1925/03/07: Joy Morton to C. E. Godshalk (3.101447)
Date: March 7 1925Creator: Morton, Joy
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Joy Morton to C. E. Godshalk where he approves of Godshalk's idea for the poplar collection. He compliments John's work in the greenhouse. He believes there is more value in his land than in Florida land. He is glad Godshalk and his wife are training their dog to be a pointer. Morton and his party are having a wonderful time, and they have enjoyed this winter vacation more than anything they have done in the past.
Extent: 2 sheets
1930/01/17: Joy Morton to [Daniel Peterkin, Sr.] (3.101459)
Date: January 17 1930Creator: Morton, Joy
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Joy Morton to [Daniel Peterkin, Sr.], written in Bombay, telling him about his five night train trip through India. He saw the Taj Mahal, and he believes it is the most beautiful structure in the world. They are back on the ship, soon to be heading south. So far, the trip has been very satisfactory. He hopes to have reports about the business from Peterkin and Sterling [Morton] at Colombo or Batavia.
Extent: 2 sheets
1953/04/20: Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.101885)
Date: April 20 1953Creator: Morton, Sterling
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk. Your letter of April 16 was a "most interesting and understanding letter and really makes me more willing to assume the responsibilities than I had before." It is all right to charge the roof bill of $200, the tank bill of $300, and the underground cable bill of $275 to the Chairman's Fund. In the future as emergencies arise and I'm not available, you may use this fund. You have employed the 15 regular men during the winter. I will add $1000 to the labor budget for the summer schoolboys to clean up. "The Arboretum will be receiving additional income from my sister's estate to go into the general fund." He is in favor of the forestry plots, perhaps using some of the farmland that is less productive, to demonstrate not only good practices but bad uses. This would be useful if they undertake plant pathology. It should include hardwood, softwood and conifers, with each plot having several acres. Mrs. Morton hopes to be well enough for their trip abroad. He details his flight when the pilot flew them down into the Grand Canyon.
Extent: 2 sheets
1953/04/27: Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.101886)
Date: April 27 1953Creator: Morton, Sterling
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk. John Root will come to the Arboretum to see the site I have in mind for a permanent memorial to my sister. We are open to any suggestions you have. You shared that she always wanted to keep the Arboretum on an economical footing. This puzzled me, because she was never parsimonious. She wanted the best of everything." Mr. Zurcher will bring me to the Arboretum and we can pick up plants and visit before we go to Lake Forest to see the grandchildren.
Extent: 1 sheet
1953/05/11: Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.101888)
Date: May 11 1953Creator: Morton, Sterling
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk. Request that Godshalk communicate with Mr. Smith about Smith's wish to "do something as a memorial to Mrs. Cudahy." Gather ideas until my return to Morton Arboretum. He shares his concerns about what the utility company could do along their right of way, especially in relation to the Jones property. He offers some suggestions for low plantings, but also raises some concerns about how it might all look.
Extent: 1 sheet
1953/12/08: Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.101903)
Date: December 8 1953Creator: Morton, Sterling
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk. The Board of Trustees decided to make Mrs. Zurcher a joint Vice President along with Mr. Peterkin. Because of Sterling Morton's long absences, it would be good to have both available. He is pleased that she is showing increasing interest in the Arboretum. She is as efficient and resourceful as her late aunt [Jean Morton Cudahy]. She was a favorite of her grandfather [Joy Morton]. Because of Mr. Hamill's move to Asheville, he is willing to resign from the Board. There is already a vacancy on the Board, so Morton is asking what other tasks could be assigned to Hamill, perhaps researching and reporting on Biltmore Forest.
Extent: 2 sheets
1953/12/21: Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.101904)
Date: December 21 1953Creator: Morton, Sterling
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk. Mrs. Morton has been asked to write an article for the local [Santa Barbara] Garden Club. He knows there must be several in a file, especially dealing with Mrs. Cudahy's incumbency. [Pencilled at the top: Sept. 1952, p.3, Bull. Garden Club of America]. Or, the article could talk of future plans for maintenance, research, etc. Or would this be premature? What is the cost of the Skilsaw and generator? He has 600-700 feet of hedge that is currently cut by hand and that equipment would help. He wishes everyone a Merry Christmas.
