1999/01/05: Peter J. Bourne to George Ware (3.37494)
Date: January 5 1999Creator: Bourne, Peter J.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Peter J. Bourne to George Ware regarding the exchange of Ulmus (elm) seeds.
Extent: 2 sheets
1999/10/14: Gary Johnson to George Ware (3.37663)
Date: October 14 1999Creator: Johnson, Gary R.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Gary Johnson of University of Minnesota to George Ware requesting specific whip-sized elms to help start a cooperative field evaluation project at the University of Minnesota.
Extent: 1 sheet
1996/11/11: Zhang Qinghua to George Ware (3.37851)
Date: November 11 1996Creator: Qinghua, Zhang
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Zhang Qinghua to George Ware thanking him for money received and discussing seed lot germination, seed collection for Ulmus, as well as praising his success in experiments and his paper: Little Known Elms from China.
Extent: 1 sheet
1996/08/12: Jeffrey R. Short Jr. to George Ware (3.37856)
Date: August 12 1996Creator: Short Jr., Jeffrey R.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Jeffrey R. Short Jr. to George Ware thanking him for his article on Little Known Elms from China and discussing trees and people of the Caucasus. Also contains two color photocopies of maps of the Caucasus region.
Extent: 4 sheets
1985/06/05: Douglas Smith to George Ware (3.37867)
Date: June 5 1985Creator: Smith, Douglas L.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Douglas Smith of Planmetrics, Inc. acknowledging the receipt of plants and discourse concerning landscape architecture and anecdotes of the Winged Foot Golf Club, as well as the enclosure of the book, Winged Foot Story.
Extent: 1 sheet
1995/02/03: Mike Spravka to George Ware et al. (3.38003)
Date: February 3 1995Type: Document
Description:Arboretum memo from Mike Spravka to George Ware, Kris Bachtell, Carol Doty, Bill Dreyer, Christopher Dunn, Ed Hedborn, Pattie Jelen, Scott Mehaffey, Linda Sanford, Tish Sparrowe, Peter Van Der Linden, and Gary Watson concerning revisions to the Tree Evaluation Plot Collection which the public uses to select trees suitable for urban and suburban areas. A 1994-1995 Index Seminum of seeds collected from natural populations in the United States is attached to the memo and addressed to Dr. Ware.
Extent: 7 sheets
1999/06/06: Rob Greenland to George Ware (3.38213)
Date: June 6 1999Creator: Greenland, Rob
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Rob Greenland of Brighton & Hove to George Ware announcing his pleasure at receiving seeds for a variety of Ulmus, requesting additional information as to how to properly propagate them, and offering to reciprocate in kind.
Extent: 1 sheet
1991/05/31: Gao Ren to George Ware (3.38233)
Date: May 31 1991Creator: Ren, Gao
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Gao Ren to George Ware thanking him for the book "Ecosystem Management for Parks and Wilderness", his visit to ShanXi, and informing him that he will be sending him seeds.
Extent: 2 sheets
1986/01/13: Steven H. Davis to George Ware (3.38285)
Date: January 13 1986Creator: Davis, Steven H.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Steven H. Davis of the American Horticultral Society to George Ware thanking him for his seed donation.
Extent: 1 sheet
1984/09/14: Carol Eickhoff to George Ware (3.38476)
Date: September 14 1984Creator: Eickhoff, Carol
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Carol Eickhoff of Servicemaster Industries Inc. to George Ware thanking him for providing slides for a conference as well as the contribution of 50 seedling trees.
Extent: 1 sheet
1985/06/12: Randall J. Fox to George Ware (3.38477)
Date: June 12 1985Creator: Fox, Randall J.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Randall J. Fox of Arbor Lodge State Historical Park to George Ware asking for his assistance in planting newly developed hybrid elm trees in their park, Arbor Lodge State Historical Park in Nebraska, the home of J. Sterling Morton.
Extent: 1 sheet
1996/03/22: Lorenzo Mittempergher to George Ware (3.39945)
Date: March 22 1996Creator: Mittempergher, Lorenzo
Type: Document
Description:A letter from Lorenzo Mittemphergher, an elm breeder from the Insituto di Patalogia e Zoologia Forestale e Agraria in Firenze, Italy. The letter requests Ulmus seed from trees in the Arboretum, and references an enclosed article he co-authored, "Elm Yellows A Disease To Be Taken Into Consideration When Breeding Elm For Disease Resistance" published in the 8th Congress of the Mediterranean Phytopathological Union, Agadir - Morocco, 1990. There are also handwritten notes on a notepad listing several varieties of Ulmus.
