Ed Hedborn oral history interview, 2022 June 08 (3.101320)
Date: June 8 2022Type: Audio
Description:A recording of an oral history interview with Ed Hedborn, manager of plant records, conducted by Matt Lobdell, head of collections and curator. The interview took place on June 8, 2022 in the Cudahy Room in the Administration and Research Center at The Morton Arboretum.
The interview focuses on Hedborn's early experiences at The Morton Arboretum (late 1960s-1970s) including visiting the Arboretum as a student, his summer job working with Ray Schulenberg in the prairie, his work as an herbarium assistant, becoming the Arboretum's plant recorder, and memories of Walter Eickhorst.
Rita Hassert oral history interview, 2022 June 22. (3.102431)
Date: June 22 2022Type: Audio
Description:A digital recording of an oral history interview with Rita Hassert, Library Collections Manager of the Sterling Morton Library. This interview was conducted by Kristin Arnold and took place on June 22, 2022 in the conference room of the library at The Morton Arboretum. This is the first of two interviews.
The interview focuses on Hassert's experiences before and during her employment at The Morton Arboretum, which began in 1986. Topics include her early memories of the Arboretum and the library, the library's collection of nursery catalogs, the Chamber Concert Series and other Arboretum events she helped coordinate, the Employee Giving Committee, and her involvement with the Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries.
Rita Hassert oral history interview, 2022 August 10 (3.102504)
Date: August 10 2022Type: Audio
Description:A digital recording of an oral history interview with Rita Hassert, library collections manager of the Sterling Morton Library. This interview was conducted by Kristin Arnold and took place on August 10, 2022 in the conference room of the library at The Morton Arboretum. This is the second of two interviews.
The interview focuses on Hassert's observations of how the Sterling Morton Library has developed during her employment at The Morton Arboretum, which began in 1986. Topics include changes to the library's physical space, such as the construction of the Special Collections addition and the library's collections. Hassert also discusses library exhibits and events, like the Leafing Through The Pages book discussion group as well as major projects such as the retrospective cataloging project and the launch of ACORN (Arboretum COllections and Resources Nexus).
Let's Argue About Plants, Episode 82: Spring Trees (3.103257)
Date: March 5 2021Type: Audio
Description:Recording of Fine Gardening Magazine's podcast, Let's Argue About Plants, episode 82, titled, "Spring Trees." Features Head of Collections and Curator Matt Lobdell around the 45:36 mark.
In Defense of Plants, Episode 301: Oaks in Trouble (3.103258)
Date: January 24 2021Type: Audio
Description:Recording of the podcast, In Defense of Plants, episode 301, titled, "Oaks in Trouble." Features Director of Global Tree Conservation Murphy Westwood speaking on the threat to oak species and the work of the Global Conservation Consortium for Oak.
In Defense of Plants, Episode 302: Community-Based Oak Conservation (3.103259)
Date: January 31 2021Type: Audio
Description:Recording of the podcast In Defense of Plants, episode 302, titled, "Community-Based Oak Conservation". Features Tree Conservation Ecologist Silvia Alvarez-Clare discussing community-based projects aimed at saving Quercus brandegeei and Quercus insignis.
In Defense of Plants, Episode 361: In Praise of Ancient Trees (3.103262)
Date: March 20 2022Type: Audio
Description:Recording of the podcast In Defense of Plants, episode 361, titled, "In Praise of Ancient Trees". Features Director of the Center of Tree Science Chuck Cannon discussing old growth trees and how rare and special ancient trees are and why they are so important.
Morton Arboretum History (3.104851)
Date: January 8 1973Type: Audio
Description:Recording of a lecture given by Ray Schulenberg on the history of The Morton Arboretum beginning around 1832. Topics covered include early Lisle settlement, J. Sterling Morton, Joy Morton's salt business, the establishment of the Arboretum, the hiring of early Arboretum staff (Clarence Godshalk, Henry Teuscher, John van Gemert), farming operations at the Arboretum, the passing of Joy Morton, Jean Morton Cudahy and Sterling Morton as chairman of the trustees, the woody plant collections, and the education program.
Ed Hedborn oral history interview, 2022 October 26 (3.104913)
Date: October 26 2022Type: Audio
Description:A recording of an oral history interview with Ed Hedborn, manager of plant records, conducted by Kristin Arnold, archivist. The interview took place on October 26, 2022 in the Sterling Morton Library at The Morton Arboretum.
