Controlled Fires Help Native Plants and Animals Thrive (3.104311)
Date: April 8 2021Type: Document
Description:Copy of an Arboretum blog post about prescribed burns.
60 Years of the Schulenberg Prairie (3.104344)
Date: September 6 2022Type: Document
Description:Copy of a post from the blog series, When Trees Talk, celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Schulenberg Prairie.
Arboretum Staff and their Guests at the Employee Centennial Celebration (3.106126)
Date: December 12 2022Creator: Weinstein, John
Type: Photographic image
Description:Arboretum staff members and their guests socializing at the Employee Centennial Celebration.
Branches: A Newsletter for the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Fall 2007 (3.107089)
Date: 2007Creator: Kenaston, Sally, Cusack, Marty, Holman, Jenny
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Fall 2007 Branches Newsletter contains articles on the following: volunteer bird monitoring groups; College of Du Page volunteers in the Children's Garden studying Nature Deficit Disorder; two interns, Justin Beynon and Katherine Rytych, and their projects on community trees in Homewood and writing an Arboretum Conservation Policy; the volunteer recognition evening; an appeal for contributions to the Branching Out campaign and encouragement for volunteers to be ambassadors for the Arboretum. Volunteer opportunities and an In Memoriam are also included.
Extent: 6 pages
Ed Hedborn oral history interview, 2023 March 08 (3.107277)
Date: March 8 2023Type: Audio
Description:A recording of an oral history interview with Ed Hedborn, manager of plant records, conducted by Kristin Arnold, archivist. The interview took place on March 8, 2023 in the Sterling Morton Library at The Morton Arboretum.
The interview focuses on Hedborn's experiences and memories of The Morton Arboretum's Collections Program during the curatorship of Kunso Kim, which lasted from 1998 to 2014, and Matt Lobdell, which lasted from 2014 to 2022. Topics include the development of the Arboretum's collections, online collections catalogs, the Arboretum's grid system, the Collections Master Plan, the building of the Curatorial and Operations Center, working in Plant Clinic, and tribute trees.
Drain Tiles of The Morton Arboretum (3.107562)
Date: December 2016Creator: Dreisilker, Kurt
Type: Document
Description:In 2013, The Morton Arboretum began a three year initiative, entitled Plant Collections Hydrologic Improvement Project (PCHIP), to determine where all drain tiles are located throughout the entire property, to assess their condition, and then to prioritize and implement drainage improvements. Funding to complete this initiative in 2013 was received from Institute of Museum and Library Services, Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, and The Morton Arboretum.
PCHIP began by locating drain tiles and assessing their condition throughout the entire Arboretum in 2013-2014. A list of 29 improvements were proposed to install, repair, or remove drain tiles throughout the collections and natural areas. Twenty-seven of these projects were completed between 2015-2016. PCHIP resulted in an updated understanding of how the drainage systems function throughout the Arboretum, an accurate map of all drain tiles in the Arboretum, and updated and maintained drainage systems by implementing 27 of the 29 improvements.
Reptiles and Amphibians of The Morton Arboretum: an Assessment to Inform Management (3.116362)
Date: September 2023Creator: Dreisilker, Kurt, Warren, Lisa, Campbell, Spencer
Type: Article
Description:"This assessment [of reptiles and amphibians of The Morton Arboretum]:
- compiles all of the documented species from past Arboretum monitoring efforts, their general population status, and management recommendations;
- highlights absent species that are found in the surrounding region and provides opportunities to consider increased monitoring and/or species reintroductions;
- states known and potential threats along with management considerations; &
- considers how climate change impacts their populations."
Extent: 23 pages
Perennial Volunteer Highlights (3.31615)
Date: April 9 2013Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Video
Description:A video specifically highlighting the volunteer steward experience.
History of the Morton Arboretum's East Prairie (3.31848)
Date: 2015Creator: Sommer, Janice, Dreisilker, Kurt, Kiburz, Jack, Craig, Gay
Type: Document
Enhancing establishment of white oak and American hazelnut enrichment plants in a mesic forest using understory removal and group selection (3.55337)
Date: 2014Creator: Dreisilker, Kurt, Dawson, Jeffrey O.
