Ed Hedborn oral history interview, 2022 June 08 (3.101320)
Date: June 8 2022Type: Audio
Description:A recording of an oral history interview with Ed Hedborn, manager of plant records, conducted by Matt Lobdell, head of collections and curator. The interview took place on June 8, 2022 in the Cudahy Room in the Administration and Research Center at The Morton Arboretum.
The interview focuses on Hedborn's early experiences at The Morton Arboretum (late 1960s-1970s) including visiting the Arboretum as a student, his summer job working with Ray Schulenberg in the prairie, his work as an herbarium assistant, becoming the Arboretum's plant recorder, and memories of Walter Eickhorst.
1933/03/16: [Norma Bryan] to Walter E. Eickhorst (3.101330)
Date: March 16 1933Creator: Bryan, Norma A.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Secretary to Founder (Norma Bryan) to Walter E. Eickhorst stating she is sending the General Information Bulletin envelopes he requested under separate cover.
Extent: 1 sheet
1933/03/07: Walter E. Eickhorst to N. A. Bryan (3.101331)
Date: March 7 1933Creator: Eickhorst, Walter
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Walter E. Eickhorst to N. A. Bryan requesting a supply of General Information Bulletin envelopes. He encloses a sample.
Extent: 1 sheet
1933/06/28: Walter E. Eickhorst to N. A. Bryan (3.101348)
Date: June 28 1933Creator: Eickhorst, Walter
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Walter E. Eickhorst to N. A. Bryan including, at the request of C.E. Godshalk, Dorothy Biddle's address (editor of Garden Digest magazine).
Extent: 1 sheet
1933/08/05: Walter E. Eickhorst to N. A. Bryan (3.101351)
Date: August 5 1933Creator: Eickhorst, Walter
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Walter E. Eickhorst to Norma Bryan, Secretary to Founder, saying the book she asked about was received some time ago. He promptly forwarded the invoice to her office, but he didn't include an explanation with the invoice. Perhaps this is the invoice she received. Since they forward all of these types of bills to her, it has not been paid.
Handwritten in pencil on letter: "no-the triplicate came direct to us fr. Wheldon & Wesley."
Extent: 1 sheet
1933/08/12: Walter Eickhorst to Norma Bryan (3.101353)
Date: August 12 1933Creator: Eickhorst, Walter
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Walter Eickhorst to Norma Bryan (Secretary to Founder) enclosing original and duplicate invoices for the item she inquired about on August 3.
Extent: 1 sheet
1933/08/15: Walter Eickhorst to Norma Bryan (3.101357)
Date: August 15 1933Creator: Eickhorst, Walter
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Walter Eickhorst to Norma Bryan enclosing the insurance policy that insures C. E. Godshalk's home. The premium has been paid, and Mr. Kerth informed them that all such policies were being kept at her office.
Extent: 1 sheet
1932/12/07: Walter E. Eickhorst to Norma Bryan (3.101391)
Date: December 7 1932Creator: Eickhorst, Walter
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Walter E. Eickhorst to Norma Bryan enclosing a letter from Harold L. Curtiss and asking her to send Curtiss a copy of the Landscape Development Plan which is probably the Arboretum's bulletin (Vol. 5 No. 1) which consists of a map of the Arboretum.
Extent: 1 sheet
1932/12/21: Norma Bryan to Walter E. Eickhorst (3.101392)
Date: December 21 1932Creator: Bryan, Norma A.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Secretary to Founder (Norma Bryan) to Walter E. Eickhorst stating his letter of December 7 has received their prompt attention. She also acknowledges receipt of a check from Jean Cash Scott, Winterest, Iowa and a money order from Harold C. Esper, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
Extent: 1 sheet
1931/02/23: C. E. Godshalk to Joy Morton (3.101464)
Date: February 23 1931Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from C. E. Godshalk to Joy Morton stating that due to the weather, they are unable to move any large evergreens. They have done some transplanting of small things in Morton's yard and are trimming the dead wood out of his trees. Godshalk is working on planting lists. Mr. George will send the Arboretum 20 geese, 30 mallards, and 3 pairs of wood ducks. Kerth and Godshalk have been making a study of the Eickhorst place. He believes they can have a successful poultry operation there. They plan to raise 2000 baby chicks.
Extent: 2 sheets
[1931]/03: Joy Morton to C. E. Godshalk (3.101465)
Date: March 1931Creator: Morton, Joy
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Joy Morton to C. E. Godshalk telling him about their trip to Palestine, Damascus, Egypt, Italy, and Germany by ship. He agrees with Godshalk's plan to have Eickhorst run a chicken operation. Morton hopes they will finish the spring planting, and they plan to return to Thornhill on May 4.
