January Calendar (3.19467)
Date: 1940sCreator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Calendar for the month of January consisting of five rows and seven columns depicting days and dates from Sunday through Saturday, the 1st through the 31st. Each square has a date plus illustration and text, some of which anticipates the coming Spring and some which show reminders of the past year.
Header: January
Text and illustrations, from top to bottom, left to right:
- (Friday, 1) [image of dogwood stems and buds] flowering dogwood is ready for Spring
- (Saturday, 2) [image of hemlock needles and cones] small cones drip from the hemlock tips -
- (Sunday, 3) [image of unidentified stems and fruit]
- (Monday, 4) [image of one chickadee and a birdhouse]
- (Tuesday, 5) [image of two chickadees and a birdhouse] chikca-dees stay to crack their seeds
- (Wednesday, 6) [image of evergreen needles and star magnolia stems and buds] star mag-nolia buds are pale against evergreens
- (Thursday, 7) [image of long-eared owl on branch of Norway spruce] long-eared owls look down from Norway spruce trees
- (Friday, 8) [image of 2 pellets on ground beneath evergreen branch] 2 pellets under an owl roost contain skeletons of 2 deer mice
- (Saturday, 9) [image of small animal bones on ground] when an owl pellet is pulled apart, evidence of sudden death is re-vealed
- (Sunday, 10) [image of euonymus stems and fruit] Euonymus still holds some of the "little hearts bursting with love"
- (Monday, 11) [image of birch stems, cones, and catkins] wind and birds have shattered birch cones but catkins are ready for Spring
- (Tuesday, 12) [image of zumi crabapple stems and fruit] Zumi crabs still hold their fruit
- (Wednesday, 13) [image of one cardinal and a birdhouse] the cardinal is back now that we have sunflower seeds again
- (Thursday, 14) [images of canker-worms on a dogwood twig] on a dogwood twig, canker worms are ready for Spring
- (Friday, 15) [images of evergreens and a hawthorn] hoar frost is on the hawthorns ---
- (Saturday, 16) [image of redbud stems, buds, and fruit] on red-bud, flower buds are ready for next Spring, and pods recall last Spring's flowers
- (Sunday, 17) [image of a bird on a tree branch]
- (Monday, 18) [image of sycamore trunks and branches] sycamore bark
- (Tuesday, 19) [image of trees and a trail] evergreen trail
- (Wednesday, 20) [image of rhododendron stems and leaves] Rhododendron leaves pointing down say it's COLD!
- (Thursday, 21) [image of a white Oak] white oaks hold last summer's leaves on lower branches
- (Friday, 22) [image of a Norway spruce] Norway spruce holds long cones
- (Saturday, 23) [image of pixie-cup lichens through a magnifying glass] there are Pixie-cup lichens in the spruce plot
- (Sunday, 24) [image of two ostrich ferns] the fertile fronds of ostrich fern stand stiff and dark
- (Monday, 25) [image of American cranberry-bush stems and fruit] high-bush cranberry wears puffs of snow
- (Tuesday, 26) [image of winter wren in brush] the winter wren weaves through low brush
- (Wednesday, 27) [image of hazel stems and catkins] hazel catkins feel softer
- (Thursday, 28) [image of vernal witch-hazel and close-up of flower] vernal witch hazel is in bloom
- (Friday, 29) [image of one set of raccoon tracks] raccoon tracks are plentiful after a mild night
- (Saturday, 30) [image of two sets of deer mouse tracks with trail mark between] white-footed deer mouse hops past
- (Sunday, 31) [image of three sets of Junco bird tracks] juncoes hop too
Extent: 1 sheet
Morton Arboretum Map (3.19479)
Date: 1943Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Map
Description:2014 reprint of The Morton Arboretum's first color map, circa 1943.
Detailed map of Arboretum grounds, showing roads, paths, landscaping, shelters, structures, enlargement of some specific features, hedge garden, some specific trees, and trails with markers numbered 1 - 42. Other features include a scale, a calendar, and a compass rose consisting of directions depicted with leaves. A highly ornamental border includes grid marks, as well as drawings of animal tracks and detailed drawings and labels of plants. The Morton Arboretum encompassed 813 acres at time of map.
Extent: 1 sheet
Morton Arboretum Map (3.19481)
Date: 1943Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Map
Description:Detailed map of Arboretum grounds, showing roads, paths, landscaping, shelters, structures, enlargement of some specific features, hedge garden, some specific trees, and trails with markers numbered 1 - 42. Other features include a scale, a calendar, and a compass rose consisting of directions depicted with leaves. A highly ornamental border includes grid marks, as well as drawings of animal tracks and detailed drawings and labels of plants. Some replacement illustration and text has been adhered to the map. The Morton Arboretum encompassed 813 acres at time of map. One section is partially missing.
Extent: 1 sheet
Forest Nature Trail Guide: Forest Nature Trail worksheet (3.24001)
Date: 1946Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Document
Description:Commercial reproduction of the FOREST NATURE TRAIL worksheet planned to accompany The Morton Arboretum Forest Nature Trail Guide booklet. The worksheet was designed to be used along with the trail guide while walking the trail.
