1989 Volunteer Night Remarks (3.10990)
Date: June 21 – September 20 1989Creator: Halperin, Marilyn J.
Type: Article
Branches: Newsletter of The Morton Arboretum Volunteers, Winter 1995 (3.107061)
Date: 1995Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Winter 1995 Branches Newsletter features articles on the following: the Wild Garden, it's history, development, the volunteer group involved and it's reestablishment after the renovations at Thornhill, Workers in Sylvan Horticulture (VIEW); and the High School Education Reach Out in Botany group (HERB) which involved area high school students in the Herbarium, mounting and illustrating plants. Volunteer opportunities, trainings, events and classes are featured along with lists of new and continuing volunteers.
Extent: 6 pages
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, Autumn 1988 (3.107034)
Date: 1988Creator: Halperin, Marilyn J.
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Autumn 1988 Branches Newsletter has articles on the following: the drought of 1988 and the Arboretum's efforts of keep up with the watering of newly planted trees and plants; Volunteer Appreciation Night; and the Hatch Meadow Project to plant and monitor test plots of Summit green ash trees in hostile clay soil emulating urban tree growing conditions such as concrete and other pavement. Volunteer opportunities, classes and new volunteers are featured.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of the Morton Arboretum, Autumn 1990 (3.107043)
Date: 1990Creator: Way, Carol, Halperin, Marilyn J.
Type: Serial
Description:This issue of the Autumn 1990 Branches Newsletter contains articles on the following: the compilation, publication, editions, layout and indexing, uses and documentation of Plants of the Chicago Region begun by Frank Swink and published by the Arboretum; and the Natural History Collection, organization, relocation and cataloging. Volunteer opportunities, classes and events are included along with information about existing and new volunteers.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of the Morton Arboretum, Spring 1983 (3.107016)
Date: 1983Creator: Stowell, Gladys, Podrasky, Nina, Halperin, Marilyn J.
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Spring 1983 Branches Newsletter contains articles on: the plant collections featuring Curator Ray Schulenberg, Plant Recorder Ed Hedborn, Plant Label Specialist Chad Avery and collections Crew Leader Nancy Wolbrink; the Catalog of Woody Plant Collections created by Taxonomist Floyd Swink and The Outpost including a new classroom area and a newly landscaped area maintained by a group of volunteers known as WISH, Workers in Sylvan Horticulture. New volunteers and volunteer and educational opportunites are also highlighted along with a volunteer generated guide of local nurseries that carry plants in the Arboretum plant collection.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Spring 1992 (3.107050)
Date: 1992Creator: Way, Carol
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Spring 1992 Branches Newsletter contains articles on the following: Fischer Field, its origins and development as a test plot area for hybrid trees; the Outpost Wildflower Garden maintained by a volunteer group identified as VIEW (Volunteers in Education Work) and later WISH (Workers in Sylvan Horticulture); and START (Students Teamed in Arboretum Restoration Tasks) a volunteer group formed for high school students interested in working in restoration at the Arboretum. Volunteer opportunities. Volunteer information, lists of new volunteers and classes and programs are featured.
Extent: ;6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Winter 1983 (3.107018)
Date: 1983Creator: Halperin, Marilyn J., Kaskey, Marjorie
Type: Serial
Description:This issue focuses on the history of the Thornhill building featuring D. Merrill the landscaper from the Arnold Arboretum in Boston, the Audubon Room which had original prints engraved and printed by R. Havell the printer for Audubon, and the Founders Room which is the only original part of the Morton home that remains today. An article on the history of holly for decorative purposes and the growing of holly in North America follows. Events, classes, new volunteers and the recent volunteer Recognition are also featured.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Winter 1984 (3.107022)
Date: 1984Creator: Halperin, Marilyn J.
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Winter 1984 Branches Newsletter features articles on: the history of the development of Lake Marmo, a project overseen by Clarence Goldstalk, with Tony Tyzil and Ed Hedborn contributing; the process of transplanting trees at the Arboretum; maple tree tapping and maple syrup production tended to by volunteers; and the Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) a federally funded program to provide access to accident and liability insurance for senior volunteers. Volunteer opportunities, educational opportunities and upcoming events are also featured.
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
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Winter 1992 (3.107052)
Date: 1992Creator: Halperin, Marilyn J.
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Winter 1992 Branches Newsletter features the following articles: Integrated Pest Management or IPM, the use of botanical products and predatory insects to control pests, as it was deployed in Greenhouse 9; and an extensive write up on the volunteer Appreciation evening that year. Volunteer opportunities, lists of new and continuing volunteers, trainings, classes and events are also featured.
Extent: ;6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Winter 1993 (3.107056)
Date: 1993Creator: Way, Carol
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Winter 1993 Branches Newsletter contains articles on: the staff photographers at the Arboretum, John Kohout and Jim Nachel, and the Photo Lab collection; Hidden Lake Forest Preserve highlighting the section leased to the Arboretum; and an introduction to Linda Kovach, the new Volunteer Coordinator. Volunteer opportunities, classes, events and lists of new and existing volunteers are included.
Extent: 6 pages
Clarence E. Godshalk's 90th birthday celebration scrapbook: guests listening to speaker (3.3615)
Date: January 14 1987Creator: Kohout, John
Type: Photographic image
Description:Clarence E. Godshalk's 90th birthday celebration scrapbook
Guests listening to speaker including Carol Way, Lynne and Joe Larkin, Marilyn Halperin, Gloria Mintern, Don Heldt, Nancy Flexman, Cara Heldt, Barb Mangano, Larry Carton, and Bill Hess
Extent: 1 photograph
Marilyn Halperin at desk (3.4951)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Marilyn Halperin at desk
Extent: 1 photograph
Marilyn Halperin speaking at podium at volunteer recognition evening (3.4953)
Date: 1991Type: Photographic image
Description:Marilyn Halperin speaking at podium at volunteer recognition evening
Extent: 1 photograph
Marilyn Halperin speaking at podium at volunteer recognition evening (3.4954)
Date: 1991Type: Photographic image
Description:Marilyn Halperin speaking at podium at volunteer recognition evening
Extent: 1 photograph
Marilyn Halperin speaking at volunteer recognition evening (3.4952)
Date: July 1990Type: Photographic image
Description:Marilyn Halperin speaking at volunteer recognition evening
Extent: 1 photograph
Marion Hall's retirement party - collage of employees (3.94922)
Date: 1990Type: Photographic image
Description:A collage of photographs of Arboretum employees and board members created for Marion Hall's retirement party. Part 3 of 4.
Employees depicted include:
Top row (left to right):
- Fay Wheatman
- Deb Seymour
- Roger Brunke
- Suzette Morton Davidson
- Liz Bacon
- Charles C. Haffner III
- Unknown
- Unknown
- Larry Carton
- Elizabeth "Sodie" Zimmerman (?)
- Joe Fuqua
- Kris Bachtell
- Unknown
- Ed Hedborn
- Ray Schulenberg
- Unknown
- Irene Foody
- Lucy Mettewie
- Walter Eickhorst
- Dick Wason
- Unknown
- Bruce Germain
- Carol Doty
- Floyd Swink
- Dennis Welch
- George Ware
- Dennis Liby
- Jim Clegg
- Marilyn Halperin
Peter Linsner, Marilyn Halperin, and Kris Bachtell studying specimens under microscopes in the Botany Lab (3.4081)
Date: 1987Type: Photographic image
Description:Peter Linsner (L), Marilyn Halperin (center), and Kris Bachtell (R) studying specimens under microscopes in the Botany Lab
Extent: 1 photograph