Brief biography on May Theilgaard Watts (1.4232)

Type: Document
Description:Brief biography on May Theilgaard Watts (Mrs. Raymond Watts)
Naturalist, Teacher, Author, Artist, Poet

Includes personal background, educational background, professional roles and accomplishments, honors received, a bibliography of published work by May Watts and articles about May Watts.
Extent: 4 sheets

Telephotograph of Mr. Joy Morton (3.3170)

Date: November 15 1925
Type: Photographic image
Description:Telephotograph depicting formal portrait of Mr. Joy Morton.

This telephotograph was printed from the unretouched negative received November 15, 1925 at Chicago from New York City over a telephone circuit 931 miles in length. The time required for transmission was 7.5 minutes.
Extent: 1 photograph

Morton Salt ad, photograph of three men outside R.M. Richards general store (3.3563)

Type: Print
Description:Morton Salt ad, photograph of three men outside R.M. Richards general store 

Photograph of  three men outside R.M. Richards general store. Man wearing suit in center holds Morton Salt canisters, both men on either side wear aprons.

"As early as 1912, Morton was selling salt in a convenient round package instead of a bag. That idea helped make Morton America's favorite. Over the years, many other ideas have come from Morton. The original iodized salt, a superior moisture-proof package, an exclusive shake and pour top, and a salt of uncommon quality. Today two out of three salt buyers prove - a woman will always buy a good idea. When it rains it pours."
Extent: 1 sheet

Morton Salt ad no. 6713, Iodized Salt (3.3564)

Type: Print
Description:Morton Salt ad no. 6713, Iodized Salt

Illustration of a woman in an apron holding a Morton Iodized Salt canister. A young boy is looking up at the woman, while a young girl has her hands on a large bowl, next to a rolling pin.

Text below illustration: "Help Keep Your Family Goiter Free!" next to an enlarged Morton Salt canister

"In 1927, Morton introduced iodized salt to help prevent simple goiter. As significant as that was, if it were the only thing Morton had done for salt, it's not likely they would have stayed America's salt favorite for 56 years. No salt salts like Morton Salt salts. When it rains it pours."
Extent: 1 sheet

Morton Salt ad, photograph of woman and three children on porch (3.3565)

Type: Print
Description:Morton Salt ad, photograph of woman and three children on porch

Photograph of a woman and three children on porch of a house. A young boy holding basket of groceries, including a canister of Morton Salt, stands on steps of porch. Woman holding young child stands at doorway, while another young girl holding apple leans on railing of the porch.

"54 years ago you could send a boy, and he'd bring back the best salt. He had only to look for the Morton label. Today, many salts try to get as close to the Morton label as they can. But, close doesn't count. Morton is still one of a kind. When it rains it pours."

 
Extent: 1 sheet

Morton Salt ad no. 6812, Now When It Rains It Pours (3.3566)

Type: Print
Description:Morton Salt ad no. 6812, Now When It Rains It Pours

Painting-like illustration of a woman and young girl pouring salt from a Morton Salt canister into a salt shaker. House and trees line top circular portion above woman and girl.

"In 1911, Morton perfected a salt that poured when it rained. As significant as that was, if it were the only thing Morton had done, it's not likely they would have stayed America's salt favorite for 57 years. No salt salts like Morton Salt salts. When it rains it pours."
Extent: 1 sheet

Morton Salt ad no. 6814, Amazing New Package (3.3567)

Type: Print
Description:Morton Salt ad no. 6814, Amazing New Package

Painting-like illustration of woman with her hand on the shoulder of a young girl who is crying because a canister of Morton Salt has spilled in a wet sink. Text next to woman: "Don't cry, dear it's moisture resistant."

"In 1935, Morton introduced a special salt box that was moisture-treated, top, bottom, inside and out. As significant as that was, if it were the only thing Morton had done, it's not likely they would have stayed America's salt favorite for 57 years. No salt salts like Morton Salt salts. When it rains it pours."
Extent: 1 sheet

Morton Salt ad no. 6711, photograph of four women with jars of pickles (3.3568)

Type: Print
Description:Morton Salt ad no. 6711, photograph of four women with jars of pickles

Photograph of four women in hats standing in a room with a piano, a photograph of T. Roosevelt on the wall, and a table with many jars of pickles. Woman second to right holds one of the jars of pickles. 

