Forest Road in winter with bur oaks arching over road return (3.32164)
Date: 1950sType: Photographic image
Description:Forest Road in winter with bur oaks arching over road return
Extent: 1 negative
Forest Road in winter near Buckeye Collection (3.32165)
Date: 1950sType: Photographic image
Description:Forest Road in winter near Buckeye Collection
Extent: 1 negative
Forest Road in winter, possibly leading to woodlot (3.32166)
Date: 1950sType: Photographic image
Description:Forest Road in winter, possibly leading to woodlot
Extent: 1 negative
Forest Road in winter, probably near Buckeye Collection (3.32167)
Date: 1950sType: Photographic image
Description:Forest Road in winter, probably near Buckeye Collection
Extent: 1 negative
General Information and Guide Map of The Morton Arboretum (3.34268)
Date: 1942Type: Map
Description:Doublesided brochure with general information and a guide map of The Morton Arboretum.
Guide map details Arboretum roads, trails, parking, plant collections, buildings and points of interest. Vegetation illustrated throughout map. Three stylized trees under compass showing directions north, south, east, west as well as scale indicator above top center of map.
Reverse side provides general information about the Arboretum, rules and regulations, outstanding features, buildings, Arboretum publications, and location.
Extent: 1 sheet
A Guide Map of The Morton Arboretum (3.34269)
Date: 1969Creator: Tyznik, Anthony
Type: Map
Description:A guide map of The Morton Arboretum created by Tony Tyznik in 1969. The background is a dark green with the inner Arboretum being a light green and Arboretum roads highlighted in solid orange and checkered orange lines.
Extent: 1 sheet
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
Jason "Jake" Miesbauer measuring a tree trunk at The Morton Arboretum (3.36297)
Date: July 11 2013Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Photographic image
Description:Jason "Jake" Miesbauer, research arborist, and Marvin Lo, research assistant, measuring and recording the circumference of a tree trunk in the East Woods of The Morton Arboretum
Historic Land Use and Current Vegetation in the Morton Arboretum's East Woods (3.36437)
Creator: McBride, Jenny
Type: Map
Extent: 1 sheets
Virginia bluebells in the East Woods (3.39919)
Date: April 19 2010Creator: Ervin, Nicole
Type: Photographic image
Description:Virginia bluebells carpet the ground underneath tall trees in spring in the East Woods at The Morton Arboretum
Acer saccharum (Sugar Maple), habitat (3.41404)
Date: November 19 2008Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer saccharum (Sugar Maple), habitat showing largest native in East Woods
Acer saccharum (Sugar Maple), habitat (3.41405)
Date: November 19 2008Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer saccharum (Sugar Maple), habitat showing largest native in East Woods
1992/05/21: Jerry Wilhelm to Chris Whelan (3.44209)
Date: May 21 1992Creator: Wilhelm, Gerould
Type: Document
Description:Memo from Jerry Wilhelm to Chris Whelan in response to a memo dated May 7, 1992 discussing the governing philosophy of the curation and maintenance of the Arboretum's Collections versus experimental science, with an emphasis on the East Woods.
Extent: 1 sheet
1992/04/07: Chris Whelan to George [Ware] and various staff members (3.44210)
Date: April 7 1992Creator: Whelan, Christopher J.
Type: Document
Description:Memo from Chris Whelan to various staff members requesting input in regards to the educational, management, and research issues that they consider important in relation to the East Woods. A post-it note is attached to the memo, signed Chris W. and dated April 14, 1992, asking George [Ware] to review the content.
Extent: 4 sheets
1992/06/03: Rick Hootman and Pat Kelsey to Chris Whelan (3.44211)
Date: June 3 1992Creator: Hootman, Rick, Kelsey, Pat
Type: Document
Description:Memo from Rick Hootman and Pat Kelsey to Chris Whelan regarding research questions and other issues of concern regarding the East Woods.
Extent: 2 sheets
1992 /06/12: Thomas B. Simpson, Dilip Das, and Craig B. Johnson to Chris [Whelan] (3.44212)
Date: June 12 1992Creator: Simpson, Thomas, Das, Dilip, Johnson, Craig B.
Type: Document
Description:Memo signed by Thomas B. Simpson, Dilip Das, and Craig Johnson to Chris [Whelan] regarding the management of the East Woods.
