The Morton Arboretum Gatehouse, 1987 (3.100223)
Date: 1987Type: Photographic image
Description:A black and white photograph of the Arboretum's gatehouse circa 1987.
Pulsatilla patens (L.) Mill. (Eastern pasqueflower), close-up of flowers (3.100627)
Date: April 11 1987Creator: Armstrong, Patricia K.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Pulsatilla patens (L.) Mill. (Eastern pasqueflower), close-up of flowers
Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash (little bluestem), habitat (3.100653)
Date: October 15 1987Creator: Armstrong, Patricia K.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash (little bluestem), habitat
Andropogon gerardii Vitman (big bluestem), habit, habitat (3.100655)
Date: August 19 1987Creator: Armstrong, Patricia K.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Andropogon gerardii Vitman (big bluestem), habit, habitat
1987: Botanical Garden of the Kirghiz Republic to George Ware - Original Russian (3.100794)
Date: 1987Creator: Botanical Garden of the Kirghiz Republic
Type: Document
Description:A response, in Russian, to George Ware from the Botanical Garden of the Kirghiz Republic, Soviet Union, on his request for seeds...none were available.
Extent: 1 sheet
1987/05/10: Stalls Farm. Somerset, UK to George Ware (3.100795)
Date: May 10 1987Type: Document
Description:A letter from Stalls Farm in Somerset, UK (signature illegible) concerning seedlings sent, but destroyed in transit, and requesting more of same.
Extent: 1 sheet; two-sided
1987/07/21: Botanical Garden of the Kirghiz Republic to George Ware - English Translation (3.100796)
Date: July 21 1987Creator: Botanical Garden of the Kirghiz Republic
Type: Document
Description:An English translation by Alla Jablokow of a response to George Ware from the Botanical Garden of the Kirghiz Republic, Soviet Union, for seeds...none were available.
Extent: 1 sheet
1987/07/01: Wyleen Miller to George Ware (3.100797)
Date: July 1 1987Creator: Miller, Wyleen
Type: Document
Description:A letter requesting disease free elms
Extent: 1 sheet; two-sided
1987/03/16: George Ware to Chris Callaghan (3.100801)
Date: March 16 1987Creator: Ware, George
Type: Document
Description:Response from George Ware to Chris Callaghan of Bicentennial Arboretum in Pyrmont, Australia, on seed requests from The Morton Arboretum's Index Seminum. Dr. Ware also asks for seeds from Platanus acerifolia, which he saw during a trip to Australia.
Extent: 1 sheet
1987/03/18: George Ware to James Kelly (3.100802)
Date: March 18 1987Creator: Ware, George
Type: Document
Description:A thank you for P. trichocarpa and inquiry from George Ware to James Kelly of the Rochester, NY, Department of Parks asking about P. lasiocarpa. Also offering P. alba and P. tomentosa.
Extent: 1 sheet
1987/10/02: Patrick J. Levar to George Ware (3.100803)
Date: October 2 1987Creator: Levar, Patrick J.
Type: Document
Description:A thank you, status, and request for more trees from Patrick Levar, Alderman of the 45rd Ward in Chicago. The location of previously provided and planted trees are noted.
Extent: 1 sheet
1987/03/11: Betty M. Cheever to George Ware (3.100804)
Date: March 11 1987Creator: Cheever, Betty M.
Type: Document
Description:A thank you letter for elm trees received by the Village of Downers Grove, IL from The Morton Arboretum.
Extent: 1 sheet
1987/03/24: Gary A. Kasanders to George Ware (3.100805)
Date: March 24 1987Creator: Kasanders, Gary A.
Type: Document
Description:A thank you for elms and maples received and request for more trees from Gary Kasanders of the Westchester Park District (IL) to George Ware.
Extent: 1 sheet
1987/03/13: Brother Ambrose Groble, F.S.C. to George Ware (3.100810)
Date: March 13 1987Type: Document
Description:A request for trees for Lewis University, Romeoville, IL.
Extent: 1 sheet
1987/03/16: George Ware to John Suter (3.100812)
Date: March 16 1987Creator: Ware, George
Type: Document
Description:Comments and suggestions from George Ware on Acer saccharum in response to a letter from John Suter of Somerset, England; also noted that 25 seedlings of this tree are being sent to Mr. Suter.
Extent: 1 sheet
1987/10/09: Fay Hinton to George Ware (3.100929)
Date: October 9 1987Type: Document
Description:Final figures on 1987 Members' Cooperative Research Program showing the number of members participating, species and number of plants given, and income from the activity. Also included is a description of the plants included in the 1987 program and a copy of the Forrest Keeling Nursery invoice from October, 1986, for the purchase of the plants.
Extent: 7 sheets
Aristida basiramea Engelm. (forked three-awn), habit (3.101152)
Date: October 1987Creator: Dritz, Ken
Type: Photographic image
Description:Aristida basiramea Engelm. (forked three-awn), view of what appears to be early spring growth of the bunch grass. Slender green stalks weave through the dried grass remnants.
Extent: 1 slide
Longwood Visiting Committee, 1980s (3.102560)
Date: 1980sType: Photographic image
Description:A print photograph of the Longwood Visiting Committee taken in the 1980s.
Extent: 1 photograph
Morton Arboretum Prairie Restoration Project: 1960-1980, Raymond F. Schulenberg (3.104345)
Date: 1980sCreator: Schulenberg, Ray
Type: Document
Description:A formerly bound series of documents pertaining to the development of the Schulenberg Prairie. The physical copy of the artifact was formerly in a three-ring binder, but has since been placed in acid free folders, organized by the original tabs represented in the binder.
