1985-1988: Marlin Bowles to Dr. Hall and George Ware (3.57448)
Date: 1985 – 1988Creator: Bowles, Marlin L.
Type: Document
Description:A series of 7 letters shared with Dr. Hall and George Ware from Marlin Bowles between various employees of The Morton Arboretum and The Center for Plant Conservation in Jamaica Plain, MA, regarding cooperative projects and research programs.
Extent: 11 sheets
1988/12/27: George Ware to Dr. Hall (3.63434)
Date: December 27 1988Creator: Ware, George
Type: Document
Description:Memo from George Ware to Dr. Hall detailing plans for an Arboretum-sponsored plant collecting expedition to China and for Chinese dendrologists to visit and tour the United States.
Extent: 4 sheets
1990/07/05: Zhang Hui to George Ware (3.66978)
Date: July 5 1990Creator: Hui, Zhang
Type: Document
Description:A packet of three documents sent by Zhang Hui of the Ecological Society of Shanxi Province to George Ware of the Morton Arboretum including a letter of invitation discussing itinerary and financial obligations of the parties involved, and official invitation for the American delegates from The Foreign Affairs Office in Shanxi, China and a list of the Chinese participants.
Extent: 4 sheets
1992 Annual Report, Research Group (3.81725)
Date: 1992Type: Document
Description:Annual report for the Research Group of the Morton Arboretum which contains a mission statement, group structure, chronology of events, interactions, priorities, and strengths and weaknesses.
Extent: 8 sheets
1994/12/15: Fay [Wheatman] to Research Staff, Kris B.[Bachtell], Scott M. [Mehaffey], and Pete V. [Van Der Linden] (3.56322)
Date: December 15 1994Type: Document
Description:Memo from Fay [Wheatman] to members of The Morton Arboretum Research staff detailing notes take by Scott Mehaffey on the Collections/Research Workshop.
Extent: 2 sheets
A Correction Involving Rhamnus citrifolia (Weston) (3.57517)
Date: 1987Creator: Hess, William J.
Type: Article
A new hybrid of Spiraea (Rosaceae) from Oregon (3.57524)
Date: 1999Creator: Hess, William J.
Type: Article
A New Species of Gibasis (Ckommelinaceae) from Northern New Mexico (3.57527)
Date: 1972Creator: Hess, William J.
Type: Article
A New Status for Quercus shumardii Buckl. Var. acerifolia (3.57521)
Date: 1990Creator: Hess, William J.
Type: Article
A New Variety of Salvia betuliifolia (Labiatae) (3.57528)
Date: 1972Creator: Hess, William J.
Type: Article
A Revision of Eriogonum (Polygonaceae) subgenus Pterogonum (3.57513)
Date: 1976Creator: Hess, William J.
Type: Article
A Taxonomic revision of Vauquelinia (Rosaceae) (3.57511)
Date: 1987Creator: Hess, William J.
Type: Article
A Tree by Any Other Name…(Or: What is Behind Name Changes?) (3.10710)
Date: March 21 – June 20 1975Creator: Hess, William J.
Type: Article
Arbor Day activities at The Morton Arboretum, Dr. Hess speaking to woman at Be a Botanist station (3.3898)
Date: April 1995Type: Photographic image
Description:Arbor Day activities at The Morton Arboretum, Dr. Hess speaking to woman at Be a Botanist station
Extent: 1 negative filmstrip
Arbor Day activities at The Morton Arboretum, Dr. Hess speaking to woman holding box of plants at Be a Botanist station (3.3899)
Date: April 1995Type: Photographic image
Description:Arbor Day activities at The Morton Arboretum, Dr. Hess speaking to woman holding box of plants at Be a Botanist station
Extent: 1 negative filmstrip
Audubon—A Botanist’s Viewpoint (3.10890)
Date: December 21 1983 – March 20 1984Creator: Hess, William J.
Type: Article
Bill Hess and class in Botany Lab examining specimens (3.4073)
Date: 1987Creator: Brown, Ray
Type: Photographic image
Description:Bill Hess and class in Botany Lab examining specimens with microscopes
Extent: 1 photograph
Bill Hess and others planting tree on top of berm during Earth Day celebration and berm planting (3.57683)
Date: May 1990Creator: Luthringer, Ruth
Type: Photographic image
Description:Bill Hess and others planting tree on top of berm during Earth Day celebration and berm planting
Extent: 1 slide
Bluff City Fen: Communities, Vegetation History, and Management (3.57518)
Date: 1986Creator: Hess, William J.
Type: Article
Bluff Springs Fen Nature Preserve: Checklist of Vascular Plant Taxa (3.57519)
Date: 1989Creator: Hess, William J.
