Chemical Deicers and the Environment (1.10299)
Date: 1992Creator: Kelsey, Pat, Hootman, Rick
Type: Book
Rita Hassert oral history interview, 2022 June 22. (3.102431)
Date: June 22 2022Type: Audio
Description:A digital recording of an oral history interview with Rita Hassert, Library Collections Manager of the Sterling Morton Library. This interview was conducted by Kristin Arnold and took place on June 22, 2022 in the conference room of the library at The Morton Arboretum. This is the first of two interviews.
The interview focuses on Hassert's experiences before and during her employment at The Morton Arboretum, which began in 1986. Topics include her early memories of the Arboretum and the library, the library's collection of nursery catalogs, the Chamber Concert Series and other Arboretum events she helped coordinate, the Employee Giving Committee, and her involvement with the Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries.
Salt Study, Pat Kelsey (left) and Rick Hootman (right) working with tools (3.102561)
Date: 1990sType: Photographic image
Description:A black and white photographic print of Pat Kelsey (left) and Rick Hootman (right) working with tools in a field.
Extent: 1 photograph
Salt Study, Pat Kelsey (left) and Rick Hootman (right) working with tool (3.102562)
Date: 1990sType: Photographic image
Description:A black and white photographic print of Pat Kelsey (left) and Rick Hootman (right) working with tool in a field.
Extent: 1 photograph
Salt Study, Pat Kelsey (left) and Rick Hootman (right) working with tools (3.102563)
Date: 1990sType: Photographic image
Description:A black and white photographic print of Pat Kelsey (left) and Rick Hootman (right) working with tools in a field that appears to be on The Morton Arboretum grounds.
Extent: 1 photograph
Salt Study, Pat Kelsey (left) and Rick Hootman (right) working with tools (3.102564)
Date: 1990sType: Photographic image
Description:A black and white photographic print of Pat Kelsey (left) and Rick Hootman (right) working with tools in a field that appears to be on The Morton Arboretum grounds.
Extent: 1 photograph
Salt Study, Pat Kelsey (left) and Rick Hootman (right) working with tools (3.102565)
Date: 1990sType: Photographic image
Description:A black and white photographic print of Pat Kelsey (left) and Rick Hootman (right) working with tools in a field.
Extent: 1 photograph
Salt Study, Pat Kelsey (left) and Rick Hootman (right) working with tools (3.102567)
Date: 1990sType: Photographic image
Description:A black and white photographic print of Pat Kelsey (left) and Rick Hootman (right) working with tools in a field.
Extent: 1 photograph
Salt Study, Pat Kelsey (left) and Rick Hootman (right) working with tools (3.102568)
Date: 1990sType: Photographic image
Description:A color photograph on foam board of Pat Kelsey (left) and Rick Hootman (right) working with tools on what appears to the The Morton Arboretum's grounds.
Extent: 1 photograph
Salt Study, Pat Kelsey (left) and Rick Hootman (right) working with tools (3.102569)
Date: 1990sType: Photographic image
Description:A color photograph on foam board of Pat Kelsey (left) and Rick Hootman (right) working with tools on what appears to the The Morton Arboretum's grounds.
Extent: 1 photograph
[Soils Mapped on the Schulenberg Prairie of the Morton Arboretum] (3.106096)
Date: circa 1990Creator: Hootman, Rick, Allen, Kimberly
Type: Map
Description:Numbered sections refer to soil series. Appears to be an early draft
Extent: 1 sheet
Schulenberg Prairie of The Morton Arboretum (3.106153)
Date: 1990Creator: Hootman, Rick
Type: Map
Description:Key indicates trails, perennial streams, and intermittent streams. Map also shows roads and surrounding buildings.
Extent: 1 sheet
Schulenberg Prairie of The Morton Arboretum (3.106154)
Date: 1990Creator: Hootman, Rick
Type: Map
Description:A map of the Schulenberg Prairie of The Morton Arboretum divided into 11 numbered sections. Key indicates trails, perennial streams, and intermittent streams. Map shows roads and surrounding buildings.
Extent: 1 sheet
Schulenberg Prairie of The Morton Arboretum (3.106155)
Date: 1990Creator: Hootman, Rick
Type: Map
Description:A map of the Schulenberg Prairie with the types of terrain labeled, such as upland savanna, lowland savanna, wet prairie, and hilltop prairie. Key indicates trails, perennial streams, and intermittent streams. Map also shows roads and surrounding buildings. A note reads, "Entrance to the Schulenberg Prairie is from Parking Lot 25 on the Arboretum's West Side. Follow the signs 'to the Prairie.'"
Extent: 1 sheet
Urban Vegetation Laboratory Report, V2. 2 No. 1, 1989 (3.106912)
Date: March 21 – June 20 1989Creator: Irving, Gary, Hart, Nancy , Joseph Larken, Larkin, Joe
Type: Document
Description:Newsletter of the Morton Arboretum Urban Vegetation Laboratory. Items covered in this issue:
Arboretum Berm Construction
Certification for Soil Scientist Patrick Kelsey
Member's Cooperative Research Program
Poplars for Use on Urban Landscapes
Oak Mycorrhizae
Tree Crown and Root System Asymmetry
Winter Salt Dispersion in the Arboretum
Extent: 4 pages in newsletter format
Site Suitability and Soil Boring Logs for the Proposed Crabapple Lake, Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois (3.106931)
Date: January 15 1987Creator: Kelsey, Pat, Hootman, Rick
Type: Document
Description:A draft report of studies conducted in January, 1987, to determine the suitability of a site proposed for a lake near the Crabapple collection to add an amenity feature, wildlife habitat, replacement of ecosystems lost to the North-South Tollway project and additional drainage.
