Forest Nature Trail Guide: Forest Nature Trail worksheet (3.24001)
Date: 1946Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Document
Description:Commercial reproduction of the FOREST NATURE TRAIL worksheet planned to accompany The Morton Arboretum Forest Nature Trail Guide booklet. The worksheet was designed to be used along with the trail guide while walking the trail.
Instructions at the top read: FILL BLANKS AT RIGHT WITH LETTER YOU SELECT - Questions based on your observation and the Trail Guide Booklet
Left border is labeled "Posts" and has illustrations of numbered tree stumps 1- 46, ending with a marker that reads "End of Trail".
Left center panel includes text of questions that match up with single posts or groupings of posts to the left.
Right center panel includes letter choices with illustrations and names of various flora and fauna along the trail, such as leaves, rocks, flowers, seeds, animals, animals tracks, needles, and trees.
Right border is labeled "Answers" and has answer boxes to be filled in with appropriate letters, ending with the notation, "If you are successful, this will tell you so".
Extent: 1 sheet
Forest Nature Trail Guide: Forest Nature Trail worksheet (original) (3.24638)
Date: 1946Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Document
Description:Original illustrations and layout of the FOREST NATURE TRAIL worksheet planned to accompany The Morton Arboretum Forest Nature Trail Guide booklet. Key lines included. The worksheet was designed to be used along with the trail guide while walking the trail.
Instructions at the top read: FILL BLANKS AT RIGHT WITH LETTER YOU SELECT - Questions based on your observation and the Trail Guide Booklet
Left border is labeled "Posts" and has illustrations of numbered tree stumps 1- 46, ending with a marker that reads "End of Trail".
Left center panel includes text of questions that match up with single posts or groupings of posts to the left.
Right center panel includes letter choices with illustrations and names of various flora and fauna along the trail, such as leaves, rocks, flowers, seeds, animals, animals tracks, needles, and trees.
Right border is labeled "Answers" and has answer boxes to be filled in with appropriate letters, ending with the notation, "If you are successful, this will tell you so".
Extent: 1 sheet
Forest Nature Trail Guide, front cover/page 1 illustrations and layout w/ preliminary sketches (3.24651)
Date: 1946Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Sheet 1: Original illustrations and layout for the front cover/page 1 of The Morton Arboretum Forest Nature Trail Guide booklet. Key lines included.
Illustrated map of trail area depicting foot path through native forest and the meadow. Text "FOREST NATURE TRAIL STARTS HERE" points arrow to beginning of Forest Nature Trail on map near Parking 10. Meadow Road, Forest Road, and Ash Collection identified in map for reference to trail location on grounds.
Sheet 2: Sheet Two: Preliminary sketch of green-colored illustrations.
Extent: 2 sheets
Forest Nature Trail Guide, page 2 illustrations and layout with preliminary sketches (3.24652)
Date: 1946Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Sheet One: Original illustrations and layout for page 2, excluding text, for The Morton Arboretum Forest Nature Trail Guide booklet. Key lines included.
Introductory page to trail guide, including map of the trail's location on Arboretum grounds near parking lot 10 (changed in later printing to parking lot 28). Map header text "LOCATION OF FOREST NATURE TRAIL in the Arboretum" points arrow to Forest Nature Trail on map. Thornhill Building, Administration Building, Simonds Rd., and Forest Rd. identified in map for reference to trail location on grounds.
Map identifies 2 other trails in the Arboretum:
- The Thornhill Trail - identified by circles located near Thornhill Building
- The Evergreen Trail - identified by crosses in far left section of the map
Sheet Three: Preliminary sketch of green-colored map.
Extent: 3 sheets
Forest Nature Trail Guide, page 3 illustrations and layout with preliminary sketches (3.24653)
Date: 1946Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Sheet One: Original illustrations and layout for page 3, excluding text, for The Morton Arboretum Forest Nature Trail Guide booklet. Key lines included.
Illustrated stumps with numbers indicate points of interest along trail as seen on trail map.
Tree stump #1: Four Kinds of Oaks
Identifying characteristics for oak trees and leaves illustrated to the right for Bur Oak, White Oak, Red Oak, Northern Pin Oak.
Tree stump #2: A Limestone Boulder
Identifying characteristics for trilobites and crinoids illustrated to the right.
Tree stump #3: A Granite Boulder
Identifying characteristics for granite boulder illustrated to the right.
Tree stump #4: Wild Black Raspberries
Identifying characteristics for wild black raspberries leaves, stem, flower, and fruit illustrated to the right.
Sheet Two: Preliminary sketch of green-colored illustrations.