Extent: 1 sheet
Detail of the New WD. Memorial Panel for Administration Building of The Morton Arboretum (3.104346)
Date: August 26 1954Creator: Holabird & Root
Type: Plan
Description:Sheet numbered A-4. Text: This building erected in memory of Joy Morton, founder of The Morton Arboretum. The gift of Jean Morton Cudahy, 1935.
Collection has issuances of sheet A-4 dated August 18 and August 26, 1954.
Extent: 1 sheet
1956/08/11: Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.104993)
Date: August 11 1956Creator: Morton, Sterling
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk. He is sorry that Godshalk has been held up by a strike. He hopes the fire door between the old and new buildings will be installed for the dedication. The lobby, general office, curved hall and lecture room are important to be finished for viewers. He is sorry for the overhead door trouble at South Farm. He had to install a motor and remote control for Mrs. Morton to open their door at Lake Forest, but that shouldn't be needed at South Farm. What should be done with the Jaffray house? He likes the idea of having independent contractors [Price] do the tree trimming as opposed to the full wages of an employee [Sharpless]. Ask the Salt Company to donate an addressograph machine that they no longer are using rather than buy one for the Arboretum. He is surprised that the Dutch elm disease has taken hold in the Arboretum, but is assured that Godshalk will identify, remove and burn them as quick as possible. He questions how the beetles can travel so far so fast. Mrs. Zurcher is working on plans for the September 27 dedication. He is pleased that she is getting so energetically involved. He hopes that Morton family member stay involved for years to come.
Extent: 3 sheets
1957/03/09: Sterling Morton to C. E. Godshalk (3.105022)
Date: March 9 1957Creator: Morton, Sterling
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Sterling Morton to C. E. Godshalk saying the three films arrived. He gives his thoughts on how they can be improved. He has projected the slides they are thinking of offering for sale several times; he will pick the five or ten he likes best and loan Godshalk some of his. He wants to put the folders on every second or third chair for Mrs. Morton's garden club lecture. Since the Zurchers have moved, they feel at loose ends; perhaps they will buy a place in the city, too. He like the idea of putting the Arboretum on film. He goes into detail about his opinion on the charges for classes and tours. He asks for botanical and common names of plants not usually used for hedges that would work as hedges.
Extent: 2 sheets
1959/07/30: Sterling Morton to Robert A. Ward (3.105062)
Date: July 30 2959Creator: Morton, Sterling
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Sterling Morton to Robert A. Ward. He is pleased to hear that wooden treads will work out well for the terrace steps. He thinks of them like park benches, with heavy wood, rounded at the edges. He thinks they might be open, with coarse gravel or light concrete underneath. He feels these steps would be a transition between the formal terrace and the more informal grass area. He's glad to hear that the stucco on the Thornhill Building can be treated so that it doesn't come off. Other stonework should be inspected and pointing done where needed. Repair the existing steps until a final design decision is made. Walls should tie into the buildings, for example the path leading to the greenhouse should have a short wall coming from the building to the path. He agrees with Godshalk that the Thornhill terrace should have a short wall capped in Lannon stone, no more than 20 inches high. The total terrace should be no longer than the Great Room. He doesn't like the idea of pebbled concrete, but concedes that stone paving would be too expensive. He offers the suggestion that "a rather nice design could be worked out with stone or good concrete dividers between brick or ceramic pavers." Above all it must have good drainage, with a solidly tamped base of limestone screenings. similar to European palace courtyards. He would like to see the sketches that Mr. Barsch had proposed for the Gloriet, along with price estimate. They will go directly from California to New York on their way to Africa, so he will not be in Chicago until November. He requests a "tracing of the two rooms and toilet at the southeast corner of the Thornhill Building." Mrs. Cudahy used that area as her office during her chairmanship. "Just a tracing will be enough for me to play around with."
Extent: 2 sheets
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Summer 1988 (3.107036)
Date: 1988Creator: Engle, Martha
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Summer 1988 Branches Newsletter contains articles on the following: the origins and history of the Hedge Garden; the Eagle Scouts and others who erected the first bluebird houses at The Morton Arboretum; and the May T. Watts Reading Garden history, design and construction. Volunteer opportunities, classes and events are featured along with a list of new volunteers.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Autumn 1989 (3.107038)
Date: 1989Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Autumn 1989 Branches Newsletter contains articles on the following: the establishment of the first Arboretum Historian, Carol Doty, who worked with many original staff members to gather history and documents; an article about May T. Watts which includes a detailed biographical sketch as well as a history of her work at the Arboretum. Volunteer opportunities, classes and events are highlighted along with lists of new volunteers.