"Women are funny. They rarely agree on anything. Even on how to put up a jar of pickles. But on salt, for 55 years, 2 out of 3 women have agreed it pays to shake the best - Morton. When it rains it pours."
Extent: 1 sheet

Topographical Map of Part of Thornhill Farm, DuPage County, Illinois (3.5231)

Date: 1920s
Creator: Webster, Arthur L.
Type: Map
Description:Shows the Thornhill residential area and its immediate surroundings as they existed at date of issuance.
Extent: 1 sheet

Topographical Map of Part of Thornhill Farm, DuPage County, Illinois [annotated] (3.5232)

Date: 1920s
Creator: Webster, Arthur L.
Type: Map
Description:Shows the Thornhill residential area and its immediate surroundings as they existed at date of issuance. This copy contains extensive annotations on recto and verso made by C.E. Godshalk. These treat early Arboretum plantings and other observations regarding layouts at Thornhill in 1921.
Extent: 1 sheet

Topographical Survey, Grounds Around Proposed Lake [Marmo] Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois (3.5236)

Date: July 1921
Creator: O. C. Simonds & Co.
Type: Map
Description:The outline of the future Lake Marmo is demarcated by colored shading. Locations are shown for eight species of existing woodland cover.
Extent: 1 sheet

Topographical Plat of Portion of Land to be Used for Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois (3.5237)

Date: July 1921
Creator: O. C. Simonds & Co.
Type: Map
Description:Surveys topography east of Route 53. Locations are shown for eight species of existing woodland cover.
Extent: 1 sheet

Topographical Plat of Morton Arboretum, Lisle [comprehensive edition] (3.5238)

Date: March 1922
Creator: O. C. Simonds & Co.
Type: Map
Description:Topographic survey made 1921-1922. True elevations are given. Collection has varied issuances made during the survey. Final version has title statement centered at top of map. It shows the date as follows: "Aug. 1921 - MCH 1922". Preliminary versions show title in lower righthand corner of map and give Aug. 1921 only as date. Areas surveyed and completion of topographical detail vary in preliminary issuances. Water levels of the East Branch of the Dupage River are indicated for October 11, 1921.
This copy has greatest area and most detail.
Extent: 1 sheet

Topographical Plat of Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois [shading and notes] (3.5239)

Date: August 1921
Creator: O. C. Simonds & Co.
Type: Map
Description:Topographic survey made 1921-1922. True elevations are given. Collection has varied issuances made during the survey. Final version has title statement centered at top of map. It shows the date as follows: "Aug. 1921 - MCH 1922". Preliminary versions show title in lower righthand corner of map and give Aug. 1921 only as date. Areas surveyed and completion of topographical detail vary in preliminary issuances. This copy shows native woodland cover by colored shading; also it has been marked in ms. with the grid used in enlargements made and issued in Jan. 1922. Water levels of the East Branch of the Du Page River are indicated for October 11, 1921.
This copy includes shading and notes.
Extent: 1 sheet

Topographical Plat of Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois [west] (3.5240)

Date: August 1921
Creator: O. C. Simonds & Co.
Type: Map
Description:Topographic survey made 1921-1922. True elevations are given. Collection has varied issuances made during the survey. Final version has title statement centered at top of map. It shows the date as follows: "Aug. 1921 - MCH 1922". Preliminary versions show title in lower righthand corner of map and give Aug. 1921 only as date. Areas surveyed and completion of topographical detail vary in preliminary issuances. Water levels are shown for June 30, 1921.
This copy shows detail of west portion almost completely worked out.
Extent: 1 sheet

Topographical Plat of Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois [east] (3.5241)

Date: August 1921
Creator: O. C. Simonds & Co.
Type: Map
Description:Topographic survey made 1921-1922. True elevations are given. Collection has varied issuances made during the survey. Final version has title statement centered at top of map. It shows the date as follows: "Aug. 1921 - MCH 1922". Preliminary versions show title in lower righthand corner of map and give Aug. 1921 only as date. Areas surveyed and completion of topographical detail vary in preliminary issuances. Water levels of the East Branch of the Dupage River are indicated for June 30, 1921.
This copy shows detail of east portion almost completely worked out.
Extent: 1 sheet

Topographical Plat of Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois [preliminary fragment] (3.5242)

Date: August 1921
Creator: O. C. Simonds & Co.
Type: Map
Description:Topographic survey made 1921-1922. True elevations are given. Collection has varied issuances made during the survey. Final version has title statement centered at top of map. It shows the date as follows: "Aug. 1921 - MCH 1922". Preliminary versions show title in lower righthand corner of map and give Aug. 1921 only as date. Areas surveyed and completion of topographical detail vary in preliminary issuances. Water levels of the East Branch of the Dupage River are indicated for June 30, 1921.
This copy is essentially a preliminary fragment without title and date.
Extent: 1 sheet

Topographic Sketch of Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois (3.5243)

Date: August 1921
Creator: O. C. Simonds & Co.
Type: Map
Description:Conceptual oxbow ponds/wetlands along East Branch of the DuPage River are indicated.
Extent: 1 sheet

Topographic Sketch of Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois [handwritten notes] (3.5244)

Date: August 1921
Creator: O. C. Simonds & Co.
Type: Map
Description:Native woodland cover is shown by colored shading. Conceptual oxbow ponds/wetlands along East Branch of the DuPage River are indicated. Ms. Note by C.E. Godshalk: "This must have been Mr. Simond's 1st idea…." He has drawn in original Lisle, Illinois Farm buildings.
This copy has notes and markings.
 
