[Preliminary layout of the Arbordale subdivision using the] Topographical Map of Lot One of Assessment Plat No. One, Lands Belonging to Trustees Under the Will of Joy Morton, Deceased. Lisle Township, DuPage County, Illinois (3.5258)

Date: November 4 1956
Creator: Howard T. Fisher & John D. Randall Associates, Inc.
Type: Map
Description:This map issued Nov. 4, 1956 did not have Arbor Lake contours or outline. The original Steinbrecher survey was first issued July 1, 1953 (SURV:A III (a) 1)
Extent: 1 sheet

Competition house [23W201 Indian Hill, Arbordale] for the Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois. Robert James Freund, designer. John Vincent Anderson, architect. Revised. (3.5498)

Date: May 2 1958
Creator: Anderson, John Vincent
Type: Plan
Description:MACH:Morton Arboretum competition houses, D-10, Howard T. Fisher & John D. Randall Associates, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, consulting architects. Plans first issued Jan. 24, 1958.
Extent: 10 sheets in binder

Morton Arboretum house no. G-8 [23W165 Indian Hill Drive, Arboredale] Lisle, Illinois S. Chan. Sit & Associates, architect--engineer. Y.c.Wong, designer. Revised. (3.5503)

Date: May 2 1958
Creator: S. Chan Sit & Associates
Type: Plan
Description:MACH:Morton Arboretum competition houses. G-8, Howard T. Fisher & John D. Randall Associates, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, consulting architects. Plans first issued Jan. 24, 1958.
Extent: 5 sheets in binder

[A development plan for a residential community in the Arboretum] (3.5763)

Date: 1940s
Creator: Schafer, Joe
Type: Plan
Description:A landscape design developed in connection with planning for Arbordale. The community shown here was projected for the area south and east of South Farm. The plan was drawn on the Lozier/Steinbrecher Assessment plat no. 1 (Lands Belonging To Trustees Under The Will Of Joy Morton, Deceased) issued Sept. 29, 1934 (See SURV:B III (b) 1). Authorship was assigned by C. E. Godshalk in a ms. note. Additions added in colored pencil.
Extent: 1 sheet

[Preliminary layout of Arbordale subdivision and Arbor Lake using the] Topographical Map of Lot One of Assessment Plat No. One, Lands Belonging to the Trustees Under the Will of Joy Morton, Deceased. Lisle Township, DuPage County, Illinois. (3.6065)

Date: January 24 1957
Creator: Howard T. Fisher & John D. Randall Associates, Inc.
Type: Map
Description:A preliminary copy this map issued Nov. 4, 1956 did not have Arbor Lake contours or outline. The original Steinbrecher survey was first issued July 1, 1953 (SURV:A III (a) 1)
Extent: 1 sheet

A Landscape Development Plan for the Grand Prize Winner of The Morton Arboretum Housing Development, Lisle, Illinois (3.6414)

Date: circa 1958
Creator: Tyznik, Anthony
Type: Plan
Description:Includes pencil revisions.
Extent: 1 sheet

A Landscape Development Plan for The Morton Arboretum Housing Project, Houses on Lot 1 and 2 (3.6415)

Date: circa 1958
Creator: Tyznik, Anthony
Type: Plan
Extent: 1 sheet

The Arboretum’s Architectural Heritage: Part II (3.11013)

Date: March 21 – June 20 1991
Creator: Doty, Carol L.
Type: Article

Lunching & Learning with Clarence Godshalk: Evolution of the Arboretum - From Farm to Arboretum (3.31582)

Date: January 25 1978
Type: 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

Arbor Lake with staff houses in background (3.31780)

Date: 1959
Type: Photographic image
Description:Arbor Lake with staff houses in background
Extent: 1 negative

Road into completed Arbordale housing development (3.36470)

Date: 1959
Type: Photographic image
Description:Road into completed Arbordale housing development
Extent: 1 negative

Remodeling complete on four older homes moved to Arbordale (3.36471)

Date: 1959
Type: Photographic image
Description:Remodeling complete on four older homes moved to Arbordale
Extent: 1 negative

Arboretum two story residential housing at Arbordale, 23W177 Indian Hill, side view of front and detached garage from across road (3.37038)

Date: 1959
Type: Photographic image
Description:Arboretum two story residential housing at Arbordale, 23W177 Indian Hill, side view of front and detached garage from across road
Extent: 1 negative

Arboretum one story residential housing at Arbordale, 23W217 Indian Hill, side view of front (3.37059)

Date: 1959
Type: Photographic image
Description:Arboretum one story residential housing at Arbordale, 23W217 Indian Hill, side view of front
Extent: 1 negative

