Focus: V. 1 No. 1 (1.8859)
Date: May 1965Type: Serial
Branches: Newsletter for the Volunteers of the Morton Arboretum, Autumn 1982 (3.107012)
Date: 1982Creator: Stowell, Gladys
Type: Serial
Description:A digitized issue of the Autumn 1982 Branches Newsletter covering work days, events, educational opportunities and a list of new volunteers. Columns in the issue include; Fall Festival, Romance of the Prairie, The Reader, Volunteer Advisory Committee and the availability of a map of plant specimens at the Arboretum.
Extent: 8 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Summer 1982 (3.107013)
Date: 1982Creator: Stowell, Gladys
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Summer 1982 Branches Newsletter is the first issue. It includes: The Reader, book recommendations; upcoming events, educational and volunteer opportunities and an article entitled, Aboretum Volunteer History by Gladys Stowell.
Extent: 4 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Winter 1982 (3.107014)
Date: 1982Creator: Stowell, Gladys, Kaskey, Marjorie, Podrasky, Nina
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Winter 1982 Branches Newsletter contains events, education and volunteer opportunities, a volunteer recognition with guest speaker Dr. John Janovy, Professor of Life Sciences at the University of Nebraska and several articles. Articles included are: The Reader, book recommendations; Old Winter's Song about a walking tour of the Arboretum highlighting seasonal features; Feeders and Winter birds and Growing things focusing on how to grow ferns.
Extent: ;6 pages
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
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Autumn 1984 (3.107019)
Date: 1984Creator: Kaskey, Marjorie, Hedborn Jr., Edward A., Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Serial
Description:This issue includes a history of the forestry plots that originally made up the Arboretum before the switch in emphasis to urban landscaping, Fall Festival information, an article about the large sugar maple (Acer saccharum) near the Visitor's Center and information about the change in the Volunteer Recognition from November to spring. Arboretum events, classes, volunteer opportunities and a list of new volunteers complete the issue.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Spring 1984 (3.107020)
Date: 1984Creator: Stowell, Gladys, Shotwell, Janice
Type: Serial
Description:This issue includes: a history of the Arboretum Greenhouses, featuring Dr. George Ware and the elm hybrids plus other woody plants; an article on propagation at the Arboretum with Lori Pollack, Greenhouse Specialist and Rick Billeter, Propagation Nursery specialist mentioned; the history of Sargent's Glade (now known as Daffodil Glade) named for Charles Sprague Sargent of the Arnold Arboretum in Boston and planned by O.C. Simonds and Joy Morton: FAP 431 (now I 355), a proposal to construct a highway through the Arboretum's land is discussed with information about an opposition rally to be help April 14, 1984. Events, classes and volunteer opportunities are also featured.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Summer 1984 (3.107021)
Date: 1984Creator: Stowell, Gladys, Kaskey, Marjorie
Type: Serial
Description:In this digitized issue of the Summer 1984 Branches Newsletter there are articles about: the history of the Herbarium including Henry Teuscher, E. Lowell Kammerer and Ray Schulenberg who have overseen its operation and the volunteers who have worked there; The original Illinois Trees Trail founded for the Illinois sesquicentennial year (1818-1968) which later became the Northern Illinois Tree trail; and the All America Rose Society test rose garden sponsored by Vaughan Jacklin Corporation, designed by Tony Tyznik and maintained by a group of volunteers. Upcoming events, volunteer opportunities and educational opportunities are provided.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Winter 1984 (3.107022)
Date: 1984Creator: Halperin, Marilyn J.
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Winter 1984 Branches Newsletter features articles on: the history of the development of Lake Marmo, a project overseen by Clarence Goldstalk, with Tony Tyzil and Ed Hedborn contributing; the process of transplanting trees at the Arboretum; maple tree tapping and maple syrup production tended to by volunteers; and the Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) a federally funded program to provide access to accident and liability insurance for senior volunteers. Volunteer opportunities, educational opportunities and upcoming events are also featured.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Autumn 1985 (3.107023)
Date: 1985Creator: Stowell, Gladys, Kaskey, Marjorie
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Autumn 1985 Branches Newsletter features articles about: the decline of the Scotts and red pines plots and efforts by Plant Pathologist Dr. Tom Green and intern Sabine Huhndorf to discover the cause of pine wilt disease; and development of the Activity Arc to assist urban and suburban home gardeners with landscaping their properties. The Activity Arc includes the Ground Cover, Hedges, Dwarf Shrubs, Fragrant Plants, Roses and Woody Herbs gardens. Volunteer opportunities, educational opportunities and upcoming events are featured.
