Fall Planting to Date, January 11, 1932 (3.101358)
Date: January 11 1932Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:List of the numbers and types of trees and shrubs that were dug, moved, or transplanted in the fall through January 11, 1932. The list also included seeds collected and placed.
Extent: 1 sheet
1932/02/01: Norma Bryan to C. E. Godshalk (3.101359)
Date: February 1 1932Creator: Bryan, Norma A.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Secretary to Founder (Norma Bryan) to C. E. Godshalk telling him they are sending him a bound copy of last year's bulletins under separate cover.
Extent: 1 sheet
1932/02/29: Norma Bryan to C. E. Godshalk (3.101360)
Date: February 29 1932Creator: Bryan, Norma A.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Secretary to Founder (Norma Bryan) to C. E. Godshalk notifying him that they have received formal notice of his deposit of $20.00 to the Continental Illinois Bank and Trust Company, minus a 5 cent exchange charge.
Extent: 1 sheet
1932/03/11: [Norma Bryan] to C. E. Godshalk (3.101361)
Date: March 11 1932Creator: Bryan, Norma A.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from [Norma Bryan] to C. E. Godshalk notifying him that she received deposit receipts from the Continental Illinois Bank and Trust Company for $282.34 on March 8 and $20.00 on March 9. She will have them entered in the deposit book.
Extent: 1 sheet
1932/03/28: Norma Bryan to C. E. Godshalk (3.101362)
Date: March 28 1932Creator: Bryan, Norma A.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Secretary to Founder (Norma Bryan) to C. E. Godshalk notifying him that Continental Illinois Bank and Trust Company sent them notifications of deposits may by Godshalk of $10.00 on March 23 and $4.88 on March 24.
Extent: 1 sheet
1932/03/28: C. E. Godshalk to Joy Morton (3.101363)
Date: March 28 1932Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from C. E. Godshalk to Joy Morton telling him of the effect on work of the recent blizzard at the Arboretum. Their Chicago Garden Show entry includes forced early flowering shrubs that are a part of an exhibit showing a future path entrance into the Arboretum. The exhibit is meant to show the natural effect of the Arboretum and will include a rail fence, red cedars, the flowering shrubs, and a large hawthorne. They will have a bulletin board which will display an Arboretum map and various Arboretum bulletins along with subscription blanks for the bulletins. Due to the snow, nothing is being done on the roads except the Odgen Avenue overhead bridge. He is glad they are both having such a nice trip and looks forward to seeing them back at Thornhill.
Extent: 2 sheets
1932/04/08: Norma Bryan to C. E. Godshalk (3.101364)
Date: April 8 1932Creator: Bryan, Norma A.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Secretary to Founder (Norma Bryan) to C. E. Godshalk telling him she has deposited the $500.00 to the Morton Arboretum's account. They had also entered the March deposits that Godshalk made directly in Lisle in the deposit book. The bank returned the notices as duplicate; she is sending them to Godshalk for his files.
Extent: 1 sheet
1932/04/16: Norma Bryan to C. E. Godshalk (3.101365)
Date: April 16 1932Creator: Bryan, Norma A.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Secretary to Founder (Norma Bryan) to C.E. Godshalk stating that they have received notice from the bank of his deposit of $3,071.99 on April 14.
Extent: 1 sheet
1932/04/22: Norma Bryan to C. E. Godshalk (3.101366)
Date: April 22 1932Creator: Bryan, Norma A.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Secretary to Founder (Norma Bryan) to C. E. Godshalk telling him that Mr. Grove Porter of Nebraska City wrote to Mr. Morton saying that he received the Chinese elms and the shrubbery from the Arboretum. It is a nice assortment of stock, and he is most appreciative.
Extent: 1 sheet
1932/04/22: Norma Bryan to C. E. Godshalk (3.101367)
Date: April 22 1932Creator: Bryan, Norma A.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Secretary to Founder (Norma Bryan) to C. E. Godshalk enclosing the Arboretum Bulletin subscribers' list along with the list of those who receive the bulletin for free. She will have the prospective list out before long, but it needs to be updated with fresh names. They add anyone who inquires at their office about the Arboretum to this list. She asks Godshalk to look at the free list and remove the names of those who have not recently done anything for the Arboretum.
Extent: 1 sheet
1932/04/26: [Norma Bryan] to C. E. Godshalk (3.101368)
Date: April 26 1932Creator: Bryan, Norma A.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from [Norma Bryan] to C. E. Godshalk stating she has his letter about the check books. She ordered two more, and she will send them out as soon as they are received, probably in the next week. They have notice from the Continental Illinois Bank and Trust Company of Godshalk's deposit of $376.96 on April 21.
Extent: 1 sheet
1932/05/04: Norma Bryan to C. E. Godshalk (3.101369)
Date: May 4 1932Creator: Bryan, Norma A.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Secretary to Founder (Norma Bryan) to C. E. Godshalk stating she has received notice from The Continental Illinois Bank and Trust Company of his deposit of $7.10 on April 27.
