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
1946: Itemized Statement of Receipts and Expenses (3.109012)
Date: November 18 1946Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Document
Description:A 2 page listing of Receipts and Expenses, arranged by check number, covering such items as postage, bank fees, stationery costs, subscriptions, donations, and Crab Apple Bulletin.
Extent: 3 sheets
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
1946/06/17: [Donald Wyman] to C. E. Godshalk (3.109064)
Date: June 17 1946Type: Document
Description:Letter from [Donald Wyman] to C.E. Godshalk stating Leon Croizat's botanical qualifications.
Extent: 1 sheet
1946/06/24: C. E. Godshalk to Leon Croizat (3.109066)
Date: June 24 1946Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from C. E. Godshalk to Leon Croizat updating him on employment information.
Extent: 1 sheet
1946/10/31: C. E. Godshalk to Blue Cross Plan for Hospital Care (3.109071)
Date: October 31 1946Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from C. E. Godshalk to Blue Cross Plan for Hospital Care updating them on a policy.
Extent: 1 sheet
1946/10/31: Clarence E. Godshalk to Blue Cross Plan for Hospital Care (3.109095)
Date: October 31 1946Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Clarence E. Godshalk to Blue Cross Plan for Hospital Care regarding the birth of an employee's child.
Extent: 1 sheet
Letter from Jens Jensen to William Beckstrom (3.1233)
Date: October 8 1946Creator: Jensen, Jens
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Jens Jensen to William Beckstrom
Copy of letter from Jens Jensen to Genevieve Gillette (3.1703)
Date: September 28 1946Creator: Jensen, Jens
Type: Document
Description:Copy of letter from Jens Jensen to Genevieve Gillette
Copy of letter from Jens Jensen to Genevieve Gillette (3.1704)
Date: October 1 1946Creator: Jensen, Jens
Type: Document
Description:Copy of letter from Jens Jensen to Genevieve Gillette
Evergreen Nature Trail Guide, cover art (3.19462)
Date: 1940sCreator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Proof for cover/page 1 including more detailed illustrations and layout with title for the The Morton Arboretum Evergreen Nature Trail Guide booklet. Key lines included.
Depicts illustrated map of trail through Spruces and Firs, Arbor Vitae, Larch, Pines, Junipers, Yew, and Hemlock Collections. Below map, stylized trees and two figures illustrated, standing next to sign "Evergreen Nature Trail".
Text at bottom of illustration: "Trail Begins Here - Parking Number Two - Trail Ends Here"
Extent: 1 sheet
January Calendar (3.19467)
Date: 1940sCreator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Calendar for the month of January consisting of five rows and seven columns depicting days and dates from Sunday through Saturday, the 1st through the 31st. Each square has a date plus illustration and text, some of which anticipates the coming Spring and some which show reminders of the past year.
Header: January
Text and illustrations, from top to bottom, left to right:
- (Friday, 1) [image of dogwood stems and buds] flowering dogwood is ready for Spring
- (Saturday, 2) [image of hemlock needles and cones] small cones drip from the hemlock tips -
- (Sunday, 3) [image of unidentified stems and fruit]
- (Monday, 4) [image of one chickadee and a birdhouse]
- (Tuesday, 5) [image of two chickadees and a birdhouse] chikca-dees stay to crack their seeds
- (Wednesday, 6) [image of evergreen needles and star magnolia stems and buds] star mag-nolia buds are pale against evergreens
- (Thursday, 7) [image of long-eared owl on branch of Norway spruce] long-eared owls look down from Norway spruce trees
- (Friday, 8) [image of 2 pellets on ground beneath evergreen branch] 2 pellets under an owl roost contain skeletons of 2 deer mice
- (Saturday, 9) [image of small animal bones on ground] when an owl pellet is pulled apart, evidence of sudden death is re-vealed
- (Sunday, 10) [image of euonymus stems and fruit] Euonymus still holds some of the "little hearts bursting with love"
- (Monday, 11) [image of birch stems, cones, and catkins] wind and birds have shattered birch cones but catkins are ready for Spring
- (Tuesday, 12) [image of zumi crabapple stems and fruit] Zumi crabs still hold their fruit
- (Wednesday, 13) [image of one cardinal and a birdhouse] the cardinal is back now that we have sunflower seeds again
- (Thursday, 14) [images of canker-worms on a dogwood twig] on a dogwood twig, canker worms are ready for Spring
- (Friday, 15) [images of evergreens and a hawthorn] hoar frost is on the hawthorns ---
- (Saturday, 16) [image of redbud stems, buds, and fruit] on red-bud, flower buds are ready for next Spring, and pods recall last Spring's flowers
- (Sunday, 17) [image of a bird on a tree branch]
- (Monday, 18) [image of sycamore trunks and branches] sycamore bark
- (Tuesday, 19) [image of trees and a trail] evergreen trail
- (Wednesday, 20) [image of rhododendron stems and leaves] Rhododendron leaves pointing down say it's COLD!
