Nature School for Teachers, May T. Watts addressing a group of teachers (3.33869)
Date: October 1939Type: Photographic image
Description:May T. Watts speaks to a large group of teachers attending her accredited 14-week course at The Morton Arboretum. The teachers are sitting and standing on a grassy area, taking notes as they listen. An approaching vehicle appears on the roadway through the trees in the background.
Extent: 1 photograph
Nature School for Teachers, May T. Watts speaking to teachers (3.33877)
Date: October 1939Type: Photographic image
Description:May T. Watts speaks to a large group of teachers attending her accredited 14-week course at The Morton Arboretum. The teachers are sitting and standing on a grassy area, taking notes as they listen. A departing vehicle appears on the roadway through the trees in the background.
Extent: 1 photograph
Nature School for Teachers, group listening to May T. Watts (3.33878)
Date: October 1939Type: Photographic image
Description:May T. Watts speaks to a large group of teachers attending her accredited 14-week course at The Morton Arboretum. The teachers are sitting and standing on a grassy area, taking notes as they listen.
Extent: 1 photograph
Nature School for Teachers, May T. Watts with large group in a clearing (3.33879)
Date: October 1939Type: Photographic image
Description:May T. Watts speaking to a large group of teachers attending her accredited 14-week course at The Morton Arboretum. The group of teachers sit and stand on a grassy area in a circle as they listen and take notes.
Extent: 1 photograph
May T. Watts conducting a class at The Morton Arboretum (3.33923)
Date: February 1960Type: Photographic image
Description:May T. Watts conducts a class at The Morton Arboretum Outpost as she holds a large-format piece of artwork depicting outlines of leaf shapes. Helen Turner is seated beside her. The class is being held in a room that appears to have a large brick fireplace with a chalkboard on its mantel.
Extent: 1 photograph
May T. Watts and class at the Arboretum, riding in an open-air tram (3.33925)
Type: Photographic image
Description:May T. Watts sits next to the driver of an open-air tram with a group taking her class at The Morton Arboretum.
Extent: 1 photograph
May T. Watts and class at the Arboretum, riding in an open-air tram (3.33926)
Type: Photographic image
Description:May T. Watts and Helen Turner sit next to the driver of an open-air tram with a group taking her class at The Morton Arboretum.
Extent: 1 photograph
May T. Watts and class at the Arboretum, sitting on a bench (3.33928)
Type: Photographic image
Description:May T. Watts and Helen Turner sit on a bench at The Morton Arborteum with three other people, including two unidentified men and one unidentified women who may be attending one of her classes.
Extent: 1 photograph
May T. Watts teaching an art class at The Morton Arboretum (3.34045)
Date: 1940 – 1950Type: Photographic image
Description:May T. Watts teaching an outdoor art class to a group of students at The Morton Arboretum.
Extent: 1 photograph
May T. Watts, Mary Moulton, Helen Turner, Alice Goodrich, and Edna Jones with a class in the Redwood Building (3.34051)
Date: circa 1948 – 1959Type: Photographic image
Description:May T. Watts with a class in the Redwood Building at The Morton Arboretum. Helen Turner and Mary Moulton appear in the back row on the left, Alice Goodrich is in the front row wearing a hat, and Edna Jones is on the far right.
Extent: 1 slide
May T. Watts conducting a class on The Morton Arboretum grounds (3.34063)
Date: circa 1958Type: Photographic image
Description:May T. Watts surrounded by a group participating in a class on the grounds of The Morton Arboretum.
Extent: 1 slide
May T. Watts lecturing at a Lunching and Learning class (3.34067)
Type: Photographic image
Description:May T. Watts giving a presentation for a Lunching and Learning class at The Morton Arboretum.
Extent: 1 slide
May T. Watts speaking with participants during a Lunching and Learning class (3.34080)
Type: Photographic image
Description:May T. Watts speaking with participants during a Lunching and Learning class.
Extent: 1 slide
May T. Watts with a Wednesday morning class in a meadow (3.34081)
Type: Photographic image
Description:May T. Watts speaking with participants at a Wednesday morning class in a meadow at The Morton Arboretum.
Extent: 1 slide
May T. Watts with a Wednesday morning class, observing trees (3.34082)
Date: 1952Type: Photographic image
Description:May T. Watts with participants in a Wednesday morning class observing trees at The Morton Arboretum.
Extent: 1 slide
May T. Watts with a Wednesday morning class, observing more trees (3.34083)
Type: Photographic image
Description:May T. Watts with participants in a Wednesday morning class observing trees at The Morton Arboretum.
Extent: 1 slide
Helen and Marge digging to a trout lily bulb (3.34084)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Helen Turner and Marge Shawvan dig for a trout lily bulb at The Morton Arboretum in a class with May T. Watts.