Extent: 6 pages
1944/02/04: Clarence E. Godshalk to Paul Franzen (3.109006)
Date: February 4 1944Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Clarence E. Godshalk to Paul Franzen. The Delphinium Society would like the Arboretum to host a delphinium test garden. Mrs. Cudahy does not feel that a study of perennials falls within the province of the Arboretum, much as she likes delphiniums. Godshalk comments further that perhaps after the war, when labor is more available they might revisit the idea.
Extent: 1 sheet
1944/10/27: Clarence E. Godshalk to Stanley W. Hayes (3.109010)
Date: October 27 1944Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Clarence E. Godshalk to Stanley W. Hayes. To answer Hayes questions: 1) There are 9 Trustees. The remaining members will vote in a new member upon the death or resignation of a previous member. This will be certified with the DuPage County Register of Deeds. 2) Family membership is not a requirement to be a Trustee. He lists the 9 members and their relationships. 3) Mr. Mortons estate provided a 10 year fund for housing for his widow and 2 children. Any remaining funds will go to the Arboretum at the end of the 10 years. 4) It is a private non-profit organization. Because of the educational work, the land is tax-exempt. Taxes are paid on the residential grounds for family and some employees, and on buildings for maintenance equipment. 5) To learn the amount of the original endowment, contact Mrs. Jean Morton Cudahy, Chairman of the Board.
Extent: 2 sheets
1943/03/23: C. E. Godshalk to Roy Burnside (3.109061)
Date: March 23 1943Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from C. E. Godshalk to Roy Burnside summarizing the contents of their morning conversation. Burnside is free to leave his employment at the Arboretum on March 25.
Extent: 1 sheet
1946/05/21: Leon Croizat to Jean Cudahy (3.109062)
Date: May 21 1946Creator: Croizat, Leon
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Leon Croizat to Jean Morton Cudahy detailing his qualifications as a botanist and listing his references.
Extent: 2 sheets
1946/06/08: C. E. Godshalk to Leon Croizat (3.109063)
Date: June 8 1946Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from C. E. Godshalk to Leon Croizat stating that Mrs. Cudahy passed along his letter to Godshalk.
Extent: 1 sheet
1943/12/09: E. Lowell Kammerer to Clarence E. Godshalk and all at the Arboretum (3.109085)
Date: December 9 1943Creator: Kammerer, E. Lowell
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Lowell Kammerer to Clarence E. Godshalk "and all at the Arboretum." He discusses his experiences during the war.
Extent: 3 sheets
1944/03/12: E. Lowell Kammerer to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.109087)
Date: March 12 1944Creator: Kammerer, E. Lowell
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Lowell Kammerer to Clarence E. Godshalk updating him on his status in training and discussing other personal matters.
Extent: 5 sheets
1944/07/23: E. Lowell Kammerer to Clarence E. Godshalk "and all at the Arboretum" (3.109088)
Date: July 23 1944Creator: Kammerer, E. Lowell
Type: Document
Description:Letter from E. L. Kammerer to Clarence E. Godshalk and all at the Arboretum updating them on his status in training and other personal matters.
Extent: 5 sheets
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
1935/09/12: (Norma Bryan) to E. M. Rasch (3.109112)
Date: September 12 1935Creator: Bryan, Norma A.
Type: Document
Description:Unsigned letter from Norma Bryan to Evelyn M. Rasch in reply to her request for extra copies of the "Data" Bulletin. The information in that issue is no longer up to date, so it will not be reprinted. After she returns from vacation she has some ideas about what to give to visitors to present to Mrs. Cudahy.
Extent: 1 sheet
1935/11/12: E. M. Rasch to N. J. Bryan (3.109126)
Date: November 12 1935Creator: Naser, Evelyn M.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from E. M. Rasch to N. J. Bryan stating Mrs. Cudahy brought two boxes of announcements to the Arboretum saying Rasch should send them to the Garden Club Presidents. Rasch is supposed to check the Garden Club Presidents list against the list of those Bryan has already sent announcements. She asks that Bryan send her the two lists as soon as possible. If Bryan hasn't finished with the Garden Club Presidents list that Rasch loaned her, she will return it to Bryan as soon as she is finished with the announcements.
