Topographical Survey, Grounds Around Proposed Lake [Marmo] Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois (3.5236)
Date: July 1921Creator: 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 1921Creator: 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 1922Creator: 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 1921Creator: 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 1921Creator: 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 1921Creator: 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 1921Creator: 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 1921Creator: 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 1921Creator: 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 1921Creator: 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 1922Creator: 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: 1922Creator: 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: 1922Creator: 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: 1922Creator: 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: 1922Creator: 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 1922Creator: 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 1922Creator: 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
General plan for [the] Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois, DuPage Co. , Illinois (3.5638)
Date: 1922Creator: O. C. Simonds & Co.
Type: Map
Description:Collection has an added copy covering the west portion of the Arboretum only. Both plans show existing woodland species and projected plantings
Extent: 1 sheet
Planting plan for the Lake [Marmo area] Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois (3.5639)
Date: 1922Creator: O. C. Simonds & Co.
Type: Plan
Extent: 1 sheet
Planting plan for the Lake [Marmo area] Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois (3.5640)
Date: 1922Creator: O. C. Simonds & Co.
Type: Plan
Extent: 1 sheet
Plan for Rosaceae and Oleaceae shrub gardens: roses, spiraeas, lilacs, etc., Morton Arboretum (3.5641)
Date: 1922Creator: O. C. Simonds & Co.
Type: Plan
Description:Plants for the area bordering Joliet Road ( the present Route 53 ) in the central western portion of the Arboretum.
Extent: 1 sheet
Plan for Caprifoliaceae: Viburnum, Lonicera, Diervilla, Sambucus, Symphoricarpus, Dipelta [and] Kolkwitzia, Morton Arboretum [Simonds plan] (3.5642)
Date: 1923Creator: O. C. Simonds & Co.
Type: Plan
Description:Plantings proposed for an area in the eastern portion of the Arboretum, but never developed according to the Simonds' plan. The projected work did serve as basis for one subsequently developed by Henry Teuscher ( See LAND:C I (a) 1).
Extent: 1 sheet
General plan for [the] Morton Arboretum, Lisle, DuPage Co., Illinois (3.5937)
Date: 1922Creator: O. C. Simonds & Co.
Type: Plan
Description:Collection has an added copy covering the west portion of the Arboretum only. Both plans show existing woodland species and projected plantings.
Extent: 1 sheet
Plan for Rosaceae and Oleaceae shrub gardens; roses, spiraeas, lilacs, etc., Morton Arboretum (3.5938)
Date: 1922Creator: O. C. Simonds & Co.
Type: Plan
Description:Plants for the area bordering Joliet Road (the present Route 53) in the central western portion of the Arboretum
Extent: 1 sheet
Topographical Plat of Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois (3.6008)
Date: August 1921Creator: 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.
Extent: 1 sheet
Planting plan for the Lake [Marmo area] Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois (3.6109)
Date: 1922Creator: O. C. Simonds & Co.
Type: Plan
Extent: 1 sheet
Sketch for Proposed Bridge, Morton Arboretum (3.6359)
Date: circa 1921Creator: O. C. Simonds & Co.
Type: Plan
Description:Sketch has been repaired and placed in cardboard/clear plastic envelope. Includes plan, section and elevation. (Lake Marmo dam bridge)
Extent: 1 sheet
Bridge for Morton Arboretum (3.6372)
Date: August 22 1921Creator: O. C. Simonds & Co.
Type: Plan
Description:Plan (damaged) for Lake Marmo dam and bridge.
Extent: 1 sheet
The Morton Arboretum, DuPage County, Illinois [diazotype] (3.6405)
Date: 1922Creator: 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
Sketch for viaduct over CM&StP RR from design of St. Louis Expanded Metal Co. on farm of J. Ogden Armour, Lake Forest, IL. (3.7177)
Date: December 12 1905Creator: O. C. Simonds & Co.
Type: Plan
Description:Shows bridge elevation and nearby road. Mended
Extent: 1 sheet
Design for grounds of Central State Normal School, Mt. Pleasant [sic] - Mich. (3.7178)
Date: 1904Creator: O. C. Simonds & Co.
Type: Plan
Description:Includes plant names
Extent: 1 sheet
Design for home grounds of the Misses Colvin, Lake Forest, Ill. (3.7179)
Date: June 25 1904Creator: O. C. Simonds & Co.
Type: Plan
Extent: 1 sheet
Planting plan for the home grounds of Mr. A.A. Cooper, Dubuque, Iowa (3.7180)
Creator: O. C. Simonds & Co.
Type: Plan
Extent: 1 sheet
Design for grounds Memorial Church erected by W.H. Hoyt for Christ-Church, Winnetka, IL (3.7181)
Date: 1905Creator: O. C. Simonds & Co.
Type: Plan
Description:Mended.
Extent: 1 sheet
[CourtPlan Street planting] (3.7182)
Creator: O. C. Simonds & Co.
Type: Plan
Description:CourtPlan Street intersects with Palmer Street
Extent: 1 sheet
Planting design for grounds of Mr. John Cruttenden, Quincy, IL (3.7183)
Date: 1904Creator: O. C. Simonds & Co.
Type: Plan
Description:Includes 3 elevation views from porch.
Extent: 1 sheet