Letter from Franz Lipp to Egbert Jacobson (3.1841)
Date: May 10 1952Creator: Lipp, Franz
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Franz Lipp to Egbert Jacobson
Letter from O.E.M. Keller to Franz Lipp (3.2725)
Date: June 10 1952Creator: Keller, O. E. M.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from O.E.M. Keller to Franz Lipp
Letter from Franz Lipp to O.E.M. Keller (3.2664)
Date: June 14 1952Creator: Lipp, Franz
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Franz Lipp to O.E.M. Keller
1956/07/28: Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.104992)
Date: July 28 1956Creator: Morton, Sterling
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk. He suggests that Godshalk many not want an Addressograph machine. Instead, he should investigate something lighter which uses plates and stencils that could be maintained in the office. He's also interested in the results of the core samples that the highway department drilled. He wants to know the composition of the material that they would sell to the highway department, if they were to have the highway department excavate the lake for the Arboretum. When he returns, he'd like Godshalk to help him select some thorns and yews for Lake Forest. But he wants to have someone else bring them over and plant them. Perhaps Mr. Lipp could do it.
Extent: 2 sheets
1956/09/19: Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.104996)
Date: September 19 1956Creator: Morton, Sterling
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk. He's pleased the fire doors arrived in time for the [Sept] 27 meeting. His elm tree [in Santa Barbara] is showing signs of Dutch elm disease and will likely have to be taken down and burned immediately. The water system has turned into quite a job, but it shouldn't cause trouble for many years. He's not surprised that Salinas' system for treating Dutch elm disease has not been successful. Comparing photos of trees, especially acacias, eucalyptus and Monterey pine, that were planted in "original heavy adobe soil" with those planted at the same time in "the same kind of soil that had been scraped up to make fill", the difference in size is remarkable. Franz Lipp, who is doing the terrace work at the house in Lake Forest said, "If you had $10 to spend for a tree, put $2 into the tree, and $8 into digging the hole." He suggests an idea for a future demonstration using the same tree in different size holes. He is sure that photos and measurements will prove the difference.
Extent: 2 sheets
1956/11/13: Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.105001)
Date: November 13 1956Creator: Morton, Sterling
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk. He is sending Franz Lipp's original plans [for the Morton Lake Forest house landscaping] on which Morton has pencilled in many changes. He asks for Godshalk's opinion and ideas on several other plantings. He comments on the price of each plant.
Extent: 2 sheets
1959/07/28: Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.105061)
Date: July 28 1959Creator: Morton, Sterling
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk. Commenting on the Holabird & Root memorandum, he is not in favor of custom built cabinets as was specified. He thinks that local craftsmen or cabinets from a catalog will do fine. He suggests Dr. Paul M. Angle, Director of Chicago Historical Society could provide ideas. He approves of a wall running parallel to the laboratory wing, but it should be made of ledge or Lannon stone. Franz Lipp has an excellent craftsman who put up the wall in the Lake Forest house. He feels this same material should be carried around the terrace where a wall is needed. He is not in favor of steps all the way around. He will veto any wall that is as rough outside as the walls of the laboratory building. He feels those rough walls were a mistake. For treads on steps, he favors wood strips with spaces between and bolted into concrete frames or brackets, with light concrete underneath to keep out grass. These would be self-cleaning and easily maintained or repaired. For Thornhill Building, he favors a low wall and narrower steps than exist there now. If they were pitched slightly outward that would prevent winter damage. He is curious as to the lookout tower that Mr. Bartch has in mind. As the trees continue to grow, would it need to be elevated? He feels there should be an architectural feature at the end of the long allee. He approves of Mrs. Watts taking the little office on the second floor of the stackroom portion of the library. When she is ready to retire, he would like to have her continue on a consultancy basis. He gives her great credit for the educational program and states that she will be difficult to replace. He equates her leaving the Arboretum with his feelings when Garfield King left the Salt Company. Because Thornhill is a formal building architecturally, he favors the terrace with slate blocks or rectangular stone. The grass could come all the way up to the low stone wall. He continues with detailed suggestions of stone type, mesh underlayment and source of stone. He's pleased to hear of progress on Route 53, the new lake, underpass, etc. They are enjoying California in the summer.
Extent: 3 sheets