The interview focuses on Hedborn's experiences and memories of The Morton Arboretum's Collections Program during the curatorship of Ray Schulenberg, which lasted from 1977 to 1987. Topics include Hedborn's early days as plant recorder, the shift of collections focus to wild-collected plants, seed collecting trips through the western United States and Northern Illinois, tracing the history of plants, the computerization of plant records, and the start of Bloom and Color Reports.
Ed Hedborn oral history interview, 2023 January 25 (3.107010)
Date: January 25 2023Type: Audio
Description:A recording of an oral history interview with Ed Hedborn, manager of plant records, conducted by Kristin Arnold, archivist. The interview took place on January 25, 2023 in the Sterling Morton Library at The Morton Arboretum.
The interview focuses on Hedborn's experiences and memories of The Morton Arboretum's Collections Program during the curatorship of Peter van der Linden, which lasted from 1987 to 1998. Topics include the Arboretum's collections, the evaluation and rehabilitation of collections, the construction of the North-South Tollway (I-355), salt studies, plant labels, seed collecting, and the Arbor Day Plant Sale.
Craig Johnson oral history interview, 2023 February 1 (3.107011)
Date: February 1 2023Type: Audio
Description:A recording of an oral history interview with Craig Johnson, former supervisor of the Schulenberg Prairie, conducted by Cindy Crosby, prairie steward supervisor. The interview took place on February 1, 2023 in the Sterling Morton Library at The Morton Arboretum. This is part of a series of interviews with individuals connected to the Schulenberg Prairie.
Topics include the story of how Johnson became the prairie supervisor, his first encounters with prairie, May Watts, Ray Schulenberg, the origins of the Schulenberg Prairie, prescribed burns, prairie planting, impact of indigenous peoples on prairie, favorite plants, the development of prairie restoration, prairie volunteers, the Prairie Visitor Station, and advice for people working on prairie.
Don and Espie Nelson oral history interview, 2023 February 15 (3.107115)
Date: February 15 2023Type: Audio
Description:A recording of an oral history interview with Don and Espie Nelson, prairie steward volunteers at the Schulenberg Prairie, conducted by Cindy Crosby, prairie steward supervisor. The interview took place on February 15, 2023 in the Sterling Morton Library at The Morton Arboretum. This is part of a series of interviews with individuals connected to the Schulenberg Prairie.
Topics include the Nelsons' experiences leading up to prairie work, Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, Schulenberg Prairie, Vermont Cemetery, Langham Island, prescribed burns, Ray Schulenberg, and Lily Cache Prairie.
Pat Armstrong oral history interview, 2023 February 27 (3.107205)
Date: February 27 2023Type: Audio
Description:A recording of an oral history interview with Pat Armstrong, former education staff member and Schulenberg Prairie supervisor, conducted by Cindy Crosby, prairie steward supervisor. The interview took place on February 27, 2023 in the Sterling Morton Library at The Morton Arboretum. This is part of a series of interviews with individuals connected to the Schulenberg Prairie.
Topics include the Schulenberg Prairie, the prairie volunteer corps, prairie restoration, residential prairie planting at her home, Prairie Poetry, and the Wild Plant Family Cookbook.
Emma Leavens oral history interview, 2023 February 27 (3.107206)
Date: February 27 2023Type: Audio
Description:A recording of an oral history interview with Emma Leavens, Research Coordinator of the Experimental Prairie. The interview was conducted by Cindy Crosby, prairie steward supervisor. It took place on February 27, 2023 in the Sterling Morton Library at The Morton Arboretum. This is part of a series of interviews with individuals connected to the Schulenberg Prairie.
Topics include how Leavens was introduced to prairie, the High Line in New York City, the Schulenberg Prairie, the Ware Field Experimental Prairie, soil research, prairie restoration, women in science, and climate change.
Dave Kropp oral history interview, 2023 March 1 (3.107276)
Date: March 1 2023Type: Audio
Description:A recording of an oral history interview with Dave Kropp, first volunteer who worked on the Schulenberg Prairie and close friend of Ray Schulenberg. The interview was conducted by Cindy Crosby, prairie steward supervisor. It took place on March 1, 2023 at Dave Kropp's home in Mokena, Illinois. This is part of a series of interviews with individuals connected to the Schulenberg Prairie.