Arboretum one story residential housing at Arbordale, 4S123 Dorset, view of front with grass installed from driveway across road (3.37307)

Date: 1959
Type: Photographic image
Description:Arboretum one story residential housing at Arbordale, 4S123 Dorset, view of front with grass installed from driveway across road
Extent: 1 negative

Arboretum two story residential housing at Arbordale, 4S114 Lincoln, view of front with car in garage (3.37317)

Date: 1959
Type: Photographic image
Description:Arboretum two story residential housing at Arbordale, 4S114 Lincoln, view of front with car in garage
Extent: 1 negative

Arboretum two story residential housing at Arbordale, 4S102 Lincoln, side view of front from sidewalk (3.37454)

Date: 1959
Type: Photographic image
Description:Arboretum two story residential housing at Arbordale, 4S102 Lincoln, side view of front from sidewalk
Extent: 1 negative

Webster Crowley's Arboretum residence at Arbordale, moved from east side (3.38466)

Type: Photographic image
Description:Webster Crowley's Arboretum residence at Arbordale, moved from east side
Extent: 1 photograph

Arbordale: Soil Storage Building (left) and Plant Production Building (right) (3.61587)

Date: August 9 2016
Type: Photographic image
Description:The newly constructed Arbordale Soil Storage Building (left) and Plant Production Building (right)

Arbordale: Soil Storage Building (left) and Plant Production Building (right) (3.61588)

Date: May 13 2016
Type: Photographic image
Description:Arbordale Soil Storage Building (left) and Plant Production Building (right) under construction. 

Arbordale: Plant Production Building (3.61590)

Date: April 13 2016
Type: Photographic image
Description:Steel framework for the Arbordale Plant Production Building with the view at a slight distance.

Arbordale Greenhouses (3.62603)

Date: 2016
Type: Photographic image

Arbordale Greenhouses (3.62605)

Date: 2016
Type: Photographic image
Description:The newly constructed (2016) greenhouses located at The Morton Arboretum's Arbordale. 

1959/01/19: C. E. Godshalk to Sterling Morton (3.86057)

Date: January 19 1959
Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from C. E. Godshalk to Sterling Morton saying the weather has been cold, not good for those attending Arboretum classes, two of whom had to wait for a tow truck after class, but the classes are well attended. They have finished moving the large trees around Arbor Lake and will plant the shrubs around the lake this spring. They have started the landscaping around Arbordale, and the problems with the houses have been resolved. He will have Morton's secretary send him his slides as requested. They met with Northern Illinois Gas employees to finalize the position of the gas main, and it looks like they will follow the Arboretum's suggested route. The Route 53 project is ready for bids and should begin in the spring.
Extent: 2 sheets

1959/05/20: C. E. Godshalk to Sterling Morton (3.86065)

Date: May 20 1959
Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from C. E. Godshalk to Sterling Morton clarifying that in the recent reports from Messers Keith and Longenecker that many of the ideas for the materials used in Arbordale were from Lowell's bulletins and plant material lectures rather than Lowell taking those ideas from Arbordale. Tony did a lot of the research and study on the plant groupings. Generally the reports made good points. Arboretum staff looked at the locusts in front of the Morton Salt Building; they will need to be cut back severely. They will also replace the Euonymus vegetus on the terrace at the same time.
Extent: 1 sheet

1960/05/11: Anthony Tyznik to Sterling Morton (3.86085)

Date: May 11 1960
Creator: Tyznik, Anthony
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Anthony Tyznik to Sterling Morton sharing the results of the fountain tests and updating him on the progress on Route 53. The flower color is good and should draw a good crowd if the weather cooperates. They are having issues cleaning the lake; the soil is too wet. Planting is progressing around the Housing Project and the new lake. The Natural History Survey made some shock tests in Arbor Lake to study the progress of the small mouth bass with the results better than average. Godshalk wrote a letter relating some of his experiences aboard the ship and in the early part of his visit to Europe.
Extent: 2 sheets

1962/02/13: C. E. Godshalk to Mrs. Sterling Morton (3.86105)

Date: February 13 1962
Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from C. E. Godshalk to Mrs. Sterling Morton stating Mrs. Zurcher suggested that if there is any of Mr. Morton's photography equipment the Arboretum could use Mrs. Morton might be happy to donate it to the Arboretum. Therefore, Godshalk asks if Mrs. Morton would be willing to send the Arboretum Morton's Contaflex camera which would be used in the new photography room. Due to winter weather, the Arboretum has not been able to start on the new houses or library. Building the new library will start as soon as the snow is gone. He is grateful to Mrs. Morton for the library.
Extent: 2 sheets