Extent: 4 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Spring 1985 (3.107024)
Date: 1985Creator: Stowell, Gladys, Kaskey, Marjorie
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Spring 1985 Branches Newsletter contains articles about: Burr Reed Marsh, it's animal and plant life and the habitat of the marsh; Subtle Spring, or noticing the buds and flowers of trees; and the damage that deicing compounds can cause to plants and trees. Volunteer opportunities, educational opportunities and upcoming events are highlighted.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Summer 1985 (3.107025)
Date: 1985Creator: Kaskey, Marjorie, Stowell, Gladys
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Summer 1985 Branches Newsletter includes: an article on the history of the Sand Beds, which with the help of Tony Tyznik and Ray Schulenberg, were enlarged at this time using Lake Michigan Dune sand and plantings of cacti, bearberry, Paulownia or the empress tree and opuntia fragilis; an article about the original wild turkey flock started by the Godsalks in the 1960s and including an illustration of a wild turkey by Clarence Godstalk; and a feature on a Du Page county award given to the Arboretum for it's outstanding volunteer program. Educational and program opportunities, new volunteers and volunteer team features as well as upcoming volunteer opportunities are also included.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Autumn 1986 (3.107026)
Date: 1986Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Autumn 1986 Branches Newsletter features: an article on the selection and creation of the computer system for the files of the live and dead plants at the Arboretum, including volunteers Jack Pfister and Randy Herber who mentored and guided the process; the volunteer recognition for that year; and an article on the Visitors Center dedicated in 1973 in honor of Sophia Preston Owsky Morton, designed by architect Arthur Myhrum and commissioned by Suzette Morton Zurcher (later Davidson); the staff at the Visitors Center are also featured in some detail. Educational opportunities, volunteer opportunities and new volunteers are also featured.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Spring 1986 (3.107027)
Date: 1986Creator: Kaskey, Marjorie
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Spring 1986 Branches Newsletter features the following articles: the battle against the Eastern Tent Caterpillars using a team of volunteers to avoid spraying; wildflowers at the Arboretum including the Wild Garden at the Outpost; Ray Schulenberg's, Curator of Collections, process of adding and locating plants in the Arboretum in tandem with Tony Tyznik. Upcoming educational and volunteer opportunities are included as well as new and featured volunteers.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Summer 1986 (3.107028)
Date: 1986Creator: Stowell, Gladys
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Summer 1986 Branches Newsletter features articles on; the establishment of the Woody Herb Garden with the help of volunteer Bonnie Paulson, waste water treatment at the Arboretum, the monitoring of the lakes and ponds at the Arboretum in conjunction wit the Illinois EPA and the establishment of new geographic collections in Sargent's Glade consisting of plants of the Pacific Northwest, the Rockies and the Southwest. Upcoming events and activities at the Arboretum are featured along with volunteer opportunities and a feature on new volunteers.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of the Morton Arboretum, Winter 1986 (3.107029)
Date: 1986Creator: Stowell, Gladys, Kaskey, Marjorie
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Winter 1986 Branches Newsletter features articles about: berm building along the new north/south tollway to mitigate sound and air pollution, the Outpost hosting 5th grade classes from local Montessori schools for the resident program and the health and survival of plants at the Arboretum as they overwinter. Upcoming events, classes and a special training based on the new Volunteer Handbook are highlighted.
Extent: ;6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Autumn 1987 (3.107030)
Date: 1987Creator: Engle, Martha
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Autumn 1987 Branches Newsletter includes articles on; a soil survey conducted in response to drainage problems exacerbated by the North/South tollway and funded in part by an Institute of Museum Sciences grant, the Adopt a collection program to assist with the maintenance of the collection plantings or geographic collections, and reporting on the recent volunteer recognition. Educational opportunities, volunteer opportunities and lists of new volunteers are also included.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Spring 1987 (3.107031)
Date: 1987Creator: Stowell, Gladys
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the spring 1987 Branches Newsletter contains articles on; the iron bridge located near Sunfish Pond, in memory of Arboretum Photographer John Kohout and his wife Kitty who were killed in a auto accident and the North Woods Project to plant trees representative of that part of the United States. Volunteer opportunities, special activities and information about volunteers is also included.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Summer 1987 (3.107032)
Date: 1987Creator: Engle, Martha
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Summer 1987 Branches Newsletter contains articles on the following; twenty five years of the prairie restoration project, the establishment of the root library under the Urban Vegetation Library to study the condition of tree roots within the Arboretum, and the tree evaluation plot established to study the success of trees in an urban like setting. Special events and classes, volunteers and volunteer opportunities are highlighted.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Winter 1987 (3.107033)
Date: 1987Creator: Stowell, Gladys, Engle, Martha
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Winter 1987 Branches Newsletter has articles on the following: the collection of climbing woody vines with a detailed discussion of the clematis collection; a description of the advent of cross country skiing along with the development of the trails and the Early Bird Ski Trail Patrol; a brief treaties on the goals of Joy Morton when he developed the Museum of Trees in the English naturalistic landscape style emphasizing open areas as much as planted area. New volunteers, volunteer opportunities and programs and classes are also discussed.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Autumn 1988 (3.107034)
Date: 1988Creator: Halperin, Marilyn J.