Extent: 2 sheets
1954/06/20 : Clarence E. Godshalk to Sterling Morton (3.101924)
Date: June 20 1954Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Detailed letter from Clarence E. Godshalk to Sterling Morton in Santa Barbara. He lists in detail the budget and expenses of the first 9 months, ending June 30, with projections of expense needs for the final 3 months of the year. Details concerning the Labor Budget, Grounds Committee, House Committee, Road Committee, Fence Fund to finish fencing the entire Arboretum property, Staff Travel expenses for Nordine, Kammerer, Eickhorst, and Watts, and the Chairman's Fund. He suggested working with Public Service and Dr. Tehon of the Natural History Survey, and Dr. Mills and Dr. Decker on a mutually beneficial plan to exchange fencing for maintenance for security and fire protection access.
Extent: 4 sheets
Woody Plants of the Morton Arboretum (3.103318)
Date: 1972Type: Book
Description:This handlist is an index, listing alphabetically by genus and species all the scientific names under which living woody plants are currently being grown out-of-doors at the Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois, U.S.A.
Includes a fold-out map at the back of the book.
Extent: xiii, 250 p.
Ed Hedborn oral history interview, 2022 October 26 (3.104913)
Date: October 26 2022Type: Audio
Description:A recording of an oral history interview with Ed Hedborn, manager of plant records, conducted by Kristin Arnold, archivist. The interview took place on October 26, 2022 in the Sterling Morton Library at The Morton Arboretum.
The interview focuses on Hedborn's experiences and memories of The Morton Arboretum's Collections Program during the curatorship of Ray Schulenberg, which lasted from 1977 to 1987. Topics include Hedborn's early days as plant recorder, the shift of collections focus to wild-collected plants, seed collecting trips through the western United States and Northern Illinois, tracing the history of plants, the computerization of plant records, and the start of Bloom and Color Reports.
Miyabe Maple: A Tree Worth Knowing More About (3.10708)
Date: March 21 – June 20 1975Creator: Eickhorst, Walter
Type: Article
Branches: A Newsletter for the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Spring 2005 (3.107083)
Date: 2005Creator: Crosby, Cindy, Kenaston, Sally
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Spring 2005 Branches Newsletter contains articles on the following: a focus on volunteer, Walter Eickhorst, who along with his family has a long history of association with the Arboretum; an introduction to the new Children's Garden; a review of the Arboretum's Conflict of Interest Policy; and an article featuring the trees of Palos Park. A list of new volunteers, volunteer opportunities and arboretum activities is also included.
Extent: 6 pages
Ed Hedborn oral history interview, 2023 March 08 (3.107277)
Date: March 8 2023Type: Audio
Description:A recording of an oral history interview with Ed Hedborn, manager of plant records, conducted by Kristin Arnold, archivist. The interview took place on March 8, 2023 in the Sterling Morton Library at The Morton Arboretum.
The interview focuses on Hedborn's experiences and memories of The Morton Arboretum's Collections Program during the curatorship of Kunso Kim, which lasted from 1998 to 2014, and Matt Lobdell, which lasted from 2014 to 2022. Topics include the development of the Arboretum's collections, online collections catalogs, the Arboretum's grid system, the Collections Master Plan, the building of the Curatorial and Operations Center, working in Plant Clinic, and tribute trees.
1966/05/24: C. E. Godshalk to James W. Hastings (3.109057)
Date: May 24 1966Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from C. E. Godshalk to James W. Hastings sharing information on how the Arboretum manages the budget, bookkeeping, and emergency funds. Funds cannot be carried over to the next year except for road maintenance and care of lakes and ponds. He details the types of files they keep: unpaid bills, paid bills, vendors, nursery catalogs, letter files, special files, plant and location files for plants, and files pertaining to library books. He invites Hastings to come see how they operate.
Extent: 2 sheets
1943/12/08: Louis Martin to C. E. Godshalk (3.109102)
Date: December 8 1943Creator: Martin, Louis
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Louis Martin to C. E. Godshalk asking for a favor from Godshalk and discussing other Arboretum employees.
Extent: 4 sheets, plus the envelope
1934/01/11: Walter E. Eickhorst to Norma Bryan (3.109151)
Date: January 11 1934Creator: Eickhorst, Walter
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Walter E. Eickhorst to Norma Bryan. He is mailing her a cut of a group of Arboretum photos used by Tuf-Tread Corporation in one of their publications. Keep it with the other cuts. He is enclosing a letter from Mrs. Vernon S. Watson with her updated address.
Extent: 1 sheet
1934/01/29: [Norma Bryan] to Walter E. Eickhorst (3.109162)
Date: January 29 1934Creator: Bryan, Norma A.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Norma Bryan to Walter E. Eickhorst, in reply to his letter of January 23. The Standard Photo Service, 605 North Michigan, Chicago was the firm who developed the negatives from which the cuts were made for the last picture bulletin.
