1958/01/02: C. E. Godshalk to Sterling Morton (3.86036)
Date: January 2 1958Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from C. E. Godshalk to Sterling Morton stating he has received other Christmas cards produced by the same method as the card Morton sent him. He thinks it would be fine if they could create post cards for sale at the Arboretum by this process. He gets more thrilled with his Contaflex III each day.
Extent: 1 sheet
1958/01/02: Paul R. Weissich to E. Lowell Kammerer (3.60817)
Date: January 2 1958Type: Document
Description:Letter from Paul R. Weissich of Foster Botanical Garden to E. Lowell Kammerer informing him of death of Dr. H. L. Lyon
Extent: 1 sheet
1958/01/06: Sterling Morton to C. E. Godshalk (3.86037)
Date: January 6 1958Creator: Morton, Sterling
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Sterling Morton to C.E. Godshalk stating he has been unable to find out information about the "Plastichrome" card, but will continue to inquire. He suggests Godshalk's photographic people may know about it. He's glad Godshalk is getting good results with the Contaflex III; he's more than satisfied with his Contax f.1.9. He would like to show Arboretum staff pictures from his two world trips. He's returning to Presbyterian this week, but expects to get to California by the first of February. He hopes to meet with Godshalk about Arboretum matters when he gets to the convalescent stage.
Extent: 1 sheet
1958/01/08: Sterling Morton to C. E. Godshalk (3.86039)
Date: January 8 1958Creator: Morton, Sterling
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Sterling Morton to C. E. Godshalk with information about purchasing Plastichrome cards from Curt Teich & Co., Inc.
Extent: 1 sheet
1958/01/09: C. E. Godshalk to Sterling Morton (3.86038)
Date: January 9 1958Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from C. E. Godshalk to Sterling Morton stating he would be happy to visit and will bring a few slides of the new lake and housing project. He also would like him to see the new "Bi-lens" viewer. They are moving the big trees from the widened Route 53. He talks about arrangements for Morton to show Arboretum staff his photos. He sent the Plastichrome card to the Camera Exchange to see what they could tell him about the process.
Extent: 1 sheet
1958/01/14: Robert J. Kuster to E. L. Kammerer (3.93913)
Date: January 14 1958Creator: Kuster, Robert J.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Professor Robert J. Kuster to E. L. Kammerer asking for plant recommendations for the new campus of Valparaiso University in Indiana. He indicates that they would like to focus on teaching value of plantings alongside aesthetics and cost/maintenance.
1958/01/20: E. Lowell Kammerer to Paul R. Weissich (3.60816)
Date: January 20 1958Creator: Kammerer, E. Lowell
Type: Document
Description:Typed letter from E. Lowell Kammerer to Paul R. Weissich, Foster Botanical Garden, expressing sympathy about death of Dr. H. L. Lyon
Extent: 1 sheet
1958/01/22: Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.105034)
Date: January 22 1958Creator: Morton, Sterling
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk. He's pleased to hear that Godshalk's regular checkup brought a good report. Morton's checkup put him in the hospital. Once the doctors permit him more visitors, he is "looking forward to your visit as your enthusiasm is contagious." He won't be able to show his world travel slides until after he returns from California, but he hopes those who see them will count him as good a photographer as Godshalk.
Extent: 1 sheet
1958/02/05: Ethel May Norton to The Morton Arboretum (3.93926)
Date: February 5 1958Creator: Norton, Ethel May
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Ethel May Norton to the Morton Arboretum indicating enclosed payment for the Bulletin of Popular Information for 1958 as well as two books by May T. Watts that were mentioned in the Chicago Tribune: "The Flower Finder" and "The Tree Finder." She also expresses interest in the description of Ginkgos in the Bulletin, and asks if it's possible to obtain a staminate Ginkgo and not risk getting a pistillate one.
1958/02/10: John D. Siebenthaler to E. L. Kammerer (3.93908)
Date: February 10 1958Creator: Siebenthaler, John D.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from John D. Siebenthaler to E. L. Kammerer complimenting him on the recent Bulletin of Popular Information about Gingko trees (Volume 33, Number 1). Mr. Siebenthaler mentions something his father showed him many years prior - that no matter how cold the weather, putting one's hands on a Gingko tree's bark will make them warm.
1958/02/10: T. F. Brennan to E.L. Kammerer (3.62646)
Date: February 10 1958Type: Document
Description:Letter regarding shipment of 1958 Garden Book [Montgomery Ward] and request for any suggestions.
Extent: 1 sheet
1958/02/12: C. E. Godshalk to E. H. Baker Jr. (3.107193)
Date: February 12 1958Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter regarding the final settlement with Carroll Construction Co. for building the Arboretum Center.
Extent: 1 page
1958/02/15: Willard F. Smith to The Morton Arboretum (3.93983)
Date: February 15 1958Creator: Smith, Willard F.
