Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Spring 1986 (3.107027)
Date: 1986Creator: Kaskey, Marjorie
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Spring 1986 Branches Newsletter features the following articles: the battle against the Eastern Tent Caterpillars using a team of volunteers to avoid spraying; wildflowers at the Arboretum including the Wild Garden at the Outpost; Ray Schulenberg's, Curator of Collections, process of adding and locating plants in the Arboretum in tandem with Tony Tyznik. Upcoming educational and volunteer opportunities are included as well as new and featured volunteers.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Winter 1990 (3.107042)
Date: 1990Creator: Stowell, Gladys, Way, Carol
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Winter 1990 Branches Newsletter contains articles on the following: Plant hunters in China who brought back seeds for many of the trees in the China collection at the Arboretum; Behavioral Ecology with several studies done under the umbrella of the Emily Rogers Davis chair; and a special Earth Day celebration to dedicate the Crab Apple Lake system. Volunteer opportunities, trainings, events and classes are included along with lists of active and new volunteers.
Extent: ;6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of the Morton Arboretum, Autumn 1990 (3.107043)
Date: 1990Creator: Way, Carol, Halperin, Marilyn J.
Type: Serial
Description:This issue of the Autumn 1990 Branches Newsletter contains articles on the following: the compilation, publication, editions, layout and indexing, uses and documentation of Plants of the Chicago Region begun by Frank Swink and published by the Arboretum; and the Natural History Collection, organization, relocation and cataloging. Volunteer opportunities, classes and events are included along with information about existing and new volunteers.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of the Morton Arboretum, Spring 1990 (3.107044)
Date: 1990Creator: Way, Carol
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Spring 1990 Branches newsletter contains articles on the following: the Arboretum Propagation Facility including greenhouses; the introduction of fire or controlled burns into the East Woods; and the Soil Characterization Laboratory which was running tests on the soil and water at the Arboretum to ascertain the effects of sodium and calcium chlorides used as road deicers on the adjacent tollways. Volunteer opportunities, trainings, classes and events are featured along with lists of current and new volunteers.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of the Morton Arboretum, Summer 1990 (3.107045)
Date: 1990Creator: Way, Carol, Stowell, Gladys
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Summer 1990 Branches newsletter contains articles on the following: the Outpost and a description of the outdoor education programs for school age children; Dick Wason and his VIEW (Volunteers in Education Work) team assisting with visitor education, plant placement and labeling; and the Dorothy Doughty porcelain bird collection in the Sterling Morton Library. The Doughty porcelain collection article gives a detailed account of the process the artist used to create the pieces from live bird models and the acquisition and instillation of the collection on the former rare book room display shelves. and . Volunteer opportunities, new volunteers, classes and programs are also featured.
Extent: ;6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Spring 1991 (3.107048)
Date: 1991Creator: Way, Carol
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Spring 1991 Branches Newsletter contains an interview with Gerald T. Donnelly who was the new Director of the Morton Arboretum at the time. There is also a short profile of Dianne Butkovich, a volunteer who mapped several areas of the Arboretum. Information about volunteer opportunities, classes, programs as well as information about volunteers and new volunteers are also included.
Extent: ;6 pages
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, Spring 1992 (3.107050)
Date: 1992Creator: Way, Carol
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Spring 1992 Branches Newsletter contains articles on the following: Fischer Field, its origins and development as a test plot area for hybrid trees; the Outpost Wildflower Garden maintained by a volunteer group identified as VIEW (Volunteers in Education Work) and later WISH (Workers in Sylvan Horticulture); and START (Students Teamed in Arboretum Restoration Tasks) a volunteer group formed for high school students interested in working in restoration at the Arboretum. Volunteer opportunities. Volunteer information, lists of new volunteers and classes and programs are featured.
Extent: ;6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Spring 1993 (3.107054)
Date: 1993Creator: Way, Carol
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Spring 1993 Branches newsletter contains articles on the following: the program to train and activate Naturalists Guides to conduct tours of the Arboretum for visitors and school groups both at the Arboretum and in school classrooms; the Arboretum Security Department and how it functions to safeguard the Arboretum and it's visitors. Volunteer opportunities, lists of new and continuing volunteers, classes, events and trainings are included.
