Lisle Lily with Frame (3.100968)
Date: 1940sType: Photographic image
Description:A photograph of Lisle Lily, a "Grand Campion Chest White Sow" pig that was a member the of Lisle Farms hog program.
A Sketch of Garden Estate of Mr. and Mrs. Ward Farnsworth (3.104787)
Date: March 1945Creator: Johnson, Marshall L.
Type: Plan
Description:Presentation drawing
Extent: 1 sheet
Garden Shelter Plan for Harold Blumenthal (3.104936)
Date: January 1945Creator: Johnson, Marshall L.
Type: Plan
Description:Vine and Linden Avenues
Highland Park, Illinois
Extent: 1 sheet
Betula papyrifera Marsh. (paper birch), twigs with fruits and leaves (3.105399)
Date: August 27 1945Type: Photographic image
Description:Betula papyrifera Marsh. (paper birch), two twigs with leaves and developing female fruits, leaves are green and have serrate margins
Extent: 1 slide
Flower Planting Sketch Commandants House U.S. Naval Training Center (3.106085)
Date: September 5 1945Creator: Johnson, Marshall L.
Type: Plan
Description:Great Lakes, Illinois
Extent: 1 sheet
Flower Planting Sketch Commandant's House U.S. Naval Training Center (3.106086)
Date: September 5 1945Creator: Johnson, Marshall L.
Type: Plan
Description:Great Lakes, Illinois
Extent: 1 sheet
1940s: Director to Gentlemen (3.107126)
Date: 1940sCreator: Holabird, John A.
Type: Document
Description:Correspondence between several people, with Godschalk copied, regarding stocking a new pond at the Arboretum with fish.
Extent: 3 sheets
1945/01/03: W. Y. Dow to C. E. Godshalk (3.108955)
Date: January 3 1945Creator: Dow, W. Y.
Type: Document
Description:Letter regarding employee tax information.
Extent: 1 page
1945/01/09: [C. E. Godshalk] to W. Y. Dow (3.108956)
Date: January 9 1945Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter enclosing 1099 forms from Arboretum employees.
1945/01/05: American Brass Company, Cashier of the Kenosha Branch to The Morton Arboretum (3.108957)
Date: January 5 1945Type: Document
Description:Letter informing that their order was received, however The American Bras Co. was unsuccessful in obtaining information on which to base credit on for The Morton Arboretum.
Extent: 1 page
1945/01/11: Evelyn M. Rasch to The American Brass Company (3.108958)
Date: January 11 1945Creator: Naser, Evelyn M.
Type: Document
Description:Letter stating that the Arboretum has been doing business with their Chicago office of The American Brass Company for years and can supply the necessary financial information. The Arboretum also does business with The Northern Trust Company in Chicago.
Extent: 1 page
1945/01/11: The American Brass Company to The Morton Arboretum (3.108959)
Date: January 11 1945Type: Document
Description:Letter stating regarding doing business with The Morton Arboretum.
Extent: 1 page
1945/01/16: The American Brass Company to The Morton Arboretum (3.108960)
Date: January 16 1945Type: Document
Description:Letter explaining that materials purchased from the American Brass Company for re-sale must have a certificate evidencing that the materials are purchased for the purpose of re-sale.
Extent: 1 page
1945/02/09: C. E. Godshalk to L. C. Gottschalk (3.109069)
Date: February 9 1945Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from C. E. Godshalk to L. C. Gottschalk saying his name used to be spelled the same way before his grandparents Americanized it. His great-grandfather was Jacob Godshalk; he came to Michigan from Bath, Pennsylvania. Godshalk has relatives in Michigan and Kansas; he thinks it would be interesting to know if they were somehow distantly related.
Extent: 1 sheet
1945/07/20: L. C. Meyer to C. E. Godshalk (3.109070)
Date: July 20 1945Creator: Meyer, L. C.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from L. C. Meyer to C. E. Godshalk saying how much he enjoyed Godshalk's talk at the LaGrange Kiwanis Club. He attached a clipping from the LaGrange Citizen he thought Godshalk would like to have.
Extent: 1 sheet
1945/02/05 : Clarence E. Godshalk to E. Lowell Kammerer (3.109093)
Date: February 5 1945Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Clarence E. Godshalk to Sgt. Edward L. Kammerer at Ft. Leonard Wood updating him on the various happenings at the Arboretum.
Extent: 2 sheets
1945/03/29: Clarence Godshalk to Lowell Kammerer (3.109094)
Date: March 29 1945Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Clarence Godshalk to Lowell Kammerer updating him on various happenings around the Arboretum and its staff members.
Extent: 2 sheets
1945/02/05: C. E. Godshalk to Louis Martin (3.109103)
Date: February 5 1945Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from C. E. Godshalk to Louis Martin telling him a variety of updates from around the Arboretum.
Extent: 2 sheets
1945/03/29: C. E. Godshalk to Louis Martin (3.109104)
Date: March 29 1945Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from C. E. Godshalk to Louis Martin providing updates from around the Arboretum.
Extent: 2 sheets
1945/12/28: Robert Pyle to C. E. Godshalk (3.109448)
Date: December 28 1945Creator: Pyle, Robert
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Robert Pyle (President, United Horticulture for the United States, American Horticultural Council, Inc.) to C. E. Godshalk enclosing a proposal for the creation of a national horticultural council and a request for Godshalk to become a founding member of American Horticultural Council, Inc.
Extent: 6 sheets
Minutes, Executive Committee, American Horticultural Council Organization Committee (R. C. Allen, Secretary), April 13, 1945 (3.109449)
Date: April 13 1945Creator: Allen, R.C.
