The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 07 No. 04 (3.34576)
Date: December 21 1971 – March 20 1972Type: Serial
Description:
- Hemlock—Graceful Conifer (37-41)
- The Secret World of May Watts (42-44)
- Man and Nature (45-52)
- Climatological Summary (52)
Extent: 16 pages
1979/03/22: John Laut to George Ware (3.37830)
Date: March 22 1979Creator: Laut, John G.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from John Laut of Colorado State Forest Service to George Ware concerning an updated DED bibliography and requesting assistance in keeping the files complete and up-to-date.
Extent: 1 sheet
1991/05/31: Gao Ren to George Ware (3.38233)
Date: May 31 1991Creator: Ren, Gao
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Gao Ren to George Ware thanking him for the book "Ecosystem Management for Parks and Wilderness", his visit to ShanXi, and informing him that he will be sending him seeds.
Extent: 2 sheets
1985/01/23: Herman Sievering to George Ware (3.40005)
Date: January 23 1985Creator: Sievering, Herman
Type: Document
Description:A letter from Herman Sievering of Governors State University to George Ware discussing plans and staffing to study highway impacts,needle-washing, canopy exchange, and throughfall measurements.
Enclosed with the letter is an article titled "Contributions of Acid Deposition and Natural Processes to Cation Leaching for Forest Soils" from the Journal of the Air Pollution Association dated November, 1983.
Extent: 8 sheets
Green Nature, Human Nature book signing in Sterling Morton Library, George Ware speaking to Gary Watson and Gerry Donnelly in the May T. Watts Reading Garden (3.4183)
Date: May – June 1996Type: Photographic image
Description:Green Nature, Human Nature book signing in Sterling Morton Library, George Ware speaking to Gary Watson and Gerry Donnelly in the May T. Watts Reading Garden
(L to R): Gerry Donnelly, Gary Watson, George Ware
Extent: 1 photograph
Undated: Karel [Jacobs] to George Ware (3.44621)
Creator: Jacobs, Karel
Type: Document
Description:Note from Karel [Jacobs] to George Ware asking for information about resistant elm availability so that she is better informed at the Plant Clinic.
Extent: 1 sheet
1985/07/23: George Ware to Randall J. Fox (3.56104)
Date: July 23 1985Creator: Ware, George, Mintern, Gloria
Type: Document
Description:A set of two letters. The first from George Ware to Randall J. Fox of the Arbor Lodge State Historical Park stating that he will send some small hybrid elm trees for planting. The second (dated August 15, 1988) from Gloria Smith Mintern to George Ware informing him that the tree he sent is doing well.
Extent: 2 sheets
2000/10/23: Christo Pienaar to Rick Hootman (3.57663)
Date: October 23 2000Creator: Pienaar, Christo
Type: Document
Description:Email from Christo Pienaar of the The University of The Free Sate, South Africa asking for the email address of George H. Ware.
Extent: 1 sheet
The Elm Breeding Program At The Morton Arboretum (3.59564)
Type: Document
Description:History of the elm breeding program at The Morton Arboretum as well as information regarding physical features, attributes, and challenges in growing a variety of elms.
Two earlier drafts available with final draft.
Extent: 7 sheets
United States Department of Agriculture : Traveler's Information Record [George Ware's 1995 expedition to China] (3.62115)
Type: Document
Description:A form issued by the United Stated Department of Agriculture Office of International Cooperation titled Traveler's Information Record for George Ware in preparation for his 1995 expedition to China.
Extent: 1 sheet
1988/02/22: Zhang Qiwen to Professor George H. Ware (3.62740)
Date: February 22 1988Creator: Qiwen, Zhang
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Zhang Qiwen to George Ware thanking Dr. Ware for the financial assistance and requesting help in transferring a letter to Professor Dickmann.
Extent: 1 sheet
1989/04/17: George H. Ware to Zhang Qi Wen [sic] (3.63452)
Date: April 17 1989Creator: Ware, George
Type: Document
Description:Letter from George H. Ware to Zhang Qiwen thanking her for the information regarding her work for the University of Toronto and inviting her to visit the Morton Arboretum in June or July.
