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1984/10/23: Lorin L. Schab to George Ware (3.100789)
Date: October 23 1984Creator: Schab, Lorin L.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Lorin L. Schab, Planning and Zoning Chairman for the Village of Westhaven, IL, to George Ware requesting elm seedlings.
Extent: 2 sheets
1984/8/16: Mary Burlingame to George Ware (3.100822)
Date: August 16 1984Creator: Burlingame, Mary
Type: Document
Description:Request for elm trees based on Daily Journal article
Extent: 1 double-sided sheet
1984/07/10: (Fay) to George Ware (3.100833)
Date: July 10 1984Type: Document
Description:An article from NewsLine, Number 10, Summer 1984, newsletter of the National Technical Information Service (NTIS), sent as an FYI to George Ware concerning technical information exchange with China and request for U.S. lecturers
Extent: 1 two-sided sheet
1984/07/19: R.C. Mangnall to Joe Larkin (3.100844)
Date: July 19 1984Creator: R. C. Mangnall
Type: Document
Description:A request for American Elm information that was offered in a June 1984 "Business Environment"
1984/07/08: Jack Siekkinen to Joe Larkin (3.100855)
Date: July 8 1984Creator: Siekkinen, Jack C.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Jack C Siekkinen of JCS Investment Systems to Joe Larkin requesting information on elms based on a Business Environment article
Extent: 1 sheet
1984/02/22: Brian Smucker to George Ware (3.100862)
Date: February 22 1984Creator: Smucker, Brian
Type: Document
Description:letter from Brian Smucker of American Nurseryman responding to George Ware on the requirements for an article to appear in American Nurseryman
Extent: 3 sheets
Morton Arboretum Prairie Restoration Project: 1960-1980, Raymond F. Schulenberg (3.104345)
Date: 1980sCreator: Schulenberg, Ray
Type: Document
Description:A formerly bound series of documents pertaining to the development of the Schulenberg Prairie. The physical copy of the artifact was formerly in a three-ring binder, but has since been placed in acid free folders, organized by the original tabs represented in the binder.
A table of contents for the pdf version provided in this record is as follows:
Before 1962: Pages 1-3
1962: Pages 4-19
1963: Pages 20-69
1964: Pages 70-106
1965: Pages 107-123
1966: Pages 124-125
1967: Pages 126-196
1968: Pages 197-230
1969: Pages 231-246
1970: Pages 247-264
1971: Pages 265-268
1972: Pages 269-275
After 1972: Pages 276-288
After 1980: Pages 289-315
Extent: 315 pages
1984 Flow Sheet, Page Eight (3.104795)
Date: 1984Type: Document
Description:A list of plants with location and who provided the information.
Extent: 1 sheet
Index Seminum, 1984 (3.106934)
Date: 1984Type: Document
Description:A listing of seeds available from The Morton Arboretum in 1984.
Extent: 1 sheeted folded into a 4 page booklet
Index Seminum, 1984-1985 (3.106935)
Date: 1984Type: Document
Description:Ablisting of seeds available from The Morton Arboretum in 1984-1985.
Extent: 1 sheet folded into a four page booklet
Members' Cooperative Research Program, 1984 (3.106942)
Date: 1984Type: Document
Description:List of plants available for the Members' Cooperative Research Program in 1984.
Extent: 1 sheet
Draft of 1984 Members' Cooperative Research Program Announcement and Application (3.106943)
Date: 1984Type: Document
Description:Communication with Morton Arboretum Members about the Members' Cooperative Research Program for 1984 with pencil edits.
Extent: 1 sheet, two-sided, folded to letter envelope size
Amended Purchase order of plants from Forrest Keeling Nursery (3.106952)
Date: August 10 1984Type: Document
Description:Plants ordered by George Ware. Original order plus one addition
Extent: 1 sheet
Recap of Orders Sent to Forrest Keeling Nursery from June 16, 1983 to June 15, 1984 (3.106953)
Date: June 21 1984Type: Document
Description:A list of plants ordered and quantities.
Extent: 1 sheet
Purchase order of plants from Forrest Keeling Nursery (3.106956)
Date: August 10 1984Type: Document
Description:Plants ordered by George Ware.
