Entry and Bridge (3.100274)
Date: November 14 2002Creator: David Woodhouse Architects
Type: Plan
Description:Plan for the entry bridge and sign at The Morton Arboretum's main entrance.
Extent: 2 sheets
Park Boulevard Entrance and Bridge (3.100275)
Date: February 8 2002Creator: Christopher B. Burke, Engineering West, Ltd.
Type: Plan
Description:Plans for the main entrance to The Morton Arboretum. Contents include:
Preliminary Grading Plan
Preliminary Plan and Profile
Preliminary Wetland Mitigation
Preliminary Plan and Profile
Preliminary Wetland Mitigation
Extent: 3 sheets
Stormwater Master Plan (3.100277)
Date: August 26 1999Creator: Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd.
Type: Map
Description:Areas outlined or highlighted with color markers.
Extent: 1 sheet
The Morton Arboretum patch (3.100468)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A patch depicting a version of The Morton Arboretum's logo. No date is available on the slide, however the patch is from the 1970s-1980s.
1926/06/16: Paul F. Boyd to Morton Arboretum (3.101574)
Date: June 16 1926Creator: Boyd, Paul F.
Type: Document
Description:A check from Paul F. Boyd to Morton Arboretum, dated June 16, 1926.
Extent: 1 sheet
1926/10/23: R. E. Nixon to Morton Arboretum (3.101586)
Date: October 23 1926Creator: Nixon, R. E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from R. E. Nixon, Purchasing Department of Morton Salt Company to Morton Arboretum.
Extent: 1 sheet
1926/11/16: C. Norwood Hastie to Morton Arboretum (3.101588)
Date: November 16 1926Creator: Hastie, C. Norwood
Type: Document
Description:Letter from C. Norwood Hastie, owner of Magnolia Gardens in Charleston, SC to Morton Arboretum. He is thankful for the plants which were sent to him. He asks how high they will grow and what colors that flowers will be. He requests any future plants that aren't cold hardy enough for Illinois but would likely grow in his region.
Extent: 2 sheets
1927/07/26: Morton Arboretum to Malleable Steel Range Mfg. (3.101783)
Date: July 26 1927Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Document
Description:Letter from "RWH" of Morton Arboretum to Malleable Steel Range Mfg. Co in South Bend, Indiana.
Extent: 1 sheet
1928/06/12: Benjamin R. Hoffman to Morton Arboretum (3.101841)
Date: June 12 1928Creator: Hoffman, Benjamin
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Benjamin R. Hoffman to Morton Arboretum. Arnold Arboretum showed him a form of shrub label fixed on a vertical spur for setting in the ground. He would like a price quote in quantities of a hundred. In pencil at the bottom is a line of shorthand notes.
Extent: 1 sheet
1928/08/07: Hinsdale Sanitarium Laboratory to Morton Farm (3.101853)
Date: August 7 1928Creator: Hinsdale Sanitarium Laboratory
Type: Document
Description:Statement from Hinsdale Sanitarium to Morton Farm. Report of examination of water for typhoid: Widal negative (all dilutions.) Signed by H. E. Ford, Analyst.
Extent: 1 sheet
1928/01/20: The Pacific Lumber Company of Illinois to Morton Arboretum 1928/02/23 : The Pacific Lumber Company of Illinois to Morton Arboretum (3.101878)
Date: January 20 1928Creator: Pacific Lumber Company of Illinois
Type: Document
Description:Two postcards from The Pacific Lumber Company of Illinois, 332 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois to Morton Arboretum, acknowledging orders for Redwoods which will be shipped from their local warehouse.
Extent: 2 sheets
1929/07/11: Phoenix Farms to The Morton Arboretum (3.101881)
Date: July 11 1929Type: Document
Description:Letter from Marjorie Lyon Smith of Phoenix Farms asking about a tour for the Forest Ridge Garden Club next spring.
Extent: 1 sheet
1954/01/28: The Morton Arboretum to Sterling Morton (3.101908)
Date: January 28 1954Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Document
Description:Itemized bill from Morton Arboretum to Sterling Morton for moving 11 large red pine with frozen balls from Arboretum to Lake Forest. Includes labor, gas and meals = $197.11.