Extent: 1 sheet
1932/05/19: Norma Bryan to C. E. Godshalk (3.101370)
Date: May 19 1932Creator: Bryan, Norma A.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Secretary to Founder (Norma Bryan) to C. E. Godshalk regarding bank account information.
Extent: 1 sheet
1932/05/19: Norma Bryan to C. E. Godshalk (3.101371)
Date: May 19 1932Creator: Bryan, Norma A.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Secretary to Founder (Norma Bryan) to C. E. Godshalk sending him a document from Continental Illinois Bank and Trust Company stating the Lisle Farms Co. check for $525.56 is returned per his telephone request.
Extent: 1 sheet
1932/05/21: C. E. Godshalk to Norma Bryan (3.101372)
Date: May 21 1932Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from C. E. Godshalk to Norma Bryan explaining deposits of $500 and $525.56 as well as his request that the check for $525.56 be returned as there was a billing error. He is happy Mr. Dow's checks will be deposited direct as it will save time and postage.
Extent: 1 sheet
1932/06/20: Norma Bryan to C. E. Godshalk (3.101373)
Date: June 20 1932Creator: Bryan, Norma A.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Secretary to Founder (Norma Bryan) to C.E. Godshalk advising him that Mr. Dow gave them a check for $2,864.81 to be deposited to the Morton Arboretum Lisle account.
Extent: 1 sheet
1932/06/22: Norma Bryan to C. E. Godshalk and E. L. Kammerer (3.101374)
Date: June 22 1932Creator: Bryan, Norma A.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Secretary to Founder (Norma Bryan) to C. E. Godshalk to E. L. Kammerer enclosing a letter from Rex D. Pearce (Seed and Bulb Grower) along with the catalog sent with his letter.
Extent: 1 sheet
1932/06/28: [Norma Bryan] to C. E. Godshalk (3.101375)
Date: June 28 1932Creator: Bryan, Norma A.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from [Norma Bryan] to C. E. Godshalk enclosing a check for $600.00, his additional salary for the first six months of this year as superintendent of The Morton Arboretum.
Extent: 1 sheet
1932/06/29: C. E. Godshalk to Norma Bryan (3.101376)
Date: June 29 1932Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from C. E. Godshalk to Norma Bryan thanking her for sending his $600 check so promptly. Mr. Van Gemert is out east with his mother whose condition is not improving. Godshalk gave Mr. Morton a check for Van Gemert's increase in salary.
Extent: 1 sheet
1932/09/02: Request for Funds for Lisle Farms Co. (3.101377)
Date: September 2 1932Type: Document
Description:Note stating Godshalk has requested $500.00 for the Morton Arboretum for the Lisle Farms Co. (National Bank of Downers Grove). "Done."
Extent: 1 sheet
1932/07/12: Norma Bryan to C. E. Godshalk (3.101378)
Date: July 12 1932Creator: Bryan, Norma A.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Secretary to Founder (Norma Bryan) to C. E. Godshalk stating they have deposited a check from Mr. Dow to the Morton Arboretum Lisle account in the amount of $2,617.04.
Extent: 1 sheet
1932/07/15: Norma Bryan to C. E. Godshalk (3.101379)
Date: July 15 1932Creator: Bryan, Norma A.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Secretary to Founder (Norma Bryan) to C. E. Godshalk asking him if the Arboretum has received three issues of Curtis's Botanical Magazine. She does not want to pay the bill until she is sure the issues have been received.
Extent: 1 sheet
1932/08/03: Norma Bryan to C. E. Godshalk (3.101380)
Date: August 3 1932Creator: Bryan, Norma A.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Secretary to Founder (Norma Bryan) to C. E. Godshalk sending him a copy of a letter she sent him on July 15 and received no reply. She is waiting to hear whether or not to pay the Wheldon & Wesley bill.
Extent: 1 sheet
1932/08/04: C. E. Godshalk to Norma Bryan (3.101381)
Date: August 4 1932Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from C.E. Godshalk to Norma Bryan stating the books mentioned in her letter of July 15 had not yet arrived at the Arboretum when he received her letter. The books arrived last week, so the bill can be paid.
Extent: 1 sheet
1932/08/08: Norma Bryan to C. E. Godshalk (3.101382)
Date: August 8 1932Creator: Bryan, Norma A.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Norma Bryan to C.E. Godshalk asking him to send her two photographs and a drawing from two of the Morton Arboretum's bulletins. The editor of the book "Chicago" would like to use them in an article about Mr. Morton and the Morton Arboretum. The book will be issued in time for the Century of Progress.
Handwritten on letter: "Rec'd 8/15/32" and "Ret'd to CEG Jan 5, 1933."
