Horseback riders through Puffer land when road is being constructed (3.2936)

Date: 1927
Type: Photographic image
Description:Horseback riders through Puffer land when road is being constructed
Extent: 1 negative

One of the first black topping road jobs done in the Arboretum (3.2939)

Date: 1930s
Type: Photographic image
Description:Man and machine blacktopping roads. One of the first black topping road jobs done in the Arboretum.
Extent: 1 photograph

Early summer gravel road, railing to left (3.2969)

Date: circa 1938
Creator: Oates, Howard Arthur
Type: Photographic image
Description:Early summer gravel road, railing to left
Extent: 1 photograph

Gravel road curving through trees (3.2972)

Date: 1930s
Creator: Oates, Howard Arthur
Type: Photographic image
Description:Gravel road curving through trees
Extent: 1 photograph

Ridge Road looking east from point near Japanese Island (3.2978)

Date: circa 1929 – 1930
Type: Photographic image
Description:Ridge Road looking east from point near Japanese Island, before 1935 when road was graveled & blacktopped
Extent: 1 photograph

Residence Drive near Thornhill Residence (3.3000)

Date: 1920s
Creator: Henry Fuermann and Sons
Type: Photographic image
Description:Residence Drive near Thornhill Residence
Extent: 1 photograph

Looking east from archway of Thornhill residence toward main entrance on Park Blvd. (3.3001)

Date: 1916
Creator: Henry Fuermann and Sons
Type: Photographic image
Description:Looking east from archway of Thornhill residence toward main entrance on Park Blvd.
Extent: 1 photograph

O.C. Simonds landscape along a west side road in the Arboretum (3.3003)

Type: Photographic image
Description:O.C. Simonds landscape along a west side road in the Arboretum
Extent: 1 photograph

West Side Thornhill Drive Old Japanese Garden (3.3010)

Date: July 1990
Type: Photographic image
Description:West Side Thornhill Drive Old Japanese Garden
Extent: 1 photograph

Meadow Road as it comes out of woods, looking southeast (3.3015)

Date: 1930 – 1935
Type: Photographic image
Description:Meadow Road as it comes out of woods, looking southeast
Extent: 1 photograph

Maple alongside gravel road (3.3018)

Date: 1940s
Type: Photographic image
Description:Maple alongside gravel road
Extent: 1 photograph

Old car driving through west entrance (3.3019)

Date: October 1941
Creator: Teuscher, Henry
Type: Photographic image
Description:Old car driving through west entrance
Extent: 1 photograph

Spruce Hill from bridge at Lake Marmo (3.3020)

Date: 1942
Creator: Arden, Richard J.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Spruce Hill from bridge at Lake Marmo
Extent: 1 photograph

Division 3 Arboretum View (3.3028)

Date: June 1942
Creator: Freriks, Dick J.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Division 3 Arboretum View
Extent: 1 photograph

Road curving through trees in spring on Morton residence grounds (3.3080)

Date: 1933
Creator: Streator, Sidney V.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Road curving through trees in spring on Morton residence grounds
Extent: 1 photograph

Cop directing traffic at entrance of Arboretum (3.3620)

Date: 1940s
Type: Photographic image
Description:Cop directing traffic in Arboretum
Extent: 1 photograph

Topographical Plat of Portion of Land to be Used for Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois, July 1921-October 1922 (3.5246)

Date: July 1921 – October 1922
Creator: O. C. Simonds & Co.
Type: Map
Description:Sheet titles vary. The first sheet has title shown above and subtitle: Sheet No. 2. The second sheet: Topographical Plat, Morton Arboretum, sheet No. 3. The third sheet: Topographical Plat, Morton Arboretum, sheet No. 4. The three sheets are attached as one map. True elevations are given. Survey covers the east portion of the Arboretum only. Topographical data are provided in the areas planned for road development only, and roadways have been marked with color. Native woodland cover is shown, with 14 species identified.
Extent: 3 sheets mounted as 1 map

The Morton Arboretum, DuPage County, Illinois [diazotype] (3.5247)

Date: 1922
Creator: O. C. Simonds & Co.
Type: Map
Description:Collection has both blueline and blueprint copies of the map. All copies have been marked in ms. by C.E. Godshalk and others; varying details on planned roads, forestry plots, native woodland cover, and the layout of existing buildings are given.
Extent: 1 sheet

The Morton Arboretum, DuPage County, Illinois [diazotype] (3.5248)

Date: 1922
Creator: O. C. Simonds & Co.
Type: Map
Description:Collection has both blueline and blueprint copies of the map. All copies have been marked in ms. by C.E. Godshalk and others; varying details on planned roads, forestry plots, native woodland cover, and the layout of existing buildings are given.
Extent: 1 sheet

The Morton Arboretum, DuPage County, Illinois [blueprint] (3.5249)

Date: 1922
Creator: O. C. Simonds & Co.
Type: Map
Description:Collection has both blueline and blueprint copies of the map. All copies have been marked in ms. by C.E. Godshalk and others; varying details on planned roads, forestry plots, native woodland cover, and the layout of existing buildings are given. This version show the grid sequence used in the author's enlarged topographic survey (1 inch = 40 feet). (See SURV:A II (b) 1.)
Extent: 1 sheet

The Morton Arboretum, DuPage County, Illinois [blueprint] (3.5250)

Date: 1922
Creator: O. C. Simonds & Co.
Type: Map
Description:Collection has both blueline and blueprint copies of the map. All copies have been marked in ms. by C.E. Godshalk and others; varying details on planned roads, forestry plots, native woodland cover, and the layout of existing buildings are given. This version show the grid sequence used in the author's enlarged topographic survey (1 inch = 40 feet). (See SURV:A II (b) 1.)
Extent: 1 sheet