Type: Article
Assessing patterns of oak regeneration and C storage in relation to restoration-focused management, historical land use, and potential trade-offs (3.55352)
Date: 2015Creator: Carter, David R., Fahey, Bob, Dreisilker, Kurt, Bialecki, Margaret B., Bowles, Marlin L.
Type: Article
Know Your Arboretum: Making the Grade with Kurt Dreisilker (3.62402)
Date: 2016Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Video
Description:Know Your Arboretum staff education session on the DuPage River Restoration.
Growing Brilliantly Campaign, Annual Dinner Party, 2017, Celebrating South Farm, open captions (3.62970)
Date: October 5 2017Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Video
Growing Brilliantly Campaign, Annual Dinner Party, 2017, Celebrating South Farm, high resolution (3.62971)
Date: September 5 2017Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Video
Growing Brilliantly Campaign, Annual Dinner Party, 2017, Celebrating South Farm (3.62972)
Date: September 5 2017Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Video
Woodland Stewardship Program, What Do Volunteer Stewards Do, social media, open captions (3.62992)
Date: August 25 2017Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Video
Woodland Stewardship Program, What Is The Woodland Stewardship Program, social media (3.62993)
Date: April 21 2017Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Video
Woodland Stewardship Program, What Is Ecological Restoration, version 3, social media (3.62994)
Date: July 12 2017Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Video
Woodland Stewardship Program, What Do Volunteer Stewards Do, online ad, PHTV (3.63048)
Date: March 27 2017Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Video
Woodland Stewardship Program, What Is Ecological Restoration, online ad, PHTV (3.63049)
Date: March 27 2017Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Video
Woodland Stewardship Program, What Is The Woodland Stewardship Program, online ad, PHTV (3.63050)
Date: March 27 2017Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Video
Working at The Morton Arboretum (3.82961)
Date: 2019Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Video
Description:A video promoting working at The Morton Arboretum.
Working at The Morton Arboretum (3.82962)
Date: 2019Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Video
Description:A video promoting working at The Morton Arboretum.
The Morton Arboretum Volunteer Stewardship, final (3.83064)
Date: October 15 2012Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Video
Adult Education, Woodland Stewardship Program, Heritage Trail Tour (3.92293)
Date: 2008Type: Photographic image
Description:Kurt Dreisilker speaks to a group during a Heritage Trail tour as part of the Woodland Stewardship Program.
What is the Natural Areas Conservation Training Program? (3.92671)
Date: 2018Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Video
Description:A video describing the Natural Areas Conservation Training (N-ACT) program. The video depicts Morton Arboretum staff and N-ACT program graduates discussing the program.
Interview with Gordon and June Frey (3.96595)
Type: Audio
Description:Oral history interview with Gordon Frey and June Hatch Frey conducted by Kurt Dreisilker (Head of Natural Resources, Collections and Grounds).
Topics discussed include June's family history in Lisle, Illinois and her experiences growing up near The Morton Arboretum and the surrounding farms.
Extent: 1 audio CD
Interview with Walter Eickhorst on East Side of The Morton Arboretum (3.98196)
Date: June 29 2006Type: Audio
Description:Oral history interview with Walter Eickhorst discussing his memories of The Morton Arboretum while driving through the East Side. Interview conducted by Kurt Dreisilker (Manager of Natural Resources, Collections and Grounds). Recorded in three parts.
Walter Eickhorst worked at The Morton Arboretum from 1931-1977 as Label Man and Stenographer (1931-1943, 1945-1952), Assistant Curator of Collections (1953-1963), Field Manager, Cultivated Plants (1962), and Curator of Cultivated Plants (1963-1977).
Extent: 3 audio CDs
Interview with Walter Eickhorst on West Side of The Morton Arboretum (3.98197)
Date: July 6 2006Type: Audio
Description:Oral history interview with Walter Eickhorst discussing his memories of The Morton Arboretum while driving through the West Side. Interview conducted by Kurt Dreisilker (Manager of Natural Resources, Collections and Grounds). Recorded in two parts.
Walter Eickhorst worked at The Morton Arboretum from 1931-1977 as Label Man and Stenographer (1931-1943, 1945-1952), Assistant Curator of Collections (1953-1963), Field Manager, Cultivated Plants (1962), and Curator of Cultivated Plants (1963-1977).
Extent: 2 audio CDs