(2000): Elm Planting Photographs [copies - Various 4] (3.102426)
Type: Document
Description:Various photocopied photographs received by George Ware of David Elms provided by The Morton Arboretum. The top picture is of Lebanon High School students planting an Elm. The middle picture is of Elms outside Lake Forest Country Club. These pictures are from around the year 2000.
Extent: 1 sheet; two-sided
A Salt Mine in Tennessee (1.9205)
Type: Document
Can't Wash Dishes with Akron's Water (1.9158)
Type: Document
Deal Is Closed (1.9119)
Type: Document
Making Salt (1.9164)
Type: Document
Tree Tagging Media Alert (3.86931)
Date: 2014Type: Document
"EVERY STATE ITS OWN WOODY ORNAMENTALS" article included in letter to Mr. Godshalk from Phelps Wyman (3.107347)
Date: January 23 1932Type: Document
Description:Article on woody ornamental plants by Phelps Wyman as part of a letter sent to Mr. Godshalk regarding the inquiry about these plants at The Morton Arboretum's location in the Midwest. Sent as supportive documentation, reprinted from Landscape Architecture, October 1931 isue.
Extent: 1 page
"For Honor of the Bench!" (1.9142)
Type: Document
"Fungus may be at the root of wilting, dying trees" [news clipping] (3.104801)
Date: June 8 1993Type: Document
Description:An article from the Chicago Tribune dated Tuesday, June 8, 1993, quoting Gary Watson and Tom Green of The Morton Arboretum who suggest verticillium wilt as the cause of recent tree stress in the DuPage County, IL area.
Extent: 2 sheets
'If I Were An Omnipotent President" (3.101775)
Type: Document
Description:Undated chain letter, with 13 points, signed by "A True American". To be copied and sent to 10 of your friends.
Extent: 1 sheet
(1985): Elisabeth T. Eggleston to George Ware (3.100868)
Creator: Eggleston, Elisabeth T.
Type: Document
Description:An undated (estimated 1985 based on note " 2 sent 4-11-86") handwritten letter from Elisabeth T. Eggleston to George Ware requesting Wilson Elms.
Extent: 1 two-sided sheet
(1994) M. C. R. P. Surplus Plt. Sale (3.102586)
Type: Document
Description:A list of plants with prices and quantities.
Extent: 1 sheet
(1994) Tree Distribution Information Sheet - Blank Form (3.102583)
Type: Document
Description:Form for collecting information about a tree distribution
Extent: 1 sheet
(2000) Photographs [copies] of trees in Sheboygan, WI (3.102448)
Type: Document
Description:Five photocopied photographs sent to George Ware of tree in Sheboygan, WI.
Extent: 1 sheet; two-sided
(2000): Elm Planting Photographs [copies - Various 1] (3.102425)
Type: Document
Description:Various photocopied photographs received by George Ware of David Elms provided by The Morton Arboretum. The group includes a picture of a plaque in Peoria, IL titled "Sentinel on the Bluff" about a Bur Oak tree. The middle picture is of Lebanon, IL high school students planting seedlings. The third picture is of an unidentified group planting a tree. These pictures are from around the year 2000.
Extent: 1 sheet
(2000): Elm Planting Photographs [copies - Various 2] (3.102421)
Date: 2000sType: Document
Description:Various photocopied photographs received by George Ware of David Elms provided by The Morton Arboretum. The group includes a picture of a plaque in Peoria, IL titled "Sentinel on the Bluff" about a Bur Oak tree. The middle picture is of Lebanon, IL high school students planting seedlings. The third picture is of David Elms at Onwentsia Club in Lake Forest, IL. These pictures are from around the year 2000.
Extent: 1 sheet, two-sided
(2000): Elm Planting Photographs [copies - Various 3] (3.102420)
Date: 2000sType: Document
Description:Various photocopied photographs received by George Ware of David Elms provided by The Morton Arboretum. The group includes a picture of a plaque in Peoria, IL titled "Sentinel on the Bluff" about a Bur Oak tree. The middle picture is of Rob Miles in Lebanon, CT. These pictures are from around the year 2000.
Extent: 1 sheet; two-sided
02/18/1943: [C. E. Godshalk] to W. Y. Dow (3.108888)
Date: February 18 1943Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter pertaining to the boundaries of the Arboretum. The pump house and about four feet of the north end of the cottages are on Lisle Farms. A strip 150 feet wide and approximately 1700 feet long would be necessary to get all the Marmo group in the Arboretum. A strip much wider should be considered. Mrs. Cudahy and Sterling should survey the area with Mr. Godshalk.
Extent: 1 page
03/11/1988: George H. Ware to Mr. Donald Dickman (3.66962)
Date: March 11 1988Creator: Ware, George
Type: Document
Description:A packet of three letters. The initial letter is from George Ware to Donald Dickman [Dickmann] of Michigan State University wherein he introduces Mr. Dickmann to Zhang Qui Wen [Qiwen] of the Chinese Academy of Forestry. The second letter is from Zhang Qiwen to George Ware asking him to transfer the enclosed letter to Professor Donald Dickmann. Zhang Qiwen is seeking to study and conduct research at the University of Michigan following her work with the University of Toronto.