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Autumn 1988 Branches Newsletter has articles on the following: the drought of 1988 and the Arboretum's efforts of keep up with the watering of newly planted trees and plants; Volunteer Appreciation Night; and the Hatch Meadow Project to plant and monitor test plots of Summit green ash trees in hostile clay soil emulating urban tree growing conditions such as concrete and other pavement. Volunteer opportunities, classes and new volunteers are featured.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of the Morton Arboretum, Spring 1988 (3.107035)
Date: 1988Creator: Stowell, Gladys, Engle, Martha
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Spring 1988 Branches Newsletter contains the following articles: a history of the rare book collection housed on shelves below the library and started by Joy Morton with contributions by Charles Sprague Sargent of the Arnold Arboretum in Boston and later Suzette Davidson; the crab apple collection of 50 species and the Du Page Environmental Awareness Center under the direction of Bill Borden founded to address the rapid growth of Du Page county and address issue such as waste disposal, air and water quality, land use and energy conservation. Volunteer opportunities, classes, trainings, and new volunteers.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Summer 1988 (3.107036)
Date: 1988Creator: Engle, Martha
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Summer 1988 Branches Newsletter contains articles on the following: the origins and history of the Hedge Garden; the Eagle Scouts and others who erected the first bluebird houses at The Morton Arboretum; and the May T. Watts Reading Garden history, design and construction. Volunteer opportunities, classes and events are featured along with a list of new volunteers.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Winter 1988 (3.107037)
Date: 1988Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Winter 1988 Branches Newsletter contains articles on the following: plant identification at The Morton Arboretum including volunteer former welder Joe Jendrzejczyk, who forged the Shepard's hook stakes and taught the technique to Chad Avery, Plant Label Specialist; the running of the switchboard at the Visitor Center Desk by Sharon Lewis and Nancy Tullsen as well as many part-time employees and volunteers; the International Seed Exchange Program started by Ray Schulenberg and continued by Dr. Ware. Volunteer opportunities, classes and events and lists of new and continuing volunteers are included.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Autumn 1989 (3.107038)
Date: 1989Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Autumn 1989 Branches Newsletter contains articles on the following: the establishment of the first Arboretum Historian, Carol Doty, who worked with many original staff members to gather history and documents; an article about May T. Watts which includes a detailed biographical sketch as well as a history of her work at the Arboretum. Volunteer opportunities, classes and events are highlighted along with lists of new volunteers.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of the Morton Arboretum, Spring 1989 (3.107039)
Date: 1989Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Spring 1989 Branches Newsletter contains two articles written by volunteers about their experiences at the Arboretum. One is a journal that follows the Balkan collection through the spring, summer and fall and the other, written by volunteer Toby Brown, is an account of her observations of the golden crowned kinglet, a bird that usually breeds in Canada. Volunteer in-service information, classes, volunteer opportunities and lists of new volunteers are included.
Extent: ;6 pages
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 1989 (3.107041)
Date: , 1989Type: Serial
Description:;This digitized issue of the Winter 1989 branches Newsletter contains articles on the following: winter maintenance at the Arboretum including snow removal, wood chip production from Christmas trees and sign replacement; the naming of lakes and other areas within the Arboretum; wetland research and efforts to restore wetlands in the area; and a short biographical sketch of Dick Wason who was retiring at the time. .
Extent: ;6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Winter 1990 (3.107042)
Date: 1990Creator: Stowell, Gladys, Way, Carol
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Winter 1990 Branches Newsletter contains articles on the following: Plant hunters in China who brought back seeds for many of the trees in the China collection at the Arboretum; Behavioral Ecology with several studies done under the umbrella of the Emily Rogers Davis chair; and a special Earth Day celebration to dedicate the Crab Apple Lake system. Volunteer opportunities, trainings, events and classes are included along with lists of active and new volunteers.
Extent: ;6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of the Morton Arboretum, Autumn 1990 (3.107043)
Date: 1990Creator: Way, Carol, Halperin, Marilyn J.
Type: Serial
Description:This issue of the Autumn 1990 Branches Newsletter contains articles on the following: the compilation, publication, editions, layout and indexing, uses and documentation of Plants of the Chicago Region begun by Frank Swink and published by the Arboretum; and the Natural History Collection, organization, relocation and cataloging. Volunteer opportunities, classes and events are included along with information about existing and new volunteers.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of the Morton Arboretum, Spring 1990 (3.107044)
Date: 1990Creator: Way, Carol
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Spring 1990 Branches newsletter contains articles on the following: the Arboretum Propagation Facility including greenhouses; the introduction of fire or controlled burns into the East Woods; and the Soil Characterization Laboratory which was running tests on the soil and water at the Arboretum to ascertain the effects of sodium and calcium chlorides used as road deicers on the adjacent tollways. Volunteer opportunities, trainings, classes and events are featured along with lists of current and new volunteers.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of the Morton Arboretum, Summer 1990 (3.107045)
Date: 1990Creator: Way, Carol, Stowell, Gladys
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Summer 1990 Branches newsletter contains articles on the following: the Outpost and a description of the outdoor education programs for school age children; Dick Wason and his VIEW (Volunteers in Education Work) team assisting with visitor education, plant placement and labeling; and the Dorothy Doughty porcelain bird collection in the Sterling Morton Library. The Doughty porcelain collection article gives a detailed account of the process the artist used to create the pieces from live bird models and the acquisition and instillation of the collection on the former rare book room display shelves. and . Volunteer opportunities, new volunteers, classes and programs are also featured.
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