Inside Research: Winter 1995: Volume 2, Number 1 (3.106915)
Date: December 21 1995 – March 20 1996Type: Document
Description:The Morton Arboretum Research Department Newsletter for the winter of 1995.
Extent: 5 two-sided sheets
Trip to China Enlarges Arboretum's Collection Newspaper Clipping (3.106961)
Date: October 19 1990Type: Document
Description:A newspaper clipping covering a specimen gathering and exchange trip to China by The Morton Arboretum botanists.
Extent: 1 sheet
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Summer 1989 (3.107040)
Date: 1989Creator: Engle, Martha
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Summer 1989 Branches Newsletter contains articles on the following: a history of the soil at the Arboretum, specifically the movement of the glaciers and the ice sheet that covered the area; an update on the berms' their formation, purpose (to mitigate salt, exhaust and noise pollution), and design; and a sampling of collecting trips conducted by Arboretum staff and scientists. An in-service for volunteers, special events and classes are featured along with a list of new volunteers.
Extent: ;6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of the Morton Arboretum, Winter 1991 (3.107046)
Date: 1991Creator: Stowell, Gladys
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Winter 1991 Branches Newsletter contains articles on the following: Herbarium volunteer Kendall Winter and his quest to travel the world seeking varieties of sumac or Rhus and to bring back samples for the Herbarium; Dr. George Ware and an exchange program with China during which participants from China and the United States visited each others countries to learn about each others woody flora and their growing environments and bring back specimens. Volunteer opportunities, volunteer trainings, new volunteers, classes and programs are also discussed.
Extent: ;6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of The Morton Arboretum Volunteers, Winter 1995 (3.107061)
Date: 1995Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Winter 1995 Branches Newsletter features articles on the following: the Wild Garden, it's history, development, the volunteer group involved and it's reestablishment after the renovations at Thornhill, Workers in Sylvan Horticulture (VIEW); and the High School Education Reach Out in Botany group (HERB) which involved area high school students in the Herbarium, mounting and illustrating plants. Volunteer opportunities, trainings, events and classes are featured along with lists of new and continuing volunteers.
Extent: 6 pages
A Tree by Any Other Name…(Or: What is Behind Name Changes?) (3.10710)
Date: March 21 – June 20 1975Creator: Hess, William J.
Type: Article
Orphans in the Plant World: Examples of Monotypic Families (3.10802)
Date: June 21 – September 20 1978Creator: Swink, Floyd, Hall, Marion Trufant, Hess, William J.
Type: Article
Audubon—A Botanist’s Viewpoint (3.10890)
Date: December 21 1983 – March 20 1984Creator: Hess, William J.
Type: Article
Taking a Closer Look at Plants (3.10939)
Date: September 21 – December 20 1986Creator: Hess, William J.
Type: Article
Ernest J. Palmer – The Morton Arboretum Connection (3.10964)
Date: December 21 1987 – March 20 1988Creator: Hess, William J.
Type: Article
The Scanning Electron Microscope at Work Documenting the Parentage of the ‘Marmo’ maple (3.10998)
Date: March 21 – June 20 1990Creator: Crowley Jr., Webster R., Hess, William J.
Type: Article
Kissing Cousins: Sumacs and Maples (3.11036)
Date: June 21 – September 20 1992Creator: Winter, Kendall, Crowley Jr., Webster R., Hess, William J.
Type: Article
Western Red Cedar: Thuja plicata (3.11061)
Date: December 21 1993 – March 20 1994Creator: Hess, William J.
Type: Article
Events, News, & Classes: Autumn 1983 (3.113774)
Date: 1983Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Autumn 1983 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as Bluegrass at Thornhill and a Bonsai Exhibit at Thornhill. It also includes behind the scenes gardening information and how volunteers fight tent caterpillars and mentions a problem with deer eating young plants. It also has a list of classes.