Extent: 3 sheets
03/29: Mrs. Joy Morton II to Clarence Godshalk (3.84706)
Date: March 29 2020Creator: Morton, Faith C.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Faith Morton to Clarence Godshalk inquiring about trees or shrubs to be given away.
Extent: 1 page
05/03/1928: [H. Teuscher] to W. Y. Dow (3.108805)
Date: May 3 1928Creator: Teuscher, Henry
Type: Document
Description:Letter to Mr. Dow that includes bills from several nurseries around the world. Invoices from France, Germany and England.
Extent: 1 page
05/25/1927: Neva Littell to Joy Morton (3.101612)
Date: May 25 1927Creator: Littell, Neva
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Neva Littell to Joy Morton. The Kenilworth Garden Club thanks Joy Morton for permitting and Clarence Godshalk for conducting their recent tour of the Arboretum. They look forward to returning when the iris collection is in bloom.
Extent: 1 sheet
06/11/1925: C. R. Burnett and L. K. Wilkins to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.101526)
Date: June 11 1925Type: Document
Description:Letter from C. R. Burnett and L. K. Wilkins of the Library at U. S. Department of Agriculture to Clarence E. Godshalk. They request to be put on a permanent subscription list to the Bulletin. They also request several back issues. They see that the Bulletin is "of interest to the work of our Department."
Extent: 1 sheet
06/26/1951: E. L. Kammerer to Bernard Harkness (3.93606)
Date: June 26 1951Creator: Kammerer, E. Lowell
Type: Document
Description:Letter thanking him for copying them on the letter regarding taxonomy of Lonicera Billardi vs Lonicera tatarica var. parvifolia. Says the Arboretum will change its records for the plant to Lonicera tatarica var. parvifolia per his findings.
07/05: Suzette Morton Zurcher to Arboretum (3.85895)
Date: July 18 2021Creator: Davidson, Suzette Morton
Type: Document
Description:A letter from Suzette Morton Zurcher to Arboretum asking to have patrol meet the train arriving to Lisle From Chicago, to have Monroes wash her windows, and is looking forward to returning to "Cricket Hill".
07/06/1995: Eugene B. Smalley to 1995 U.S. Team #6 (3.60850)
Date: July 6 1995Creator: Smalley, Eugene B., Gillespie, Roslyn
Type: Document
Description:A memo and a fax from Eugene B. Smalley and Roslyn Gillespie concerning the itinerary for U.S. Team #6 1995 trip to China for the Exchange of Genetic Materials: Ulmus -- elms.
Extent: 3 sheets
07/30: Mother O'Connor to E. L. Kammerer (3.93950)
Date: July 30 2022Creator: O'Connor, M.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Mother O'Connor to E. L. Kammerer asking for advice about a blight, which she has included a specimen of, that has appeared on a number of trees growing at the Cenacle in Warrenville, IL.
10/02/1952: E. L. Kammerer to Dorothy E. Hansell (3.94021)
Date: October 2 1952Creator: Kammerer, E. Lowell
Type: Document
Description:Letter from E. L. Kammerer to Dorothy Hansell accompanying the requested article about The Morton Arboretum for the Garden Journal of the New York Botanic Garden. Mr. Kammerer also writes that a separate package containing fourteen photos of the Arboretum is being mailed.
10/25/1934: E. L. Kammerer to Henry Leuthardt (3.93676)
Date: October 25 1934Creator: Kammerer, E. Lowell
Type: Document
Description:Says they are planning to plant some espalier pears and would like to see his illustrated information and price list.
100th Anniversary of J. Sterling Morton, Born April 22, 1832 [pamphlet] (3.86108)
Date: 1932Creator: Nebraska City, Nebraska, Chamber of Commerce
Type: Document
Description:Folder commemorating the 100th anniversary of J. Sterling Morton's birth including information about Arbor Lodge State Park and the J. Sterling Morton Memorial. The folder, presented by the Chamber of Commerce, Nebraska City, Nebraska, includes a copy of the poem Trees by Joyce Kilmer. There is also information about the 60th anniversary of Arbor Day.
Extent: 4 sheets
1027/03/04: [Clarence E. Godshalk] to Anne L. Stevenson (3.101600)
Date: March 4 1927Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from [Clarence E. Godshalk] to Miss Anne L. Stevenson of Jacksonville, Illinois. Evergreens are among Mr. Morton's favorites. We can give you information but we can always find a place for any extra evergreens. You might try your state forestry department.
Extent: 1 sheet
1044/01: Jean M. Cudahy to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.84567)
Date: January 1941Creator: Cudahy, Jean Morton
Type: Document
Description:Jean Morton Cudahy updating Clarence Godshalk on their garden and travels.
Extent: 4 sheets