Charles Lewis in greenhouse (3.5058)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Charles Lewis in greenhouse
Extent: 1 photograph
Charles Lewis at desk (3.5055)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Charles Lewis at desk
Extent: 1 photograph
Green nature/human nature : the meaning of plants in our lives / Charles A. Lewis. (3.21890)
Creator: Lewis, Charles A.
Type: Book
Extent: xix, 148 p. : ill. 24 cm.
The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 10 No. 01 (3.34467)
Date: March 21 – June 20 1974Type: Serial
Description:
- Argument for an Old Bog (1-7)
- “Fantasy in a Wood-Block” (8-9)
- Arbor Day Thoughts (10-11)
- Maidenhair Tree, Ginkgo biloba: Ginkgo Family (Ginkgoaceae) (12-13)
- News & c: Research Notes/ People & Projects/ Climatological Summary (14-15)
- The Lookout (16)
Extent: 16 pages
The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 10 No. 02 (3.34468)
Date: June 21 – September 20 1974Type: Serial
Description:
- Living Footnotes in a Garden (17-26)
- Research Notes/ Climatological Summary (27-29)
- Bur Oak, Quercus macrocarpa: Beech Family (Fagaceae) (30-31)
- The Unexpected Drop-In (32)
(links to these articles can be found below under RELATED OBJECTS)
Extent: 16 pages
The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 10 No. 03 (3.34469)
Date: September 21 – December 20 1974Type: Serial
Description:
- Immigrant Plants (33-39)
- Norway Maple, Acer platanoides: Maple Family (Aceraceae) (40-41)
- Impressions of Wolf Road Prairie (42-44)
- Research Notes/ People & Projects/ Climatological Summary (45-47)
- Acorns Large & Small (48)
Extent: 16 pages
The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 10 No. 04 (3.34470)
Date: December 21 1974 – March 20 1975Type: Serial
Description:
- Site Changes and Root Damage: Some Problems with Oaks (49-53)
- Diagnosing and Preventing Diebacks and Declines of Urban Trees: Lessons From Some Forest Counterparts (54-59)
- Redbud, Cercis canadensis: Pea Family (Leguminosae) (60-61)
- People & Projects/ Climatological Summary (62-63)
- Of the Infirmities of Trees, & c. (64)
Extent: 16 pages
The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 11 No. 01 (3.34471)
Date: March 21 – June 20 1975Type: Serial
Description:
- Miyabe Maple: A Tree Worth Knowing More About (1-3)
- Focus: The Nature Study & Camera Club after ten Years (4-8)
- A Tree by Any Other Name…(Or: What is Behind Name Changes?) (9-13, 16)
- Cornelian Cherry Dogwood, Cornus mas: Dogwood Family (Cornaceae) (14-15)
- Climatological Summary (16)
Extent: 16 pages
The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 11 No. 02 (3.34472)
Date: June 21 – September 20 1975Type: Serial
Description:
- “Nature City”: Translating the Natural Environment into Urban Language (17-22)
- American Plants in Porcelain Sculpture (23-25)
- I Loved a Frog Pond (26-27)
- Exploring a Pond in summer… (28-29)
- Flowering Dogwood, Cornus florida: Dogwood Family (Cornaceae) (30-31)
- People and Projects/ Climatological Summary (32)
Extent: 16 pages
“Nature City”: Translating the Natural Environment into Urban Language (3.10714)
Date: June 21 – September 20 1975Creator: Lewis, Charles A.
Type: Article
The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 11 No. 03 (3.34473)
Date: September 21 – December 20 1975Type: Serial
Description:
- The Rose: Plant and Symbol (33-37)
- Reading May Watts (38-41)
- Wild Plum, Prunus americana: Rose Family (Rosaceae) (42-43)
- The Origin of Halloween (44-45)
- People & Projects/ Climatological Summary (46-47)
- Autumn (48)
Extent: 16 pages
The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 11 No. 04 (3.34474)
Date: December 21 1975 – March 20 1976Type: Serial
Description:
- I Envy the Goose (49-55)
- How to Learn from Nature (56-59)
- Downy Hawthorn, Crataegus mollis: Rose Family (Rosaceae) (60-61)
- Research Notes/ Climatological Summary (62-63)
- Ladies First (64)
Extent: 16 pages
The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 12 No. 01 (3.34475)
Date: March 21 – June 20 1976Type: Serial
Description:
- On the Nature & Pedigree of Garden Seeds (1-9)
- Humphry Marshall (1722-1801): Author of the First American Book on Trees (10-11)
- Washington Hawthorn, Cretaegus phaenopyrum: Rose Family (Rosaceae) (12-13)
- Q Readers Respond (14-15)
- People & Projects/ Climatological Summary (16)
Extent: 16 pages
The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 12 No. 02 (3.34476)
Date: June 21 – September 20 1976Type: Serial
Description:
- A Day with Aldo Leopold (17-21)
- Honey Locust, Gleditsia triacanthos: Legume Family (Leguminosae) (22-23)
- Early America in Plant Names (Part I) (24-29)
- People & Projects/ Climatological Summary (30-31)
- The Lookout (32)
Extent: 16 pages
Rhododendron Culture at the Morton Arboretum (3.10752)
Date: September 21 – December 20 1976Creator: Lewis, Charles A.