Topics include how Kropp met Ray Schulenberg and began to work on the prairie, the origins of the Schulenberg Prairie, Kropp's home prairie that he planted with Schulenberg near Plainfield, Illinois, and prescribed burns.
Ed Hedborn oral history interview, 2023 March 08 (3.107277)
Date: March 8 2023Type: Audio
Description:A recording of an oral history interview with Ed Hedborn, manager of plant records, conducted by Kristin Arnold, archivist. The interview took place on March 8, 2023 in the Sterling Morton Library at The Morton Arboretum.
The interview focuses on Hedborn's experiences and memories of The Morton Arboretum's Collections Program during the curatorship of Kunso Kim, which lasted from 1998 to 2014, and Matt Lobdell, which lasted from 2014 to 2022. Topics include the development of the Arboretum's collections, online collections catalogs, the Arboretum's grid system, the Collections Master Plan, the building of the Curatorial and Operations Center, working in Plant Clinic, and tribute trees.
Craig Johnson oral history interview, 2023 March 15 (3.107282)
Date: March 15 2023Type: Audio
Description:A recording of an oral history interview with Craig Johnson, former supervisor of the Schulenberg Prairie, conducted by Cindy Crosby, prairie steward supervisor. The interview took place on March 15, 2023 in the Sterling Morton Library at The Morton Arboretum. This second interview with Craig Johnson is part of a series of interviews with individuals connected to the Schulenberg Prairie.
Topics include working on the Schulenberg Prairie with volunteers, human-landscape interactions, the Kankakee mallow, Ray Schulenberg, prairie planting successes and failures, seed collecting (authorized and unauthorized), climate change, Willoway Brook, influence of prairie restorers, vision for the future of prairie, and what prairie teaches us.
Jerry Wilhelm oral history interview, 2023 March 22 (3.107283)
Date: March 22 2023Type: Audio
Description:A recording of an oral history interview with Gerould (Jerry) Wilhelm, former herbarium assistant and field taxonomist at The Morton Arboretum, conducted by Cindy Crosby, prairie steward supervisor. The interview took place on March 22, 2023 in the Research Center at The Morton Arboretum. This is part of a series of interviews with individuals connected to the Schulenberg Prairie.
Topics include Wilhelm's residential garden of native plants, soil, water, climate change, Dick Young, the evaluation of prairie remnants, the rise of ecology and environmentalism, Wilhelm's first experiences with Ray Schulenberg and Floyd Swink, Flora of the Chicago Region, draining prairie, prescribed burns, and Bob Betz and cemetery prairies.
Cindy Crosby oral history interview, 2023 April 12 (3.107456)
Date: April 12 2023Type: Audio
Description:A recording of an oral history interview with Cindy Crosby, prairie steward supervisor and author, conducted by Rita Hassert, library collections manager. The interview took place on April 12, 2023 in the Research Center at The Morton Arboretum. This is part of a series of interviews with individuals connected to the Schulenberg Prairie.
Topics include Crosby's introduction to prairie, mentors who taught her about prairie, volunteer work on prairie, weeding, moth studies, how management of the prairie has changed, favorite prairie plant, work at Nachusa Grasslands, prairie planting at her home, connecting prairie and art, her writings, and the legacy of the prairie.
Carol Doty Oral History Interview, 2023-11-01 (3.116346)
Date: November 1 2023Type: Audio
Description:A recording of an oral history interview with Carol Doty, employee of The Morton Arboretum from 1963 to 1998, conducted by Rita Hassert, library collections manager. The interview took place on Nov 1, 2023, at the home of Carol Doty.
Topics include: Ms. Doty's career, her time at the Arboretum, the Sterling Morton Library, the Jens Jensen archival collection, Arboretum history, Arboretum events, and Arboretum colleagues.
Glenwood Park Dedication. Madison - October 7, 1949. Part One and Part Two (3.116348)
Date: October 7 1949Type: Audio
Description:78 rpm record recorded at WIBA-FM in Madison, Wisconsin.
Glenwood Park Dedication. Madison - October 7, 1949. Part Three (3.116349)
Date: October 7 1949Type: Audio
Description:78 rpm record recorded at WIBA-FM in Madison, Wisconsin.
Glenwood Park Dedication. Madison - October 7, 1949. Part Four and Part One (3.116350)
Date: October 7 1949Type: Audio
Description:78 rpm record recorded at WIBA-FM in Madison, Wisconsin.
