Abies concolor (Hook.) Nutt. (white fir), habit (3.81578)
Date: August 1967Type: Photographic image
Description:Abies concolor sp. (white fir) young, single tree in grassy field with tall, slender, pyramidal form
Extent: 1 slide
Nature Printing Class instructed by Nancy Hart in the Greenhouse, participant placing paper under glass (3.48059)
Date: January 1974Creator: Stickney, William S.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Nature Printing Class instructed by Nancy Hart in the Greenhouse, participant placing paper under glass
Extent: 1 negative filmstrip
1925/03/01: Unknown sender to Joy Morton (3.84632)
Date: March 1 1925Type: Document
Description:Letter to Joy Morton about Peter Jargrick [?]. Included are character references, background information and general opinions. Also a weather update.
Extent: 1 page
1927/08/09: [Joy Morton?] to Frank Williams (3.84654)
Date: August 9 1927Creator: Morton, Joy
Type: Document
Description:Booklets about Arbor Lodge received. Turning Arbor Lodge over to the State was the best idea.
Extent: 1 sheet
1929/01/08: Joy Morton to Frank Williams (3.84659)
Date: January 8 1929Creator: Morton, Joy, Morton II, Joy
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Joy Morton to Frank Williams enclosing letter from Joy Morton II and pictures of five old carriages which belonged to Mark Morton. Wondered if he wanted them added to loan collection. If carriages are to be added then would need printed cards attached to each explaining what they are.
Extent: 2 pages
1931/05/05: Clarence Godshalk to Joseph Cudahy (3.84683)
Date: May 5 1931Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Clarence Godshalk to Joseph Cudahy complementing planting of evergreens in a prominent place. Also indicates that he has used Vigoro fertilizer on evergreens.
Extent: 1 page
Horticultural crew riding in Cushman at South Farm (3.4157)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Horticultural crew riding in Cushman at South Farm
(L to R) Ann Teeling, John Sosnowski, Bill Bergmann (driving)
Extent: 1 photograph
European Larch, Larix decidua: Pine Family (Pinaceae) (3.10560)
Date: June 21 – September 20 1969Creator: Tyznik, Anthony
Type: Article
Abutilon theophrasti (velvetleaf), stem, flower, seed pod (3.81650)
Creator: Kohout, Kitty
Type: Photographic image
Description:Abutilon theophrasti/Velvetleaf, pubescent stem, partial leaf, yellow flower, seed pod.
Acacia constricta (whitethorn acacia), habit (3.81659)
Date: June 30 1959Creator: Lamp, Herbert F.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acacia constricta (whitethorn acacia), close-up, branch, yellow flowers
A woman and man in a field with wildflowers (3.36926)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A field, possibly in France, in which a woman appears to be holding a sheaf of blue wildflowers while a man sits in the foreground near a bicycle.
This image is part of a group of slides that belonged to May T. Watts, related to her book Reading the Landscape.
Extent: 1 slide
Joy Morton September 27, 1930 photo album: Joy Morton and group standing together in front of Thornhill residence (3.3704)
Date: September 27 1930Type: Photographic image
Description:Joy Morton September 27, 1930 photo album: Joy Morton and group standing together in front of Thornhill residence
Extent: 1 photograph
Arboretum one story residential housing at Arbordale, 23W207 Indian Hill, rear view from side showing privacy fence (3.37053)
Date: 1959Type: Photographic image
Description:Arboretum one story residential housing at Arbordale, 23W207 Indian Hill, rear view from side showing privacy fence
Extent: 1 negative
Arboretum one story residential housing at Arbordale, 4S124 Dorset, view from down the road showing car in carport (3.37067)
Date: 1959Type: Photographic image
Description:Arboretum one story residential housing at Arbordale, 4S124 Dorset, view from down the road showing car in carport
Extent: 1 negative
Euonymus pauciflorus Maxim. (few-flowered spindle tree) close-up of leaves, fall color (3.72308)
Date: 2005 – 2012Creator: Hagstrom, John
Type: Photographic image
Description:Euonymus pauciflorus Maxim. (few-flowered spindle tree) close-up of leaves, fall color
Amorpha fruticosa (3.54003)
Date: April 6 1963Creator: Schulenberg, Ray
Type: Document
Description:A note card containing handwritten notes (presumably written by Ray Schulenberg) with propagation information on prairie plants.