Type: Article
Lunching & Learning with Suzette Morton Davidson: A Morton Family Album - Personal Reminiscences of the Morton Family (3.31581)
Date: January 19 1978Type: Audio
Description:Lunching and Learning program presented by Suzette Morton Davidson on the topic of Morton family history. Introduction by Charles Lewis.
Extent: 1 audio cassette
Healing in the Urban Environment: A Person/Plant Viewpoint (3.10804)
Date: September 21 – December 20 1978Creator: Lewis, Charles A.
Type: Article
Plan of May T. Watts Reading Garden, Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois [planting plan, worksheet, spring] (3.6726)
Date: 1980sCreator: Bloom, John and Sally
Type: Plan
Description:Landscape and planting plan for May T. Watts Reading Garden labeled "Work Sheet - Spring", includes plant names and the following note in pencil: Maintenance Requests - John Swisher. Changing Plants - Add - Plants - Charles Lewis.
Extent: 1 sheet
The Heat of Many Summers’ Suns (3.10855)
Date: September 21 – December 20 1981Creator: Lewis, Charles A.
Type: Article
The Arboretum as a Museum (3.10859)
Date: December 21 1981 – March 20 1982Creator: Lewis, Charles A.
Type: Article
Events, News, & Classes: Autumn 1983 (3.113774)
Date: 1983Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Autumn 1983 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as Bluegrass at Thornhill and a Bonsai Exhibit at Thornhill. It also includes behind the scenes gardening information and how volunteers fight tent caterpillars and mentions a problem with deer eating young plants. It also has a list of classes.
Extent: 5 pages
Nancy Stevenson presents Alice Burlingame Humanitarian Services Award to Charles Lewis (3.4066)
Date: 1984Type: Photographic image
Description:Nancy Stevenson of the National Council for Therapy and Rehabilitation through Horticulture Awards Committee presents the Alice Burlingame Humanitarian Services Award to Charles Lewis of The Morton Arboretum, as Alice Burlingame looks on
Extent: 1 photograph
Events, News, & Classes: Autumn 1984 (3.113775)
Date: 1984Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Autumn 1984 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as the Yuletide celebration and a lecture about "The Arboretum and Chicago's Architectural Heritage". The Arboretum also received a grant from the National Park Service of the United States Department of Interior to study the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.
Extent: 5 pages
Events, News, & Classes: Winter 1984 (3.113778)
Date: 1984Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Spring 1984 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as making maple syrup, the Yuletide Celebration, and the member's chamber music series. Local 12-year-old 4H member Wendy Reed wrote in to show your DuPage County Fair blue ribbon winning project showing conservation and the possible effects of proposed highway FAP 431. A picture shows the construction of the brick walkway that leads visitors to the gardens south of the Visitor Center.
Extent: 5 pages
Events, News, & Classes: Winter 1985 (3.113782)
Date: 1985Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Autumn 1985 Events, News & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as a weekend getaway at the arboretum, a seminar on evergreens, and a lecture on plant diseases and human history. Field trips were scheduled for bald eagle watching in Savanna, IL, a Starved Rock State Park trip, and Chicago's Crystal Palaces of Garfield Park and Lincoln Park. Charles C. Haffner, Chairman of the Arboretum's Board of Trustees, received the Sol Feinstone Award, and Charles Lewis, Horticulturalist and Administrator of the Arboretum's Collections Programs, received the "Alice Burlingame Award for Humanitarian Service." The Fragrance Garden opened west of the Thornhill Building and approximately 6,000 people attended the 1984 Fall Festival.
Extent: 5 pages
Events, News, & Classes: Autumn 1985 (3.113779)
Date: 1985Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Autumn 1985 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as several mushroom-related activities, bird walks, and an upcoming field seminar to England discussing gardens and landscapes.
