Events, News, & Classes: Winter 1986 (3.113786)
Date: 1986Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Winter 1986 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as a discussion on the "The Romance of Botanical Names" and "Resource Conservation in an Urban Environment". There was a field trip to watch bald eagles in Savanna, IL. Charles A. Lewis, the Arboretum's Collections Group Administrator, was honored with the G.B. Gunslogson Medal for "the creative use of home gardening in benefiting people-plant relationships and the future of American life" from the American Horticultural Society. The woody plant collections were to be computerized. A new maple, 'Marmo', was introduced. Members were also encourage to write Lt. Governor George Ryan to advocate for the development of a lake on the Danada Forrest Preserve as part of the Briarcliff Flood Control Program.
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.
Events, News, & Classes: Winter 1988 (3.113794)
Date: 1988Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Autumn 1988 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as the lecture "Plant Diseases and Human History" and Valentine projects with pressed flowers. The decision was made to discontinue the Arboretum's maple syrup-making program due to competition from other area events. A portion of the collection was impacted by flooding. Peter Van Der Linden and Gary Irving joined the staff. A grant was received from The Cooperative College Botany Program, and Charles A. Lewis received a special award in recognition of his "outstanding contributions to the founding of the New York City Housing Authority's Garden Competition," and for continuing service to the Authority's ongoing Garden program.
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
Morton Arboretum Guides/Naturalists outdoors in the snow (3.4127)
Date: 1991Creator: Das, Dilip
Type: Photographic image
Description:Morton Arboretum Guides/Naturalists outdoors in the snow
(Top L to R): Dilip Das, Sue Schuler, Diane MacNeille, Marj Walls, Mary Rice, Barb Rutherford, Carol Way
(Bottom L to R): Mary Ochsenschlager, Ann Haverstock, Liz Bacon, Mary Hason, Phyllis Mertz, unidentified person
Extent: 1 photograph
Morton Arboretum TEA Guides (Teaching Environmental Awareness) outside in the snow (3.4133)
Date: 1970sType: Photographic image
Description:Morton Arboretum TEA Guides (Teaching Environmental Awareness) outside in the snow
(Seated L to R): Laurie Skrzenta, Jennie Jendrzejczyk, Vicki Kohlman, Pat Armstrong
(Standing L to R): Carol Irvin, Carol Way, Ann Carlson, Emily Fleishman, Lois Myerholtz, Ester Shaw, Gloria Dobry, Jan McLaughlin, Sally Grunsfeld, Alice Burkman, Sybil Kellogg, Mildred Rahn, Marlene Ralston, Barbara Rutherford, Helen Pierce
Extent: 1 photograph
Morton Arboretum Guides (3.4137)
Date: September 21 – December 20 1985Type: Photographic image
Description:Morton Arboretum Guides
(Seated L to R): Alice Burkman, Sue Schuler, Laurie Skrzenta, Debra Jezek, Susanne Lankin, Carol Fialkowski, Sally Grunsfeld
(Standing L to R): Carol Way, Sally Baumgardner, Barbara Rutherford, Mary Rice, Gloria Mintern, Marlene Ralston, Lois Myerholtz, Bill Hagerman, Arlene Koerner, Emily Fleischman, Mary Hason, Jenny Jendrzejczyk, Mary Lou Ringenberg, Marjorie Walls, Beth Kommers, Ida Gabler, Diane MacNeille
Extent: 1 photograph