#Giving Tuesday, 2015, How do you pronounce Arboretum? (3.62050)
Date: 2015Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Video
#Giving Tuesday, 2015, How long do trees live? (3.62051)
Date: 2015Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Video
#Giving Tuesday, 2015, What's the coolest thing you learned at The Morton Arboretum? (3.62073)
Date: 2015Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Video
#Giving Tuesday, 2015, Which of these isn't a real tree name? (3.62074)
Date: 2015Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Video
#Giving Tuesday, 2015, Why do trees drop their leaves? (3.62075)
Date: 2015Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Video
#Giving Tuesday, 2018, refresh (3.64099)
Date: October 30 2018Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Video
#GivingTuesday, 2017, social media (3.62968)
Date: November 16 2017Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Video
#GivingTuesday, 2017, webpage (3.62969)
Date: November 17 2017Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Video
07/05: Suzette Morton Zurcher to Arboretum (3.85895)
Date: July 18 2021Creator: Davidson, Suzette Morton
Type: Document
Description:A letter from Suzette Morton Zurcher to Arboretum asking to have patrol meet the train arriving to Lisle From Chicago, to have Monroes wash her windows, and is looking forward to returning to "Cricket Hill".
1921/02/01: Joy Morton to Sterling Morton (3.92107)
Date: February 1 1921Creator: Morton, Joy
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Joy Morton to Sterling Morton. He is enjoying the service at the Hotel Ritz in Barcelona. "The more I have thought of the Arboretum, the better I like it." He shares his vision for spring plantings of trees. "Confine our efforts to trees, not flowers, and only a few shrubs for effect." Check catalogs from Everyman Nursery in Sturgeon Bay, and Van Oven in Naperville.
Extent: 3 sheets
1921/03/25: Joy Morton to Sterling Morton (3.92115)
Date: March 25 1921Creator: Morton, Joy
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Joy Morton to Sterling Morton. He details his specifications for new trees, especially spruces, firs and poplars. He gives detailed instruction concerning water, for tree watering, fire suppression and beauty. He is convinced that his arboretum should be at Thornhill Farm. He shares several ideas for future growth.
Extent: 4 sheets
1924/11/06: Freight Bill (3.63947)
Date: November 6 1924Type: Document
Description:Freight bill for materials being sent to the Morton Arboretum.
Extent: 1 Sheet
1926/06/16: Paul F. Boyd to Morton Arboretum (3.101574)
Date: June 16 1926Creator: Boyd, Paul F.
Type: Document
Description:A check from Paul F. Boyd to Morton Arboretum, dated June 16, 1926.
Extent: 1 sheet
1926/07/06: Forest Nursery Co. to The Morton Arboretum (3.94191)
Date: July 6 1926Creator: Forest Nursery Company
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Forest Nursery Co. to The Morton Arboretum letting them know they can provide the following plants from the list of requests the Arboretum had sent: 50 Acer saccharium [saccarinum], 50 Acer saccharum, 50 Quercus alba, 100 Tilia americana, 50 Juglans nigra.
1926/10/23: R. E. Nixon to Morton Arboretum (3.101586)
Date: October 23 1926Creator: Nixon, R. E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from R. E. Nixon, Purchasing Department of Morton Salt Company to Morton Arboretum.
Extent: 1 sheet
1926/11/16: C. Norwood Hastie to Morton Arboretum (3.101588)
Date: November 16 1926Creator: Hastie, C. Norwood
Type: Document
Description:Letter from C. Norwood Hastie, owner of Magnolia Gardens in Charleston, SC to Morton Arboretum. He is thankful for the plants which were sent to him. He asks how high they will grow and what colors that flowers will be. He requests any future plants that aren't cold hardy enough for Illinois but would likely grow in his region.
Extent: 2 sheets
192608/07: Forest Nursery Company to The Morton Arboretum (3.94203)
Date: August 7 1926Creator: Forest Nursery Company
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Forest Nursery Company to The Morton Arboretum letting them know that their order was received and will be processed, and hoping they remember them for future plant orders.
1927/07/26: Morton Arboretum to Malleable Steel Range Mfg. (3.101783)
Date: July 26 1927Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Document
Description:Letter from "RWH" of Morton Arboretum to Malleable Steel Range Mfg. Co in South Bend, Indiana.