Extent: 1 sheet
Undated: George Ware to Dr. Donnelly (3.65042)
Creator: Ware, George
Type: Document
Description:A series of documents providing a summary of the primary objectives, outcomes, and itineraries of The Morton Arboretum's China Exchange program which took place during the late summer and fall of 1990.
Extent: 17 sheets
Arboretum News and Notes (3.10546)
Date: September 21 – December 20 1968Type: Article
The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 10 No. 01 (3.34467)
Date: March 21 – June 20 1974Type: Serial
Description:
- Argument for an Old Bog (1-7)
- “Fantasy in a Wood-Block” (8-9)
- Arbor Day Thoughts (10-11)
- Maidenhair Tree, Ginkgo biloba: Ginkgo Family (Ginkgoaceae) (12-13)
- News & c: Research Notes/ People & Projects/ Climatological Summary (14-15)
- The Lookout (16)
Extent: 16 pages
The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 08 No. 01 (3.34577)
Date: March 21 – June 20 1972Type: Serial
Description:
- All the Things Trees Are (1-5)
- The Man Who Started Arbor Day (6-8)
- Planting a Tree: From a Letter by Loren Eiseley (8)
- A New Arbor Day (9-11)
- Trees, Arbor Day, and a New Ethic (12-14)
- Climatological Summary (13)
- Arbor Day (14-15)
- “Our Grandest Arbor Day” (15)
- Arbor Day Centennial (16)
Extent: 16 pages
Undated: Jeff Mengler to George Ware et al. (3.37832)
Creator: Mengler, Jeff
Type: Document
Description:Arboretum memo from Jeff Mengler to George Ware, Marlin Bowles, Kris Bachtell, Joe Larkin, Marion Hall, and Floyd Swink about the delivery of a report concerning findings from a seed bank study that was part of the Des Plaines River Wetland Demonstration project.
Extent: 1 sheet
Acer rubrum ‘Scanlon’ (Scanlon red maple), habit, fall (3.38189)
Date: October 1968Creator: Ware, George
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer rubrum ‘Scanlon’ (Scanlon red maple), full view of tree with columnar crown shape, showing some fall foliage, situated on open, flat grassy grounds with a line of trees in the background
Extent: 1 slide
1987/08/04: Michael Stern to George Ware (3.38234)
Date: August 4 1987Creator: Stern, Michael
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Michael Stern of Alexander Cooper + Partners to George Ware thanking him and Mr. Tyznik for showing him around the Arboretum and discussing their planting design project.
Extent: 1 sheet
1986/09/23: George Ware to Steven Davis (3.38494)
Date: September 23 1986Creator: Ware, George
Type: Document
Description:Letter from George Ware to Steven Davis of the American Horticultural Society listing requested species and stating that they are still collecting seeds with a goal to collect enough to provide 1,000 packets of each item.
Extent: 1 sheet
1985/01/21: Herman Sievering to George Ware (3.40009)
Date: January 21 1985Creator: Sievering, Herman
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Herman Sievering of Governors State University to George Ware concerning the cost of appointing Sievering to conduct air pollution impacts on woody plants.
Extent: 2 sheets
1995/08/02: John Ueberroth to George Ware (3.44145)
Date: August 2 1995Creator: Ueberroth, John
Type: Document
Description:Letter from John Ueberroth of The Citizen Ambassador Program to George Ware inviting him to participate as a Citizen Ambassador in the 1995 Initiative for Education, Science, and Technology between the United States and South Africa.
Extent: 2 sheets
Notations and contact information (3.44622)
Type: Document
Description:Note written by or for George Ware containing contact information for Jim McShane and information about avoiding damage to trees during the construction of a house
Extent: 1 sheet
1991/05/28: George Ware to Dr. Donnelly (3.56105)
Date: May 28 1991Creator: Ware, George
Type: Document
Description:Memo from George Ware to Dr. Donnelly discussing suggested routes for a bike path through The Morton Arboretum.