Extent: 1 sheet
1935/11/13: [Norma Bryan] to E. M Rasch (3.109127)
Date: November 13 1935Creator: Bryan, Norma A.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from [Norma Bryan] to E. M Rasch returning the list of presidents of garden clubs. Mrs. Cudahy had asked that announcements be sent to all subscribers, so any garden clubs that are subscribers have been send announcements. She includes a list of those garden clubs. Mrs. Cudahy left her and Mrs. Joy Morton's lists with Bryan, so she can compare them to the trustees' lists and the subscription list.
Extent: 1 sheet
1935/12/11: [Norma Bryan] to Evelyn M. Rasch (3.109135)
Date: December 11 1935Creator: Bryan, Norma A.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Norma Bryan to Evelyn M. Rasch. She spoke with Mrs. Cudahy about the idea of sending out announcements of the new Administration Building to a broader group. She was not in favor of it. Mr. Dow didn't think the budget could handle printing more announcements. They were very interested in any lists of libraries, universities, high schools, nurseries, magazine editors that Rasch may have. She would like to add any contacts for her own similar lists to use for Bulletin subscriptions. She again requests the list of Cook County Cemetery Men to add to her list of 500 before the "big drive".
Extent: 1 sheet
1935/12/14: Evelyn M. Rasch to N. J. Bryan (3.109136)
Date: December 14 1935Creator: Naser, Evelyn M.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Evelyn M. Rasch to N. J. Bryan enclosing the list of cemetery superintendents and the list of magazines to which the Arboretum subscribes. Rasch is checking their magazine collection to replace any missing issues.
Extent: 1 sheet
1936/01/15: [Norma Bryan] to C. E. Godshalk (3.109138)
Date: January 15 1936Creator: Bryan, Norma A.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from [Norma Bryan] to C. E. Godshalk saying Mr. Dow's stenographer is sending envelopes; Bryan has plenty more if these aren't enough. The 1936 subscription list and associated correspondence is waiting in her office along with the other things Godshalk left there. She is enclosing the list, but will hold on to the correspondence along with the other things as it would take a good deal of postage to send them. Six more subscriptions should be added to last year's list. She also encloses letters from Berea College, Mrs. Richard J. Barr, and H.J. Rahmlow.
Extent: 1 sheet
1945/09/01: Margaret Douglas to C. E. Godshalk (3.109473)
Date: September 1 1945Creator: Douglas, Margaret
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Margaret Douglas to C. E. Godshalk saying she received another of the delightful Bulletins, and she is especially interested in the pines, as she is trying to write for the Garden Club Bulletin about the evergreens of Oregon. Professor Martinez of Mexico discovered a pine and named it in her honor. She has an extra copy of Martinez's book on the pines of Mexico and would be happy to send Godshalk a copy for the library if they could use a book written in Spanish.
Extent: 1 sheet
1945/09/12: C. E. Godshalk to Margaret Douglas (3.109474)
Date: September 12 1945Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from C. E. Godshalk to Margaret Douglas (Mrs. Walter) saying he was glad to receive her letter expressing appreciation of the Bulletins. He asks for her to share any suggestions she may have for their improvement. They would appreciate the donation of the book about Mexican pines written by Professor Martinez. He is grateful for the offer. They will be looking forward to her future visit to the Arboretum, and Mrs. Cudahy asks to be remembered to her.
Extent: 1 sheet
1945/11/12: Ginevra K. Pirie to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.109477)
Date: November 12 1945Creator: Pirie, Ginevra King
Type: Document
Description:Letter, written on American Red Cross stationery, from Ginevra K. Pirie (Mrs. John T. Pirie, Jr.) to Clarence E. Godshalk. She regrets that "the group of Ft. Sheridan boys went so far afield in the trip to the arboretum." Mrs. Cudahy called her about it. She has written Lt. Stansbury at Ft Sheridan about changes to be made for future field trips from the hospital. She invites him to fly to their farm in Mundelein.
Extent: 1 sheet
1945/11/26: Esther Armstrong to Jean M. Cudahy (3.109480)
Date: November 26 1945Creator: Armstrong, Esther
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Esther Armstrong, Head Recreation Worker at Vaughan General Hospital in Hines, Illinois to Mrs. Joseph Cudahy, thanking her and the Arboretum staff for the classes offered to the psychiatric patients at the hospital.
Extent: 1 sheet