Extent: 1 sheet
1928/01/20: The Pacific Lumber Company of Illinois to Morton Arboretum 1928/02/23 : The Pacific Lumber Company of Illinois to Morton Arboretum (3.101878)
Date: January 20 1928Creator: Pacific Lumber Company of Illinois
Type: Document
Description:Two postcards from The Pacific Lumber Company of Illinois, 332 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois to Morton Arboretum, acknowledging orders for Redwoods which will be shipped from their local warehouse.
Extent: 2 sheets
1928/06/12: Benjamin R. Hoffman to Morton Arboretum (3.101841)
Date: June 12 1928Creator: Hoffman, Benjamin
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Benjamin R. Hoffman to Morton Arboretum. Arnold Arboretum showed him a form of shrub label fixed on a vertical spur for setting in the ground. He would like a price quote in quantities of a hundred. In pencil at the bottom is a line of shorthand notes.
Extent: 1 sheet
1928/08/07: Hinsdale Sanitarium Laboratory to Morton Farm (3.101853)
Date: August 7 1928Creator: Hinsdale Sanitarium Laboratory
Type: Document
Description:Statement from Hinsdale Sanitarium to Morton Farm. Report of examination of water for typhoid: Widal negative (all dilutions.) Signed by H. E. Ford, Analyst.
Extent: 1 sheet
1929/02/04: Clarence E. Godshalk to Joy Morton (3.99718)
Date: February 7 1929Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Clarence E. Godshalk to Joy Morton. Plant specimens from the E. J. Palmer collecting trip in southwestern Texas that were sent to Mr. Teuscher are very good. "Due to our decision to make the herbarium contain only plants grown in our Arboretum, the specimens collected in Texas are of no value to us." "We'll keep the collection until we decide on the best means of disposal." Mr. Teuscher says that you ok'd the $500 share of the trip, so it should be paid. "I do not think Morton Arboretum has derived any direct benefit from the trip, but the expedition has been beneficial to botanical science in general."
Extent: 1 sheet
1929/07/11: Phoenix Farms to The Morton Arboretum (3.101881)
Date: July 11 1929Type: Document
Description:Letter from Marjorie Lyon Smith of Phoenix Farms asking about a tour for the Forest Ridge Garden Club next spring.
Extent: 1 sheet
1930/01/06: The Morton Arboretum to the Oslo Botanic Garden (3.94035)
Date: January 6 1930Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Document
Description:Letter from the Morton Arboretum (appears to be written by E. L. Kammerer) to the Oslo Botanic Garden requesting seeds from the seed exchange list they had sent: alnus incana aouminata, amelanchier ovalis, cotoneaster melanocarpa commixta, crataegus monogyna laciniata, and sorbopyrus auricularis.
1930/01/08: Edwin D. Weary to E. L. Kammerer (3.93657)
Date: January 8 1930Creator: Weary, Edwin D.
Type: Document
Description:Discusses his belief that a Tree of Heaven [Ailanthus altissima] in his yard has an entirely different species growing out of the top of the tree. Asks again for a recommended species of ivy to use for the south wall of an apartment building. Mentions a Catalpa tree which he has preserved with black Wurtzilite.
1930/01/15: The Morton Arboretum to Prof. Dr. N. Kosanin (3.94190)
Date: January 15 1930Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Document
Description:Letter from The Morton Arboretum to Prof. Dr. N. Kosanin, Director of the Belgrade Botanic Garden, requesting the following seeds from their seed exchange list: Acer visianii, Iris mellita, Iris sindjarensis, Rosa setacea.
