1953/10/30: Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk (3.101899)
Date: October 30 1953Creator: Morton, Sterling
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Sterling Morton to Clarence E. Godshalk. You can order the post hole digger before the Trustees approve of it. Rather than adding more men, I want you to add other labor saving machinery. As housing developments get nearer, we will need to fence the entire Arboretum. Draw up an annual fencing plan to submit to the Trustees, using your new post hole digger and your existing crew. For the housing project, ask Mr. Steinbrecher to run a survey of the two locations we have tentatively decided on, giving contours at 25 ft. intervals. You could then sketch in houses, drives, sanitary arrangements before inviting in the architects. Also check with Steinbrecher about the cost of updating our 20 year old general plot of the Arboretum. He is pleased with the preliminary layout of the laboratory building and he thinks something very good will develop out of it.
Extent: 2 sheets
Tract Map of The Morton Arboretum 1982 Sheet 2 (3.36143)
Date: March 8 1972Creator: Steinbrecher, Harold F.
Type: Map
Description:Dated March 8, 1972. Revised on November 29, 1979. Surroundings updated on May 25, 1982.
Topographical Map of Lot No. One of Assessment Plat No. One, Lands Belonging to Trustees Under the Will of Joy Morton, Deceased, Lisle Township, DuPage County, Illinois (3.5253)
Date: July 1 1953Creator: Steinbrecher, Harold F.
Type: Map
Description:Elevations are based on an arbitrary benchmark. Copy 2 states "Topo Maps of Arbordale and Arbor Lake area 1953" in marker on back of map.
Extent: 1 sheet
Topographical Map of a Portion of Assessment Plat No. 4, Lands Belonging to Trustees Under the Will of Joy Morton, Deceased, near Lisle, DuPage County, Illinois (3.5255)
Date: January 15 1954Creator: Steinbrecher, Harold F.
Type: Map
Description:Shows designs for a subdivision that was never developed in the Park Blvd. and Main Thornhill Drive area. Elevations are based on an arbitrary benchmark. "Topo of Land South of S(t)romquist, N. of Main Drive, W. Side" in pencil on reverse of map.
Extent: 1 sheet
Topographical Map of a Portion of Assessment Plat No. 1, Lands Belonging to Trustees Under the Will of Joy Morton, Deceased, near Lisle, DuPage County, Illinois (3.5257)
Date: January 30 1954Creator: Steinbrecher, Harold F.
Type: Map
Description:Surveys area in which the Arbordale subdivision now is located. Elevations are based on an arbitrary benchmark. "Topo of Housing Site S. of CEO Residence" is in pencil on the back of the map.
Extent: 1 sheet
[Preliminary layout of the Arbordale subdivision using the] Topographical Map of Lot One of Assessment Plat No. One, Lands Belonging to Trustees Under the Will of Joy Morton, Deceased. Lisle Township, DuPage County, Illinois (3.5258)
Date: November 4 1956Creator: Howard T. Fisher & John D. Randall Associates, Inc.
Type: Map
Description:This map issued Nov. 4, 1956 did not have Arbor Lake contours or outline. The original Steinbrecher survey was first issued July 1, 1953 (SURV:A III (a) 1)
Extent: 1 sheet
Thomas H. Slusser Farm, Wheaton, Illinois (3.5287)
Date: 1920sCreator: Steinbrecher, Harold F.
Type: Map
Description:Shows a portion only of Slusser properties which bordered on Leask Lane to the west and on Thornhill Farm to the east. The area shown was subsequently purchased by the Arboretum.
Extent: 1 sheet
Morton Arboretum Section "A" [Part of the S 1/2 of the S 1/2 of Section 34, T.39 N., R. 10 E, and such portion of Section 35 … and part of the N 1/2 of Section 3, T.38 N., R.10 E] (3.5296)
Date: December 9 1922Creator: Webster, Arthur L.
Type: Map
Description:The initial survey of the west portion of the Arboretum bordering Route 53 to the east and Thornhill Farm to the north, an area totaling 150.2 acres. A subsequent survey of an expanded Section "A" was carried out in 1934 by J. S. Lozier and Harold F. Steinbrecher; this was issued under the title: Revised plat of Section "A" (SURV:B III (d) 1).