Extent: 5 pages
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: Autumn 1985 (3.113779)
Date: 1985Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Autumn 1985 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as several mushroom-related activities, bird walks, and an upcoming field seminar to England discussing gardens and landscapes.
Extent: 5 pages
Events, News, & Classes: Spring 1985 (3.113780)
Date: 1985Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Spring 1985 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as welcoming Spring with classes like Arboretum Spring and The Nature of Spring. There are also several opportunities for birding. Field seminars were offered for Spring in the Southern Appalachians and Isle of Royale Adventure, and field trips were available to Braidwood, IL, Starved Rock State Park, Warren Woods, and Nelson Lake Marsh. The Atlantic Richfield Foundation Grant awarded $125,000 to support the project "City Trees For City People".
Events, News, & Classes: Autumn 1986 (3.113783)
Date: 1986Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Autumn 1986 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as a talk by Dr. Gary Watson, the Arboretum's root specialist, discussing the importance of roots and a look at a Victorian Christmas with Sunny O'Neil. Field trips included birding along Chicago's lakefront, a waterfowl fall migration in the Palos area, and a trip to the Indiana Dunes. Charles Lewis and Dr. Herbert Schroeder, Environmental Psychologist with the US Forest Service, were participating in an exchange research trip to The Netherlands to establish joint projects.
Extent: 5 pages
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: Spring 1987 (3.113788)
Date: 1987Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Spring 1987 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as the field seminar "Spring in Door County" and the lecture "Getting at the Root of Spring Planting". Linda Sanford joined the Education staff as Curator of Youth Education, and Dr. Gary Watson joined the Research Group as Plant Pathologist. Dr. Frank Pascoe and Mrs. Linda Meyers were hired as Administrator and Secretary, respectively. The Arboretum received grants from the Institute of Museum Services Conservation Project and the Rice Foundation.
Extent: 5 pages
Events, News, & Classes: Autumn 1988 (3.113791)
Date: 1988Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Autumn 1988 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as the Chamber Concert Series and an examination of the work of Francois-Andre Michaux. Clarence Godshalk, Director Emeritus of The Morton Arboretum, passed away on April 20, 1988. Daniel Peterkin, Jr., Trustee of The Morton Arboretum and retired Chairman and President of Morton-Norwich Products Inc. died on May 11, 1988. The Library marked its 25th anniversary. Grants were received from the Nalco Foundation, Dr. Ralph and Marian Falk Medical Research Foundation, A. Montgomery Ward Foundation, and The Institute of Museum Services (IMS).
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.
A Taxonomic Revision of Vauquelinia (Rosaceae) (3.114687)
Date: May 1987Creator: Hess, William J.
Type: Article
Description:An article that discusses classification of Vauquelinia (Rosaceae) into three species with ten subspecies and includes data on leaf, flower anatomy and floral vascularization. Published in SIDA, Contributions to Botany.