Lydia Scott Oral History Interview, 2023-12-13 (3.116359)
Date: December 13 2023Type: Audio
Description:A recording of an oral history interview with Lydia Scott, employee of The Morton Arboretum from 2012 to 2023, conducted by Rita Hassert, library collections manager. The interview took place on Dec 13, 2023, in the Sterling Morton Library's Special Collections Reading Room.
Topics include: Ms. Scott's career and her time at the Arboretum, the founding of the Chicago Region Trees Initiative (CRTI), data collected and maintained by CRTI, several CRTI programs and initiatives, the challenges and successes she has seen while leading CRTI, and urban and community forestry's past and future.
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
Lunching & Learning with Suzette Morton Davidson: A Morton Family Album - Personal Reminiscences of the Morton Family (3.31581)
Date: January 19 1978Type: Audio
Description:Lunching and Learning program presented by Suzette Morton Davidson on the topic of Morton family history. Introduction by Charles Lewis.
Extent: 1 audio cassette
Lunching & Learning with Clarence Godshalk: Evolution of the Arboretum - From Farm to Arboretum (3.31582)
Date: January 25 1978Type: Audio
Description:Lunching and Learning program presented by Clarence Godshalk as he describes the evolution of the Arboretum, from farm land to Arboretum.
Extent: 1 audio cassette
Lunching & Learning with Clarence Godshalk: Arboretum History (3.31635)
Date: January 28 – 29 1976Type: Audio
Description:Lunching & Learning program presented by Clarence Godshalk regarding Arboretum History.
Extent: 2 audio cassettes
Lecture by Ray Schulenberg: The Potawatomi (3.31636)
Date: January 22 1976Type: Audio
Description:Lecture given by Ray Schulenberg regarding the Potawatomi.
Extent: 1 audio cassette
Tony Tyznik: Evolution of the Arboretum Landscape - Today and Tomorrow (3.32239)
Date: February 1 1978Type: Audio
Extent: 2 compact discs
Dr. Hall On The Arboretum (3.32780)
Type: Audio
Interview with Tony Tyznik: collections development, biodiversity, and landscape design during his tenure (3.33430)
Date: February 28 2000Type: Audio
Description:Interview with Tony Tyznik conducted by Kunso Kim (Curator of Botanical Collections), Marcus de la Fleur (visiting Landscape Architect) , Scott Mehaffey (Landscape Architect), and Tim Boland (Curator of Horticultural Collections).
Topics discussed include development of collections at The Morton Arboretum, biodiversity conservation, and decisions in landscape design during Tyznik's tenure.
Extent: 2 cassettes
Interview with Walter Eickhorst: collection sites and movement, horticultural developments, and collections purpose during his tenure (3.33431)
Date: February 14 2000Type: Audio
Description:Interview with Walter Eickhorst conducted by Kunso Kim (Curator of Botanical Collections), Marcus de la Fleur (visiting Landscape Architect) , and Tim Boland (Curator of Horticultural Collections).
Topics discussed include reasoning for original site placement of collections and any moving of collections that occurred at The Morton Arboretum, original purpose of specific collections, and horticultural developments during Eickhorst's tenure.
Extent: 2 cassettes
Interview with Peter Van Der Linden (3.33432)
Date: February 18 2000Type: Audio
Description:Interview with Peter Van Der Linden conducted by Kunso Kim (Curator of Botanical Collections), Marcus de la Fleur (visiting Landscape Architect) , and Tim Boland (Curator of Horticultural Collections).
Topics discussed include
Extent: 2 cassettes
Interview with George Ware (3.33433)
Date: March 10 2000Type: Audio
Description:Interview with George Ware conducted by Kunso Kim (Curator of Botanical Collections), Marcus de la Fleur (visiting Landscape Architect) , and Tim Boland (Curator of Horticultural Collections).
Topics discussed include
Extent: 2 cassettes
Interview with Ray Schulenberg: biodiversity, collection sites, plant origins during his tenure (3.33435)
Date: March 2 2000Type: Audio
Description:Interview with Ray Schulenberg conducted by Kunso Kim (Curator of Botanical Collections), Marcus de la Fleur (visiting Landscape Architect) , and Tim Boland (Curator of Horticultural Collections).
Topics discussed include biodiversity at The Morton Arboretum, decisions on collection site placement, and origins of plant species introduced to The Morton Arboretum during Schulenberg's tenure.
Extent: 1 cassette