Extent: 1 sheet

Topographical Plat of Portion of Land to be Used for Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois, July 1921 (3.5245)

Date: July 1921
Creator: O. C. Simonds & Co.
Type: Map
Description:Each sheet is individually titled. Area covered extends from western boundary eastward to the East Woods. True elevations are given. Native woodland cover is shown, and legend identifies eight species of trees.
Extent: 2 sheets mounted as one map

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 [topographic survey, 27 sheets] (3.5251)

Date: January 1922
Creator: O. C. Simonds & Co.
Type: Map
Description:Large scale topographic survey based on data developed in 1921-1922. Sheet 1 entitled "Key Map", serves as index to grid squares numbered 1-25 and 27; no square 26 was assigned. Each square represents a surface area approximately 1000 by 1200 feet. True elevations are given. Native woodland forest cover is shown throughout the grid squares.
Extent: 27 sheets in binder

The Morton Arboretum [topographic survey, 29 sheets] (3.5252)

Date: January 1922
Creator: O. C. Simonds & Co.
Type: Map
Description:Large scale topographic survey based on data developed in 1921-1922. Sheet 1 entitled "Key Map", serves as index to grid squares numbered 1-25 and 27; no square 26 was assigned. Each square represents a surface area approximately 1000 by 1200 feet. True elevations are given. Native woodland forest cover is shown throughout the grid squares.
Extent: 29 sheets in binder

Topographical Map of Lot No. One of Assessment Plat No. One, Lands Belonging to Trustees Under the Will of Joy Morton, Deceased, Lisle Township, DuPage County, Illinois (3.5253)

Date: July 1 1953
Creator: Steinbrecher, Harold F.
Type: Map
Description:Elevations are based on an arbitrary benchmark. Copy 2 states "Topo Maps of Arbordale and Arbor Lake area 1953" in marker on back of map.
Extent: 1 sheet

Topographical Map of a Portion of Assessment Plat No. 4, Lands Belonging to Trustees Under the Will of Joy Morton, Deceased, near Lisle, DuPage County, Illinois (3.5255)

Date: January 15 1954
Creator: Steinbrecher, Harold F.
Type: Map
Description:Shows designs for a subdivision that was never developed in the Park Blvd. and Main Thornhill Drive area. Elevations are based on an arbitrary benchmark. "Topo of Land South of S(t)romquist, N. of Main Drive, W. Side" in pencil on reverse of map.
Extent: 1 sheet

Topographical Map of a Portion of Assessment Plat No. 1, Lands Belonging to Trustees Under the Will of Joy Morton, Deceased, near Lisle, DuPage County, Illinois (3.5257)

Date: January 30 1954
Creator: Steinbrecher, Harold F.
Type: Map
Description:Surveys area in which the Arbordale subdivision now is located. Elevations are based on an arbitrary benchmark. "Topo of Housing Site S. of CEO Residence" is in pencil on the back of the map.
Extent: 1 sheet

[Preliminary layout of the Arbordale subdivision using the] Topographical Map of Lot One of Assessment Plat No. One, Lands Belonging to Trustees Under the Will of Joy Morton, Deceased. Lisle Township, DuPage County, Illinois (3.5258)

Date: November 4 1956
Creator: Howard T. Fisher & John D. Randall Associates, Inc.
Type: Map
Description:This map issued Nov. 4, 1956 did not have Arbor Lake contours or outline. The original Steinbrecher survey was first issued July 1, 1953 (SURV:A III (a) 1)
Extent: 1 sheet

Topographic Map of a Portion of Morton Arboretum in Lisle Township, DuPage County, Illinois (3.5259)

Date: March 11 1970
Creator: Steinbrecher Jr., Harold F.
Type: Map
Description:Survey probably prepared in advance of construction of the Visitor Center. Existing ground cover is identified within the area surveyed. Includes the area south of Meadow Lake.
Extent: 1 sheet

Topographic Map of a Portion of Morton Arboretum in Lisle Township, DuPage County, Illinois (3.5261)

Date: April 10 1970
Creator: Steinbrecher Jr., Harold F.
Type: Map
Description:Existing ground cover is identified within the area surveyed. Includes area north of Meadow Lake and east of Visitor Center parking lot.
Extent: 1 sheet

Morton Arboretum, DuPage County, Illinois (topographic survey) (3.5263)

Date: circa 1970
Creator: Chicago Aerial Survey Co.
Type: Map
Description:"By stereo-photogrammetric methods. Project 7145."
Extent: 2 sheets

A Berm Detail for the Morton Arboretum [of the southern boundary] (3.5269)

Date: 1988
Creator: Tyznik, Anthony
Type: Map
Description:Revised version of the Western section issued in June, 1988.
Extent: 1 sheet

Visitor Center Parking Lot [topographic] Survey (3.5271)

Date: March 20 1989
Creator: Hootman, Rick
Type: Map
Extent: 1 sheet