Type: Article
Branches: Newsletter of The Morton Arboretum Volunteers, Winter 1995 (3.107061)
Date: 1995Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Winter 1995 Branches Newsletter features articles on the following: the Wild Garden, it's history, development, the volunteer group involved and it's reestablishment after the renovations at Thornhill, Workers in Sylvan Horticulture (VIEW); and the High School Education Reach Out in Botany group (HERB) which involved area high school students in the Herbarium, mounting and illustrating plants. Volunteer opportunities, trainings, events and classes are featured along with lists of new and continuing volunteers.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Summer 1989 (3.107040)
Date: 1989Creator: Engle, Martha
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Summer 1989 Branches Newsletter contains articles on the following: a history of the soil at the Arboretum, specifically the movement of the glaciers and the ice sheet that covered the area; an update on the berms' their formation, purpose (to mitigate salt, exhaust and noise pollution), and design; and a sampling of collecting trips conducted by Arboretum staff and scientists. An in-service for volunteers, special events and classes are featured along with a list of new volunteers.
Extent: ;6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of the Morton Arboretum, Winter 1991 (3.107046)
Date: 1991Creator: Stowell, Gladys
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Winter 1991 Branches Newsletter contains articles on the following: Herbarium volunteer Kendall Winter and his quest to travel the world seeking varieties of sumac or Rhus and to bring back samples for the Herbarium; Dr. George Ware and an exchange program with China during which participants from China and the United States visited each others countries to learn about each others woody flora and their growing environments and bring back specimens. Volunteer opportunities, volunteer trainings, new volunteers, classes and programs are also discussed.
Extent: ;6 pages
Carex X deamii Herm. (Cyperaceae) in Illinois (3.57514)
Date: 1982Creator: Hess, William J.
Type: Article
China trip, Arboretum group setting out to collect seeds in Shanxi Province (3.4533)
Date: 1990Type: Photographic image
Description: China trip, Arboretum group setting out to collect seeds in Shanxi Province, north-central China, standing in meadow
(L to R): Ross Clark, Peter van der Linden, George Ware, Kris Bachtell, William Hess
Extent: 1 photograph
Clarence E. Godshalk's 90th birthday celebration scrapbook: guests listening to speaker (3.3615)
Date: January 14 1987Creator: Kohout, John
Type: Photographic image
Description:Clarence E. Godshalk's 90th birthday celebration scrapbook
Guests listening to speaker including Carol Way, Lynne and Joe Larkin, Marilyn Halperin, Gloria Mintern, Don Heldt, Nancy Flexman, Cara Heldt, Barb Mangano, Larry Carton, and Bill Hess
Extent: 1 photograph
Dodecatheon (Primulaceae) in Caddo Canyons (3.57499)
Date: 1967Creator: Hess, William J.
Type: Article
Dr. Marion Hall stamping Herbarium's 50,000th specimen (3.4146)
Date: 1984Creator: Kohout, John
Type: Photographic image
Description:Dr. Marion Hall stamping Herbarium's 50,000th specimen
(L to R): Nina Podraski, Bill Hess, Marion Hall
Extent: 1 photograph
Dr. William Hess collecting specimen during 1990 China Expedition (3.4990)
Date: October 1 1990Type: Photographic image
Description:Dr. William Hess collecting voucher specimen, Picea meyeri, during 1990 China Expedition in Pangquangou Nature Reserve, Shanxi Province
Extent: 1 photograph
Dr. William Hess placing disc flower (on stage) into the sputter coater (3.4986)
Date: 1986Creator: Kohout, John
Type: Photographic image
Description:Dr. William Hess placing disc flower (on stage) into the sputter coater
Extent: 1 photograph
Dr. William Hess reviewing specimens in Herbarium (3.4989)
Date: 1970sType: Photographic image
Description:Dr. William Hess reviewing specimens in Herbarium
Extent: 1 photograph
Dr. William Hess using a lens to examine a plant (3.4988)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Dr. William Hess using a lens to examine a plant
Photograph used to advertise his travels to the Republic of South Africa as part of a three-week botanical exchange arranged under the auspices of the People to People program
Extent: 1 photograph
Dr. William Hess using the scanning electron microscope (3.4987)
Date: 1986Creator: Kohout, John
Type: Photographic image
Description:Dr. William Hess using the scanning electron microscope, operating the electron beam to view microscopically thru the viewing monitor or recording monitor of the S.E.M.
Extent: 1 photograph
Dr. William Hess weighing anti-cancer plants (3.4992)
Creator: Benson, Erica
Type: Photographic image
Description:Dr. William Hess weighing anti-cancer plants
Extent: 1 photograph
Dr. William Hess working in Herbarium (3.4984)
Creator: Brown, Ray
Type: Photographic image
Description:Dr. William Hess working in Herbarium
Extent: 1 photograph