Extent: 1 Card
Andropogon gerardi (3.54011)
Date: 1981Creator: Schulenberg, Ray
Type: Document
Description:A note card containing handwritten notes (presumably written by Ray Schulenberg) with propagation information on prairie plants.
Extent: 1 Card
Anemone patens [var. wolfgangiana] (3.54019)
Date: 1955Creator: Schulenberg, Ray
Type: Document
Description:A note card containing handwritten notes (presumably written by Ray Schulenberg) with propagation information on prairie plants.
Extent: 1 Card
Apocynum cannabinum (3.54027)
Creator: Schulenberg, Ray
Type: Document
Description:A note card containing handwritten notes (presumably written by Ray Schulenberg) with propagation information on prairie plants.
Extent: 1 Card
Helianthemum bicknellii Fernald. (Hoary Frostweed), habitat (3.72353)
Date: 2005 – 2012Creator: Hagstrom, John
Type: Photographic image
Description:Helianthemum bicknellii Fernald. (Hoary Frostweed), wildflower, pale yellow flower, leaves alternate oblong-elliptic, toothless, blunt or pointed at the tip
Know Know Know Your Oaks, Music Video (3.65606)
Date: 2016Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Video
Description:Music video created by Arboretum staff members in honor of Oaktober for a tree identification class, derived from a teaching aid created by May T. Watts.
Uvularia grandiflora Sm. (bellwort), flowers, leaves (3.72389)
Date: 2005 – 2012Creator: Hagstrom, John
Type: Photographic image
Description:Uvularia grandiflora Sm. (bellwort), wildflower, bell-shaped, pale-yellow nodding flower, light green perfoliate or clasping leaves
Grover Cleveland Cabinet (3.3717)
Date: 1893 – 1897Type: Photographic image
Description:Grover Cleveland Cabinet
J. Sterling Morton - second from right top row
Extent: 1 photograph
Tradescantia ohiensis Raf. (common spiderwort), close-up of inflorescence (3.72398)
Date: 2005 – 2012Creator: Hagstrom, John
Type: Photographic image
Description:Tradescantia ohiensis Raf. (common spiderwort), wildflower, the purplish-blue inflorescence is a dichasial cyme (an axis with a terminal flower), the whorled leaf blade is lanceolate, the fruit is a capsule splitting along two or more seams
Cuscuta glomerata Choisy (rope dodder), twining vine (3.72407)
Date: 2005 – 2012Creator: Hagstrom, John
Type: Photographic image
Description:Cuscuta glomerata Choisy (rope dodder), parasitic rope-like twining vine
Arborfest, tree planting with visitors watching (3.55493)
Date: April 1986Creator: Kohout, John
Type: Photographic image
Description:Arborfest, Dr. Tom Green and unidentified man planting tree with visitors watching
Extent: 1 slide
Rhus copallina L. (shining sumac), leaves, fruits (drupes), stems (3.70163)
Date: 2005 – 2012Creator: Hagstrom, John
Type: Photographic image
Description:Rhus copallina L. (shining sumac), pinnately compound leaves with winged rachis, fruits (drupes), slightly pubesecent stems
Rhus copallina var. latifolia Engler (shining sumac), fall color, pinnately compound leaves with winged rachises (3.70171)
Date: 2005 – 2012Creator: Hagstrom, John
Type: Photographic image
Description:Rhus copallina var. latifolia Engler (shining sumac), red fall color, pinnately compound leaves with winged rachises
Rhus glabra L. (smooth sumac), compound leaves with serrated margins (3.70179)
Date: 2005 – 2012Creator: Hagstrom, John
Type: Photographic image
Description:Rhus glabra L. (smooth sumac), green, compound leaves with serrated margins
Rain Tree Fountain (3.10584)
Date: June 21 – September 20 1970Type: Article
Memorial dedication in honor of J. Sterling Morton at Arbor Lodge, President Grover Cleveland giving dedication speech (3.3725)
Date: October 28 1905Type: Photographic image
Description:Memorial dedication in honor of J. Sterling Morton at Arbor Lodge, President Grover Cleveland giving dedication speech
Extent: 1 photograph
Two Cattails (3.19475)
Date: 1940sCreator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Illustrations of two cattails with identifying text. Graphite sketches of the plants are visible at each image.
