May T. Watts on stage at Swarthmore College (3.36050)
Date: 1972Type: Photographic image
Description:May T. Watts on an outdoor stage with other academics at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, on the occasion of receiving the Arthur Hoyt Scott Award. Since 1930, the award has been given annually to an organization or an individual who has made an outstanding national contribution to the science and the art of gardening.
Extent: 1 photograph
May T. Watts with Tony Tyznik (3.36045)
Date: July 25 1975Type: Photographic image
Description:May T. Watts appears to be speaking to Tony Tyznik, who is pictured on the right.
Extent: 1 photograph
May T. Watts with Carol Doty (3.36044)
Date: July 25 1975Type: Photographic image
Description:May T. Watts appears to be listening to Carol Doty, who is pictured on the left.
Extent: 1 photograph
May T. Watts speaking to visitors at an Illinois Prairie Path exhibit (3.36043)
Type: Photographic image
Description:May T. Watts speaks to visitors in front of what appears to be a display about the Illinois Prairie Path at a nature or plant expo.
The following words are visible in the background:
- [the ILLIN]OIS PRAIRIE P[ATH]
Extent: 1 photograph
May T. Watts speaking to visitors (3.36042)
Type: Photographic image
Description:May T. Watts speaks to visitors in front of what appears to be a display about the Illinois Prairie Path at a nature or plant expo.
The following words are visible in the background:
- the ILLINOIS PRAIRIE PATH
Extent: 1 photograph
May T. Watts receiving honorary membership in the Association of Interpretive Naturalists (3.36041)
Date: 1973Type: Photographic image
Description:May T. Watts receives honorary membership in the Association of Interpretive Naturalists from visiting members at her home in Naperville, Illinois.
Extent: 1 photograph
May T. Watts with members of the Association of Interpretive Naturalists (3.36040)
Date: 1973Type: Photographic image
Description:May T. Watts conducts what appears to be an educational demonstration with four members of the Association of Interpretive Naturalists at her home in Naperville, Illinois.
Extent: 1 photograph
May T. Watts receiving an award (3.36039)
Date: 1971Type: Photographic image
Description:May T. Watts receives a citation from Illinois State Representative J. Glenn Schneider at her home in Naperville, Illinois.
Extent: 1 photograph
May T. Watts giving a Lunch and Learning presentation (3.36038)
Type: Photographic image
Description:May T. Watts gives a Lunch and Learning presentation to visitors at The Morton Arboretum. She appears to be in the process of drawing flower petals.
Extent: 1 photograph
May T. Watts giving a lecture (3.36037)
Type: Photographic image
Description:May T. Watts gives a lecture while wearing a microphone and standing next to a podium. A small tree is visible in the background
Extent: 1 photograph
May T. Watts on the Illinois Prairie Path (3.35368)
Type: Photographic image
Description:May T. Watts examines a milkweed pod along the Illinois Prairie Path. A caption beneath the image reads:
Taking a closer look at a milkweed pod while hiking along the Illinois Prairie Path is Mrs. May Theilgaard Watts, founder / of the 40 miles of scenic traits in Kane and Du Page Counties. Staff naturalist at the Morton Arboretum, Lisle, for more / than 30 years, the Naperville woman was responsible for putting the path into the National Trails System as a recreational / resource.
Extent: 1 photograph
A walking tour of The Morton Arboretum with May T. Watts, group walking along a path (3.35367)
Type: Photographic image
Description:May T. Watts leads a group walking along a path at The Morton Arboretum.
Extent: 1 photograph
May T. Watts home, front yard (3.35350)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A portion of the front yard and front door to May T. Watts' home in Naperville, Illinois.
Extent: 1 negative
Illinois Prairie Path, second trip: open field (3.35282)
Date: May 9 1964Creator: Sobolik, A. A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:An open field along the former Chicago, Aurora and Elgin railway, on land that would become part of the Illinois Prairie Path.
Extent: 1 slide
Illinois Prairie Path, second trip: horses along path (3.35281)
Date: May 9 1964Creator: Sobolik, A. A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Two horse along the former Chicago, Aurora and Elgin railway, on land that would become part of the Illinois Prairie Path.