The Morton Arboretum and Joy Morton properties in DuPage County (3.5302)

Date: May 1934
Creator: Kammerer, E. Lowell
Type: Map
Description:Shows lands within the Arboretum boundaries, giving original ownership, acreages, roadways, and some data on woodland cover; as well as Morton properties outside of northern Arboretum boundaries.
Extent: 1 sheet

The Morton Arboretum and Joy Morton Properties in DuPage County (3.5303)

Date: May 1934
Creator: Kammerer, E. Lowell
Type: Map
Description:Shows lands within the Arboretum boundaries, giving original ownership, acreages, roadways, and some data on woodland cover; as well as Morton properties outside of northern Arboretum boundaries.
Extent: 1 sheet

The Morton Arboretum and Joy Morton Properties in DuPage County (3.5304)

Date: May 1934
Creator: Kammerer, E. Lowell
Type: Map
Description:Shows lands within the Arboretum boundaries, giving original ownership, acreages, roadways, and some data on woodland cover; as well as Morton properties outside of northern Arboretum boundaries. Includes handwritten notes in pencil.
"Arboretum & Lisle Farms, Color coded; Late 40s" written in marker on back.
Extent: 1 sheet

Morton Arboretum pavement rehabilitation for Thornhill Drive and Arbordale [sic] Road (3.5599)

Date: August 1988
Creator: Ciorba Group, Inc.
Type: Plan
Extent: 4 sheets in binder

Morton Arboretum pavement rehabilitation for Thornhill Drive and Arbordale [sic] Road (3.5600)

Date: August 1988
Creator: Ciorba Group, Inc.
Type: Plan
Extent: 2 sheets

General plan Arboretum [entrance] interchange [on Route 53] (3.5605)

Date: November 10 1959
Creator: George W. Barton and Associates
Type: Plan
Extent: 1 sheet

General plan Arboretum [entrance] interchange [on Route 53] (3.5606)

Date: November 10 1959
Creator: George W. Barton and Associates
Type: Plan
Extent: 1 sheet

Revised traffic layout, vicinity [of the] proposed housing exhibit, Morton Arboretum. Revised. (3.5609)

Date: October 18 1956
Creator: George W. Barton and Associates
Type: Map
Description:First issued Aug. 27, 1956.
Extent: 1 sheet

The Morton Arboretum and Joy Morton properties in DuPage County (3.5618)

Date: May 1934
Creator: Kammerer, E. Lowell
Type: Map
Description:Shows lands within the Arboretum boundaries, giving original ownership, acreages, roadways, and some data on woodland cover: as well as Morton properties outside of northern Arboretum boundaries.
Extent: 1 negative

[Arbordale development plan and traffic-flow design] (3.5746)

Date: circa 1956
Creator: Tyznik, Anthony
Type: Map
Description:Basic map was done by Howard T. Fisher & John D. Randall Associates of Chicago. The map contains a ms. note of C. E. Godshalk.
Extent: 1 sheet

Morton Arboretum map [proposed land use 1969] (3.5764)

Date: December 1969
Creator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Plan
Description:Shows Arboretum structures and major connecting roads/trails from the Thornhill area to Meadow Lake and South Farm. An updated version of this map was done at a later date by Anthony Tyznik. Cover sheet states: 1969 Proposed Land Use Morton Arboretum.
Extent: 1 sheet attached to posterboard

Plan of Development for Morton Arboretum, Joy Morton, Founder, Lisle, Illinois. [colored] (3.5772)

Date: 1925
Type: Map
Description:Map designed to form part of an informational leaflet, Map & visitor guide, the Morton Arboretum. This map includes a legend identifying physical features and plant collections, some areas colored with color pencil. 

"This map shows plantings from April 1st 1921 to May 1st 1925. Future plantings to be made are not shown. C.E. Godshalk, Supt." printed as note included in map.

"Early colored map of section A & B of Arb" and "Sections A & B about 1925, note roads on east side at this time" written in ink on back of map.
 
Extent: 1 sheet

Plan of Development for Morton Arboretum, Joy Morton, Founder, Lisle, Illinois. [with 6 photographs printed above map] (3.5773)

Date: 1925
Type: Map
Description:Map designed to form part of an informational leaflet, Map & visitor guide, the Morton Arboretum. This map includes a legend identifying physical features and plant collections and six photos of Arboretum views and specimen at the top of the map.

"This map shows plantings from April 1st 1921 to May 1st 1925. Future plantings to be made are not shown. C.E. Godshalk, Supt." printed as note included in map.
 
Extent: 1 sheet

Plan of development for Morton Arboretum, Joy Morton, founder, Lisle, Illinois. [#13] (3.5775)

Date: 1925
Type: Map
Description:Map designed to form part of an informational leaflet, Map & visitor guide, the Morton Arboretum. This map includes a legend identifying physical features and plant collections.

"This map shows plantings from April 1st 1921 to May 1st 1925. Future plantings to be made are not shown. C.E. Godshalk, Supt." printed as note included in map.

"Blackline prints and photostats #13 pictures 1925" written in ink on back of map. "Morton Arboretum "Plan of Development" #13" written on duplicate.

 
Extent: 1 sheet

[Plan of Development for Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois, with preliminary collections grid and Arboretum's location with reference to northeastern Illinois] (3.5776)

Date: circa 1935
Type: Map
Description:One of 3 closely related maps, untitled and undated, developed during the mid-1930s.
This map may have been prepared for collateral use in the Arboretum's informal series titled: Map & Visitor Guide. It contains schematic depiction of major plant collections, roads, and trails. This map also uniquely shows the collections grid in a preliminary format. A small diagram is also included in the upper right corner showing the Arboretum's location with reference to northeastern Illinois.

"Cross section map whole Arboretum" written in pencil on back of map.
Extent: 1 sheet