Extent: 1 sheet
Assessment Plat No. 1, Lands Belonging to Trustees Under the Will of Joy Morton, Deceased, Lisle, Township, DuPage County, Illinois (3.5305)
Date: September 29 1934Creator: Lozier, J. S.
Type: Map
Description:Surveys a "U"-shaped area, 94.056 acres, that spans Route 53 and extends northward from Warrenville Road into the South Farm area. The major interchange of the East-West Tollway and Route 53 is located within the present day tract.
Extent: 1 sheet
Assessment Plat No. 3, Lands Belonging to Trustees Under the Will of Joy Morton, Deceased, Milton and Lisle Townships, DuPage County, Illinois (3.5310)
Date: September 24 1934Creator: Lozier, J. S.
Type: Map
Description:Surveys approximately half of the East Woods area, a tract totaling 120.632 acres.
Includes unlabeled rough pencil drawings.
Extent: 1 sheet
Assessment Plat No.4, Lands Belonging to Trustees Under the Will of Joy Morton, Deceased, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois (3.5313)
Date: October 1 1934Creator: Lozier, J. S.
Type: Map
Description:Surveys a tract of 41.471 acres along the north boundary of the Arboretum.
Two areas highlighted in red pencil.
Extent: 1 sheet
Assessment Plat No.4, Lands Belonging to Trustees Under the Will of Joy Morton, Deceased, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois (3.5314)
Date: October 1 1934Creator: Lozier, J. S.
Type: Map
Description:Surveys a tract of 41.471 acres along the north boundary of the Arboretum.
Includes pencil outlines and notes.
"Plot showing land sold to Scott" written in pencil on the back of the survey.
Extent: 1 sheet
Assessment Plat No.4, Lands Belonging to Trustees Under the Will of Joy Morton, Deceased, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois (3.5316)
Date: October 1 1934Creator: Lozier, J. S.
Type: Map
Description:Surveys a tract of 41.471 acres along the north boundary of the Arboretum.
Extent: 1 sheet
Assessment Plat No.5, Lands Belonging to Trustees Under the Will of Joy Morton, Deceased, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois (3.5319)
Date: October 1 1934Creator: Lozier, J. S.
Type: Map
Description:Surveys a tract in the northern portion of the Arboretum, no longer within Arboretum boundaries.
Extent: 1 sheet
Revised Plat of Section "A," Morton Arboretum (3.5321)
Date: September 29 1934Creator: Lozier, J. S.
Type: Map
Description:Surveys the area west of Route 53 and south of Thornhill, a tract totaling 201.83 acres. The revised plat supersedes an earlier survey by Arthur L. Webster made in 1922 (SURV:B II (b) 1).
Extent: 1 sheet
Revised Plat of Section "B," Morton Arboretum (3.5325)
Date: November 21 1934Creator: Lozier, J. S.
Type: Map
Description:Surveys the area east of Route 53 in the central portion of the Arboretum and extending eastward to the East Woods, a tract totaling 318.996 acres.
Includes notes in red pencil.
Extent: 1 sheet
Revised Plat of Section "B," Morton Arboretum (3.5327)
Date: November 21 1934Creator: Lozier, J. S.
Type: Map
Description:Surveys the area east of Route 53 in the central portion of the Arboretum and extending eastward to the East Woods, a tract totaling 318.996 acres.
Extent: 1 sheet
Revised Plat of Section "C," Morton Arboretum (3.5330)
Date: December 11 1934Creator: Lozier, J. S.
Type: Map
Description:Surveys approximately half of the East Woods area, a tract totaling 158.117 acres.
Includes notes in red pencil.
Extent: 1 sheet
Revised Plat of Section "C," Morton Arboretum (3.5331)
Date: December 11 1934Creator: Lozier, J. S.
Type: Map
Description:Surveys approximately half of the East Woods area, a tract totaling 158.117 acres.