Extent: 10 sheets
Deicing Salt and Heavy Metal dispersion from an Urban Expressway onto Long-Undisturbed Ecosystems in Northern Illinois, U.S.A. (3.106964)
Date: 1986Creator: Patrick, Kelsey, Hootman, Rick
Type: Document
Description:A report on aerial deposition and soil concentration of Na, Pb, Cd, Cu and Zn in an area of Morton Arboretum adjacent to an expressway.
Extent: 6 sheets
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of the Morton Arboretum, Summer 1991 (3.107049)
Date: 1991Creator: Way, Carol
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Summer 1991 Branches Newsletter contains articles on the following: an interview with artist and Curator of Rare Prints, Nancy Hart Stieber; and an article about the West Chicago Prairie and the study of it's soil by Morton Arboretum Soil Scientists Rick Hootman and Pat Kelsey. Information about volunteer positions, volunteers, classes and events is included along with lists of new volunteers
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
1988/07/12: Rick Hootman to Berm Meeting Attendees (3.108567)
Date: July 12 1988Creator: Hootman, Rick
Type: Document
Description:Notes on issues related to berms discussed at the meeting on 07/12/1988.
Extent: 2 pages
Landscape Features of The Morton Arboretum (3.11007)
Date: September 21 – December 20 1990Creator: Hootman, Rick, Kelsey, Pat
Type: Article
Woody Plants and Roadway Salt: An Urban Dilemma (3.11042)
Date: September 21 – December 20 1992Creator: Hootman, Rick, Kelsey, Pat
Type: Article
Arbor Day: A Morton Tradition (3.11064)
Date: March 21 – June 20 1994Creator: Hootman, Rick
Type: Article
Ginkgo (Maidenhair Tree), Ginkgo biloba (3.11091)
Date: September 21 – December 20 1995Creator: Hootman, Rick
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.
Events, News, & Classes: Summer 1988 (3.113793)
Date: 1988Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Autumn 1988 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as the program "Cry Havoc! Weeds! (Part 2)" and a field trip to Milwaukee's Botanical Gardens. The construction of Crabapple Lake was announced. Margo Brumis and Beth Robinson joined the Arboretum staff. Ray Schulenberg and Robert Betz received United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) awards.
Rick Hootman's Retirement Video (3.31839)
Date: 2015Creator: Gortner, Vince
Type: Video
Description:Video created by staff members in honor of Rick Hootman's retirement in 2015 after over 30 years at the Arboretum.
South Farm Land Use (3.35374)
Date: December 30 1988Creator: Kelsey, Pat
Type: Plan
Description:March 3, 1989 - South Farm Parking Lot Adjustments
March 6, 1989 - Location Code Data
Extent: 1 sheet
South Farm Land Use (3.35375)
Date: December 30 1988Creator: Kelsey, Pat
Type: Map
Description:Feb. 13, 1989: Survey data added.
Revision
Extent: 1 sheet
Sterling Morton Library climate-controlled vault construction, compact shelving (3.37325)
Date: November 1999Creator: Hootman, Rick
Type: Photographic image
Description:Sterling Morton Library climate-controlled vault construction, compact shelving
Extent: 1 slide
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
1996/01/24: Rick Hootman to all employees [George Ware] (3.38210)
Date: January 24 1996Creator: Hootman, Rick
Type: Document
Description:Arboretum memo from Rick Hootman encouraging staff to sign up to work the Flower and Garden Show, whose theme will be, "Trees are Cool! Shade Trees for Chicago".
Extent: 1 sheet
Research Department Computer Software and Hardware Sharing Requirements (3.39927)
Date: October 10 1990Type: Document
Description:A series of 12 documents outlining existing computer equipment and an explanation of information needs, desired software, hardware, and applications within the Arboretum's Research Department for Marlin Bowles, Webb Crowley, Tom Green, Richard Hootman, Patrick Kelsey, Elizabeth Shimp, Mike Spravka, Gary Watson, Fay Wheatman, Chris Whelan, Gerould Wilhelm, and Linda Wetstein.
Extent: 12 sheets
1997/04/11: Rick Hootman and Doris Taylor to George Ware et al. (3.41605)
Date: April 11 1997Creator: Hootman, Rick, Taylor, Doris
Type: Document
Description:Memo from Rick Hootman and Doris Taylor to George Ware and others briefly describing community tree planting ceremonies for several suburbs to commemorate Arbor Day. Includes two completed forms for Hinsdale and Woodridge planting ceremonies and photocopied map of Hindsdale.
Extent: 4 sheets
1997/04/22: Rick Hootman to George Ware (3.41606)
Date: April 22 1997Creator: Hootman, Rick
Type: Document
Description:Memo from Rick Hootman to George Ware explaining how an Arbor Day tree planting ceremony will be conducted in Woodridge, Illinois.
Extent: 3 sheets
Rick Hootman and Joe Larkin reviewing maps and plans in the new Map Room (3.4230)
Date: 1989Creator: Irving, Gary
Type: Photographic image
Description:Rick Hootman (left) and Joe Larkin (right) reviewing maps and plans in the new Map Room, located in the Administration Building basement
Extent: 1 photograph