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1956/01/25: Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.104978)
Date: January 25 1956Creator: Morton, Sterling
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk. He's glad to hear of progress on buildings. He is sorry to hear of several deaths: Martin Carroll, Joe Burgee and John Holabird. He is aware of discussion about the new tollway. Being able to acquire several miles of right-of-way at once, should make the highway department be sensitive to positioning it favorably to Morton Arboretum. He has landscape sketches from Wagstaff to make the Lake Forest place nearly maintenance-free. In the plan could an Alpine currant hedge substitute for some of the yews? Parking spaces need to be longer and longer as the American cars are getting so much bigger. There were compliments about Godshalk's talk at the Shade Tree Conference.
Extent: 3 sheets
1956/09/22: Clarence E. Godshalk to Sterling Morton (3.104994)
Date: August 22 1956Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Clarence E. Godshalk to Sterling Morton, updating him on construction. The fire door between the existing building and the new building will not be delivered in time for the dedication. The rest will be ready for [September] 27th. Laboratory work is nearly complete. The service drive to the greenhouses and the service entrance to the new wing is complete. The overhead door installers will be trying a new spring to solve that problem at South Farm. Mr. Price has finished trimming, removing and relocating 427 trees for $520. Godshalk details the amounts paid to Ralph Miller, Sharpless and Price for this work. The Toll Road Commission bore three test holes where the lake would be. They struck rock at 28 feet and the soil is silt and gravel. They struck water at 9 feet, so the new lake might fill on its own with water to the level of the river. Howard Fisher will check with experts. The men are removing Dutch elm trees as fast as they show signs. He comments that the beetles are likely carried by the wind. He is anxious for the labs to be finished so he can begin some experiments. Argonne Laboratory might partner with them to trace circulation in trees with radioactive materials.
Extent: 2 sheets
1957/08/12: Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.105032)
Date: August 12 1957Creator: Morton, Sterling
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk,delighted to hear of the progress at Morton Arboretum this summer. He mentioned that, unlike Godshalk who was pleased to see deer up north, in California deer are a pest, eating well watered garden plants. He likes the new contaflex and is considering buying one duty free in Shannon, Ireland. He suggests that Godshalk would enjoy seeing some of the gardens in Europe. He likes the relationship that Godshalk has established with the highway department. Exchanging large tree removal for permitting crushing and washing equipment seems a good deal. He's sorry to hear that the large elm near Lake Marmo seems to be diseased. He is willing to authorize the purchase of a more powerful sprayer if that would help. He suggests that Godshalk talk with the "salt treatment expert in the Chicago office" when he's ready to begin road building. "It has been found that salt added to the foundation of black top roads has a very good effect." The same with gravel roads. He is uncertain where the "new river bridge" might be, but he sees it as a good location to haul trees for the border of the road. That will help compact the gravel before eventually adding the black top. He laments news of Dutch elm disease in Hinsdale and Lake Forest.
Extent: 2 sheets
1959/03/24: C. E. Godshalk to Sterling Morton (3.86062)
Date: March 24 1959Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from C. E. Godshalk to Sterling Morton stating the plans are about done for the Arbordale plantings. The plans will be reviewed by Professor Keith (Head of the Landscape Department, University of Illinois) and Professor Longenecker (Head of the Landscape Department, University of Wisconsin). Mr. Ward sent out drawings for the planned changes to the terrace. Godshalk is doubtful of the plan; Mrs. Zurcher will come out to the Arboretum to see it when she returns from Colorado. Work on Route 53 should begin in April. Godshalk has started staking out the shrub plantings around Arbor Lake. He is meeting with Mr. Kress to see how much planting the Arboretum will be allowed to do along the toll road.
Extent: 2 sheets