Extent: 1 sheet
1987/07/08: C.W. Eliot Paine to Dr. Marion T. Hall (3.57666)
Date: July 8 1987Creator: Paine, Eliot
Type: Document
Description:A set of two documents. The first is a letter from C.W. Eliot Paine of the Holden Arboretum to Dr. Marion T. Hall wishing to set up a visit to The Morton Arboretum to review the facilities and program. The second is an agenda for their visit.
Extent: 2 sheets
1996/11/19: John Rosenow to George Ware (3.59565)
Date: November 19 1996Creator: Rosenow, John
Type: Document
Description:Letter from John Rosenow, President of the National Arbor Day Foundation, to George Ware regarding the possibility of the National Arbor Day Foundation growing and selling the David elm (Ulmus davidiana).
Extent: 1 sheet
1988/02/22: Dr. George Ware from Chao Tiensi (3.62761)
Date: February 22 1988Creator: Tiensi, Chao
Type: Document
Description:Letter to George Ware from Chao Tiensi expressing the sender's pleasant experience visiting The Morton Arboretum and asking Dr. Ware to send seeds for species that would be beneficial to saline soil and offering Chinese specimens in return.
Extent: 2 sheets
1989/04/17: Chao Ching Ju to George H. Ware (3.63688)
Date: April 17 1989Creator: Qingru, Zhao
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Chao Ching Ju, Associate Professor at the Chinese Academy of Forestry to George H. Ware detailing participants and proposed itineraries in regards to the exchange visits of American and Chinese dendrologists.
Extent: 3 sheets
Landscape Below Ground International Workshop, 1993, edited (3.65046)
Date: October 10 2018Type: Video
The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 10 No. 02 (3.34468)
Date: June 21 – September 20 1974Type: Serial
Description:
- Living Footnotes in a Garden (17-26)
- Research Notes/ Climatological Summary (27-29)
- Bur Oak, Quercus macrocarpa: Beech Family (Fagaceae) (30-31)
- The Unexpected Drop-In (32)
(links to these articles can be found below under RELATED OBJECTS)
Extent: 16 pages
The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 08 No. 02 (3.34578)
Date: June 21 – September 20 1972Type: Serial
Description:
- Ropes on the Fox (17-22)
- In Memoriam: Mary K. Moulton 1913-1972 (23-24)
- Hortus Botanicus: the Botanic Garden & the Book (24)
- Adventures Afield: A Brief History (25-26)
- Field Course in the Rocky Mountains (27-29, 32)
- Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum: Maple Family (Aceraceae) (30-31)
- Climatological Summary (32)
Extent: 16 pages
1974/07/17: Jim Dolittle [?] to George Ware (3.37834)
Date: July 17 1974Creator: Doolittle, Jim
Type: Document
Description:Note to Dr. Ware from Jim Dolittle [?] thanking him for research material. In addition to sending a copy of his report, he also enclosed two articles [report and articles not included with note].
Extent: 1 sheet
Acer pseudoplatanus (sycamore maple), habit, fall (3.38111)
Date: October 1968Creator: Ware, George
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer pseudoplatanus (sycamore maple), full view of small tree showing very slight fall color with yellow and green leaves, with other trees scattered across grounds behind it
Extent: 1 slide
1986/01/13: Steven H. Davis to George Ware (3.38285)
Date: January 13 1986Creator: Davis, Steven H.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Steven H. Davis of the American Horticultral Society to George Ware thanking him for his seed donation.
Extent: 1 sheet
1986/09/29: Steven H. Davis to George Ware (3.38495)
Date: September 29 1986Creator: Davis, Steven H.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Steven H. Davis of the American Horticultural Society to George Ware acknowledging the receipt of the seed list for inclusion in their catalog and asking that seed donations be received by the second week of November.
Extent: 1 sheet