Type: Document
Description:Postcard from Willard F. Smith to the staff at The Morton Arboretum asking if they have the Rhode Island Greening Apple tree. Mr. Smith notes that it was common in Illinois 75 years ago and that his grandfather brought one to California in 1875 but it has died. He wants to know if the Arboretum can ship one to him in California if they have it.
1958/02/16: William R. Laechelt to The Morton Arboretum (3.93941)
Date: February 16 1958Creator: Laechelt, William R.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from William R Laechelt asking when the models from the Arboretum's landscape course will be on display, and inquires about any publications detailing the lessons from the landscape class. Also mentions the desire to increase home beautification efforts in Lake County, Illinois.
1958/02/17: Rod Searles to E. L. Kammerer (3.93961)
Date: February 17 1958Creator: Searles, Rod
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Rod Searles to E. L. Kammerer asking what varieties of Japanese Maple the Morton Arboretum has on site, and if they have ones he does not have in his collection if he might obtain scions of them. He asks if the Arboretum has Acer griseum [Paperbark Maple], Pinus excelsa [wallichiana] [Himalayan Pine] (especially var. zebrina), Pinus bungeana [lacebark pine], Densiflora oculus-Draconis [Dragon Eye Japanese Red Pine], and Thubergia oculus Draconis [Thunbergii oculus Draconis] [Dragon's Eye Black Pine]. He also asks if the Arboretum's Ulnus glabra is grafted to resistant understock and if the Arboretum has any bonsai specimens.
1958/02/18: William J. Roy to E. L. Kammerer (3.93940)
Date: February 18 1958Creator: Roy, William J.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from William J Roy to E. L. Kammerer asking for information on growing Berberis mentorensis as a hedge in the Boston area, specifically how tall it can grow.
1958/02/19: R. Weldon Larimore to E. L. Kammerer (3.93909)
Date: February 19 1958Creator: Larimore, R. Weldon
Type: Document
Description:Letter from R. Weldon Larimore, Associate Aquatic Biologist with the Illinois State Natural History Division, to E. L. Kammerer asking how far apart White Pines should be planted to form an ornamental hedge. There are handwritten notes by Mr. Kammerer on the letter.
1958/02/19: Rev. Edward C. Maguire to The Morton Arboretum (3.93974)
Date: February 19 1958Creator: Maguire, Rev. Edward C.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Rev. E. C. Maguire to the Arboretum staff asking for further info on trees that grow in Northern Illinois beyond the printed materials they had previously sent. He also inquires about subscribing to the Bulletin of Popular Information.
1958/02/20: Anthony Tyznik to Howard T. Fisher (3.107194)
Date: February 20 1958Creator: Tyznik, Anthony
Type: Document
Description:Letter with preliminary sketches of stone structures for The Morton Arboretum entrance. Included is the style of the dividers for the pavement and the reasons they were selected.
Extent: 2 pages
1958/02/20: E. L. Kammerer to Ethel May Norton (3.93927)
Date: February 20 1958Creator: Kammerer, E. Lowell
Type: Document
Description:Letter from E. L. Kammerer in response to Ethel May Norton's letter regarding Gingkos. He suggests that she contact Edward Scanlon of the Tailored Tree Nursery in Olmsted Falls, Ohio. Mr. Kammerer also indicates that Ginkgo fruit is undesirable not only because of its smell, but also because it is toxic.
1958/02/20: E. L. Kammerer to G. F. Krossa (3.93921)
Date: February 20 1958Creator: Kammerer, E. Lowell
Type: Document
Description:Letter from E. L. Kammerer to G. F. Krossa consisting of information Mr. Krossa had requested for a correspondent in Japan: literature pertaining to Yucca, addresses of arboreta in Michigan, and a number of contacts for rare book dealers who may have particular used garden books.
1958/02/20: E. L. Kammerer to Robert J. Kuster (3.93914)
Date: February 20 1958Creator: Kammerer, E. Lowell
Type: Document
Description:Letter from E. L. Kammerer in response to Professor Kuster's inquiry about plants for the new Valparaiso University campus. Mr. Kammerer writes that he is sending relevant Bulletins, and notes that anything that grows at the Morton Arboretum should grow equally well or better in Valparaiso. Mr. Kammerer also expresses the Morton Arboretum's willingness to help new arboretums, and writes that they will gladly answer any additional questions.
1958/02/21: E. L. Kammerer to John D. Siebenthaler (3.93919)
Date: February 21 1958Creator: Kammerer, E. Lowell
Type: Document
Description:Letter from E. L. Kammerer to John D. Siebenthaler thanking him for his compliments on the Ginkgo issue of the Bulletin of Popular Information. Mr. Kammerer also writes that they immediately investigated the warm bark theory that Mr. Siebenthaler had mentioned, but their results were inconclusive and he says they will continue to investigate.
1958/02/21: E.L. Kammerer to T. F. Brennan (3.62647)
Date: February 21 1958Creator: Kammerer, E. Lowell
Type: Document
Description:Thank you for copy of 1958 Garden Book.
