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Cars in line at The Morton Arboretum Gatehouse (3.100203)
Date: November 1983Creator: Kohout, Kitty
Type: Photographic image
Description:A photograph of cars in line a Morton Arboretum Gatehouse circa 1983.
Morton Arboretum Prairie Restoration Project: 1960-1980, Raymond F. Schulenberg (3.104345)
Date: 1980sCreator: Schulenberg, Ray
Type: Document
Description:A formerly bound series of documents pertaining to the development of the Schulenberg Prairie. The physical copy of the artifact was formerly in a three-ring binder, but has since been placed in acid free folders, organized by the original tabs represented in the binder.
A table of contents for the pdf version provided in this record is as follows:
Before 1962: Pages 1-3
1962: Pages 4-19
1963: Pages 20-69
1964: Pages 70-106
1965: Pages 107-123
1966: Pages 124-125
1967: Pages 126-196
1968: Pages 197-230
1969: Pages 231-246
1970: Pages 247-264
1971: Pages 265-268
1972: Pages 269-275
After 1972: Pages 276-288
After 1980: Pages 289-315
Extent: 315 pages
Soil Map of The Morton Arboretum Prairie Restoration (3.106152)
Date: 1980 – circa 1990Type: Map
Description:Numbered sections refer to soil series on the Prairie Restoration at The Morton Arboretum, later named the Schulenberg Prairie. Key identifies number and name of soil series as well as the slope class.
Extent: 1 sheet
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Autumn 1983 (3.107015)
Date: 1983Creator: Stowell, Gladys, Kaskey, Marjorie
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Autumn 1983 Branches Newsletter features; birds and birding with Naturalist Dick Wason, a linecut illustration of a Hooded Merganser by J. Janovy, an article on taxidermy featuring Toby Brown and an article on Bonsai and an upcoming Bonsai exhibit at Thornhill Education Center. Volunteer opportunities, new volunteers and special activities are highlighted.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of the Morton Arboretum, Spring 1983 (3.107016)
Date: 1983Creator: Stowell, Gladys, Podrasky, Nina, Halperin, Marilyn J.
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Spring 1983 Branches Newsletter contains articles on: the plant collections featuring Curator Ray Schulenberg, Plant Recorder Ed Hedborn, Plant Label Specialist Chad Avery and collections Crew Leader Nancy Wolbrink; the Catalog of Woody Plant Collections created by Taxonomist Floyd Swink and The Outpost including a new classroom area and a newly landscaped area maintained by a group of volunteers known as WISH, Workers in Sylvan Horticulture. New volunteers and volunteer and educational opportunites are also highlighted along with a volunteer generated guide of local nurseries that carry plants in the Arboretum plant collection.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Summer 1983 (3.107017)
Date: 1983Creator: Stowell, Gladys, Kaskey, Marjorie, Martens, John
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Summer 1983 Branches Newsletter includes: a highlight of the Joy Path with Gardener John Sosnowski; a history of the Gardeners Aide Group founded by Anne Henderson to assist with maintenance of the Arboretum grounds; a Growing Things column featuring the Ground Cover Garden and a article outlining an experiment in hand removal of tent worms from the Crab Apple collection to avoid spraying. Upcoming events, educational opportunities, volunteer opportunities and new volunteers are also highlighted.
Extent: ;6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Winter 1983 (3.107018)
Date: 1983Creator: Halperin, Marilyn J., Kaskey, Marjorie
Type: Serial
Description:This issue focuses on the history of the Thornhill building featuring D. Merrill the landscaper from the Arnold Arboretum in Boston, the Audubon Room which had original prints engraved and printed by R. Havell the printer for Audubon, and the Founders Room which is the only original part of the Morton home that remains today. An article on the history of holly for decorative purposes and the growing of holly in North America follows. Events, classes, new volunteers and the recent volunteer Recognition are also featured.
Extent: 6 pages
Environmental Education for Fifth-graders (3.10875)
Date: December 21 1982 – March 20 1983Creator: Fialkowski, Carol
Type: Article
The Brooding of Bubo (3.10876)
Date: December 21 1982 – March 20 1983Type: Article
The Boatload of Knowledge: New Harmony, Indiana, as a Center of Natural History in the Nineteenth Century (3.10878)
Date: March 21 – June 20 1983Creator: MacPhail, Ian
Type: Article
Libraries and Computers (3.10879)
Date: March 21 – June 20 1983Type: Article
The Lookout (3.10880)
Date: March 21 – June 20 1983Type: Article
Research Notes (3.10881)
Date: March 21 – June 20 1983Type: Article
Bryophytes of The Morton Arboretum (3.10883)
Date: June 21 – September 20 1983Creator: Armstrong, Patricia K.