- (Thursday, 21) [image of a white Oak] white oaks hold last summer's leaves on lower branches
- (Friday, 22) [image of a Norway spruce] Norway spruce holds long cones
- (Saturday, 23) [image of pixie-cup lichens through a magnifying glass] there are Pixie-cup lichens in the spruce plot
- (Sunday, 24) [image of two ostrich ferns] the fertile fronds of ostrich fern stand stiff and dark
- (Monday, 25) [image of American cranberry-bush stems and fruit] high-bush cranberry wears puffs of snow
- (Tuesday, 26) [image of winter wren in brush] the winter wren weaves through low brush
- (Wednesday, 27) [image of hazel stems and catkins] hazel catkins feel softer
- (Thursday, 28) [image of vernal witch-hazel and close-up of flower] vernal witch hazel is in bloom
- (Friday, 29) [image of one set of raccoon tracks] raccoon tracks are plentiful after a mild night
- (Saturday, 30) [image of two sets of deer mouse tracks with trail mark between] white-footed deer mouse hops past
- (Sunday, 31) [image of three sets of Junco bird tracks] juncoes hop too
Extent: 1 sheet
Yellow Pond Lily (3.19469)
Date: 1940sCreator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Two illustrations of a yellow pond lily, depicting leaves and flowers with identifying text below each image. Image "A" shows the flower about to open on the first day, and image "B" shows the second day with flower fully open.
Header: yellow pond lily
Plants and text as depicted from left to right:
- A - For one day the opening flower offers insects a small entrance, filled with the stigma reader for pollen from a flower like B [arrow pointing right to next column of text]
- B - On the second day the flower opens wide, and its stamens burst with pollen, ready to be carried by insects to a flower like A [arrow pointing left back to text in the first column]
Extent: 1 sheet
Some New England Trees (3.19470)
Date: 1940sCreator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Illustrations of needles and cones for two types of trees found in New England.
Header: Some New England trees inhabit the mountain tops in the Smokies
Illustrations, top to bottom:
- red spruce
- hemlock
Extent: 1 sheet
An Example of Parallel Species (3.19471)
Date: 1940sCreator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Illustrations comparing two parallel species of trees, one in America and one in Europe. Illustrations depict a branch with leaves and fruit.
Header: An example of parallel species
Illustrations from left to right:
- one in southeastern America
- ironwood -- Ostrya virginiana
- one in Europe
- European hornbeam -- Ostrya carpinifolia
Extent: 1 sheet
Three Trees Whose Relatives Are Largely In the Tropics (3.19472)
Date: 1940sCreator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Illustrations of three types of leaves layered one on top of the other.
Text at center left: Three trees whose relatives are largely in the tropics
Illustrations from center outward:
- Silver Bell
- Fringe Tree
- Paw-paw
Extent: 1 sheet
A Bur Oak Twig (3.19473)
Date: 1940sCreator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Detailed illustration of a single bur oak twig with identifying text.
Text: a bur oak twig
Extent: 1 sheet
Four Plants Whose Relatives Are In Eastern Asia (3.19474)
Date: 1940sCreator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Illustrations of leaves of four types of plants, including two with flowers.
Upper left text: Four plants whose relatives are in eastern Asia
Plants depicted, from left to right:
- tulip tree
- sweet gum
- Jeffersonia
- May apple
Extent: 1 sheet
Two Cattails (3.19475)
Date: 1940sCreator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Illustrations of two cattails with identifying text. Graphite sketches of the plants are visible at each image.
Drawings as depicted from left to right:
- cattail with pistils and stamens identified
- cattail with seeds identified
Extent: 1 sheet
Shortia Galacifolia, Oconee Bells (3.19476)
Date: 1940sCreator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Illustration of Oconee bells plant with identifying text, depicting leaves, five flowers, and one bud. Writing in graphite underneath includes identifying text.
Text: Shortia galacifolia - Oconee bells
Extent: 1 sheet
Vernal Witch-hazel (3.19477)
Date: 1940 – 1960Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Illustration of the Vernal witch-hazel plant, including three detailed views and some descriptive text. Background sketches include trees at top and center, and shrubs at center and bottom.
Header: VERNAL WITCH-HAZEL, HAMAMELIS vernalis
Illustrations as depicted, from top to bottom, left to right:
- a single pistil, labeled PISTIL
- two stamens, front view and side view, labeled STAMEN
- a single twig in bloom
- a flower
Extent: 1 sheet
Skunk Cabbage (3.19478)
Date: 1940 – 1960Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Illustration of the skunk cabbage plant with environment, including three detailed views of flowering parts. Background sketches include a willow tree, cattails, and skunk cabbage in and near water.