Drawings as depicted from left to right:
- cattail with pistils and stamens identified
- cattail with seeds identified
Extent: 1 sheet
Arboretum Landscape Teaching Aid Series: Cut-Over and Grazed Land (3.19502)
Date: 1940 – 1960Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Primarily textual teaching aid depicting Arboretum landscape. This material describes the grazed and cut-over land that was added to the Arboretum, including the effects of fencing out cattle.
[Illustration of a tree stump] Header: CUT-OVER AND GRAZED LAND was added to the Arboretum in 1910 [image of a cow's head with its tongue out]
Text and illustrations from top to bottom:
- [Depicted in stylized scroll] THE RECORD:
- 1. No big trees in this area [illustration of a tree with a large red "X" over it]
- 2. Many stump sprouts [sketch of stump sprouts]
- 3. Many aspens and big-toothed poplars [sketch of aspens and poplars]
- 4. Young oaks, many of the same age [sketch of oaks]
- INTERPRETATION of THE RECORD:
- 1. Aspens and big-toothed poplars grow in sunny places.
- 2. The even age oaks show by their annual rings that they started growing on the year that the Arboretum fenced cows from this area.
- 3. The wild flowers have returned steadily to this area. There was only thistles, milkweed, dandelions, and other tough ones, there when the cattle were fenced out. Now there are trilliums, spring beauties, blood-root, may-apple, and many, many, others.
Extent: 1 sheet
Grounds staff person holding bare root tree after tractor with blade attached to the front removed it from ground for transplanting (3.61941)
Date: March 1986Creator: Kohout, John
Type: Photographic image
Description:Grounds staff person holding bare root tree after tractor with blade attached to the front removed it from ground for transplanting
Extent: 1 slide
Arboretum Landscape Teaching Aid Series: Forest Met Prairie (3.19510)
Date: 1940 – 1960Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Primarily textual teaching aid depicting Arboretum landscape. This material is depicted in the shape of a bur oak leaf. It describes how a line of bur oaks indicates where the climax forest and climax prairie met.
Header: FOREST met PRAIRIE [illustration of grass and trees]
Text and illustrations from top to bottom:
- The Record
- 1. a curving line of bur oaks
- 2. the heavy corky bark of the bur oaks, in comparison with bark of red oak.
- 3. the change in soil profiles at edge of oaks this [illustration of soil] to this [illustration of darker soil]
- Interpreting the Record
- 1) Because bur oaks, with their corky bark were best able to withstand the fires that swept the prairies (often set by Indians) and
- 2) because bur oaks are best at withstanding dry prairie winds
- 3) because bur oaks are seldom found in the heart of the woods
- We Read that: this line of bur oaks marks the place where the climax forest met the prairie climax
Extent: 1 sheet
Arboretum one story residential housing at Arbordale, 4S123 Dorset, view of front from across road (3.37305)
Date: 1959Type: Photographic image
Description:Arboretum one story residential housing at Arbordale, 4S123 Dorset, view of front from across road
Extent: 1 negative