Extent: 1 slide
Helen measuring a trout lily bulb root (3.34085)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Helen Turner measures the root of a trout lily bulb during a class with May T. Watts at The Morton Arboretum.
Extent: 1 slide
Marion inspecting a skunk cabbage (3.34086)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A participant named Marion conducts a close-up investigation of a skunk cabbage during a class with May T. Watts at The Morton Arboretum.
Extent: 1 slide
Ruth inspecting water life (3.34087)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A participant named Ruth conducts an investigation of water life during a class with May T. Watts at The Morton Arboretum.
Extent: 1 slide
Mabelle reading an informational device (3.34088)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A participant named Mabelle inspects a type of hand-held informational device during a class with May T. Watts at The Morton Arboretum.
Extent: 1 slide
Mr. Nelson inspecting a specimen of sedge or grass (3.34089)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A participant named Mr. Nelson inspects a sedge or grass specimen during a class with May T. Watts at The Morton Arboretum.
Extent: 1 slide
A woman drawing a plant specimen (3.34090)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A participant drawing a plant specimen during a class with May T. Watts at The Morton Arboretum.
Extent: 1 slide
Bernice Osterheim using a plant press (3.34091)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A participant named Bernice Osterheim uses a plant press during a class with May T. Watts at The Morton Arboretum.
Extent: 1 slide
May T. Watts with class at work on Plot II (3.34102)
Type: Photographic image
Description:May T. Watts with participants in a class at work on Plot II.
Extent: 1 slide
Neal McLain measuring the diameter of a maple tree trunk (3.34103)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Neal McLain, class participant, measures the diameter of a maple tree trunk during a class with May T. Watts at The Morton Arboretum.
Extent: 1 slide
Participants in a geology class workshop, in a classroom (3.34104)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Participants in a geology class attend a workshop at The Morton Arboretum.
Extent: 1 slide
Students in a Junior Forestry class, digging with shovels (3.34105)
Date: 1952Type: Photographic image
Description:Schoolchildren participate in a Junior Forestry class with May T. Watts at The Morton Arboretum. Some appear to be using shovels, digging under the direction of Watts.
Extent: 1 slide
Students in a Junior Forestry class, using shovels (3.34124)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Schoolchildren participate in a Junior Forestry class with May T. Watts at The Morton Arboretum. Some use shovels to dig into the ground while others observe.
Extent: 1 slide
Students in a Junior Forestry class, posing with pruned tree branches (3.34125)
Date: 1952Type: Photographic image
Description:Schoolchildren participate in a Junior Forestry class with May T. Watts at the Morton Arboretum. The group of boys and girls pose with several pruned tree branches.
Extent: 1 slide
Students in a Junior Forestry class, posing with a leaf chart (3.34126)
Type: Photographic image
Description:School children participate in a Junior Forestry class with May T. Watts at the Morton Arboretum. A girl and a boy hold a leaf chart that features oak, maple, and sumac leaves.
Extent: 1 slide
Students in a Junior Forestry class, using educational aids in a classroom (3.34127)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Schoolchildren participate in a Junior Forestry class at The Morton Arboretum. Educational aids from the Arboretum Landscape Teaching Aid Series created by May T. Watts are visible in the background, adhered to the bulletin board. These items include, from top to bottom, left to right:
- Arboretum Landscape Teaching Aid Series: Trees Keep Records
- Arboretum Landscape Teaching Aid Series: A Fence Long Gone Marked A Boundary
- Arboretum Landscape Teaching Aid Series: Indian Trails and Villages
- Arboretum Landscape Teaching Aid Series: An Old Bridge
- Arboretum Landscape Teaching Aid Series: Affirmation from Memories of Old Settlers, Part I
- Arboretum Landscape Teaching Aid Series: Affirmation from Memories of Old Settlers, Part II
Extent: 1 slide
Students in a Junior Forestry class, posing with a leaf poster (3.34128)
Date: 1952Type: Photographic image
Description:Schoolchildren participate in a Junior Forestry class at The Morton Arboretum.
Extent: 1 slide
Students in a Junior Forestry class, outside an Arboretum building (3.34129)
Date: 1952Type: Photographic image
Description:A group of schoolchildren attend a Junior Foresty class with May T. Watts on the grounds of The Morton Arboretum. An Arboretum building is visible in the background.
Extent: 1 slide
Mothers and Children's course: Participants outdoors with May T. Watts (3.34130)
Date: 1952Type: Photographic image
Description:A group of mothers and children attend a class with May T. Watts on the grounds of The Morton Arboretum.
Extent: 1 slide
Mothers and Children's course: Participants perform with May T. Watts (3.34131)
Date: 1952Type: Photographic image
Description:A group of mothers and children attend a class with May T. Watts on the grounds of The Morton Arboretum. All of the participants are wearing headbands with feather and many also appear to be playing simple instruments, including Watts.
Extent: 1 slide