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
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Autumn 1994 (3.107057)
Date: 1994Creator: Way, Carol, Stowell, Gladys, Kovach, Linda
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Autumn 1994 Branches Newsletter contains articles on the following: the four Audubon prints that hang above the fireplace in the Sterling Morton Library, engravings of a Whistling Swan, a Trumpeter Swan, Artic Loons and Common Loons; a write up of the volunteer recognition; and the Reader column which features books on the natural history of China from the Sterling Morton Library. Volunteer opportunities, trainings and classes are featured along with lists of new and continuing volunteers.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of The Morton Arboretum Volunteers, Spring 1995 (3.107060)
Date: 1995Creator: Way, Carol, Kovach, Linda
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Spring 1995 Branches Newsletter features articles on the following: birding hot spots at the Arboretum featuring Ware Field, Pinetum and other areas; a biographical sketch and interview with Christopher Dunn, the new Director of the Research Department; and a brief farewell from Linda Kovach as Diane Caton assumes the role of Volunteer Coordinator. Volunteer opportunities, trainings, classes and events are also featured along with lists of new and continuing volunteers.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: A Newsletter for the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Summer 1998 (3.107067)
Date: 1998Creator: Way, Carol
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue the Summer 1998 Branches Newsletter includes articles on the following: a profile of George Hickman, a volunteer in the Herbarium and Photography departments; the Urban Horticulture Research Lab established in 1997 to test plants for freezing and heat tolerance; the Volunteer Giving Program; and highlights of the Volunteer Recognition. Volunteer opportunities, Arboretum activities and news and a list of new volunteers are also included.
Extent: 4 pages
Branches: A Newsletter for the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Winter,1998 (3.107068)
Date: 1998Creator: Way, Carol
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Summer 1998 Branches newsletter features articles on the following: a profile of volunteer, Carolyn Lauing-Finzer, who designed and wore themed costumes at Family Fair and Trick or Trees among other programs; the upcoming master site priority projects; an Arboretum Exhibit at the Newberry Library in Chicago; and Winter Poem written by volunteer Laura Rowan. Natural Areas Management and other volunteer opportunities, arboretum activities and events, and a list of new volunteers are included.
Extent: 4 pages
Branches: A Newsletter for the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Spring 1999 (3.107069)
Date: 1999Creator: Way, Carol
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Branches Newsletter features articles on the following: a profile of volunteer Jim Humbert, who worked in the Japan Group, the Tree Breeding Lab and other departments; a new series of visitor programs offered as part of the new strategic plan including Buds 'n Blooms; construction of the Sterling Morton Library addition; the Chamber Concert series and volunteers Diane and David Schonauer who were instrumental in keeping the series going. Volunteer opportunities, Arboretum activities and a list of new volunteers is also included.
Extent: 4 pages
Branches: A Newsletter for the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Summer 1999 (3.107070)
Date: 1999Creator: Way, Carol, Mauter, Pamela
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Branches Newsletter features articles on the following: a profile of volunteers Bob and Ruth Job who worked in the Collections Department; a feature on the proposed Millennium boardwalk at Bur Reed Marsh and the funding drive; and the poem Birds by volunteer Pamela Mauter. Volunteer opportunities, Arboretum activities and arboretum news are also included.
Extent: 4 pages
Branches: A Newsletter for the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Winter 1999 (3.107071)
Date: 1999Creator: Way, Carol
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Winter 1999 Branches Newsletter includes articles on the following: volunteers Dolores and Ted Symon who have volunteered in the root and soil labs, at the Arbor Day plant sales and at the Visitors Center; the assistance of Eagle Scouts with the Heritage Trail Project under the direction of Ed Hedborn, Plant Records manager; the Volunteer giving Project; and the retirement of Carol Doty after 35 years at the Arboretum including overseeing the volunteer program. Volunteer opportunities, a list of new volunteers and Arboretum classes and activities are also featured.
Extent: 4 pages
Branches: A Newsletter for the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Spring/Summer 2000 (3.107073)
Date: 2000Creator: Way, Carol
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Spring/Summer 2000 Branches Newsletter features articles on the following: a feature on volunteer Lorree Weipert who has worked at the Visitor Center; an update on the Eagle Scout project on the Heritage Trail overseen by Ed Hedborn; the Botanic Design Group of volunteers who design and complete the botanical arrangements found throughout the Arboretum buildings; a poem Ode to volunteers by an unknown author and an update on the bluebird nesting box project. volunteer opportunities, a list of new volunteers, activities and classes at the Arboretum are also included.
Extent: 4 pages
Branches: A Newsletter for the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Summer 2001 (3.107074)
Date: 2001Creator: Way, Carol
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Summer 2001 Branches Newsletter features articles on the following: the Volunteer Recognition; the Arboretum Master Site Plan, a Volunteer Giving Project for the East side Glade bulb planting, and a poem Trees by Howard Nemerov. Volunteer opportunities, a list of new volunteers and arboretum activities and classes are also included.
Extent: ;4 pages
Branches: A Newsletter for the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Winter 2001 (3.107075)
Date: 2001Creator: Way, Carol
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Winter 2001 Branches Newsletter features articles on the following: volunteer Tom Von Hoppe who after 15 years volunteering at the Arboretum was designated an Arboretum ambassador; the Volunteer giving Project to plant bulbs on the East side; a photo of the Eagle Scout volunteers on the Heritage Trail; a poem The Birds of Christmas by volunteer Laura Rowen; and a report on bluebird productivity at the Arboretum. Volunteer opportunities, a list of new volunteers and Arboretum classes and activities are included.
