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1953/09/28: Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.101895)
Date: September 28 1953Creator: Morton, Sterling
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk. He left plants at the Administration Building. He hopes Nordine can make them healthy again. He would like a dozen or more of the Red Pines brought to his Lake Forest home. Now that the old house is down, there is a new vision for the property.
Extent: 1 sheet
1954/06/20 : Clarence E. Godshalk to Sterling Morton (3.101924)
Date: June 20 1954Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Detailed letter from Clarence E. Godshalk to Sterling Morton in Santa Barbara. He lists in detail the budget and expenses of the first 9 months, ending June 30, with projections of expense needs for the final 3 months of the year. Details concerning the Labor Budget, Grounds Committee, House Committee, Road Committee, Fence Fund to finish fencing the entire Arboretum property, Staff Travel expenses for Nordine, Kammerer, Eickhorst, and Watts, and the Chairman's Fund. He suggested working with Public Service and Dr. Tehon of the Natural History Survey, and Dr. Mills and Dr. Decker on a mutually beneficial plan to exchange fencing for maintenance for security and fire protection access.
Extent: 4 sheets
1960/07/21: Sterling Morton to C. E. Godshalk (3.105103)
Date: July 21 1960Creator: Morton, Sterling
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Sterling Morton to C. E. Godshalk saying while he supports the proposal to set up a course at the Arboretum for training professional gardeners, he was not envisioning the much more ambitious plan proposed in the letter from Mr. Carleton. The Arboretum has sufficient funds in its endowment to operate it along its present lines, but that may not be true in the future. The Founder wanted a privately endowed, privately maintained, and privately managed organization, with no affiliates. Morton does not want political or university control of any part of the Arboretum. If Carleton, or others, wishes to establish a school outside of the Arboretum, students could get experience at the Arboretum, but under the direction of the Director. Morton makes it clear that as long as he is Chairman, there will be no affiliates connected with the Arboretum. A P.S. states that the German fountain has arrived and been installed.
Extent: 2 sheets
1942/11/03: C. E. Godshalk to Roy Walker (3.109074)
Date: November 3 1942Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from C. E. Godshalk to Roy Walker (Supt. Landscape Construction, Chicago Park District) stating the Arboretum's propagator, Mr. van Gemert, died recently, and they are looking for a man to fill the position. In addition to being a propagator, the person must be familiar with caring for plants in all their stages. Roy Nordine has applied for the position and given Walker's name as a reference. They would appreciate Walker's opinion of Nordine for the job.
Extent: 1 sheet
1942/11/03: C. E. Godshalk to Robert Warren (3.109075)
Date: November 3 1942Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from C. E. Godshalk to Robert Warren (Landscape Department, Chicago Park District) stating the Arboretum's propagator, Mr. van Gemert, died recently, and they are looking for a man to fill the position. In addition to being a propagator, the person must be familiar with caring for plants in all their stages. Roy Nordine has applied for the position and given Warren's name as a reference. They would appreciate Warren's opinion of Nordine for the job.
Extent: 1 sheet
1942/11/03: C. E. Godshalk to Bj Loss (3.109076)
Date: November 3 1942Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from C. E. Godshalk to Bj Loss (President, Lake City and Jewel Nurseries) stating the Arboretum's propagator, Mr. van Gemert, died recently, and they are looking for a man to fill the position. In addition to being a propagator, the person must be familiar with caring for plants in all their stages. Roy Nordine has applied for the position and given Loss' name as a reference. They would appreciate Loss' opinion of Nordine for the job.
Extent: 1 sheet
1943/12/09: E. Lowell Kammerer to Clarence E. Godshalk and all at the Arboretum (3.109085)
Date: December 9 1943Creator: Kammerer, E. Lowell
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Lowell Kammerer to Clarence E. Godshalk "and all at the Arboretum." He discusses his experiences during the war.
Extent: 3 sheets
1944/07/23: E. Lowell Kammerer to Clarence E. Godshalk "and all at the Arboretum" (3.109088)
Date: July 23 1944Creator: Kammerer, E. Lowell
Type: Document
Description:Letter from E. L. Kammerer to Clarence E. Godshalk and all at the Arboretum updating them on his status in training and other personal matters.
Extent: 5 sheets
1944/06/14: Clarence E. Godshalk to E. Lowell Kammerer (3.109089)
Date: June 14 1944Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Clarence E. Godshalk to Lowell Kammerer providing a plethora of updates regarding the Arboretum and its staff.
Extent: 2 sheets
1944/03/03: Clarence E. Godshalk to E. Lowell Kammerer (3.109091)
Date: March 3 1944Type: Document
Description:Letter from Clarence Godshalk to Lowell Kammerer stating that spring has come, birds are here; spring work will start much earlier this year. After indecision about privet hedge in Hedge Garden, have now decided to cut the entire hedge to the ground to start over. If growth too small by summer's end, we will replace it with another hedge.. Mr. Nordine and I have made a surplus list for many lilacs, and will keep one of each kind of lilac to be sure those planted are well-established.