1930/01/24: The Morton Arboretum to the Berlin Botanic Garden (3.94100)
Date: January 24 1930Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Document
Description:Letter from The Morton Arboretum to the Berlin Botanic Garden requesting the following seeds of their 1930 seed exchange list: Picea glauca coerulea, Picea canadensis var. coerulea, Clematis heracleifolia var. Davidiana, Clematis tangutica var. Farreri, Berberis buenosayrensis, Ribes divaricatum montanum, Amelanchier cretica, Cotoneaster racemiflora Royleana, Prunus curdica, Prunus japonica var. Engleri, Prunus Jaquemontii, Rosa Chavinii, Spiraea japonica var. diaciflora, Acer crataegifolium, Acer orientale var. rotundifolium [Acer sempervirens], Acer Sieboldianum, Acer tataricum Slendzinskii, Acer tataricum Slendzinskii oblongifolium, Acer truncatum, Rhamnus Wrightii, Tilia glabra (americana) densiflora macrophylla, Cornus sanguinea var. Mietzschii, Fontanesia phillyreoides linearis, Fraxinus syriaca oligophylla, Syringa josikaea rubra, Lonicera microphylla var. robustior, Viburnum lantana fol. marginatis [marginatus], Viburnum lantana fol. punctatis [punctatus], Viburnum opulus fructu luteo.
1930/01/28: Frank K Balthus to Director of Morton Arboretum (3.94801)
Date: January 28 1930Creator: Balthis, Frank K.
Type: Document
Description:Letter asking for a list of trees, shrubs, and perennials recommended for gardeners looking for "something different." The information is requested for a program the Conservatory is putting on called "New Plants of Decorative and Flowering Value."
1930/02/15: E. H. Wilson to Morton Arboretum [Gentlemen] (3.62014)
Date: February 15 1930Creator: Wilson, Ernest Henry, 1876-1930.
Type: Document
Description:Thank you from E.H. Wilson fr receipt of scions of Malus flexilis, M. Hartwigii and Sorbus Matsumrana.
Extent: 1 sheet
1930/02/21: Morton Arboretum to Onarga Nursery Co. (3.94141)
Date: February 21 1930Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Document
Description:Letter from the Morton Arboretum to Onarga Nursery Co. placing an order for the following plants: 50 Currants "Victoria," 100 Cumberland Raspberries, 400 Latham Raspberries, 250 Eldorado Blackberries, 100 Aesculus Hippocastanum, 250 Aesculus Octandra, 250 Betula alba, 250 Betula lutea, 100 Crataegus oxycantha, 50 Black Locust, 25 Liriodendron tulipifera, 250 Juglans nigra.
1930/02/21: Old Farm Nurseries to The Morton Arboretum (3.94140)
Date: February 21 1930Creator: Old Farm Nurseries
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Old Farm Nurseries to the Morton Arboretum thanking them for their order and letting them know that their stock of Picea excelsa dumosa, Mme R. Goyer lilac and Sinai lilac are exhausted, but they will send as soon as they are able.
1930/02/25: Onarga Nursery Co. to The Morton Arboretum (3.94070)
Date: February 25 1930Creator: Onarga Nursery Co.
Type: Document
Description:Order acknowledgment from Onarga Nursery Co. for The Morton Arboretum's order of: 50 Victoria Currante [Victoria Currant], 100 Cumberland Raspberries [Rubus Idaeus 'Cumberland'], 400 Latham Raspberries [Rubus idaeus 'Latham'], 250 Elderado [Eldorado] Blackberries [Rubus fruticosus], 100 Aesculus hippocastanum, 250 Aesculus octandra, 250 Betula alba, 250 Betula lutea, 100 Crataegus oxyacantha, 50 Black Locust, 25 Tulip Tree, and 250 Black Walnut (Juglans nigra).
1930/02/27: Onarga Nursery Co. to The Morton Arboretum (3.94151)
Date: February 27 1930Creator: Onarga Nursery Co.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Onarga Nursery Co. to The Morton Arboretum letting them know they do not have any Betula lutea seedlings to fulfill their order.
1930/03/01: Onarga Nursery Co. to The Morton Arboretum (3.94158)
Date: March 1 1930Creator: Onarga Nursery Co.
Type: Document
Description:Order acknowledgement from Onarga Nursery Co. for the Morton Arboretum's order of 1000 Juniper Chinensis and 300 Russian Mulberry.
1930/03/03: Old Farm Nurseries to The Morton Arboretum (3.94160)
Date: March 3 1930Creator: Old Farm Nurseries
Type: Document
Description:Letter accompanying an invoice for conifers and shrubs from Old Farm Nurseries to the Morton Arboretum, notifying that the order has shipped. Notes that Fraxinus excelsiot [excelsior] var. aureo pendula and Populus alba picardii are on stems.