Extent: 5 pages
Events, News, & Classes: Spring 1985 (3.113780)
Date: 1985Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Spring 1985 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as welcoming Spring with classes like Arboretum Spring and The Nature of Spring. There are also several opportunities for birding. Field seminars were offered for Spring in the Southern Appalachians and Isle of Royale Adventure, and field trips were available to Braidwood, IL, Starved Rock State Park, Warren Woods, and Nelson Lake Marsh. The Atlantic Richfield Foundation Grant awarded $125,000 to support the project "City Trees For City People".
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Autumn 1985 (3.107023)
Date: 1985Creator: Stowell, Gladys, Kaskey, Marjorie
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Autumn 1985 Branches Newsletter features articles about: the decline of the Scotts and red pines plots and efforts by Plant Pathologist Dr. Tom Green and intern Sabine Huhndorf to discover the cause of pine wilt disease; and development of the Activity Arc to assist urban and suburban home gardeners with landscaping their properties. The Activity Arc includes the Ground Cover, Hedges, Dwarf Shrubs, Fragrant Plants, Roses and Woody Herbs gardens. Volunteer opportunities, educational opportunities and upcoming events are featured.
Extent: 4 pages
Events, News, & Classes: Summer 1985 (3.113781)
Date: 1985Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Summer 1985 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as a bluegrass concert at Thornhill Conference Center by the group Buck's Stove & Range Company. Bugs took center stage with the discussion Creepy Crawlies and Other Curious Things and the children's activity Hidden Worlds. Field trips visited the prairies of Carrol County, Crabtree Nature Center in Barrington, the Volo Bog, Glacier Park in McHenry County, and McKee Marsh in Warrenville.
Extent: 5 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of the Morton Arboretum, Winter 1986 (3.107029)
Date: 1986Creator: Stowell, Gladys, Kaskey, Marjorie
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Winter 1986 Branches Newsletter features articles about: berm building along the new north/south tollway to mitigate sound and air pollution, the Outpost hosting 5th grade classes from local Montessori schools for the resident program and the health and survival of plants at the Arboretum as they overwinter. Upcoming events, classes and a special training based on the new Volunteer Handbook are highlighted.
Extent: ;6 pages
Events, News, & Classes: Spring 1986 (3.113784)
Date: 1986Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Spring 1986 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as lectures about Tuberous Begonias and plants for troublesome spots. A future trip to Kenya for a field seminar was announced. Field trips include Starved Rock State Park, Warren Woods, and Mississippi Palisades State Park. A field seminar on English gardens and landscapes also took place. The Arboretum announced that library staff would begin cataloging and indexing the rare book collection to make it more accessible.
Extent: 5 pages
1986/10/13: Rick Hootman to George Ware et al. (3.37614)
Date: October 13 1986Creator: Hootman, Rick
Type: Document
Description:Arboretum memo from Rick Hootman to Dr. Hall, Charles Lewis, Tony Tyznik, George Ware, and Duane Henry. Notes from meeting of Oct. 9, 1986 concerning berm erosion, berm plants, and new amenity lake.
Extent: 2 sheets
1986/10/11: Ross Clark to Charles Lewis (3.108556)
Date: October 31 1986Creator: Clark, Ross C.
Type: Document
Description:Activity Arc & Bonsai - proposal for a permanent bonsai display at The Morton Arboretum.
Extent: 1 sheet
An Administrator’s Perspective (3.10945)
Date: December 21 1986 – March 20 1987Creator: Lewis, Charles A.
Type: Article
Events, News, & Classes: Winter 1987 (3.113790)
Date: 1987Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Winter 1987 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as the upcoming Yuletide Celebration, Members' Ski Program, a Winter Ecology Walk, and Winter Bird Walks. There is also a lecture about Learning to Live With Expressways. The Great Lakes Forest Soils Conference, organized by Patrick Kelsey, Arboretum Research Soil Scientist, and Richard Hootman, Research Soil Specialist, took place with topics emphasizing soil development in undisturbed areas and disturbed or urbanized areas of the Arboretum problems associated with the growth of woody plants on "urban" soils; and the management of soils and vegetation in areas disturbed by construction. The Arboretum also received grants from the Institute of Museum Services, The Robert R. McCormick Charitable Trust; Chicago White Metal Charitable Foundation; Burroughs Corporation; AT&T Foundation; Bell Information Systems; Household Finance Corporation; Staley Continental, Inc.; W.W. Grainger, Inc.; The John D. and Catherin T. MacArthur Foundation; the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education; and Allied-Signal Inc.
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