Extent: 1 sheet
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Autumn 1984 (3.107019)
Date: 1984Creator: Kaskey, Marjorie, Hedborn Jr., Edward A., Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Serial
Description:This issue includes a history of the forestry plots that originally made up the Arboretum before the switch in emphasis to urban landscaping, Fall Festival information, an article about the large sugar maple (Acer saccharum) near the Visitor's Center and information about the change in the Volunteer Recognition from November to spring. Arboretum events, classes, volunteer opportunities and a list of new volunteers complete the issue.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Spring 1984 (3.107020)
Date: 1984Creator: Stowell, Gladys, Shotwell, Janice
Type: Serial
Description:This issue includes: a history of the Arboretum Greenhouses, featuring Dr. George Ware and the elm hybrids plus other woody plants; an article on propagation at the Arboretum with Lori Pollack, Greenhouse Specialist and Rick Billeter, Propagation Nursery specialist mentioned; the history of Sargent's Glade (now known as Daffodil Glade) named for Charles Sprague Sargent of the Arnold Arboretum in Boston and planned by O.C. Simonds and Joy Morton: FAP 431 (now I 355), a proposal to construct a highway through the Arboretum's land is discussed with information about an opposition rally to be help April 14, 1984. Events, classes and volunteer opportunities are also featured.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Summer 1984 (3.107021)
Date: 1984Creator: Stowell, Gladys, Kaskey, Marjorie
Type: Serial
Description:In this digitized issue of the Summer 1984 Branches Newsletter there are articles about: the history of the Herbarium including Henry Teuscher, E. Lowell Kammerer and Ray Schulenberg who have overseen its operation and the volunteers who have worked there; The original Illinois Trees Trail founded for the Illinois sesquicentennial year (1818-1968) which later became the Northern Illinois Tree trail; and the All America Rose Society test rose garden sponsored by Vaughan Jacklin Corporation, designed by Tony Tyznik and maintained by a group of volunteers. Upcoming events, volunteer opportunities and educational opportunities are provided.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Winter 1984 (3.107022)
Date: 1984Creator: Halperin, Marilyn J.
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Winter 1984 Branches Newsletter features articles on: the history of the development of Lake Marmo, a project overseen by Clarence Goldstalk, with Tony Tyzil and Ed Hedborn contributing; the process of transplanting trees at the Arboretum; maple tree tapping and maple syrup production tended to by volunteers; and the Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) a federally funded program to provide access to accident and liability insurance for senior volunteers. Volunteer opportunities, educational opportunities and upcoming events are also featured.
Extent: 6 pages
The Landscape of the Street (3.10889)
Date: December 21 1983 – March 20 1984Creator: Tyznik, Anthony
Type: Article
Audubon—A Botanist’s Viewpoint (3.10890)
Date: December 21 1983 – March 20 1984Creator: Hess, William J.
Type: Article
A Note on Productivity (3.10891)
Date: December 21 1983 – March 20 1984Type: Article
Biennial Review of Major Programs 1982/1983 (3.10893)
Date: March 21 – June 20 1984Creator: Hall, Marion Trufant
Type: Article
Chicago: Birthplace of Ecology (3.10901)
Date: June 21 – September 20 1984Creator: Engel, J. Ronald
Type: Article
J. Ronald Engel and the “Sacred Sands” of the Indiana Dunes (3.10902)
Date: June 21 – September 20 1984Type: Article
Elizabeth “Sody” Thayer Zimmerman (Mrs. Austin M. Zimmerman) 1907-1984 (3.10903)
Date: June 21 – September 20 1984Type: Article
Travels with Sody (3.10904)
Date: June 21 – September 20 1984Type: Article
The Fragrance Garden (3.10906)
Date: September 21 – December 20 1984Creator: Tyznik, Anthony
Type: Article
Why Some Cultivated Plants Are So Hard to Name (3.10907)
Date: September 21 – December 20 1984Creator: Swink, Floyd
Type: Article
The Voices of the Trees (3.10908)
Date: September 21 – December 20 1984Creator: Jekyll, Gertrude
Type: Article
Preserving the Thornhill Hawthorns (3.10910)
Date: December 21 1984 – March 20 1985Creator: Green, Tom
Type: Article
Large Native Trees of the Morton Arboretum (3.10911)
Date: December 21 1984 – March 20 1985Creator: Crowley Jr., Webster R.
Type: Article
The Myth of the Taproot (3.10912)
Date: December 21 1984 – March 20 1985Creator: Ware, George
Type: Article
Events, News, & Classes: Autumn 1984 (3.113775)
Date: 1984Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Autumn 1984 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as the Yuletide celebration and a lecture about "The Arboretum and Chicago's Architectural Heritage". The Arboretum also received a grant from the National Park Service of the United States Department of Interior to study the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.
Extent: 5 pages
Events, News, & Classes: Spring 1984 (3.113776)
Date: 1984Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Spring 1984 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as a nature photography seminar and a rally against the highway FAP-431 with an associated article explaining the highway would be taking land from the Arboretum. There are also announcements of new employees.
Extent: 5 pages
Events, News, & Classes: Summer 1984 (3.113777)
Date: 1984Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Summer 1984 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as summer concerts with performances by The Medinah Highlanders and Milwaukee's DANCECIRCUS. Taxonomist, Floyd Swink was honored. Lectures included "Exploring Kenya" and "America's Favorite Backyard Birds". Field trips included destinations like the Indiana Dunes and Volo Bog.
Extent: 5 pages