Extent: 1 sheet
1934/01/23: Walter E. Eickhorst to Norma Bryan (3.109163)
Date: January 23 1934Creator: Eickhorst, Walter
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Walter E. Eickhorst to Norma Bryan. He requests the name of the firm that printed the negatives from which the cuts were made for the last picture bulletin. Because of the quality of them, he would like future printing to be done by that company.
Extent: 1 sheet
Miyabe Maple: A Tree Worth Knowing More About (3.11077)
Date: December 21 1994 – March 20 1995Creator: Eickhorst, Walter
Type: Article
Lecture by Ray Schulenberg: The Story of The Morton Arboretum Prairie Restoration (3.31580)
Date: September 11 1987Type: Audio
Description:Lecture titled "The Story of The Morton Arboretum Prairie Restoration" given by Ray Schulenberg as part of the 25th Anniversary Celebration of The Morton Arboretum Prairie.
Extent: 1 audio cassette
Interview with Walter Eickhorst: collection sites and movement, horticultural developments, and collections purpose during his tenure (3.33431)
Date: February 14 2000Type: Audio
Description:Interview with Walter Eickhorst conducted by Kunso Kim (Curator of Botanical Collections), Marcus de la Fleur (visiting Landscape Architect) , and Tim Boland (Curator of Horticultural Collections).
Topics discussed include reasoning for original site placement of collections and any moving of collections that occurred at The Morton Arboretum, original purpose of specific collections, and horticultural developments during Eickhorst's tenure.
Extent: 2 cassettes
The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 11 No. 01 (3.34471)
Date: March 21 – June 20 1975Type: Serial
Description:
- Miyabe Maple: A Tree Worth Knowing More About (1-3)
- Focus: The Nature Study & Camera Club after ten Years (4-8)
- A Tree by Any Other Name…(Or: What is Behind Name Changes?) (9-13, 16)
- Cornelian Cherry Dogwood, Cornus mas: Dogwood Family (Cornaceae) (14-15)
- Climatological Summary (16)
Extent: 16 pages
Walter Eickhorst, at old Thornhill entrance gates (3.3575)
Date: 1977Type: Photographic image
Description:Walter Eickhorst, the grandson of Joy Morton's chauffeur and longtime Arboretum employee, at old Thornhill entrance gates
Extent: 1 photograph
Walter Eickhorst measuring poplar plot (3.37631)
Date: 1930sType: Photographic image
Description:Walter Eickhorst measuring poplar plot
Extent: 1 photograph
Walter Eickhorst measuring poplar plot (3.37632)
Date: 1930sType: Photographic image
Description:Walter Eickhorst (before the war) measuring poplar forestry plot
Extent: 1 photograph
Walter Eickhorst, portrait (3.37634)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Walter Eickhorst, portrait
Extent: 1 photograph
Clarence E. Godshalk's 90th birthday celebration scrapbook: Walter Eickhorst talking with Nancy Eickhorst (3.3804)
Date: January 14 1987Creator: Kohout, John
Type: Photographic image
Description:Clarence E. Godshalk's 90th birthday celebration scrapbook
(L to R) Walter Eickhorst talking with Nancy Eickhorst
Extent: 1 photograph
Clarence E. Godshalk's 90th birthday celebration scrapbook: Nancy and Walter Eickhorst (3.3816)
Date: January 14 1987Creator: Kohout, John
Type: Photographic image
Description:Clarence E. Godshalk's 90th birthday celebration scrapbook
(L to R) Nancy and Walter Eickhorst
Extent: 1 photograph
American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta (AABGA) group at The Morton Arboretum (3.3865)
Date: May 21 1953Type: Photographic image
Description:American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta (AABGA) group at The Morton Arboretum
Extent: 1 photograph
Manuscript: Woody Plants of the Morton Ar. 1972 Including maps, title page, cover, etc. (3.40002)
Date: July 28 1972Creator: Schulenberg, Ray, Swink, Floyd, Eickhorst, Walter
Type: Document
Description:Manuscript of "Woody Plants of the Morton Arboretum".
Original Manuscript of the Handlist of Woody Plants at the Morton Arboretum (3.40003)
Creator: Schulenberg, Ray, Eickhorst, Walter, Swink, Floyd
Type: Document
Arboretum Christmas Party, group lineup (3.4031)
Date: 1956 – 1957Type: Photographic image
Description:Arboretum Christmas Party, group lineup
L to R: Otto Johnson, Ed Westover, Les Plumb, Arnold Berg, Clarence E. Godshalk, E.L. Kammerer, Henry White, Walter Eickhorst
Extent: 1 photograph