Our attendance has been good on Sundays but we will probably not open until the first of April. In announcing our classes, we have specified an enrollment of twenty-five members, otherwise no class. Because of talk of only two gallons with A coupons, classes may be poorly attended. He also goes into other personal details.
Extent: 2 sheets
1944/01/01: G. F. Gravatt to Roy M. Nordine (3.109418)
Date: January 1 1944Creator: Gravatt, G. F.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from G. F. Gravatt, Senior Pathologist, USDA, Dept of Plant Industry to Roy M. Nordine suggesting that the injury reported to the Chinese and Japanese chestnut trees is because of low temperatures or late spring freezes.
Extent: 1 sheet
1945/07/14: Fleeta Brownwell Woodroffe to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.109462)
Date: July 14 1945Creator: Woodroffe, Fleeta Brownwell
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Fleeta Brownwell Woodroffe (Associate Editor of Better Gardens Department of Better Homes and Gardens magazine) to Clarence E. Godshalk regarding a visit to the Arboretum.
Extent: 1 sheet
1945/07/23: J. C. Carter to Roy Nordine (3.109471)
Date: July 23 1945Creator: Carter, James Cedric
Type: Document
Description:Letter from J.C. Carter to Roy Nordine discussing the rooting material for cuttings.
Extent: 1 sheet
1945/11/26: Esther Armstrong to Jean M. Cudahy (3.109480)
Date: November 26 1945Creator: Armstrong, Esther
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Esther Armstrong, Head Recreation Worker at Vaughan General Hospital in Hines, Illinois to Mrs. Joseph Cudahy, thanking her and the Arboretum staff for the classes offered to the psychiatric patients at the hospital.
Extent: 1 sheet
1936/06/22: Audrie Chase to Jean Cudahy (3.61629)
Date: June 22 1936Type: Document
Description:Letter from Audrie Chase to Jean Cudahy expressing appreciation for the work Mr. Godshalk did in marking Mr. Gault's Grave and commending the recent set of courses given by Mrs. Watts. The letter also mentions the new map.
Extent: 1 Sheet
1958/07/16: Andrew T. Leiser to Roy Nordine (3.64523)
Date: July 16 1958Type: Document
Description:Leiser provides Nordine with information regarding Rhododendrons and different aspects of their horticultural variability including soil tolerance, color, and lime tolerance.
Extent: 3 pages
1952/05/19: Sterling Morton to C. E. Godshalk (3.84464)
Date: May 19 1952Creator: Morton, Sterling
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Sterling Morton to C. E. Godshalk informing him that he will pick up the plants on Thursday. He asks that Miss Rasch mail John Nordhouse a set of postcards; he will pay for them on Thursday. Nordhouse was secretary to J. Sterling Morton and Paul Morton.
Extent: 1 sheet
1951/04/26: Jean M. Cudahy to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.85965)
Date: April 26 1951Creator: Cudahy, Jean Morton
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Jean M. Cudahy to Clarence E. Godshalk. She has stayed longer in Florida to be safe driving the car north. Next she will visit with Mary Cudahy in New York. The household will leave and go to the Chicago apartment until June. She hopes that Mr. Nordine enjoyed the Junior Foresters in Omaha. She hopes that Godshalk got to see McArthur during his Chicago visit.
Extent: 4 sheets
1950/01/16: S. Glidden Baldwin to E. L. Kammerer (3.93836)
Date: January 16 1950Creator: Baldwin, S. Glidden
Type: Document
Description:Letter from S. Glidden Baldwin to E. L. Kammerer seeking sources for a few species of Oak that he has been unable to find in order to complete his Oak collection. He asks for nurseries that might offer Schumard [Shmuard] Oak, Schneck Oak, Blackjack Oak, and Post Oak.
1950/03/21: H. N. Metcalf to E. L. Kammerer (3.93999)
Date: March 21 1950Creator: Metcalf, H. N.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from H. N. Metcalf of the Montana State College Agricultural Experiment Station to E. L. Kammerer offering plants native to Montana for trial at The Morton Arboretum: Pachistima myrsinites, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, Sambucus melanocarpa, Betula fontinalis, Betula gladulosa [glandulosa], Alnus tenuifolia, Lonicera involucrata, Acer glabrum, Cornus stolonifera, Philadelphus lewisii, and various Cornus and Salix species. He asks if the Morton Arboretum might be able to provide propagating material of Forsythia ovata, Forsythia viridissima bronxensis, and possibly Cotoneaster multiflora seeds from Mr. Nordine. He also inquires about an upright form of Pinus sylvestris that he saw when he visited The Morton Arboretum.
1953/11/09: Jacques Legendre to E. L. Kammerer (3.94335)
Date: November 9 1953Creator: Legendre, Jacques L.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Lacques Legendre to E. L. Kammerer requesting seeds of Cornus officinalis, Cornus alternifolia, and Cotoneaster multiflora from Mr. Nordine and offering to send more Berberis Crimson Pigmy [Pygmy] specimens for the hedge trial.