A table of contents for the pdf version provided in this record is as follows:
Before 1962: Pages 1-3
1962: Pages 4-19
1963: Pages 20-69
1964: Pages 70-106
1965: Pages 107-123
1966: Pages 124-125
1967: Pages 126-196
1968: Pages 197-230
1969: Pages 231-246
1970: Pages 247-264
1971: Pages 265-268
1972: Pages 269-275
After 1972: Pages 276-288
After 1980: Pages 289-315
Extent: 315 pages
Soil Map of The Morton Arboretum Prairie Restoration (3.106152)
Date: 1980 – circa 1990Type: Map
Description:Numbered sections refer to soil series on the Prairie Restoration at The Morton Arboretum, later named the Schulenberg Prairie. Key identifies number and name of soil series as well as the slope class.
Extent: 1 sheet
1987: George Ware to Elm Enthusiast (3.106906)
Date: 1987Creator: Ware, George
Type: Document
Description:A letter announcing the sale of Asian Elm seedlings and instructions for planting and care of the seedlings.
Extent: 1 sheet
Site Suitability and Soil Boring Logs for the Proposed Crabapple Lake, Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois (3.106931)
Date: January 15 1987Creator: Kelsey, Pat, Hootman, Rick
Type: Document
Description:A draft report of studies conducted in January, 1987, to determine the suitability of a site proposed for a lake near the Crabapple collection to add an amenity feature, wildlife habitat, replacement of ecosystems lost to the North-South Tollway project and additional drainage.
Extent: 10 sheets
Establishment of a Native Midwestern Plant Community through Relocation of Marsh Topsoil (Draft) (3.106966)
Date: 1987Creator: Wilhelm, Gerould
Type: Document
Description:A draft report on the movement of donor seed bank material from Churchill Prairie and the Armitage Road Wetland to Campbell's Slough.
Extent: 13 sheets and cover note
Establishment of a Native Midwestern Plant Community through Relocation of Marsh Topsoil (Draft v. 2) (3.106967)
Date: 1987Creator: Wilhelm, Gerould
Type: Document
Description:A draft report (version 2) on the movement of donor seed bank material from Churchill Prairie and the Armitage Road Wetland to Campbell's Slough.
Extent: 13 sheets
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Autumn 1987 (3.107030)
Date: 1987Creator: Engle, Martha
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Autumn 1987 Branches Newsletter includes articles on; a soil survey conducted in response to drainage problems exacerbated by the North/South tollway and funded in part by an Institute of Museum Sciences grant, the Adopt a collection program to assist with the maintenance of the collection plantings or geographic collections, and reporting on the recent volunteer recognition. Educational opportunities, volunteer opportunities and lists of new volunteers are also included.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Spring 1987 (3.107031)
Date: 1987Creator: Stowell, Gladys
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the spring 1987 Branches Newsletter contains articles on; the iron bridge located near Sunfish Pond, in memory of Arboretum Photographer John Kohout and his wife Kitty who were killed in a auto accident and the North Woods Project to plant trees representative of that part of the United States. Volunteer opportunities, special activities and information about volunteers is also included.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Summer 1987 (3.107032)
Date: 1987Creator: Engle, Martha
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Summer 1987 Branches Newsletter contains articles on the following; twenty five years of the prairie restoration project, the establishment of the root library under the Urban Vegetation Library to study the condition of tree roots within the Arboretum, and the tree evaluation plot established to study the success of trees in an urban like setting. Special events and classes, volunteers and volunteer opportunities are highlighted.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Winter 1987 (3.107033)
Date: 1987Creator: Stowell, Gladys, Engle, Martha
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Winter 1987 Branches Newsletter has articles on the following: the collection of climbing woody vines with a detailed discussion of the clematis collection; a description of the advent of cross country skiing along with the development of the trails and the Early Bird Ski Trail Patrol; a brief treaties on the goals of Joy Morton when he developed the Museum of Trees in the English naturalistic landscape style emphasizing open areas as much as planted area. New volunteers, volunteer opportunities and programs and classes are also discussed.
Extent: 6 pages
Marion Trufant Hall, Third Director of The Morton Arboretum: A Twenty-year Retrospective: 1966-1986 (3.10942)
Date: December 21 1986 – March 20 1987Creator: Doty, Carol L.
Type: Article
A Trustee’s Perspective (3.10943)
Date: December 21 1986 – March 20 1987Creator: Haffner III, Charles C.
Type: Article
Research Under Dr. Marion T. Hall’s Administration: A Scientist’s Perspective (3.10944)
Date: December 21 1986 – March 20 1987Creator: Ware, George
Type: Article
An Administrator’s Perspective (3.10945)
Date: December 21 1986 – March 20 1987Creator: Lewis, Charles A.
Type: Article
Accomplishments of The Morton Arboretum During the Tenure of Dr. Marion T. Hall, Director, 1966 to Present (3.10946)
Date: December 21 1986 – March 20 1987Type: Article
Getting to the Roots of Woody Plant Problems (3.10948)
Date: March 21 – June 20 1987Creator: Watson, Gary W.
Type: Article
This is My Book III: The Flora Lapponica of Carl Linnaeus, 1737 (3.10950)
Date: March 21 – June 20 1987Creator: MacPhail, Ian
Type: Article