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1985/07/25: Barb Engel to George Ware (3.100799)
Date: July 25 1985Creator: Engel, Barb
Type: Document
Description:A thank you letter and request for trees to George Ware from Barb Engel of Athens, IL, for Athenian Community Park.
Extent: 2 sheets
1985/01/16: Lois McCullagh to George Ware (3.100800)
Date: January 16 1985Creator: MuCullagh, Lois
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Lois McCullagh of the Scottish Home, North Riverside, IL, to George Ware arranging assistance from Dr. Ware in creating a tree program for the home.
Extent: 1 sheet
1985/01/25: George Ware to Lorin L. Schab (3.100811)
Date: January 25 1985Creator: Ware, George
Type: Document
Description:Response from Dr. Ware to Mr. Schab's inquiry, on behalf of the village of Westhaven, IL, about receiving elm saplings from the Arboretum.
Extent: 1 sheet
1985/08/30: George Ware to Brian R. Lillie (3.100866)
Date: August 30 1985Creator: Ware, George
Type: Document
Description:Letter from George Ware to Brian R. Lillie of the City of Rochester, NY Division of Forestry concerning elms that will be provided for testing.
1985/09/06: Brian Lillie to George Ware (3.100867)
Date: September 6 1985Creator: Lillie, Brian R.
Type: Document
Description:A thank you letter from Brian Lillie, City Forester, City of Rochester, NY to George Ware concerning elm trees to be received next spring
Extent: 1 sheet
1985/04/02: Jack L. Good to George Ware (3.100870)
Date: April 2 1985Creator: Good, Jack L.
Type: Document
Description:Request from the Sugar Creek Golf Course in Villa park to participate in a Cooperative Research program with the Morton Arboretum.
Extent: 1 sheet
1985/02/03: William J. Mitchener to George Ware (3.100873)
Date: February 3 1985Creator: Mitchener, William J.
Type: Document
Description:A note from William Mitchener to George Ware anticipating receipt of hybrid elms.
Extent: 1 sheet
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
Draft of 1985 Members' Cooperative Research Program Announcement and Application (3.106944)
Date: 1985Type: Document
Description:Communication with Morton Arboretum Members about the Members' Cooperative Research Program for 1985 with an edit.
Extent: 1 sheet, two-sided
1985 Homes of Hybrid Elms & Hybrid Maples (3.106945)
Date: 1985Type: Document
Description:Locations where elm and maple trees provided by the Morton Arboretum in 1985 were planted.
Extent: 3 sheets
1985-86 Members' Cooperative Research Program (3.106946)
Date: 1985Type: Document
Description:Draft list of trees and shrubs for the 1985-86 Members' Cooperative Research Program which includes nursery stock listings.
Extent: 8 sheets
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Autumn 1985 (3.107023)
Date: 1985Creator: Stowell, Gladys, Kaskey, Marjorie
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Autumn 1985 Branches Newsletter features articles about: the decline of the Scotts and red pines plots and efforts by Plant Pathologist Dr. Tom Green and intern Sabine Huhndorf to discover the cause of pine wilt disease; and development of the Activity Arc to assist urban and suburban home gardeners with landscaping their properties. The Activity Arc includes the Ground Cover, Hedges, Dwarf Shrubs, Fragrant Plants, Roses and Woody Herbs gardens. Volunteer opportunities, educational opportunities and upcoming events are featured.
Extent: 4 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Spring 1985 (3.107024)
Date: 1985Creator: Stowell, Gladys, Kaskey, Marjorie
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Spring 1985 Branches Newsletter contains articles about: Burr Reed Marsh, it's animal and plant life and the habitat of the marsh; Subtle Spring, or noticing the buds and flowers of trees; and the damage that deicing compounds can cause to plants and trees. Volunteer opportunities, educational opportunities and upcoming events are highlighted.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Summer 1985 (3.107025)
Date: 1985Creator: Kaskey, Marjorie, Stowell, Gladys
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Summer 1985 Branches Newsletter includes: an article on the history of the Sand Beds, which with the help of Tony Tyznik and Ray Schulenberg, were enlarged at this time using Lake Michigan Dune sand and plantings of cacti, bearberry, Paulownia or the empress tree and opuntia fragilis; an article about the original wild turkey flock started by the Godsalks in the 1960s and including an illustration of a wild turkey by Clarence Godstalk; and a feature on a Du Page county award given to the Arboretum for it's outstanding volunteer program. Educational and program opportunities, new volunteers and volunteer team features as well as upcoming volunteer opportunities are also included.
