Clifford (son of Otto Johnson), Doris (daughter of Les Plumb), Vernon (son of Howard Jennings), Arlene (daughter of Howard Jennings)
Extent: 1 photograph
Arboretum Christmas Party, group lineup (3.4031)
Date: 1956 – 1957Type: Photographic image
Description:Arboretum Christmas Party, group lineup
L to R: Otto Johnson, Ed Westover, Les Plumb, Arnold Berg, Clarence E. Godshalk, E.L. Kammerer, Henry White, Walter Eickhorst
Extent: 1 photograph
1940/06/24: Clarence E. Godshalk to Joseph M. Cudahy (3.83877)
Date: June 24 1940Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Clarence E. Godshalk to Joseph M. Cudahy, listing the employees who have living quarters furnished to them, in addition to their wages: Otto Johnson, Roy Burnside, Leslie Plumb, Howard Jennings, Roy Kellicut, Herbert Peppinger, Edward Westover, Wallace Smith.
Extent: 2 sheets
1943/03/15: Clarence E. Godshalk to Jean M. Cudahy (3.84550)
Date: March 15 1943Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Clarence E. Godshalk to Jean M. Cudahy, updating her on personnel changes caused by the shift to defense jobs: John Kleppe, Roy Burnside, Leslie Plumb, Lowell Kammerer. He is in a lengthy dilemma about where the line between being patriotic and protecting the Arboretum business should be. Defense jobs are much higher paying than he is permitted to pay by the National War Board. Are the men leaving to be patriotic or because they want a higher paying job? He asks for feedback from the Trustees.
Extent: 4 sheets
1943/03/30: Clarence E. Godshalk to Jean M. Cudahy (3.84552)
Date: March 30 1943Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Clarence E. Godshalk to Jean M. Cudahy updating her on Arboretum affairs. He detailed the Arboretum employees who were required to shift to defense jobs. He is looking to hire high school boys and older men to help with some of the spring work. Both visitors and class attendance are up. The Thoman Farm has been sold. There are now 320 new piglets on the farm.
Extent: 2 sheets
1952/02/26: Clarence E. Godshalk to Jean M. Cudahy (3.85976)
Date: February 26 1952Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Clarence E. Godshalk to Jean M. Cudahy. With Mrs. Watts' agreement, he has delayed holding a nature camp at the bird sanctuary this year. Once the Myers move out of the apartment of the Administration Building, Johnson will move in. Les Plumb wants to move into Johnson's house but it could be too big for them. The Jones family would be a better fit for the Johnson house. The existing Jones house is in bad repair and might be taken down to improve the visual approach to Thornhill. They could give Jones an allotment for the extra coal which the larger Johnson house would use. Work that Mrs. Jones needs could be taken to her from the Thornhill office. They have 13 year round men, although the budget allows for 15.
Extent: 2 sheets