(2000): Elm Planting Photographs [copies - Various 4] (3.102426)
Type: Document
Description:Various photocopied photographs received by George Ware of David Elms provided by The Morton Arboretum. The top picture is of Lebanon High School students planting an Elm. The middle picture is of Elms outside Lake Forest Country Club. These pictures are from around the year 2000.
Extent: 1 sheet; two-sided
"Fungus may be at the root of wilting, dying trees" [news clipping] (3.104801)
Date: June 8 1993Type: Document
Description:An article from the Chicago Tribune dated Tuesday, June 8, 1993, quoting Gary Watson and Tom Green of The Morton Arboretum who suggest verticillium wilt as the cause of recent tree stress in the DuPage County, IL area.
Extent: 2 sheets
(1985): Elisabeth T. Eggleston to George Ware (3.100868)
Creator: Eggleston, Elisabeth T.
Type: Document
Description:An undated (estimated 1985 based on note " 2 sent 4-11-86") handwritten letter from Elisabeth T. Eggleston to George Ware requesting Wilson Elms.
Extent: 1 two-sided sheet
(1994) M. C. R. P. Surplus Plt. Sale (3.102586)
Type: Document
Description:A list of plants with prices and quantities.
Extent: 1 sheet
(1994) Tree Distribution Information Sheet - Blank Form (3.102583)
Type: Document
Description:Form for collecting information about a tree distribution
Extent: 1 sheet
(2000) Photographs [copies] of trees in Sheboygan, WI (3.102448)
Type: Document
Description:Five photocopied photographs sent to George Ware of tree in Sheboygan, WI.
Extent: 1 sheet; two-sided
(2000): Elm Planting Photographs [copies - Various 1] (3.102425)
Type: Document
Description:Various photocopied photographs received by George Ware of David Elms provided by The Morton Arboretum. The group includes a picture of a plaque in Peoria, IL titled "Sentinel on the Bluff" about a Bur Oak tree. The middle picture is of Lebanon, IL high school students planting seedlings. The third picture is of an unidentified group planting a tree. These pictures are from around the year 2000.
Extent: 1 sheet
(2000): Elm Planting Photographs [copies - Various 2] (3.102421)
Date: 2000sType: Document
Description:Various photocopied photographs received by George Ware of David Elms provided by The Morton Arboretum. The group includes a picture of a plaque in Peoria, IL titled "Sentinel on the Bluff" about a Bur Oak tree. The middle picture is of Lebanon, IL high school students planting seedlings. The third picture is of David Elms at Onwentsia Club in Lake Forest, IL. These pictures are from around the year 2000.
Extent: 1 sheet, two-sided
(2000): Elm Planting Photographs [copies - Various 3] (3.102420)
Date: 2000sType: Document
Description:Various photocopied photographs received by George Ware of David Elms provided by The Morton Arboretum. The group includes a picture of a plaque in Peoria, IL titled "Sentinel on the Bluff" about a Bur Oak tree. The middle picture is of Rob Miles in Lebanon, CT. These pictures are from around the year 2000.
Extent: 1 sheet; two-sided
03/11/1988: George H. Ware to Mr. Donald Dickman (3.66962)
Date: March 11 1988Creator: Ware, George
Type: Document
Description:A packet of three letters. The initial letter is from George Ware to Donald Dickman [Dickmann] of Michigan State University wherein he introduces Mr. Dickmann to Zhang Qui Wen [Qiwen] of the Chinese Academy of Forestry. The second letter is from Zhang Qiwen to George Ware asking him to transfer the enclosed letter to Professor Donald Dickmann. Zhang Qiwen is seeking to study and conduct research at the University of Michigan following her work with the University of Toronto.
Extent: 3 sheets
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
1976/01/01: Mary Lou Marzuki to George Ware (3.39929)
Date: January 1 1976Creator: Marzuki, Mary Lou
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Mary Lou Marzuki to George Ware seeking his comments on the proposed Thorn Creek Woods Nature Preserve and thanking him for representing The Morton Arboretum as a project proponent. Enclosed with the letter is a proposed management plan for the not-yet-created Thorn Creek Woods of Park Forest, Illinois.
Extent: 9 sheets, 1 envelope, 1 address label
1976/04/12: Robbin Moran to George Ware (3.40004)
Date: April 12 1976Creator: Moran, Robbin
Type: Document
Description:A letter from Robbin Moran to George Ware asking him to review a draft of his paper on the presettlement vegetation of Lake County. A draft copy of the paper is enclosed along with the original envelope.
Extent: 31 sheets, 1 envelope
1978/11/27: Marion T. Hall to Jack T. Knuepfer (3.57370)
Date: November 27 1978Creator: Hall, Marion Trufant
Type: Document
Description:A set of two documents.
The first document is a letter from Marion T. Hall to Jack T. Knuepfer outlining the negative impact of ineffective sewage and stormwater management on the Morton Arboretum's land and waterways.
The second document is a flyer promoting a one day conference sponsored by the George Williams College's Institute for Environmental Awareness.
Extent: 4 sheets
1979/01/22: William Rust to George Ware (3.37855)
Date: January 22 1979Creator: Rust, William
Type: Document
Description:Letter from William Rust of Sheaffer & Roland, Inc. to George Ware concerning a paper and findings of a 1978 study on Sterling Pond.
Extent: 1 sheet
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
1980/07/02: John Armstrong to George Ware (3.37489)
Date: July 2 1980Creator: Armstrong, John
Type: Document
Description:Letter from John Armstrong of Layfayette Redevelopment Commission to George Ware requesting information on street tree selection for the City of Lafayette's urban forestry program. Interest in data from the Arboretum's Street Tree Demonstration Plot.