Extent: 6 pages
Preserving the Thornhill Hawthorns (3.10910)
Date: December 21 1984 – March 20 1985Creator: Green, Tom
Type: Article
Large Native Trees of the Morton Arboretum (3.10911)
Date: December 21 1984 – March 20 1985Creator: Crowley Jr., Webster R.
Type: Article
The Myth of the Taproot (3.10912)
Date: December 21 1984 – March 20 1985Creator: Ware, George
Type: Article
This is My Book: Oviedo’s La Historia General de las Indias 1535-1557 (3.10914)
Date: March 21 – June 20 1985Creator: MacPhail, Ian
Type: Article
Some Promising Woody Plants for Use in Urban Landscapes (3.10916)
Date: March 21 – June 20 1985Creator: Ware, George
Type: Article
Life at Prairie Sun: Weeds, Water Bans, & Worried Neighbors (3.10918)
Date: June 21 – September 20 1985Creator: Armstrong, Patricia K.
Type: Article
Lawns at The Morton Arboretum (3.10919)
Date: June 21 – September 20 1985Type: Article
News & c (3.10920)
Date: June 21 – September 20 1985Type: Article
The Man Who Planted Hope & Grew Happiness (3.10922)
Date: September 21 – December 20 1985Creator: Giono, Jean
Type: Article
Planting Hope in the Midwest (3.10923)
Date: September 21 – December 20 1985Creator: Ware, George
Type: Article
News & Notes (3.10924)
Date: September 21 – December 20 1985Type: Article
This is My Book II: The Cosmographia of Petrus Apianus, 1545 (3.10926)
Date: December 21 1985 – March 20 1986Creator: MacPhail, Ian
Type: Article
Research Notes (3.10927)
Date: December 21 1985 – March 20 1986Type: 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
Pansy (3.24633)
Date: 20th centuryCreator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Illustration of a large pansy flower and three detail views, including floral diagram, reverse of flower, and center, accompanied by descriptive text. Background sketches along the left side include a house, a heart, and a church, center bottom includes three women and two girls sitting in a circle drinking tea, and center right includes flowers and an elf. Sketches depict various pansy folklore.
Upper left text lists various names this flower goes by - herb trinity, pink of my John, heart's ease, step-mother, kit run in the street, kiss me at the garden gate, cuddle me to you, kiss me quick or PANSY
Top right floral diagram illustration identifies sepal, petal, stamen, pistil, nectar sac
Bottom left illustration (reverse of flower) identifies sepal, petal, nectar sac
Bottom right illustration identifies stigma, pistil and stamens, nectar sac
Extent: 1 sheet
Owl Pellets Galore (3.24640)
Date: 20th centuryCreator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Document
Description:Four pages of type-written text for Owl Pellets Galore by May Theilgaard Watts, an account detailing the process of searching for and examining long-eared owl pellets with Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts.
Accompanied by artwork titled Under the Roost of the Long-Eared Owls.
Extent: 4 sheets
Under the Roost of the Long-Eared Owls (3.24641)
Date: 20th centuryCreator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Four illustrations depicting long-eared owls and their pellets. Captions accompany each individual illustration. The drawings illustrate the story OWL PELLETS GALORE by May Theilgaard Watts, Naturalist at The Morton Arboretum.
Upper left text: UNDER the ROOST of the LONG-EARED OWLS
Illustrations with captions, from left to right, top to bottom:
- Drawing of an owl pellet
- Caption: An owl pellet
- Drawing of forest floor, including rhododendron
- Caption: When rhododendron leaves uncurl we find pellets.
- Drawing of rodent bone findings
- Caption: Each pellet reveals parts of a small rodent.
- Drawing of two owls in a tree
- Caption: They seem to grow taller as we approach.
Extent: 1 sheet
Three Seasons of Bloom in the Prairie (3.24642)
Date: 20th centuryCreator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Illustration of 23 prairie plants shown in a chart formation categorized by Fall, Summer, and Spring from top to bottom, and from high prairie to low prairie from left to right. Identifying text appears beneath each illustration, some of which is on strip of board attached to the bottom with tape.
Header: THREE SEASONS of BLOOM in the PRAIRIE
Text, top right: the individual plants represent colonies of varying sizes
Plants as depicted from top to bottom, left to right:
- Fall
- big bluestem
- blazing star
- Indian grass
- wild rye
- switch grass
- saw-toothed sunflower
- prairie dock
- cord grass
- Summer
- lead plant
- New Jersey tea
- flowering spurge
- stiff goldenrod
- black-eyed Susan
- Culver's root
- tall meadow rue
- Sullivant's milkweed
- Spring:
- bird's-foot violet
- blue-eyed grass
- puccoon
- downy phlox
- wild strawberry
- Canada anemone
- yellow star grass
Extent: 1 sheet