Browsing by year: people, organizations and landmarks:
Pat Armstrong Raking Prairie Hay (3.100532)
Date: October 1985Type: Photographic image
Description:Pat Armstrong raking prairie hay.
Bill Thorton raking Prairie Hay (3.100533)
Date: October 1985Creator: Armstrong, Patricia K., Armstrong, Patricia K.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Bill Thorton raking prairie hay.
Summer Scene in the Schulenberg Prairie (3.100570)
Date: August 8 1985Creator: Armstrong, Patricia K.
Type: Photographic image
Description:A summer scene in the Schulenberg Prairie.
Symphyotrichum laeve (L.) Á.Löve & D.Löve (smooth blue aster) and Silphium laciniatum L. (compass plant), habitat (3.100575)
Date: October 1 1985Creator: Armstrong, Patricia K.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Symphyotrichum laeve (L.) Á.Löve & D.Löve (smooth blue aster) and Silphium laciniatum L. (compass plant), habitat
Bouteloua curtipendula (Michx.) Torr. (side-oats grama grass), close-up of flowers (3.100635)
Date: July 1985Creator: Armstrong, Patricia K.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Bouteloua curtipendula (Michx.) Torr. (side-oats grama grass), close-up of flowers
Echinacea pallida (Nutt.) Nutt. (pale purple coneflower), habit, habitat (3.100756)
Date: June 18 1985Creator: Armstrong, Patricia K.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Echinacea pallida (Nutt.) Nutt. (pale purple coneflower)
Morton Arboretum Prairie Restoration Project: 1960-1980, Raymond F. Schulenberg (3.104345)
Date: 1980sCreator: Schulenberg, Ray
Type: Document
Description:A formerly bound series of documents pertaining to the development of the Schulenberg Prairie. The physical copy of the artifact was formerly in a three-ring binder, but has since been placed in acid free folders, organized by the original tabs represented in the binder.
A table of contents for the pdf version provided in this record is as follows:
Before 1962: Pages 1-3
1962: Pages 4-19
1963: Pages 20-69
1964: Pages 70-106
1965: Pages 107-123
1966: Pages 124-125
1967: Pages 126-196
1968: Pages 197-230
1969: Pages 231-246
1970: Pages 247-264
1971: Pages 265-268
1972: Pages 269-275
After 1972: Pages 276-288
After 1980: Pages 289-315
Extent: 315 pages
Life at Prairie Sun: Weeds, Water Bans, & Worried Neighbors (3.10918)
Date: June 21 – September 20 1985Creator: Armstrong, Patricia K.
Type: Article
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".
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: 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