Extent: 1 sheet
1980/08/08: Mike Spravka to George Ware (3.108562)
Date: August 8 1980Type: Document
Description:Note on Silver Maple plantings.
Extent: 1 sheet
1981/03/03: Jeff Dawson to George Ware (3.38659)
Date: March 3 1981Creator: Dawson, Jeffrey O.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Jeff Dawson, Assistant Professor of Forestry at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to George Ware discussing an outline of proposed research concerning the low soil oxygen tolerance (with mention of ethanol and flood tolerance) of maple and oak trees.
Enclosed with letter
An Ethanol Tree-Seedling Assay: A Potential Method to Screen Trees for Tolerance to Low Soil Oxygen Conditions Resulting from Soil Compaction and Paving. Review of current literature and proposal for two experiments to examine oxygen deficiency and ethanol tolerance in tree seedling roots. The results would be used in the creation of an tree survivability index which would be of use in flood prone areas or compacted urban and recreational sites.
Extent: 7 sheets, 1 envelope
1982 Plant Selections (Draft 2) (3.106939)
Date: 1982Type: Document
Description:A draft of 1982 plant selections available for the Members' Cooperative Research Program.
Extent: 1 sheet
1982 Plant Selections (Draft) (3.106938)
Date: 1982Type: Document
Description:A draft of 1982 plant selections available for the Members' Cooperative Research Program.
Extent: 1 sheet
1982/04/26: Bob Wilson to George Ware (3.80501)
Date: April 26 1982Creator: Wilson, Bob
Type: Document
Description:A set of two documents. The first is a letter from Bob Wilson of the Chicago Research Divers to Dr. George Ware of the Morton Arboretum. The second is an issue of the Chicago Divers' Journal dated April, 1982 and contains the CRD Project Arbor Report.
Extent: 20 sheets
1983/08/11: Rhonda Snelson to George Ware (3.106941)
Date: August 11 1983Type: Document
Description:Final figures on 1983 Members' Cooperative Research Program including number of participants, number of plants distributed and income.
Extent: 1 sheet
1983/12/05: David L. Hensley to George Ware (3.39922)
Date: December 5 1983Creator: Hensley, David L.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from David L. Hensley of Kansas State University to George Ware giving the status of various plants in the vicinity, inquiring about Chinese plant material suitable for their area of Kansas, and potential internship positions at the Arboretum.
Extent: 1 sheet
1983/12/08: George Ware to Joe Larkin (3.106951)
Date: December 8 1983Creator: Ware, George
Type: Document
Description:Members' Cooperative Research Plants for 1984 with edits.
Extent: 1 sheet
1983/12/14: Horticulture Research Center, Kansas State University to George Ware (3.39923)
Date: December 14 1983Type: Document
Description:Letter from an unidentified person from the Horticulture Research Center, Kansas State University to George Ware describing the zone hardiness of several species of Asiatic trees in the vicinity of the University.
Extent: 1 sheet
1983/12/20 Ray Keen to George Ware (3.39924)
Date: December 20 1983Creator: Keen, Dr. Ray
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Dr. Ray Keen of Kansas State University to George Ware discussing the status of various trees in and around the campus at Kansas State University.
Extent: 2 sheets
1984 Flow Sheet, Page Eight (3.104795)
Date: 1984Type: Document
Description:A list of plants with location and who provided the information.
Extent: 1 sheet
1984/01/24: John C. Pair to George Ware (3.39925)
Date: January 24 1984Creator: Pair, John C.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from John C. Pair of Kansas State University to George Ware thanking him for information on various trees and discussing maples to include in a trial.
Extent: 1 sheet
1984/02/22: Brian Smucker to George Ware (3.100862)
Date: February 22 1984Creator: Smucker, Brian
Type: Document
Description:letter from Brian Smucker of American Nurseryman responding to George Ware on the requirements for an article to appear in American Nurseryman
Extent: 3 sheets
1984/03/21: Harold Davidson to George Ware (3.38289)
Date: March 21 1984Creator: Davidson, Harold
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Harold Davidson of Michigan State University to George Ware inviting him to deliver a presentation similar to the one given at the Northwestern Indiana Nurserymen meeting earlier that year.
Extent: 1 sheet
1984/07/08: Jack Siekkinen to Joe Larkin (3.100855)
Date: July 8 1984Creator: Siekkinen, Jack C.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Jack C Siekkinen of JCS Investment Systems to Joe Larkin requesting information on elms based on a Business Environment article
Extent: 1 sheet
1984/07/10: (Fay) to George Ware (3.100833)
Date: July 10 1984Type: Document
Description:An article from NewsLine, Number 10, Summer 1984, newsletter of the National Technical Information Service (NTIS), sent as an FYI to George Ware concerning technical information exchange with China and request for U.S. lecturers
Extent: 1 two-sided sheet
1984/09/14: Carol Eickhoff to George Ware (3.38476)
Date: September 14 1984Creator: Eickhoff, Carol
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Carol Eickhoff of Servicemaster Industries Inc. to George Ware thanking him for providing slides for a conference as well as the contribution of 50 seedling trees.
Extent: 1 sheet
1984/09/21: Herman Sievering to Tom Green and George Ware (3.40103)
Date: September 21 1984Creator: Sievering, Herman
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Herman Sievering of Governors State University to Tom Green and George Ware discussing an upcoming needle washing and canopy throughfall experiment with pricing information for equipment needed, including detailed information on an Aerochem Metrics wet/dry sampler. A copy of Herman Sievering's resume is also included.
Extent: 15 sheets
1984/10/23: Lorin L. Schab to George Ware (3.100789)
Date: October 23 1984Creator: Schab, Lorin L.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Lorin L. Schab, Planning and Zoning Chairman for the Village of Westhaven, IL, to George Ware requesting elm seedlings.
Extent: 2 sheets