Instructions at the top read: FILL BLANKS AT RIGHT WITH LETTER YOU SELECT - Questions based on your observation and the Trail Guide Booklet
Left border is labeled "Posts" and has illustrations of numbered tree stumps 1- 46, ending with a marker that reads "End of Trail".
Left center panel includes text of questions that match up with single posts or groupings of posts to the left.
Right center panel includes letter choices with illustrations and names of various flora and fauna along the trail, such as leaves, rocks, flowers, seeds, animals, animals tracks, needles, and trees.
Right border is labeled "Answers" and has answer boxes to be filled in with appropriate letters, ending with the notation, "If you are successful, this will tell you so".
Extent: 1 sheet
Footprints [graphic] : animals and birds / Nancy Hart. (3.24336)
Date: 1975Creator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Drawing
Extent: 8 drawings : pen and ink, b&w varying from 10 x 6 cm. to 20 x 18 cm.
Footprints [graphic] : animals and birds / Nancy Hart. (3.24337)
Date: 1975Creator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Drawing
Extent: 8 drawings : pen and ink, b&w varying from 10 x 6 cm. to 20 x 18 cm.
Footprints [graphic] : animals and birds / Nancy Hart. (3.24338)
Date: 1975Creator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Drawing
Extent: 8 drawings : pen and ink, b&w varying from 10 x 6 cm. to 20 x 18 cm.
Footprints [graphic] : animals and birds / Nancy Hart. (3.24339)
Date: 1975Creator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Drawing
Extent: 8 drawings : pen and ink, b&w varying from 10 x 6 cm. to 20 x 18 cm.
Footprints [graphic] : animals and birds / Nancy Hart. (3.24340)
Date: 1975Creator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Drawing
Extent: 8 drawings : pen and ink, b&w varying from 10 x 6 cm. to 20 x 18 cm.
Footprints [graphic] : animals and birds / Nancy Hart. (3.24341)
Date: 1975Creator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Drawing
Extent: 8 drawings : pen and ink, b&w varying from 10 x 6 cm. to 20 x 18 cm.
Footprints [graphic] : animals and birds / Nancy Hart. (3.24342)
Date: 1975Creator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Drawing
Extent: 8 drawings : pen and ink, b&w varying from 10 x 6 cm. to 20 x 18 cm.
Footprints [graphic] : animals and birds / Nancy Hart. (3.24343)
Date: 1975Creator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Drawing
Extent: 8 drawings : pen and ink, b&w varying from 10 x 6 cm. to 20 x 18 cm.
Raccoon prints [graphic] / Nancy Hart. (3.24344)
Date: 1975Creator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Drawing
Extent: 1 drawing : pen and ink, b&w image 3 x 5 cm., on sheet 24 x 25 cm.
Forest Nature Trail Guide: Forest Nature Trail worksheet (original) (3.24638)
Date: 1946Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Document
Description:Original illustrations and layout of the FOREST NATURE TRAIL worksheet planned to accompany The Morton Arboretum Forest Nature Trail Guide booklet. Key lines included. The worksheet was designed to be used along with the trail guide while walking the trail.
Instructions at the top read: FILL BLANKS AT RIGHT WITH LETTER YOU SELECT - Questions based on your observation and the Trail Guide Booklet
Left border is labeled "Posts" and has illustrations of numbered tree stumps 1- 46, ending with a marker that reads "End of Trail".
Left center panel includes text of questions that match up with single posts or groupings of posts to the left.
Right center panel includes letter choices with illustrations and names of various flora and fauna along the trail, such as leaves, rocks, flowers, seeds, animals, animals tracks, needles, and trees.
Right border is labeled "Answers" and has answer boxes to be filled in with appropriate letters, ending with the notation, "If you are successful, this will tell you so".
Extent: 1 sheet
Forest Nature Trail Guide, page 11 illustrations and layout with preliminary sketches (3.24668)
Date: 1946Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Sheet One: Original illustrations and layout for page 11, excluding text, for The Morton Arboretum Forest Nature Trail Guide booklet. Key lines included.
Illustrated stumps with numbers indicate points of interest along trail as seen on trail map.
Tree stump #26: Linden or Basswood
Identifying characteristics for leaves, seeds, blossoms, and buds illustrated to the right.
Tree stump #27: Footprints of wild animals
Identifying characteristics for animal footprints in mud or snow illustrated to the right, including "rabbit," "raccoon," "skunk," "fox," "opossum," "squirrel," and "woodcuck" as labeled.
Tree stump #28: What Good are Fallen Leaves?
Illustration of several types of fallen leaves layered on top of each other.
Sheet Two: Preliminary sketch of green-colored illustrations.
Extent: 2 sheets
Deer Mouse Footprints (3.31849)
Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:3 sets of color silhouette deer mouse footprints and tail mark between.
Extent: 1 sheet
Chipmunk Footprints (3.31850)
Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:2 sets of color silhouette chipmunk footprints.
Extent: 1 sheet
Pheasant and rabbit footprints along planted lane near Puffer Lake (3.31917)
Date: January 1972Type: Photographic image
Description:Pheasants and rabbits use the planted lanes extensively, as this photo taken January, 1972 indicates - near Puffer Lake
Extent: 1 negative