Type: Article
Walking Through China in Search of Plants (3.10886)
Date: September 21 – December 20 1983Creator: Pollack, Lori
Type: Article
Peking: the Search Continues (3.10887)
Date: September 21 – December 20 1983Creator: Ware, George
Type: Article
The Landscape of the Street (3.10889)
Date: December 21 1983 – March 20 1984Creator: Tyznik, Anthony
Type: Article
Audubon—A Botanist’s Viewpoint (3.10890)
Date: December 21 1983 – March 20 1984Creator: Hess, William J.
Type: Article
A Note on Productivity (3.10891)
Date: December 21 1983 – March 20 1984Type: 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
Arbor Lake water abstract (3.31683)
Date: May 1983Type: Photographic image
Description:Abstract reflection of trees with fall color in Arbor Lake
Extent: 1 slide
Ginkgo Coffee Shop in the Visitor Center (3.3361)
Date: 1980sType: Photographic image
Description:Ginkgo Coffee Shop in the Visitor Center, Helen Langrill seated on right at table facing camera
Decor designed by Elaine Fairbanks
Extent: 1 photograph
Founder's Room historic windows bay (3.3406)
Date: 1980sCreator: Nickel, Richard
Type: Photographic image
Description:Founder's Room historic windows bay
Extent: 1 photograph
Twilight Tree Walk, Helen Langrill and Nancy Hart serving sassafras tea to crowd (3.34099)
Date: April 1983Type: Photographic image
Description:Twilight Tree Walk, Helen Langrill and Nancy Hart serving sassafras tea to crowd
Extent: 1 slide
Map & Visitor Guide, The Morton Arboretum (3.34271)
Date: 1982 – 1986Type: Map
Description:Double-sided brochure, Map & Visitor Guide for The Morton Arboretum
Map details Arboretum roads, trails, plant collections, buildings and boundaries. Includes photographs of various Arboretum buildings with descriptive information.
Reverse side provides general information about the Arboretum, trails for walking and hiking, driving through the Arboretum, areas and collections of special interest, native plant communities, wildlife at the Arboretum, regulations, facilities and services, and information on membership. A section of the map is enlarged to identify landmarks around the Visitor Center, Administration Building, and Thornhill Education Center.
Extent: 1 sheet
The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 18 No. 04 (3.34503)
Date: December 21 1982 – March 20 1983Type: Serial
Extent: 16 pages
The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 19 No. 01 (3.34504)
Date: March 21 – June 20 1983Type: Serial
Extent: 16 pages
The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 19 No. 02 (3.34505)
Date: June 21 – September 20 1983Type: Serial
Extent: 16 pages
The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 19 No. 03 (3.34506)
Date: September 21 – December 20 1983Type: Serial
Extent: 16 pages
The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 19 No. 04 (3.34507)
Date: December 21 1983 – March 20 1984Type: Serial
Extent: 16 pages
Arbor Day, two men and three children planting tree with surrounding crowd (3.3937)
Date: 1980sType: Photographic image
Description:Arbor Day, two men and three children planting tree with surrounding crowd
Extent: 1 photograph
Arbor Day, tree planting (3.3938)
Date: 1980sType: Photographic image
Description:Arbor Day, tree planting, group of visitors shoveling dirt around tree next to gravel walkway
Extent: 1 photograph
Arbor Day, elm planting ceremony in Chicago (3.3939)
Date: 1980sCreator: Larkin, Joe
Type: Photographic image
Description:Arbor Day, elm planting ceremony in Chicago, children shoveling dirt around planted tree
Extent: 1 photograph
Index Seminum 1983 (3.40016)
Date: 1983Type: Document
Denny Todak presenting check to Dr. Marion Hall at Administration Building (3.4065)
Date: 1980sType: Photographic image
Description:Denny Todak (Human Services Manager for Dana Corporation, Victor Products Division) presenting check to Dr. Marion Hall at Administration Building
Extent: 1 photograph
Carol Holden presenting $2140 check to Marion Hall for purchase of touring bus at Visitor Center (3.4067)
Date: 1980sType: Photographic image
Description:Carol Holden of Glen Ellyn Jr. Women's Club presenting $2140 check to Marion Hall toward purchase of new touring bus at Visitor Center, Nina Padrasky standing alongside Carol Holden
Extent: 1 photograph