Ross Clark (L) and Chad Avery (R) grilling meat on Thornhill lawn at Employee picnic (3.4450)
Date: July 1981Type: Photographic image
Description:Ross Clark (L) and Chad Avery (R) grilling meat on Thornhill lawn at Employee picnic
Extent: 1 photograph
Undated: George Ware to Dr. Donnelly (3.65042)
Creator: Ware, George
Type: Document
Description:A series of documents providing a summary of the primary objectives, outcomes, and itineraries of The Morton Arboretum's China Exchange program which took place during the late summer and fall of 1990.
Extent: 17 sheets
Bottlebrush Buckeye: Mysteries of a Southern Delight (3.10863)
Date: March 21 – June 20 1982Creator: Clark, Ross C.
Type: Article
Another Southern Delight: The Witch Alders (Fothergilla spp.) (3.10958)
Date: September 21 – December 20 1987Creator: Clark, Ross C.
Type: Article
Julian Steyermark’s Arboretum Connection (3.10981)
Date: December 21 1988 – March 20 1989Creator: Clark, Ross C.
Type: Article
Chinkapin Oak: Satisfaction for the Homeowner, Skullduggery for the Botanist (3.10987)
Date: March 21 – June 20 1989Creator: Clark, Ross C.
Type: Article
A Brief Summary of the Arboretum’s Expedition to China (3.11008)
Date: September 21 – December 20 1990Creator: Clark, Ross C.
Type: Article
Summer-sweet Clethra (Clethra alnifolia) (3.11019)
Date: June 21 – September 20 1991Creator: Clark, Ross C., Bachtell, Kris
Type: Article
A Sad Lesson in Natural History (3.11022)
Date: September 21 – December 20 1991Creator: Clark, Ross C.
Type: Article
Winterberry Holly (Ilex verticillata) (3.11024)
Date: September 21 – December 20 1991Creator: Clark, Ross C.
Type: Article
Eastern Redbud (Cercis Canadensis L.) (3.11031)
Date: March 21 – June 20 1992Creator: Clark, Ross C., Bachtell, Kris
Type: Article
Ross Clark, smiling portrait (3.4859)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Ross Clark, smiling portrait
Extent: 1 photograph
Ross Clark, portait (3.4860)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Ross Clark, portait
Extent: 1 photograph
Ross Clark, vignette portrait (3.4861)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Ross Clark, vignette portrait
Extent: 1 photograph
Ross Clark, smiling vignette portrait (3.4862)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Ross Clark, smiling vignette portrait
Extent: 1 photograph
Ross Clark standing in front of bottlebrush buckeye shrub (3.4863)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Ross Clark standing in front of bottlebrush buckeye shrub
Extent: 1 photograph
Ross Clark working with microscope at desk (3.4864)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Ross Clark working with microscope at desk
Extent: 1 photograph
Ross Clark with woman pressing leaves in Botany Lab (3.4865)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Ross Clark with woman pressing leaves in Botany Lab
Extent: 1 photograph
Ross Clark teaching meiosis at blackboard (3.4866)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Ross Clark teaching meiosis at blackboard
Extent: 1 photograph
Praire used in home landscape design (3.37217)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Praire used in home landscape design
Side view of Ross Clark's residence and deck at The Morton Arboretum.
Extent: 1 photograph
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
Quercus falcata (southern red oak), leaves detail (3.38456)
Date: August 1988Creator: Clark, Ross C.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus falcata (southern red oak), detail of green leaves near crown with view facing blue sky and section of evergreen tree
Extent: 1 slide
1991/05/29: Zhang Cheng Lin to Dr. Ross Clark (3.57368)
Date: May 29 1991Creator: Cheng Lin, Zhang
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Zhang Cheng Lin to Dr. Ross Clark discussing his earlier research papers written during his studies to achieve his BA and Master's in Forest Ecology and his desire to obtain his PHD in the United States.
Extent: 4 sheets
Quercus stellata (post oak), leaves (3.57844)
Date: August 1988Creator: Clark, Ross C.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus stellata (post oak), close-up silhouette of deeply-lobed leaves on tree with view facing sky
Extent: 1 slide
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
Ross Clark (3.90926)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Photograph of Ross Clark, employee of The Morton Arboretum. He is standing outside in front of a bush.
Ross Clark, headshot (3.90933)
Date: April 1980Type: Photographic image
Description:Headshot of Ross Clark, employee of The Morton Arboretum.
Albizia julibrissin Durazz. (silk-tree), flowers and leaves (3.83199)
Date: August 1988Creator: Clark, Ross C.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Albizia julibrissin Durazz. (silk-tree), pink and white flowers, twice pinnately compound leaves
Extent: 1 slide
Albizia julibrissin Durazz. (silk-tree), fruits and leaves (3.83205)
Date: August 1988Creator: Clark, Ross C.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Albizia julibrissin Durazz. (silk-tree);twice pinnately compound leaves; legumes (fruits)
Extent: 1 slide
Albizia julibrissin Durazz. (silk-tree), fruits and leaves (3.83208)
Date: August 1988Creator: Clark, Ross C.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Albizia julibrissin Durazz. (silk-tree), fruits (legumes), pinnately compound leaves
Extent: 1 slide
Ed Hedborn oral history interview, 2023 January 25 (3.107010)
Date: January 25 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 January 25, 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 Peter van der Linden, which lasted from 1987 to 1998. Topics include the Arboretum's collections, the evaluation and rehabilitation of collections, the construction of the North-South Tollway (I-355), salt studies, plant labels, seed collecting, and the Arbor Day Plant Sale.
Trip to China Enlarges Arboretum's Collection Newspaper Clipping (3.106961)
Date: October 19 1990Type: Document
Description:A newspaper clipping covering a specimen gathering and exchange trip to China by The Morton Arboretum botanists.
Extent: 1 sheet
Preliminary Sketch of Proposed Bonsai Pavilion (3.108554)
Date: November 11 1986Creator: Clark, Ross C.
Type: Document
Description:A proposal and drawing for a Bonsai Pavilion at The Morton Arboretum with partial funding and maintenance by the Morton Arboretum Bonsai Society.
Extent: 2 sheets
1986/10/11: Ross Clark to Charles Lewis (3.108556)
Date: October 31 1986Creator: Clark, Ross C.
Type: Document
Description:Activity Arc & Bonsai - proposal for a permanent bonsai display at The Morton Arboretum.
Extent: 1 sheet
Events, News, & Classes: Autumn 1983 (3.113774)
Date: 1983Type: Serial
Description:A digitized version of the Autumn 1983 Events, News, & Classes Newsletter. This issue features events such as Bluegrass at Thornhill and a Bonsai Exhibit at Thornhill. It also includes behind the scenes gardening information and how volunteers fight tent caterpillars and mentions a problem with deer eating young plants. It also has a list of classes.
Extent: 5 pages