Extent: 163 pages
The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 11 No. 01 (3.34471)
Date: March 21 – June 20 1975Type: Serial
Description:
- Miyabe Maple: A Tree Worth Knowing More About (1-3)
- Focus: The Nature Study & Camera Club after ten Years (4-8)
- A Tree by Any Other Name…(Or: What is Behind Name Changes?) (9-13, 16)
- Cornelian Cherry Dogwood, Cornus mas: Dogwood Family (Cornaceae) (14-15)
- Climatological Summary (16)
Extent: 16 pages
Clarence E. Godshalk's 90th birthday celebration scrapbook: guests listening to speaker (3.3615)
Date: January 14 1987Creator: Kohout, John
Type: Photographic image
Description:Clarence E. Godshalk's 90th birthday celebration scrapbook
Guests listening to speaker including Carol Way, Lynne and Joe Larkin, Marilyn Halperin, Gloria Mintern, Don Heldt, Nancy Flexman, Cara Heldt, Barb Mangano, Larry Carton, and Bill Hess
Extent: 1 photograph
Arbor Day activities at The Morton Arboretum, Dr. Hess speaking to woman at Be a Botanist station (3.3898)
Date: April 1995Type: Photographic image
Description:Arbor Day activities at The Morton Arboretum, Dr. Hess speaking to woman at Be a Botanist station
Extent: 1 negative filmstrip
Arbor Day activities at The Morton Arboretum, Dr. Hess speaking to woman holding box of plants at Be a Botanist station (3.3899)
Date: April 1995Type: Photographic image
Description:Arbor Day activities at The Morton Arboretum, Dr. Hess speaking to woman holding box of plants at Be a Botanist station
Extent: 1 negative filmstrip
Bill Hess and class in Botany Lab examining specimens (3.4073)
Date: 1987Creator: Brown, Ray
Type: Photographic image
Description:Bill Hess and class in Botany Lab examining specimens with microscopes
Extent: 1 photograph
Herbarium's 75,000 accession, volunteers with Nina Podrasky (left), Bill Hess (seated), Web Crowley (standing third from R) (3.4142)
Date: 1989Type: Photographic image
Description:Herbarium's 75,000 accession, volunteers with Nina Podrasky (left), Bill Hess (seated), Web Crowley (standing third from R)
Extent: 1 photograph
Herbarium's 75,000 accession, volunteers with Nina Podrasky (left), Bill Hess (seated), Web Crowley (standing third from R) (3.4143)
Date: 1989Type: Photographic image
Description:Herbarium's 75,000 accession, volunteers with Nina Podrasky (left), Bill Hess (seated), Web Crowley (standing third from R)
Extent: 1 photograph
Dr. Marion Hall stamping Herbarium's 50,000th specimen (3.4146)
Date: 1984Creator: Kohout, John
Type: Photographic image
Description:Dr. Marion Hall stamping Herbarium's 50,000th specimen
(L to R): Nina Podraski, Bill Hess, Marion Hall
Extent: 1 photograph
Patti Levenz (left) and Bill Hess examining maps and books in the Herbarium (3.4147)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Patti Levenz (left) and Bill Hess examining maps and books in the Herbarium
Green Nature, Human Nature book signing in Sterling Morton Library, Charles Lewis greeting Peter Wang in May T. Watts Reading Garden (3.4167)
Date: May – June 1996Type: Photographic image
Description:Green Nature, Human Nature book signing in Sterling Morton Library, Charles Lewis greeting Peter Wang in May T. Watts Reading Garden
(L to R): Charles Lewis, Bill Hess, Peter Wang
Extent: 1 photograph
Green Nature, Human Nature book signing in Sterling Morton Library, group of guest in conversation in the May T. Watts Reading Garden (3.4182)
Date: May – June 1996Type: Photographic image
Description:Green Nature, Human Nature book signing in Sterling Morton Library, group of guest in conversation in the May T. Watts Reading Garden
(L to R): Bill Hess, Sherry Lewis, Mary Hason, unidentified person, Ann Grimes, Tony Byrne, Peter Wang
Extent: 1 photograph
Green Nature, Human Nature book signing in Sterling Morton Library. Charles Lewis, Bill Hess, and Peter Wang in the May T. Watts Reading Garden (3.4185)
Date: May – June 1996Type: Photographic image
Description:Green Nature, Human Nature book signing in Sterling Morton Library. Charles Lewis, Bill Hess, and Peter Wang in the May T. Watts Reading Garden
(L to R): Charles Lewis, Bill Hess, Peter Wang
Extent: 1 photograph
Green Nature, Human Nature book signing in Sterling Morton Library, group of guests in conversation in the May T. Watts Reading Garden (3.4186)
Date: May – June 1996Type: Photographic image
Description:Green Nature, Human Nature book signing in Sterling Morton Library, group of guests in conversation in the May T. Watts Reading Garden
(L to R): Gary Watson, Charles Lewis, Bill Hess, Peter Wang, Gerry Donnelly
Extent: 1 photograph