Extent: 1 sheet
Burial Plot Belonging to Sterling Morton, Jean Morton Cudahy, and Margaret Gray Morton; Part of the SE 1/4 of Section 34, Township 39N. Range 10E. of the Third Principal Meridian (3.5334)
Date: October 2 1934Creator: Lozier, J. S.
Type: Map
Description:Survey of a tract in the Thornhill area.
Includes measurements in pencil.
Extent: 1 sheet
Burial Plot Belonging to Sterling Morton, Jean Morton Cudahy, and Margaret Gray Morton; Part of the SE 1/4 of Section 34, Township 39N. Range 10E. of the Third Principal Meridian (3.5335)
Date: October 2 1934Creator: Lozier, J. S.
Type: Map
Description:Survey of a tract in the Thornhill area.
Extent: 1 sheet
Lands Belonging to Morton Arboretum Subject to Life Estate in Margaret Gray Morton, Sterling Morton, and Jean Morton Cudahy (3.5337)
Date: October 4 1934Creator: Lozier, J. S.
Type: Map
Description:Surveys the area immediately around the Joy Morton residence at Thornhill.
Extent: 1 sheet
Survey of Part of Sections 35 and 36, Township 39N. R.10E., and Part of Sections 1 and 2, Township 38N. R.10E. of the 3rd. Principal Meridian, DuPage County, Illinois (3.5340)
Date: July 24 1935Creator: Lozier, J. S.
Type: Map
Description:Survey shows a tract of 40.58 acres, a portion of the Thoman farm, located in the eastern portion of the Arboretum. See A.H. Nelson (SURV:B IV (a) 5) for the entire 119.76 acres of the Thoman Farm surveyed.
Extent: 1 sheet
Plat Showing the Thoman Farm in Sections 35 and 36, Township 39N. Range 10 East, and Sections 1 and 2, Township 38N. Range 10 East of the Third Principal Meridian in DuPage Co., Illinois (owned by Mr. Sterling Morton) (3.5343)
Date: 1930sCreator: Steinbrecher, Harold F.
Type: Map
Description:Composite survey copied by H.F.Steinbrecher from earlier plats: 1) northern part of the Thoman Farm by J.S. Lozier and H.F. Steinbrecher dated July 24, 1935 ( SURV:B IV (a) 1); and 2) total acreage (119.76 acres) by A.H. Nelson dated March 26, 1935 (SURV:B IV (a) 5).
Extent: 1 sheet
Survey of Part of Lot Two of Assessment Plat No. 3 [Puffer Marsh Area] (3.5345)
Date: December 7 1939Creator: Steinbrecher, Harold F.
Type: Map
Description:Note in marker on back: "Puffer Lake Bird Sanctuary 1939."
Includes an area outlined in red.
Extent: 1 sheet
Survey of Part of Sections Two and Three, Township 38 North, Range 10 East of the Third Principal Meridian, in DuPage County, Illinois (3.5346)
Date: April 27 1938Creator: Steinbrecher, Harold F.
Type: Map
Description:Survey shows 4 contiguous tracts of 8.00, 6.570, 6.255, and 9.248 acres, not within Arboretum boundaries, located south of Warrenville Road.
Extent: 1 sheet
Map Showing the Morton Arboretum and the Adjoining Lands Owned by the Joy Morton Estate in DuPage County, Illinois, Compiled from Surveys and Deed Records (3.5347)
Date: September 1 1940Creator: Steinbrecher, Harold F.
Type: Map
Description:Map shows ms. annotations by C.E. Godshalk giving acreages as of March 21, 1965 and notes on purchases and sales of some land areas. A portion of the estate lies outside of the Arboretum boundaries. Collection has one copy showing various woodlands and buildings in colored shading added by Godshalk in the late 1950's; the Commonwealth Edison and Tollway rights-of-way are indicated.
Extent: 1 sheet
Map Showing the Morton Arboretum and the Adjoining Lands Owned by the Joy Morton Estate in DuPage County, Illinois, Compiled from Surveys and Deed Records (3.5348)
Date: September 1 1940Creator: Steinbrecher, Harold F.