Extent: 1 sheet
Guide Map of The Morton Arboretum The Morton Arboretum: Joy Morton, Founder, Lisle, Illinois (3.101913)
Type: Document
Description:An undated four-page folder with background information on The Morton Arboretum, likely to be given to a visitor, and a 2-page map, with handwritten notes. 1) General Information: includes the founding, 832 acres, administration, plantings and their arrangement, and label information. 2) Outstanding features: plants, their season and locations, Rose Garden, Hedge Garden, Ground Cover Collection, Three Nature Trails (Forest, Evergreen and Thornhill). 3) Buildings: Administration, including Library and Herbarium; the Thornhill Building, built in 1942 on the site of the Joy Morton Residence. 4) Publications: The Bulletin of Popular Information, Nature Trail Worksheets, Colored Map of the Arboretum, Picture PostCards, and Stationery. 5) Location: Roads and trains. Rules during visits. 6) Board of Trustees and three employees. 7) Guide Map of The Morton Arboretum. This copy has handwritten notes indicating various locations and paths to visit.
Extent: 6 sheets
Conservation Gap Analysis of American Beech (3.102252)
Date: August 2021Creator: Beckman Bruns, Emily, Hoban, Sean M., Westwood, Murphy
Type: Article
Conservation Gap Analysis of Kentucky Coffeetree (3.102253)
Date: August 2021Creator: Beckman Bruns, Emily, Hoban, Sean M., Westwood, Murphy
Type: Article
Conservation Gap Analysis of Native U.S. Hickories (3.102254)
Date: August 2021Creator: Beckman Bruns, Emily, Hoban, Sean M., Westwood, Murphy
Type: Article
Conservation Gap Analysis of Native U.S. Pines (3.102255)
Date: August 2021Creator: Beckman Bruns, Emily, Hoban, Sean M., Westwood, Murphy
Type: Article
Conservation Gap Analysis of Native U.S. Walnuts (3.102428)
Date: August 2021Creator: Beckman Bruns, Emily, Hoban, Sean M., Westwood, Murphy
Type: Article
Conservation Gap Analysis of Selected Native U.S. Laurels (3.102430)
Date: August 2021Creator: Beckman Bruns, Emily, Hoban, Sean M., Westwood, Murphy
Type: Article
The Red List of Oaks 2020 (3.102445)
Date: December 2020Creator: Carrero, Christina, Jerome, Diana, Beckman Bruns, Emily, Byrne, Amy , Deng, Min, Strijk, Joeri , Westwood, Murphy
Type: Article
Description:The Red List of Oaks 2020 provides and analyzes International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List assessments for the estimated 430 species in the genus Quercus--the most complete and comprehensive global analysis of extinction risk for oaks. In 2015, The Morton Arboretum established a partnership with the IUCN/SSC (Species Survival Commission) Global Tree Specialist Group to assess all oak species by 2020, including reassessments of the species in the 2007 publication, in support of the Global Tree Assessment (GTA) initiative.
Extent: 52 pages
Plants of the Chicago Region (3.103209)
Date: 1969Creator: Swink, Floyd
Type: Book
Description:This check list is an alphabetical index listing all the vascular plants that have been found growing wild in the Chicago area--in other words, a list of those plants which constitute the local flora. It is arranged for quick reference like a dictionary or encyclopedia so that plants may be looked up by either their scientific names or their common names. It attempts to supply the following kinds of information about each plant listed:
Other scientific names by which the plant is known in the manuals commonly used by Chicago area botanists.
Common names, if any, by which the plant is known.
Origin of the plant if it is not native to the Chicago region.
Counties within the Chicago region where the plant has been found growing wild.
Kinds of habitats in which the plant has been found growing in the Chicago region.
Other plants found growing in association with the plant in various habitats in the Chicago region, in cases where this information is available.
It discusses in some cases current problems in regard to the taxonomy of the plant--either classification or nomenclature or both.
Common names, if any, by which the plant is known.
Origin of the plant if it is not native to the Chicago region.
Counties within the Chicago region where the plant has been found growing wild.
Kinds of habitats in which the plant has been found growing in the Chicago region.
Other plants found growing in association with the plant in various habitats in the Chicago region, in cases where this information is available.
It discusses in some cases current problems in regard to the taxonomy of the plant--either classification or nomenclature or both.
Extent: xxii, 445 p.