Extent: 1 sheet
1958/02/24: Clarence E. Godshalk to Northern Trust Company (3.109035)
Date: February 24 1958Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Clarence E. Godshalk to Northern Trust Company to stop payment on Directors Account.
Extent: 1 sheet
1958/02/26: Clarence Godshalk to Dr. Harlow B. Mills (3.107128)
Date: February 26 1958Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:A letter from Godshalk to Mills regarding the creation and stocking of Arbor Lake, Additionally, questions regarding what toxicant can be applied to the water to kill carp.
Extent: 2 pages
1958/02/27: Doris Wilson Weinsheimer to E. L. Kammerer (3.93943)
Date: February 27 1958Creator: Weinsheimer, Doris W.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Doris Wilson Weinsheimer to E. L. Kammerer asking about the Red Leaf Peach for an article she is writing. Ms. Weinsheimer asks for information about it and where she might obtain photos of the fruit.
1958/02/27: Sarah S. Weitz to The Morton Arboretum (3.93957)
Date: February 27 1958Creator: Weitz, Sarah S.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Sarah S. Weitz to the Morton Arboretum staff asking for information about Shad Blow [Amelanchier] trees and where to buy them. She also inquires about a chemical (DDT) spray for Elm trees to protect against Dutch Elm Disease and whether they advise using it. There is a handwritten note by E. L. Kammerer to 'check with Web.'
1958/03/03: Harlow B. Mills to Clarence Godshalk (3.107129)
Date: March 3 1958Creator: Mills, Harlow B.
Type: Document
Description:Harlow B. Mills letter to Clarence Godshalk regarding the best material to destroy fish (carp) and whether it is necessary to put in any water plants or supplementary materials for fish food.
Extent: 1 sheet
1958/03/05: Clarence E. Godshalk to Harlow B. Mills (3.107130)
Date: March 5 1958Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:A single-paragraph letter from Godshalk to Harlow regarding suggestions for the excavated lake that would become known as Arbor Lake.
Extent: 1 page
1958/03/10: Daniel Zelinsky to the Morton Arboretum (3.93978)
Date: March 10 1958Creator: Zelinsky, Daniel
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Daniel Zelinsky to the staff at the Morton Arboretum asking where to buy Bayberry (myrica carolensis), Witherod (viburnum cassinoides), and Andromeda (pieris), as well as information on the "red-winged, beetle like bugs" that arrive in late summer and fall and what to spray them with. Notes from E. L. Kammerer are written in the margins.
1958/03/13: George H. Spalding to All Members (3.64943)
Date: March 13 1958Type: Document
Description:Notice explains to members of AABGA the new changes to the monthly newsletter.
Extent: 1 page
1958/03/17: Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.105035)
Date: March 17 1958Creator: Morton, Sterling
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk. He remembers that on this date in 1912 he was taken to the hospital with typhoid. He's "rapidly gaining" from his latest attack. He asks if the library has any books on geometrical designs for formal plantings. The frogs have made a mess of their small pool and they are considering replacing it with some design. Mrs. Morton caught eight frogs which she took to the big pond and watched the blue gills devour them. He sends along a slide of gardens in Isola Bella, Italy that inspire him. He continues in great detail as to the existing space and what he envisions there instead. Please mail him any related books, and the slide. He hopes that good weather will give the Arboretum progress on housing, roads, and all the other work ahead for the year.
Extent: 1 sheet
1958/03/18: E. L. Kammerer to Doris Wilson Weinsheimer (3.93944)
Date: March 18 1958Creator: Kammerer, E. Lowell
Type: Document
Description:Letter from E. L. Kammerer in reply to Doris Wilson Weinsheimer regarding the Red Leaf Peach (Prunus persica 'Red Leaf'). Mr. Kammerer says to the best of their knowledge, it has average fruit but interesting purple-red foliage. He also recommends a nursery that might be able to provide more detailed information and photos.
1958/03/18: E. L. Kammerer to Mrs. Rudolph W. Weitz (3.93958)
Date: March 18 1958Creator: Kammerer, E. Lowell
Type: Document
Description:Letter from E. L. Kammerer in response to Mrs. Weitz recommending Amelanchier canadensis (Common Shadblow) [Canadian Serviceberry], A. laevis (Allegheny Shadblow) [Allegheny Serviceberry], and A. grandiflora (Apple Shadblow) [Apple Serviceberry] and lists nurseries to order from. Mr. Kammerer also writes that the DDT spray meant to protect against Dutch Elm Disease is s standard treatment and should work well.
1958/03/18: E. L. Kammerer to Professor E. Weldon Larimore (3.93910)
Date: March 18 1958Creator: Kammerer, E. Lowell
Type: Document
Description:Letter from E. L. Kammerer in response to Professor Larimore's inquiry about White Pine spacing. Mr. Kammerer writes that the appropriate spacing depends on the size of plants used. As an example, he states that plants 12" to 15'' high should be planted 15" to 18" apart, while larger specimens would require more space in between.