Extent: 2 sheets
Forest Nature Trail Guide, page 4 illustrations and layout (3.24654)
Date: 1946Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Original illustrations and layout for page 4, excluding text, for The Morton Arboretum Forest Nature Trail Guide booklet. Key lines included.
Illustrated stump with number indicates point of interest along trail as seen on trail map.
Tree stump #5: description of geological events in the area over time
Includes a graph illustrating a cross-section of 8 geological layers in a center column, numbered 0 - 4400 along the right, and labeled along the left as follows, read from bottom to top -
1) granite
2) Cambrian sandstone 1900' thick
3) sandy limestone
4) St. Peter sandstone 150' thick
5) Galena limestone 240' thick
6) shale
7) Niagara limestone 350' thick
8) glacial drift
Extent: 1 sheet
Forest Nature Trail Guide, page 5 illustrations and layout with preliminary sketches (3.24655)
Date: 1946Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Sheet One: Original illustrations and layout for page 5, excluding text, for The Morton Arboretum Forest Nature Trail Guide booklet. Key lines included.
Illustrated stumps with numbers indicate points of interest along trail as seen on trail map.
Tree stump #6: Jewelweed
Identifying characteristics of leaves, flowers, and seeds illustrated to the right.
Tree stump #7: Elderberry
Identifying characteristics leaves and flowers illustrated to the right.
Tree stump #8: Joe Pye Weed
Identifying characteristics of leaves and flowers illustrated to the right.
Tree stump #9: Nettles
Identifying characteristics of leaves illustrated to the right.
Sheet Two: Preliminary sketch of green-colored illustrations.
Extent: 2 sheets
Forest Nature Trail Guide, page 6 illustrations and layout with preliminary sketches (3.24656)
Date: 1946Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Sheet One: Original illustrations and layout for page 6, excluding text, for The Morton Arboretum Forest Nature Trail Guide booklet. Key lines included.
Illustrated stumps with numbers indicate points of interest along trail as seen on trail map.
Tree stump #10: Black Walnut
Identifying characteristics for leaves, seeds, and nuts illustrated to the right.
Tree stump #11: Red Oak Bark
Identifying characteristics for bark and leaves illustrated to the right.
Tree stump #12: H-A-M
Mnemonic device for remembering which common trees bear leaves opposite each other: H = horse-chestnut, A= ash, and M = maple. Identifying characteristics for leaves illustrated to the right labeled "alternate" and "opposite".
Tree stump #13: Who Planted These 4 Trees in a Row?
Generalized illustration of four trees with identifying characteristics for seeds illustrated to the right labeled "oak," "maple," "ash," and "oak".
Sheet Two: Preliminary sketch of green-colored illustrations.
Extent: 2 sheets
Forest Nature Trail Guide, page 7 illustrations and layout with preliminary sketches (3.24657)
Date: 1946Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Sheet One: Original illustrations and layout for page 7, excluding text, for The Morton Arboretum Forest Nature Trail Guide booklet. Key lines included.
Illustrated stumps with numbers indicate points of interest along trail as seen on trail map.
Tree stump #14: Wild Black Cherry
Identifying characteristics for berries and leaves illustrated to the right.
Tree stump #15: The Edge of the Forest
Illustrated to the right includes plants associated with the forest edge
- Generalized illustration of a row of trees
- Identifying characteristics of blackberry, plum, hawthorn, crab, and gooseberry thorns
- Identifying characteristics of chokecherry and sumac leaves
- Identifying characteristics of rose, black berry, plum, and crab flowers
- Identifying characteristics of rose, black berry, plum, and crab fruits
Identifying characteristics for a two-lipped flower, square stem, and opposite leaves illustrated to the right.
Sheet Two: Preliminary sketch of green-colored illustrations.
Extent: 2 sheets
Forest Nature Trail Guide, page 8 illustrations and layout with preliminary sketches (3.24658)
Date: 1946Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Sheet One: Original illustrations and layout for page 8, for The Morton Arboretum Forest Nature Trail Guide booklet. Key lines included.
Illustrated stump with number indicates point of interest along trail as seen on trail map.
Tree stump #17: The Meadow
Incudes an illustration of a covered wagon and identifying characteristics of the following illustrated to the right:
- leaves of the meadow
- seeds of the meadow
- flowers in the meadow
- soil of this meadow
- a goldfinch
Sheet Two: Preliminary sketch of green-colored illustrations.
Extent: 2 sheets
Forest Nature Trail Guide, page 9 illustrations and layout with preliminary sketches (3.24659)
Date: 1946Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Sheet One: Original illustrations and layout for page 9, for The Morton Arboretum Forest Nature Trail Guide booklet. Key lines included.
Illustrated stumps with numbers indicate points of interest along trail as seen on trail map.