Plants of the Chicago Region (3.103210)
Date: 1974Creator: Swink, Floyd
Type: Book
Description:This check list is an alphabetical index listing all the vascular plants that have been found growing wild in the Chicago area--in other words, a list of those plants which constitute the local flora. It is arranged for quick reference like a dictionary or encyclopedia so that plants may be looked up by either their scientific names or their common names. It attempts to supply the following kinds of information about each plant listed:
Other scientific names by which the plant is known in the manuals commonly used by Chicago area botanists.
Common names, if any, by which the plant is known.
Origin of the plant if it is not native to the Chicago region.
Counties within the Chicago region where the plant has been found growing wild.
Kinds of habitats in which the plant has been found growing in the Chicago region.
Other plants found growing in association with the plant in various habitats in the Chicago region, in cases where this information is available.
Current problems in regard to the taxonomy of the plant, where such problems have come to the author's attention.
Extent: xxiv, 474 p.
Plants of the Chicago Region (3.103211)
Date: 1979Creator: Swink, Floyd, Wilhelm, Gerould
Type: Book
Description:This book is principally an annotated checklist of the spontaneous vascular plant taxa of the Chicago Region, including distribution maps and identification keys. In addition it includes a section describing a method applicable to the Chicago Region for the environmental assessment of open lands from a vegetational standpoint.
Extent: lxxiii, 922 p. : ill. 24 cm.
Plants of the Chicago Region (3.103212)
Date: 1994Creator: Swink, Floyd, Wilhelm, Gerould
Type: Book
Description:This book is principally an annotated checklist of the spontaneous vascular flora of the Chicago region. The checklist includes distribution maps, identification keys, flowering phenology, and relevant discussions of infraspecific taxa.
Extent: xiv, 921 p.
Woody Plants of the Morton Arboretum (3.103318)
Date: 1972Type: Book
Description:This handlist is an index, listing alphabetically by genus and species all the scientific names under which living woody plants are currently being grown out-of-doors at the Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois, U.S.A.
Includes a fold-out map at the back of the book.
Extent: xiii, 250 p.
Woody Plants of the Morton Arboretum (3.103319)
Date: 1990Type: Book
Description:This handlist, compiled by Arboretum staff, is an effort to help visitors at the Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois, find on the Arboretum grounds, living specimens of woody plants they want to see. The handlist consists mainly of an alphabetical list of the kinds of woody plants present on the grounds.
Includes a fold-out map and index at the back of the book.
Extent: xx, 506 p.
A Magnificent Garden of Trees (3.103323)
Date: 2022Creator: Botts, Beth
Type: Book
Description:A book commemorating The Morton Arboretum's centennial celebration. Features information about the history and work of the Arboretum.
Extent: vii, 168 p.
The Schulenberg Prairie Information and Plant List (3.104178)
Date: October 1997Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Document
Description:A three-paged document briefly describing the Schulenberg Prairie and listing its more conspicuous plants as of October 1997.
Extent: 3 pages
The Morton Arboretum Naturalist Guides: Schulenberg Prairie Training Seminar: September 21, 2000-1:00 p.m.: Prairie History Fact/Summary Sheet (3.104181)
Date: 2000Creator: Johnson, Craig B.
Type: Document
Description:A four-paged fact sheet describing Ray Schulenberg and the Schulenberg Prairie.
Extent: 4 pages
To See a Tree (3.104310)
Date: 2021Type: Document
Description:Copy of an Arboretum blog post titled, "To See a Tree," which features different Arboretum researchers and what they look for in a tree.
Controlled Fires Help Native Plants and Animals Thrive (3.104311)
Date: April 8 2021Type: Document
Description:Copy of an Arboretum blog post about prescribed burns.
How to Plant a Tree (3.104312)
Date: April 22 2021Type: Document
Description:Copy of an Arboretum blog post in celebration of Arbor Day with tips on planting trees.
Proper Watering Keeps Plants Healthy (3.104313)
Date: April 27 2021Type: Document
Description:Copy of an Arboretum blog post with tips for proper watering for trees and other plants.
An Interview with Daniel Popper (3.104314)
Date: May 2021Type: Document
Description:Copy of an Arboretum blog post featuring an interview with Daniel Popper, the artist who created the sculptures for the Human+Nature exhibition.
How to Ask the Right Questions at the Plant Clinic (3.104315)
Date: May 4 2021Type: Document
Description:Copy of an Arboretum blog post with tips on how to prepare your plant care questions for The Morton Arboretum's Plant Clinic.