Extent: 4 sheets, 1 notepad
1997/07/29: Lorenzo Mittempergher to George Ware (3.39958)
Date: July 29 1997Creator: Mittempergher, Lorenzo
Type: Document
Description:Printed email from Lorenzo Mittempergher to George Ware thanking him for the elm accessions and conveying issues with trying to get these species to grow in his country [Italy].
Extent: 1 sheet
1995/01/05: George T. Weick to George Ware (3.44146)
Date: January 5 1995Creator: Weick, George T.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from George T. Weick to George Ware concerning a "New-Old" tree discovered by Australian Botanists as mentioned in an article from the Christian Science Monitor and inquiring if he could acquire one.
Extent: 1 sheet
1999/05/16: Yiquin Xin to George Ware (3.44548)
Date: May 16 1999Creator: Xin, Yiqun
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Yiqun Xin of Shandong University in China to George Ware discussing sending Ulmus macrocarpa seeds from the city of Jinan and Ulmus glaucescens and Ulmus pumila seeds from the Shandong province.
Extent: 1 sheet
1999/03/02: Yiqun Xin to George Ware (3.44549)
Date: March 2 1999Creator: Xin, Yiqun
Type: Document
Description: Letter from Yiqun Xin to George Ware discussing the pleasure of meeting him at the Elm International Conference, asking if he will be at the 1999 World Horticultural Gardening Fair, and discussing exchanging seeds for Ulmus marocarpa, Ulmus alata, and Ulmus thomasii.
Extent: 1 sheet
Seed exchange envelopes from China, Russia, Slovakia, Romania (3.4502)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Seed exchange envelopes from China, Russia, Slovakia, Romania
Extent: 1 photograph
Seeds For Teachers Program, Mike Spravka and volunteers sorting seeds (3.47552)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Seeds For Teachers Program, Mike Spravka and volunteers sorting seeds
Extent: 1 photograph
1997/04/29: George H. Ware to Dr. Lorenzo Mittempergher (3.47645)
Date: April 29 1997Creator: Ware, George
Type: Document
Description:Letter from George Ware to Dr. Lorenzo Mittempergher of the Centro Di Studio Per La Patologia in Florence, Italy stating that some of the uncommon elm species will have seed crops this year and that he will send seeds in May. He also and inquires about obtaining Ulmus villosa seeds.
Extent: 1 sheet
1996/04/30: George H. Ware to Dr. Lorenzo Mittempergher (3.47655)
Date: April 30 1996Creator: Ware, George
Type: Document
Description:Letter from George H. Ware to Dr. Lorenzo Mittempergher of the Centro Di Studio Per La Patologia in Florence, Italy thanking him for his letter and information on elm yellows, discussing the merits and concerns of a variety of elm species, and hope that their cooperative endeavors will be productive and beneficial.
Extent: 1 sheet
2000/04/24: Letter from George Ware to Zhang Qinghua (3.47694)
Date: April 24 2000Creator: Ware, George
Type: Document
Description:Letter from George Ware thanking Zhang Qinghua of the Chinese Academy of Forestry in Beijing, China for cuttings of Populus alba pyramidalis, and requesting additional seeds.
Extent: 1 sheet
2000/04/28: George Ware to Rob Greenland (3.55486)
Date: April 28 2000Creator: Ware, George
Type: Document
Description:Letter from George Ware to Rob Greenland of the Brighton and Hove Council requesting seeds of Ulmus villosa.
Extent: 1 sheet
1999/12/16: George H. Ware to Ms. Zhang Qinghua (3.55487)
Date: December 16 1999Creator: Ware, George
Type: Document
Description:Letter from George Ware to Ms. Zhang Qinghua of the Research Institute of Forestry in Beijing thanking her for her email and asking that she send both Populus and Ulmus seeds.
Extent: 1 sheet
1999/10/28: George H. Ware to Zhang Qinq-hua [sic] (3.55488)
Date: October 28 1999Creator: Ware, George
Type: Document
Description:Letter from George H. Ware to Ms. Zhang Qin-hua [sic] of the Research Institute of Forestry in Beijing sending her payment for seeds previously received and requesting a variety of Ulmus and Populus seeds he would like to receive.