Type: Map
Description:Map shows ms. annotations by C.E. Godshalk giving acreages as of March 21, 1965 and notes on purchases and sales of some land areas. A portion of the estate lies outside of the Arboretum boundaries. Collection has one copy showing various woodlands and buildings in colored shading added by Godshalk in the late 1950's; the Commonwealth Edison and Tollway rights-of-way are indicated.
Extent: 1 sheet
Stromquist's Assessment Plat of Part of the South East Quarter (SE 1/4) of Section Thirty-four (34) and Part of the South West Quarter of Section Thirty-five (35), Township Thirty-nine (39) North, Range ten (10) East of the Third Principal Meridian in Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois (3.5349)
Date: July 12 1946Creator: Steinbrecher, Harold F.
Type: Map
Description:Survey of 9.67 acres bordering Route 53 near the northern boundary of the Arboretum and Thornhill.
Includes pencil drawings.
Extent: 1 sheet
Plat of Survey of Part of the South East Quarter of Section 33 and Part of the South West Quarter of Section 34 in Township 39 North, Range 10 East of the Third Principal Meridian, DuPage County, Illinois (3.5350)
Date: May 24 1940Creator: Steinbrecher, Harold F.
Type: Map
Description:Survey of 3 contiguous tracts with acreages as follows: 35.795, 50.00, and 11.345, located in the northwest corner of the Arboretum.
Extent: 1 sheet
Plat of Survey of Part of the South West Quarter of Section 34, Township 39 North, Range 10 East of the Third Principal Meridian, and Part of the North West Quarter of Section 3, Township 38 North, Range 10 East of the 3rd Prin. Meridian in DuPage County, Illinois (3.5351)
Date: August 30 1940Creator: Steinbrecher, Harold F.
Type: Map
Description:Survey of 17.164 acres in the Sterling Pond area.
Extent: 1 sheet
Plat of Survey of a Tract of Land Sold to the University of Illinois by the Trustees Under the Will of Joy Morton, Deceased (3.5357)
Date: June 22 1944Creator: Steinbrecher, Harold F.
Type: Map
Description:Surveys a tract of 10.815 acres located on the eastern boundary of the Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois Township, Section 1. Map also contains an inset titled: Inset Map Showing Area Leased to University of Illinois by the Joy Morton Est. The tract shown in the inset, 40.283 acres located both in Lisle, Illinois and Milton Townships, is contiguous with that parcel sold by the Arboretum to the University. The inset has a scale of 1 inch = 200 feet.
Extent: 1 sheet
Plat of Survey of that Part of the South East Quarter of Section 34, Township 39 North, Range 10 East of the Third Principal Meridian, Being Also Part of Assessment Plat No. 4, Lands Belonging to Trustees Under the Will of Joy Morton, Deceased, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois (3.5359)
Date: December 9 1943Creator: Steinbrecher, Harold F.
Type: Map
Description:Survey of 12.079 acres in the Thornhill area.
Extent: 1 sheet
Plat of Survey of the Yackley Farm in Sections 26, 35, and 36, Township 39 N. Range 10 E. of the Third Principal Meridian in DuPage County, Illinois (3.5361)
Date: September 20 1954Creator: Steinbrecher, Harold F.
Type: Map
Description:Shows private property now part of the Valley View subdivision, north of the Arboretum.
Extent: 1 sheet
Plat of Survey of the Yackley Farm in Sections 26, 35, and 36, Township 39 N. Range 10 E. of the Third Principal Meridian in DuPage County, Illinois (3.5362)
Date: September 20 1954Creator: Steinbrecher, Harold F.
Type: Map
Description:Shows private property now part of the Valley View subdivision, north of the Arboretum.
Includes pencil notes.
Extent: 1 sheet
Plat of Survey of Part of Section 36, Township 39 North, Range 10 East of the Third Principal Meridian in DuPage, County, Illinois (3.5363)
Date: June 14 1954Creator: Steinbrecher, Harold F.
Type: Map
Description:Property originally owned by the Johnson Estate and acquired by the Arboretum as the Sunny Acres purchase.
Extent: 1 sheet