Extent: 4 pages
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
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: Spring 1984 (3.113776)
Date: 1984Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Spring 1984 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as a nature photography seminar and a rally against the highway FAP-431 with an associated article explaining the highway would be taking land from the Arboretum. There are also announcements of new employees.
Extent: 5 pages
Events, News, & Classes: Summer 1984 (3.113777)
Date: 1984Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Summer 1984 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as summer concerts with performances by The Medinah Highlanders and Milwaukee's DANCECIRCUS. Taxonomist, Floyd Swink was honored. Lectures included "Exploring Kenya" and "America's Favorite Backyard Birds". Field trips included destinations like the Indiana Dunes and Volo Bog.
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: 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
Events, News, & Classes: Autumn 1986 (3.113783)
Date: 1986Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Autumn 1986 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as a talk by Dr. Gary Watson, the Arboretum's root specialist, discussing the importance of roots and a look at a Victorian Christmas with Sunny O'Neil. Field trips included birding along Chicago's lakefront, a waterfowl fall migration in the Palos area, and a trip to the Indiana Dunes. Charles Lewis and Dr. Herbert Schroeder, Environmental Psychologist with the US Forest Service, were participating in an exchange research trip to The Netherlands to establish joint projects.
Extent: 5 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
Events, News, & Classes: Summer 1986 (3.113785)
Date: 1986Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Summer 1986 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as the annual fish boil and a concert by Marshall Vente/Project Nine Plus with Anna Dawson. Bob Thomson, host of the popular syndicated PBS program "The Victory Garden", visited with the horticulture staff, and Robert W. Little, noted author, artist, and teacher, was to present a special lecture. Field trips included birding at Ryerson Conservation Area in Deerfield.
Extent: 5 pages
Events, News, & Classes: Autumn 1987 (3.113787)
Date: 1987Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Autumn 1987 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as the Yuletide Celebration and "Prairie with the Pros". Field trips included birding at Ryerson Conservation Area and Illinois Beach State Park. Ray Schulenberg, the Arboretum's Curator of Plant Collections, retired.
Extent: 7 sheets
Events, News, & Classes: Spring 1987 (3.113788)
Date: 1987Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Spring 1987 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as the field seminar "Spring in Door County" and the lecture "Getting at the Root of Spring Planting". Linda Sanford joined the Education staff as Curator of Youth Education, and Dr. Gary Watson joined the Research Group as Plant Pathologist. Dr. Frank Pascoe and Mrs. Linda Meyers were hired as Administrator and Secretary, respectively. The Arboretum received grants from the Institute of Museum Services Conservation Project and the Rice Foundation.
Extent: 5 pages
Events, News, & Classes: Summer 1987 (3.113789)
Date: 1987Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Summer 1987 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as the IAA (Illinois Arborist Association) Seminar and Jamboree and a beekeeping workshop. The Arboretum lost its photographer John Kohout and his wife Kitty in an unfortunate car accident and was collecting funds for a memorial. Peter J. Van Der Linden joined the staff as Curator of the Woods. Charles Lewis, Horticulturalist and Collection Group Administrator, addressed The American Association of Science. The Nature Artists' Guild of The Morton Arboretum was started to encourage natural history art.
Extent: 5 pages
Events, News, & Classes: Autumn 1988 (3.113791)
Date: 1988Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Autumn 1988 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as the Chamber Concert Series and an examination of the work of Francois-Andre Michaux. Clarence Godshalk, Director Emeritus of The Morton Arboretum, passed away on April 20, 1988. Daniel Peterkin, Jr., Trustee of The Morton Arboretum and retired Chairman and President of Morton-Norwich Products Inc. died on May 11, 1988. The Library marked its 25th anniversary. Grants were received from the Nalco Foundation, Dr. Ralph and Marian Falk Medical Research Foundation, A. Montgomery Ward Foundation, and The Institute of Museum Services (IMS).
Events, News, & Classes: Spring 1988 (3.113792)
Date: 1988Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Spring 1988 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as the lecture "Cry Havoc! Weeds! (Part 1) and the field seminar "Spring Nature Photography in the Southern Appalachians." The judging for the 1987 Illinois Landscape Architecture Award was held at the Arboretum. The DuPage Environmental Awareness Center (DEAC) was opened to raise environmental awareness in the DuPage County region. Dr. David E. Davis, a noted mammalogist retired after a distinguished career, made a gift to the Arboretum for an endowed research chair, the Emily Rodgers Davis Chair, to accomplish research in plant-animal inter-relationships within the Arboretum and other areas of geographic interest to us.
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.
Twilight Tree Walk, Helen Langrill and Nancy Hart serving sassafras tea to crowd (3.34099)
Date: April 1983Type: Photographic image
Description:Twilight Tree Walk, Helen Langrill and Nancy Hart serving sassafras tea to crowd
Extent: 1 slide