Illinois Tree Trail, Pin oak, (Quercus palustris) (3.24825)
Date: 1970Creator: Schmidt, Helen.
Type: Drawing
Description:Illinois Tree Trail, Pin oak, (Quercus palustris) 40-336
Tree silhouette, leaf, text about the species and a map of its range
One of seventeen images, drawn by volunteer artists under the direction of Nancy Hart and Richard Wason, used on metal interpretive signs along the Illinois Tree Trail around Meadow Lake on the grounds of The Morton Arboretum. (Signs removed in 2003.)
Extent: 1 drawing
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
Acer negundo (boxelder), summer (3.37504)
Date: July 1973Creator: Stickney, William S.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer negundo (boxelder), tree in summer with multiple trunks, one of them severed, along Illinois Trees Trail
Extent: 1 slide
Acer negundo (boxelder), fall (3.37509)
Date: October 1964Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer negundo (boxelder), large tree in fall with multiple trunks along Illinois Trees Trail
Extent: 1 slide
Quercus (oak), habit, early fall (3.38362)
Date: October 1992Creator: Nachel, Jim
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus (oak), habit, early fall amidst shrubs and trees along the Arboretum's Illinois Tree Trail with interpretation panel on short post in foreground
Extent: 1 slide
Quercus coccinea (scarlet oak), habit, fall (3.38434)
Date: October 1973Creator: Stickney, William S.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus coccinea (scarlet oak), habit, young tree densely covered with scarlet colored leaves in grassy area amongst bare shrubs and trees along Illinois Trees Trail showing fall color
Extent: 1 slide
Morton Arboretum map [proposed land use 1969] (3.5764)
Date: December 1969Creator: 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
Illinois Trees Nature Trail (3.6507)
Type: Map
Description:Drawing for Illinois Trees Trail signs that show map, length and "You are Here" arrows for the three loops of the trail.
Extent: 1 sheet