Header: SKUNK CABBAGE
Illustrations as depicted, from top to bottom, left to right:
- enlarged view of the spathe
- enlarge view of a single flower
- enlarged view of the spadix
Extent: 1 sheet
Four Oaks (3.19491)
Date: 1940 – 1959Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Illustrations of four oaks: Chinkapin oak, Swamp white oak, White oak and Bur oak. Each tree is illustrated by silhouette, and is accompanied by an outline of its leaf and drawings of its twig with a winter bud and its acorn.
upper left: Quercus muehlenbergii, Chinkapin oak
upper right: Quercus bicolor, Swamp white oak
lower left: Quercus alba, White oak
lower right Quercus macrocarpa, Bur oak
Extent: 1 sheet
Growth of Pond: Submerged Plant Stage (3.19492)
Date: 1940 – 1950Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Part of a series of illustrations about the stages of pond growth. This material includes an aerial view of a pond with two bays and a cross-section view of five types of submerged aquatic plants attached to pond bottom.
Header: SUBMERGED PLANT STAGE / PLANTS ATTACHED TO BOTTOM / only their flowers float on the surface
Drawings and text from top to bottom, left to right:
- Pond: sheltered bays are first to show vegetation
- CROSS-SECTION of MARGIN
- Water milfoil--Myriophyllum spicatum
- Water weed--Elodea canadensis
- Eelgrass--Vallisneria spiralis
- Pondweed--Potamogeton crispus
- Hornwort--Ceratophyllum demersum
Extent: 1 sheet
Growth of Pond: Floating Plant Stage (3.19493)
Date: 1940 – 1950Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Part of a series of illustrations about the stages of pond growth. This material includes an aerial view of a pond with some plants showing at the surface of its bays and a cross-section view of aquatic plants attached to pond bottom, with leaves and flowers of shallower plants extended to water's surface.
Header: FLOATING PLANT STAGE / PLANTS ATTACHED TO BOTTOM / LEAVES AND FLOWERS FLOATING
Drawings and text from top to bottom, left to right:
- Pond
- CROSS-SECTION of MARGIN
- Accumulation from submerged plants makes margin more shallow [arrow pointing up to shallower plants]
- Submerged plants move out to deeper water [arrow pointing right to deeper plants]
Extent: 1 sheet
Growth of Pond: Emergent Plant Stage (3.19494)
Date: 1940 – 1950Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Part of a series of illustrations about the stages of pond growth. This material includes an aerial view of a pond with some plants showing at the surface of its edges and its bays, and a cross-section view of aquatic plants attached to pond bottom, with leaves and flowers of shallower plants extended up to and above the water's surface.
Header: EMERGENT PLANT STAGE / PLANTS UPRIGHT / only roots and base under water
Drawings and text from top to bottom, left to right:
- Pond
- CROSS-SECTION of MARGIN [divided into 3 sections]:
- Emergent Plant Zone
- cat-tails
- arrowhead
- bur reed
- pickerel weed
- bullrush
- Floating Plant Zone
- white water lily
- cow lily
- Submerged Plant Zone
- pondweed
- eel grass
- water milfoil
- etc.
- Emergent Plant Zone
Extent: 1 sheet
Growth of Pond: Pioneer Tree Stage (3.19495)
Date: 1940 – 1950Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Part of a series of illustrations about the stages of pond growth. This material includes an aerial view of a pond with trees and plants showing at its edges and bays, and an illustration of a tree and cross-section view of aquatic plants attached to pond bottom, with leaves and flowers of shallower plants extended up to and above the water's surface.
Header: PIONEER TREE STAGE / WILLOWS ARE FIRST TO ARRIVE
Drawings and text from top to bottom, left to right:
- Pond
- [divided into 4 sections]:
- TREE ZONE
- willows
- silver maples
- EMERGENT PLANT ZONE
- FLOATING-LEAVED ZONE
- SUMERGED PLANT ZONE
- TREE ZONE
Extent: 1 sheet
Arboretum Landscape Teaching Aid Series: The Great Ice Sheet (3.19496)
Date: 1940 – 1960Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Primarily textual teaching aid depicting Arboretum landscape. This material shows how the Arboretum Hills were pushed from Canada and Wisconsin.
Header: THE GREAT ICE SHEET brought THE ARBORETUM HILLS from Canada to Wisconsin
Text and illustrations from top to bottom:
- [Depicted in stylized scroll with an illustration of a body of water between two hills] The Record: The Arboretum hills are made of unsorted clay, sand, gravel and boulders.
- Interpreting the record:
- 1) Ice-deposited material is an unsorted material [arrow pointing right to illustration of ice-deposited material] Water-deposited material is sorted into layers [arrow pointing right to illustration of water-deposited material] The Arboretum hills are made of material dumped by the melting ice.
- 2) Granite boulders are found in this material. No granite bed-rock is found within 200 miles of here.
- 3) Rocks frozen into a glacier are flattened and scratched like this [arrow pointing left to illustration of a rock] (see rock at end of table) Water-borne rocks are rounded and smoothed.
Extent: 1 sheet