Type: Document
Description:Minutes of the April 13, 1945 American Horticultural Council Organization Committee meeting written by R. C. Allen, Secretary.
Extent: 3 sheets
1945/01/17: Lillian Warren to C. E. Godshalk (3.109450)
Date: January 17 1945Type: Document
Description:Letter from Lillian Warren (Treasurer, Friends of the Land) to C. E. Godshalk thanking him for his check for his membership in Friends of the Land for 1945.
Extent: 2 sheets
1945/01/17: C. E. Godshalk to Richard Yates Rowe (3.109451)
Date: January 7 1945Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from C. E. Godshalk to Richard Yates Rowe (Secretary of State, Illinois) regarding a former notary public and how to become one.
Extent: 1 sheet
1945/03/21: George M. Schlosser to D. S. Parmelee (3.109452)
Date: March 21 1945Creator: Schlosser, George M.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from George M. Schlosser to D. S. Parmelee regarding notary public information.
Extent: 1 sheet
1945/02/16: L. C. Gottschalk to C. E. Godshalk (3.109455)
Date: February 16 1945Creator: Gottschalk, L. C.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from L. C. Gottschalk (Geologist, United States Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service) to C. E. Godshalk thanking him for the map and information about Morton Lake and what their future plans may entail.
Extent: 1 sheet
1945/02/26: C. E. Godshalk to L. C. Gottschalk (3.109456)
Date: February 26 1945Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from C. E. Godshalk to L. C. Gottschalk stating they have used silt collected from their lake for top dressing lawns and vegetable gardens as well as grading around the Arboretum. They have not made any comparative studies, but they had to add sand to the vegetable gardens as the silt made the ground too sticky and difficult to work. After the sand was added, they had good results. Godshalk has asked their propagator, Mr. Nordine, to run some tests with plants in the greenhouse and take measurements to see what results he can get using lake sediment. He will share the results with Gottschalk when they are available.
Extent: 1 sheet
1945/02/18: William Golden to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.109457)
Date: February 18 1945Type: Document
Description:Letter from William Golden, Pharmacy Mate at US Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Illinois to Clarence E. Godshalk asking for information about trees that would grow well in Nebraska.
Extent: 4 sheets
1945/02/26: Clarence E. Godshalk to William Golden (3.109458)
Date: February 26 1945Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter in reply from Clarence E. Godshalk to William Golden. He describes the cottonwood tree as a "pioneer tree, it will start by itself in new areas and prepare the way for other trees." The hackberry does well along the river, where there is lots of moisture, but not suitable for all locations in Nebraska. His recommendation for a good Nebraska tree is the Thornless honey locust. with clean cut bark, light foliage, disease-free, grows in terrible and good soil. the American elm, which is susceptible to many diseases. Its seed pods have value for stock food. It is fast growing. The wood is coarse grained and suitable for fence posts and cross ties.
Extent: 1 sheet
1945/03/08: Wade A. Steel to May Theilgaard Watts (3.109459)
Date: March 8 1945Creator: Steel, Wade A.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Wade A. Steel, Asst Principal at Leyden Community High School to Mrs. Watts. He apologizes for not giving her more information. He hopes he answered Mr. Godshalk's questions.
Extent: 1 sheet
1945/03/19: Clarence E. Godshalk to Wade A. Steel (3.109460)
Date: March 19 1945Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Clarence E. Godshalk to Wade A. Steel, Asst Principal at Leyden Schools detailing a sketch that may be useful to the school. The actual sketch itself is not included with the letter.
Extent: 2 sheets
1945/07/03: Ben W. Gordon to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.109461)
Date: July 3 1945Creator: Gordon, Ben
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Ben W. Gordon, Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, to Clarence E. Godshalk, thanking him for the timely and detailed report of the farm operations for the Census of Agriculture and other endeavors.
Extent: 1 sheet
1945/07/14: Fleeta Brownwell Woodroffe to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.109462)
Date: July 14 1945Creator: Woodroffe, Fleeta Brownwell
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Fleeta Brownwell Woodroffe (Associate Editor of Better Gardens Department of Better Homes and Gardens magazine) to Clarence E. Godshalk regarding a visit to the Arboretum.
Extent: 1 sheet
1945/08/01: Elmer H. Wirth to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.109463)
Date: August 1 1945Creator: Wirth, Elmer H.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Elmer H. Wirth, PhD to Clarence E. Godshalk regarding the purchase of property.
Extent: 1 sheet
1945/08/11: Evelyn M. Rasch to Elmer H. Wirth (3.109464)
Date: August 11 1945Type: Document
Description:Letter from Evelyn M. Rasch to Elmer H. Wirth. Mr. Godshalk has just returned and would like to make some inquiries before responding next week.
Extent: 1 sheet
1945/08/24: William Crocker to C. E. Godshalk (3.109465)
Date: August 24 1945Creator: Crocker, William
Type: Document
Description:Letter from William Crocker (Director, Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Inc.) to C. E. Godshalk asking Godshalk to tell him one or two outstanding accomplishments of the Morton Arboretum in 1945.
Extent: 1 sheet
1945/08/29: C. E. Godshalk to William Crocker (3.109466)
Date: August 29 1945Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from C. E. Godshalk to William Crocker stating that since the Arboretum has been short of staff, no noteworthy improvements have been made to the Arboretum in 1945. However, they have produced a number of well-received graphic illustrated bulletins and work sheet for plant study classes.
Extent: 1 sheet