Tree stump #18: Garter snake
Includes an illustration of a coiled garter snake to the right.
Tree stump #19: Bracken fern
Identifying characteristics for leaves illustrated to the right.
Tree stump #20: Gravel pit
Three illustrations of a gravel pit labeled "1," "2," and "3" showing stages of vegetation regrowth over time.
Tree stump #21: Slime flux
Name of chronic bleeding from the side of an Elm tree. Identifying characteristics for Elm leaf illustrated to the right.
Sheet Two: Preliminary sketch of green-colored illustrations.
Extent: 2 sheets
Forest Nature Trail Guide, page 10 illustrations and layout with preliminary sketches (3.24660)
Date: 1946Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Sheet One: Original illustrations and layout for page 10, excluding text, for The Morton Arboretum Forest Nature Trail Guide booklet. Key lines included.
Illustrated stumps with numbers indicate points of interest along trail as seen on trail map.
Tree stump #22: Ash
White Ash "twig," "leaf," and "fruit" as labeled and illustrated to the right.
Tree stump #23: A Woodchuck's Burrow
Illustration of a woodchuck and a cross-section of a woodchuck burrow to the right.
Tree stump #24: Moss on trees
Illustration of four generalized tree trunks with moss covering left side of each to the right.
Tree stump #25: Leaf veination
Identifying characteristics for "parallel-veined," "palmate-veined," and "pinnate-veined" leaves as labeled and illustrated to the right.
Sheet Two: Preliminary sketch of green-colored illustrations.
Extent: 2 sheets
Forest Nature Trail Guide, page 11 illustrations and layout with preliminary sketches (3.24668)
Date: 1946Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Sheet One: Original illustrations and layout for page 11, excluding text, for The Morton Arboretum Forest Nature Trail Guide booklet. Key lines included.
Illustrated stumps with numbers indicate points of interest along trail as seen on trail map.
Tree stump #26: Linden or Basswood
Identifying characteristics for leaves, seeds, blossoms, and buds illustrated to the right.
Tree stump #27: Footprints of wild animals
Identifying characteristics for animal footprints in mud or snow illustrated to the right, including "rabbit," "raccoon," "skunk," "fox," "opossum," "squirrel," and "woodcuck" as labeled.
Tree stump #28: What Good are Fallen Leaves?
Illustration of several types of fallen leaves layered on top of each other.
Sheet Two: Preliminary sketch of green-colored illustrations.
Extent: 2 sheets
Forest Nature Trail Guide, page 12 illustrations and layout with preliminary sketches (3.24669)
Date: 1946Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Sheet One: Original illustrations and layout for page 12, excluding text, for The Morton Arboretum Forest Nature Trail Guide booklet. Key lines included.
Illustrated stumps with numbers indicate points of interest along trail as seen on trail map.
Tree stump #29: Four Kinds of Acorns
Identifying characteristics for "red," "northern pin," "bur," and "white" acorns as labeled and illustrated to the right.
Tree stump #30: Hepatica Leaves
Identifying characteristics for leaves, flower, and berry including a cube shape illustrated to the right - appears to have been replaced with new illustration of leaves on separate card that has become unglued (see below).
Tree stump #31: Blackberries
Identifying characteristics for leaves illustrated to the right - appears to have been replaced with new illustration of leaves, flower, and berry on separate card that has become unglued (see below).
Tree stump #32: A White Oak Tradmark
Illustration of a White Oak trunk with a band of bark that has been formed due to fungus.
Tree stump #33: Young Sugar Maples
Identifying characteristics for leaves and seeds illustrated to the right.
A cutout illustration depicting leaf characteristics for the Hepatica and leaf, flower, and berry characteristics for blackberries originally adhered to board has detached and is housed with art.
Sheet Two: Preliminary sketch of green-colored illustrations.
Extent: 2 sheets
Forest Nature Trail Guide, page 13 illustrations and layout (3.24670)
Date: 1946Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Original illustrations and layout for page 13, excluding text, for The Morton Arboretum Forest Nature Trail Guide booklet. Key lines included.
Illustrated stumps with numbers indicate points of interest along trail as seen on trail map.
Tree stump #34: Ironwood or Hop Hornbeam
Identifying characteristics for leaves, seeds, and fruits illustrated to the right.
Tree stump #35: Are you as Smart as a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker?
Illustration of a red oak trunk and sugar maple trunk to the right - sugar maple includes drawing of yellow-bellied sapsucker pecking rings of holes in the maple's trunk for sap.
Tree stump #36: Where Does the Water in These Streams Go?
Map of DuPage River, including West Branch and East Branch at Arboretum near top right, the Des Plaines River center right, the Kankakee River center bottom, and the Illinois River center left with arrow pointing left labeled "to Mississippi".
