1932/03/21: C. E. Godshalk to Joy Morton (3.101472)
Date: March 21 1932Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from C. E. Godshalk to Joy Morton saying it has been quite wintery around the Arboretum. Most of the men have been working in the woods. One gang has been hauling dirt and gravel. Another has been working along the river cleaning up the damage from the recent sleet storm. Due to the frost in the ground, they are unable to do any planting. The nine turkeys left at the Westover's were turned loose in the woods. They come back to their pen each night to roost. The Ogden Ave. overhead bridge is coming along nicely. They are ready to start on the bridge south of Morton's main entrance.
Extent: 2 sheets
1928/01/19: Clarence E. Godshalk to Joy Morton (3.101483)
Date: January 19 1928Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Clarence E. Godshalk to Joy Morton. With this mild weather, we have been pruning grapes and in the orchards. Our newly planted trees are mulched well, so the alternate freeze and thaw should not affect them. When we get our next cold wave, we will move the evergreens with a large ball of dirt. Charles Schroeder's car skidded on the slippery road and turned over. No one was hurt. The greenhouse will be filled with many varieties for cut flowers, thanks to Mr. Tromp's expertise. Peter Jargick is not doing any work here, even though you are giving him his house rent, coal, gas, electricity and milk. What do you advise me do about him? I have not sent him to get the mail, wanting to have the least amount of friction here. Burnside seems to have a cold, although not too serious.
Extent: 2 sheets
1928/01/26: Clarence E. Godshalk to Joy Morton (3.101484)
Date: January 26 1928Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Clarence E. Godshalk to Joy Morton. They are moving many evergreens, as weather permits. Pine Hill is looking very different. Four men can move 8-10 trees a day. Burnside is very ill with typhoid fever, causing high temperature, irregular heartbeat, and intestinal hemorrhaging. He has a nurse helping him. Now his family has been vaccinated against typhoid. Godshalk had testing done on all of the milk and water, including Lake Marmo and streams. The test of the stream through the Japanese Gardens is questionable. He will run it again. Men reported that Burnside drank from that stream. Van Gemert's place of business is doing well. Charles Schroeder has arranged for a cattle sale on January 31. He was upset because Schroeder didn't clear the date with us, but we'll be glad to have an end to this. He has advertised it well, so there should be lots of bidders.
Extent: 2 sheets
1928/02/01: Clarence E. Godshalk to Joy Morton (3.101486)
Date: February 1 1928Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Clarence E. Godshalk to Joy Morton. Burnsides is slowly progressing from his typhoid fever. His doctors think it might take two months recovery. He describes the tree moving they have just completed: pines for Pine Hill and larches that were blocking the view of Lake Marmo. The men are now working in the woods, clearing out the undesirable and dead trees. It is making such an improvement in the woods.
Extent: 2 sheets
1943/03/23: C. E. Godshalk to Roy Burnside (3.109061)
Date: March 23 1943Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from C. E. Godshalk to Roy Burnside summarizing the contents of their morning conversation. Burnside is free to leave his employment at the Arboretum on March 25.
Extent: 1 sheet
Three men (Roy Burnside at right) moving huge root balled tree (3.2949)
Date: 1930sType: Photographic image
Description:Three men (Roy Burnside at right, others unknown) moving huge root balled tree
Extent: 1 photograph
Eight men (Roy Burnside at bottom left seated) seated on and around root balled tree on sled in winter snow (3.2950)
Date: 1930sType: Photographic image
Description:Eight men (Roy Burnside at bottom left seated) seated on and around root balled tree on sled in winter snow
Extent: 1 photograph
First Arboretum tractor pulling remodeled horse-drawn grader (3.3012)
Date: 1927Type: Photographic image
Description:First Arboretum tractor pulling remodeled horse-drawn grader
Les Plumb (left), Roy Burnside (right)
Extent: 1 photograph
1940/06/24: Clarence E. Godshalk to Joseph M. Cudahy (3.83877)
Date: June 24 1940Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Clarence E. Godshalk to Joseph M. Cudahy, listing the employees who have living quarters furnished to them, in addition to their wages: Otto Johnson, Roy Burnside, Leslie Plumb, Howard Jennings, Roy Kellicut, Herbert Peppinger, Edward Westover, Wallace Smith.
Extent: 2 sheets
1943/03/15: Clarence E. Godshalk to Jean M. Cudahy (3.84550)
Date: March 15 1943Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Clarence E. Godshalk to Jean M. Cudahy, updating her on personnel changes caused by the shift to defense jobs: John Kleppe, Roy Burnside, Leslie Plumb, Lowell Kammerer. He is in a lengthy dilemma about where the line between being patriotic and protecting the Arboretum business should be. Defense jobs are much higher paying than he is permitted to pay by the National War Board. Are the men leaving to be patriotic or because they want a higher paying job? He asks for feedback from the Trustees.
Extent: 4 sheets
1943/03/30: Clarence E. Godshalk to Jean M. Cudahy (3.84552)
Date: March 30 1943Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Clarence E. Godshalk to Jean M. Cudahy updating her on Arboretum affairs. He detailed the Arboretum employees who were required to shift to defense jobs. He is looking to hire high school boys and older men to help with some of the spring work. Both visitors and class attendance are up. The Thoman Farm has been sold. There are now 320 new piglets on the farm.
Extent: 2 sheets