Extent: 1 sheet
2000/06/20: George Ware to Zhang Qinhua (3.55489)
Date: June 20 2000Creator: Ware, George
Type: Document
Description:Letter from George Ware to Ms. Zhang Qinhua of the Chinese Academy of Forestry in Beijing acknowledging the receipt of several varieties of Ulmus seeds and cuttings.
Extent: 1 sheet
1999/04/24: George Ware to Peter Bourne (3.55934)
Date: April 24 1999Creator: Ware, George
Type: Document
Description:Letter from George Ware to Peter Bourne discussing elm species at The Morton Arboretum and his offer of sending seeds. He also inquires about the Ulmus villosa and asks if it produces seeds.
Extent: 1 sheet
1999/07/27: George Ware to Rob Greenland (3.55935)
Date: July 27 1999Creator: Ware, George
Type: Document
Description:Letter from George Ware to Rob Greenland of Environmental Services, Brighton and Hove Council, England explaining how best to germinate Ulmus seeds received from Peter Bourne.
Extent: 1 sheet
1996/05/03: George Ware to Robert E. Schutzki (3.55936)
Date: May 3 1996Creator: Ware, George
Type: Document
Description:Fax cover sheet and plant breeding abstract from George Ware to Dr. Robert E. Schutzki of Michigan State University concerning elm breeding and improvement at The Morton Arboretum.
Extent: 2 sheets
1985/07/23: George Ware to Randall J. Fox (3.56104)
Date: July 23 1985Creator: Ware, George, Mintern, Gloria
Type: Document
Description:A set of two letters. The first from George Ware to Randall J. Fox of the Arbor Lodge State Historical Park stating that he will send some small hybrid elm trees for planting. The second (dated August 15, 1988) from Gloria Smith Mintern to George Ware informing him that the tree he sent is doing well.
Extent: 2 sheets
Envelopes addressed to The Morton Arboretum from various countries received for seed exchange requests (3.59041)
Date: October 1986Type: Photographic image
Description:Envelopes addressed to The Morton Arboretum from various countries received for seed exchange requests
Extent: 1 slide
Envelopes addressed to The Morton Arboretum from various countries received for seed exchange requests (3.59049)
Date: 1980sType: Photographic image
Description:Envelopes addressed to The Morton Arboretum from various countries received for seed exchange requests
Extent: 1 slide
1996/11/19: John Rosenow to George Ware (3.59565)
Date: November 19 1996Creator: Rosenow, John
Type: Document
Description:Letter from John Rosenow, President of the National Arbor Day Foundation, to George Ware regarding the possibility of the National Arbor Day Foundation growing and selling the David elm (Ulmus davidiana).
Extent: 1 sheet
1994/06/28: Eugene B. Smalley to Dr. George Ware (3.60842)
Date: June 28 1994Creator: Smalley, Eugene B.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Eugene Smalley of the Department of Plant Pathology at the University of Wisconsin - Madison to Dr. George Ware inquiring as to the availability of tree cuttings or seedlings to use in their DED (dutch elm disease) resistance trials.
Extent: 1 sheet
1993/07/12: George [Ware] to Gene [Eugene Smalley] (3.62127)
Date: July 12 1993Creator: Ware, George
Type: Document
Description:Photocopy of a letter from George Ware to Eugene Smalley about providing various types of lesser-known elms grown from seed.
Extent: 1 sheet
1985/03/06: Zhang Qiwen to Dr. George H. Ware (3.62265)
Date: March 6 1985Creator: Qiwen, Zhang
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Zhang Qiwen of The Chinese Academy Of Forestry, Peking, China to George Ware offering suggestions on how to care for P. tomentosa root cuttings he sent and inquiring about serving in a work study program at the Arboretum.
Extent: 1 sheet
1988/02/01: George Ware to Dr. Hall (3.62549)
Date: February 1 1988Creator: Ware, George
Type: Document
Description:Letter and packet of documents from George Ware to Dr. Hall stating the he is including a letter from Mrs. Zhang Qiwen and explaining her request for study funds and that he is offering her $1,000 for her past provision of poplar cuttings for his research.
Extent: 3 sheets