Tree stump #37: The Thickness of Twigs
Identifying characteristics of ironwood and sumac twigs illustrated to the right.
Tree stump #38: Blue Ash
Identifying characteristics for leaves and twig illustrated to the right.
Extent: 1 Sheet
Forest Nature Trail Guide, page 14 illustrations and layout (3.24671)
Date: 1946Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Original illustrations and layout for page 14, excluding most text, for The Morton Arboretum Forest Nature Trail Guide booklet. Key lines included.
Illustrated stumps with numbers indicate points of interest along trail as seen on trail map.
Tree stump #39: A Mature Sugar Maple
Identifying characteristics of mature sugar maple bark illustrated to the right.
Tree stump #40: From a Bird's Viewpoint
Identifying characteristics of Hawthorn leaf, flower, and fruit illustrated to the right.
Tree stump #41: Wild Strawberry
Identifying characteristics of three leaflet leaf and flower and Five Finger or Cinquefoil five leaflet leaf and flower illustrated to the right.
Tree stump #42: A Girdling Experiment
Typewritten text describing ash tree girdling glued to center panel, and illustration of girdled trunk to the right.
Tree stump #43: OO-HOOSH-AB--"It Slips"
Illustration of a hand holding a Slippery Elm leaf and a small drawing of a man's face with stubble to illustrate the "unshaven" feel of the leaves and twigs.
Extent: 1 Sheet
Forest Nature Trail Guide, page 15 illustrations and layout with preliminary sketches (3.24672)
Date: 1946Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Sheet One: Original illustrations and layout for page 15, including some text, for The Morton Arboretum Forest Nature Trail Guide booklet. Key lines included.
Illustrated stumps with numbers indicate points of interest along trail as seen on trail map.
Tree stump #44: Which oak is this one?
Text handwritten in center panel and identifying characteristics for four types of oak leaves outlined to the right - illustration in the first row is labeled "Are the lobes pointed - or - rounded," the middle row is lableled "deep - or -shallow," the bottom row is labeled "Is the surface leathery or dull".
Tree stump #45: Douglas Fir
Text handwritten in center panel and identifying characteristics for needles and cones illustrated to the right - label "long end bud" points arrow to top center of needles drawing, and label "bracts" points arrow to center left of cone drawing.
Tree stump #46: Honey Locust
Labels handwritten in center panel and identifying characteristics of leaves, thorns, and pods illustrated to the right.
Sheet Two: Preliminary sketch of green-colored illustrations.
Extent: 2 sheets
Forest Nature Trail Guide, back cover/page 16 illustrations and layout with preliminary sketches (3.24673)
Date: 1946Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Sheet One: Original illustrations and layout for back cover/page 16, for The Morton Arboretum Forest Nature Trail Guide booklet. Key lines included.
Includes a key to tree leaf characteristics. Header text "A KEY To the trees in these woods"
(first section) Leaf simple
Illustrated identifying characteristics of leaves, divided into two categories, "with lobed margin" and "with toothed margin" as labeled. Each section depicts variations in veins, lobes, and thorns
(second section) Leaf compound
Illustrated identifying characteristics of leaves, divided into two catagories, "leaves opposite" and "leaves alternate" as labeled.
Sheet Two: Preliminary sketch of green-colored illustrations.
Extent: 2 sheets
Forest Nature Trail Guide (3.24674)
Date: 1946Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Book
Description:The Morton Arboretum Forest Nature Trail Guide booklet: commercial reproduction of the original art with additional descriptive text.
The booklet contains 16 pages of information about the Forest Nature Trail and includes maps on front cover and second page, key to the trees in the woods on back cover, and other pages with illustrations and text descriptions of trail features.
[Two versions of the commercially printed booklet have been identified with a difference in the front cover (page 1) as to where the trail begins: Parking Number Ten and Parking Number Twenty-eight.]
*Note attached to later printing identifies changes along the trail since trail guide was first released.
Extent: 1 booklet
Map & Visitor Guide, The Morton Arboretum (3.34271)
Date: 1982 – 1986Type: Map
Description:Double-sided brochure, Map & Visitor Guide for The Morton Arboretum
Map details Arboretum roads, trails, plant collections, buildings and boundaries. Includes photographs of various Arboretum buildings with descriptive information.
Reverse side provides general information about the Arboretum, trails for walking and hiking, driving through the Arboretum, areas and collections of special interest, native plant communities, wildlife at the Arboretum, regulations, facilities and services, and information on membership. A section of the map is enlarged to identify landmarks around the Visitor Center, Administration Building, and Thornhill Education Center.
Extent: 1 sheet