Extent: 1 sheet
1932/08/09: Norma Bryan to C. E. Godshalk (3.101383)
Date: August 9 1932Creator: Bryan, Norma A.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Norma Bryan to C. E. Godshalk stating Ralph W. Liddle of Downers Grove, a regular Arboretum visitor and a member of the Prairie Club and a camera club, will be contacting Godshalk about a walk the Prairie Club would like to take through the Arboretum on September 18. She thinks he will find Liddle a very nice chap.
Extent: 1 sheet
1932/08/17: Norma Bryan to C. E. Godshalk (3.101384)
Date: August 17 1932Creator: Bryan, Norma A.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Secretary to Founder (Norma Bryan) to C.E. Godshalk advising him that they have deposited a check from Mr. Dow for $2,269.34 in the Morton Arboretum Lisle account.
Extent: 1 sheet
1932/10/19: [Joy Morton] to C.E. Godshalk (3.101386)
Date: October 19 1932Creator: Morton, Joy
Type: Document
Description:Letter from [Joy Morton] to C.E. Godshalk asking him and Kammerer to look over the attached list from Wheldon & Wesley and let them know it there is anything they want from it.
Handwritten on letter: Copy given JM 10/31/32 to remind Godshalk.
Extent: 1 sheet
1932/11/14: Norma Bryan to C. E. Godshalk (3.101387)
Date: November 14 1932Creator: Bryan, Norma A.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Secretary to Founder (Norma Bryan) to C. E. Godshalk informing him that money was deposited to his account at Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company.
Extent: 1 sheet
1932/12/15: C. E. Godshalk to Joy Morton (3.101388)
Date: December 15 1932Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from C.E. Godshalk to Joy Morton enclosing a copy of a letter received from Mr. Stout. They started moving evergreens to the triangle near the new bridge. As long as the weather remains cold, he can manage with a crew of 12 men. They expect to soon begin cutting the ice on Lake Marmo which is seven inches thick. He asks Morton if he has any objection to Godshalk taking his family on their usual holiday vacation.
The attached letter (dated 12/12/1932) says the area of the satin moth quarantine in Maine has been extended to include the nursery of the Oxford Paper Company, so they will probably not be able to ship the cuttings this year.
Extent: 1 sheet
1932/12/20: [Joy Morton] to C. E. Godshalk (3.101389)
Date: December 20 1932Creator: Morton, Joy
Type: Document
Description:Letter from [Joy Morton] to C. E. Godshalk enclosing a small check as a Christmas remembrance.
Extent: 1 sheet
1932: On Mrs. Bryan Ledger, C. E. Godshalk (3.101390)
Date: 1932Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Handwritten ledger notes by [C. E. Godshalk].
Extent: 1 sheet
1932/12/07: Walter E. Eickhorst to Norma Bryan (3.101391)
Date: December 7 1932Creator: Eickhorst, Walter
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Walter E. Eickhorst to Norma Bryan enclosing a letter from Harold L. Curtiss and asking her to send Curtiss a copy of the Landscape Development Plan which is probably the Arboretum's bulletin (Vol. 5 No. 1) which consists of a map of the Arboretum.
Extent: 1 sheet
1932/12/21: Norma Bryan to Walter E. Eickhorst (3.101392)
Date: December 21 1932Creator: Bryan, Norma A.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Secretary to Founder (Norma Bryan) to Walter E. Eickhorst stating his letter of December 7 has received their prompt attention. She also acknowledges receipt of a check from Jean Cash Scott, Winterest, Iowa and a money order from Harold C. Esper, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
Extent: 1 sheet
1932/02/17: C. E. Godshalk to Joy Morton (3.101468)
Date: February 17 1932Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from C. E. Godshalk to Joy Morton updating him on work being done around the Arboretum. The men are currently working in the woods. They moved the red cedars and will move pines from the nursery to Pine Hill when there is colder weather. They are thinning shrubbery on the residence grounds. The are planting, grading, and making paths due to the good working conditions this winter. Work on the highway has been stopped due to the mild weather and rain. Price is sick with a cold.
Extent: 1 sheet
[1932]: [C. E. Godshalk] to Joy Morton (3.101469)
Date: circa 1932Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from [C. E. Godshalk] to Joy Morton saying they took a chance on the weather and dug larches and pines to transplant around Puffer Lake and on Pine Hill. The birds have started to return. The crew has been grubbing out undergrowth on Pine and Hemlock Hills. They are also cutting down dead trees, burning brush, and trimming second growth. They are pruning the orchards and the grapes. He also expects to plant more elms. The men are all doing good work. The highway gangs have been working all week grading along the river. He found a new market for the Mey Farm grain and hay with the Lisle men he has hired as well as other customers. He then details the prices he is getting for the grains and hay. He shares what he plans to plant on the farm this year. He hopes Morton and Mrs. Morton are enjoying Mexico City.
Extent: 4 sheets