Extent: 4 sheets
1992/06/03: Peter van der Linden to Chris Whelan (3.44213)
Date: June 3 1992Creator: van der Linden, Peter J.
Type: Document
Description:Memo from Peter van der Linden to Chris Whelan concerning research, education, and management of the East Woods.
Extent: 1 sheet
Table of Changes in Basal Area Arboretum's East Woods, 1980-1985 (3.44233)
Type: Document
Description:"Growth and decline of forest trees of the Morton Arboretum's east woods (King's Grove) from 1980 to 1985. Measurements are expressed in increases or decreases in square inches of basal area/acre."
1992/05/12: Tom Green to Chris Whelan (3.44241)
Date: May 12 1992Creator: Green, Tom
Type: Document
Description:Memo from Tom Green to Chris Whelan concerning the inclusion of the East Woods in the overall Master Plan for The Morton Arboretum landscape. Management treatment studies, whose results could be shared with others working to manage woodlands in the Chicago region and beyond, are also presented.
Extent: 2 sheets
1992/06/02: Gary Watson to Chris Whelan (3.44242)
Date: June 2 1992Creator: Watson, Gary W.
Type: Document
Description:Memo from Gary Watson to Chris Whelan concerning East Woods research, education, and management.
Extent: 1 sheet
1991/03/04: Gerard Donnelly to Gerould Wilhelm (3.44243)
Date: March 4 1991Creator: Donnelly, Gerard T.
Type: Document
Description:Memo from Gerard Donnelly to Gerould Wilhelm reviewing a research proposal on the restoration and management of different Arboretum plant communities, including two overlay sheets on the maps in the research proposal.
Extent: 14 sheets
Tilia americana var. americana (American Basswood), bark, mature (3.44410)
Date: November 19 2008Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Tilia americana var. americana (American Basswood), bark, mature
Tilia americana var. americana (American Basswood), bark, mature (3.44411)
Date: November 19 2008Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Tilia americana var. americana (American Basswood), bark, mature
Tilia americana var. americana (American Basswood), habitat (3.44432)
Date: November 19 2008Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Tilia americana var. americana (American Basswood), habitat
Quercus macrocarpa (Bur Oak), bark, trunk (3.46484)
Date: October 3 2016Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus macrocarpa (Bur Oak), bark, trunk
Quercus macrocarpa (Bur Oak), bark, trunk (3.46488)
Creator: Bowles, Marlin L.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus macrocarpa (Bur Oak), bark, trunk
Quercus macrocarpa (Bur Oak), habit, fall (3.46525)
Date: November 19 2008Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus macrocarpa (Bur Oak), habit, fall
Quercus macrocarpa (Bur Oak), habit, spring (3.46530)
Creator: Bowles, Marlin L.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus macrocarpa (Bur Oak), habit, spring
Quercus macrocarpa (Bur Oak), habit, spring (3.46531)
Creator: Bowles, Marlin L.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus macrocarpa (Bur Oak), habit, spring
Quercus macrocarpa (Bur Oak), habitat (3.46541)
Creator: Bowles, Marlin L.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus macrocarpa (Bur Oak), habitat
Quercus macrocarpa (Bur Oak), habitat (3.46542)
Creator: Bowles, Marlin L.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus macrocarpa (Bur Oak), habitat
Quercus macrocarpa (Bur Oak), habitat (3.46543)
Creator: Bowles, Marlin L.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus macrocarpa (Bur Oak), habitat
Quercus rubra (Northern Red Oak), bark, mature (3.46758)
Date: October 29 2008Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus rubra (Northern Red Oak), bark, mature
Quercus rubra (Northern Red Oak), bark, mature (3.46759)
Date: March 25 2009Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus rubra (Northern Red Oak), bark, mature
Jerry Wilhelm in the East Woods (3.5222)
Date: 1985Type: Photographic image
Description:Jerry Wilhelm in the East Woods
Extent: 1 photograph
Topographical Plat of Portion of Land to be Used for Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois, July 1921 (3.5245)
Date: July 1921Creator: O. C. Simonds & Co.
Type: Map
Description:Each sheet is individually titled. Area covered extends from western boundary eastward to the East Woods. True elevations are given. Native woodland cover is shown, and legend identifies eight species of trees.
Extent: 2 sheets mounted as one map