Extent: 1 slide
Illinois Prairie Path, second trip: hikers on a gravel path (3.35280)
Date: May 9 1964Creator: Sobolik, A. A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:A group walks on a gravel along the former Chicago, Aurora and Elgin railway, on land that would become part of the Illinois Prairie Path.
Extent: 1 slide
Illinois Prairie Path, first trip: hikers stopped along gravel path (3.35279)
Date: October 19 1963Creator: Sobolik, A. A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Old railroad ties used as a fence at a home along the former Chicago, Aurora and Elgin railway, on land that would become part of the Illinois Prairie Path.
Extent: 1 slide
Illinois Prairie Path, first trip: old railroad ties near a home (3.35278)
Date: October 19 1963Creator: Sobolik, A. A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Old railroad ties used as a fence at a home along the former Chicago, Aurora and Elgin railway, on land that would become part of the Illinois Prairie Path.
Extent: 1 slide
Illinois Prairie Path, first trip: dry cattails and marsh marigolds (3.35277)
Date: October 19 1963Creator: Sobolik, A. A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Dry cattails and marsh marigolds along the former Chicago, Aurora and Elgin railway, on land that would become part of the Illinois Prairie Path.
Extent: 1 slide
Illinois Prairie Path, first trip: hikers walking on railroad ties (3.35276)
Date: October 19 1963Creator: Sobolik, A. A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:A group of hikers walk on old railroad ties along the former Chicago, Aurora and Elgin railway, on land that would become part of the Illinois Prairie Path.
Extent: 1 slide
Illinois Prairie Path, first trip: hikers with backpacks (3.35275)
Date: October 19 1963Creator: Sobolik, A. A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Three hikers, two with backpacks, walk on old railroad ties along the former Chicago, Aurora and Elgin railway, on land that would become part of the Illinois Prairie Path.
Extent: 1 slide
Illinois Prairie Path, first trip: railroad tie (3.35274)
Date: October 19 1963Type: Photographic image
Description:A close-up of a railroad tie along the former Chicago, Aurora and Elgin railway, on land that would become part of the Illinois Prairie Path.
Extent: 1 slide
Illinois Prairie Path, first trip: hikers on a gravel path (3.35273)
Date: October 19 1963Type: Photographic image
Description:Two hikers walk on a gravel path along the former Chicago, Aurora and Elgin railway, on land that would become part of the Illinois Prairie Path.
Extent: 1 slide
Illinois Prairie Path, first trip: area used as a dump (3.35272)
Date: October 19 1963Type: Photographic image
Description:A hiker stands near a spot along the former Chicago, Aurora and Elgin railway that was used as a garbage dump, on land that would become part of the Illinois Prairie Path.
Extent: 1 slide
Illinois Prairie Path, first trip: barn, pasture, and horses near Geneva (3.35271)
Date: October 19 1963Creator: Sobolik, A. A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:A barn and horses in a pasture near Geneva along the former Chicago, Aurora and Elgin railway, on land that would become part of the Illinois Prairie Path.
Extent: 1 slide
Illinois Prairie Path, second trip: May T. Watts giving a presentation at High Lake station (3.35270)
Date: May 9 1964Creator: Sobolik, A. A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:May T. Watts speaks to a group sitting on steps at the High Lake station along the Geneva branch of the former Chicago, Aurora and Elgin railway, on land that would become part of the Illinois Prairie Path.
Extent: 1 slide
Illinois Prairie Path, first trip: Hikers using binoculars (3.35269)
Date: October 19 1963Creator: Sobolik, A. A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Hikers using binoculars at a stop along the former Chicago, Aurora and Elgin railway, on land that would become part of the Illinois Prairie Path.
Extent: 1 slide
Illinois Prairie Path, second trip: May T. Watts with group at High Lake station (3.35268)
Date: May 9 1964Creator: Sobolik, A. A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:May T. Watts speaks to a group sitting on steps at the High Lake station along the Geneva branch of the former Chicago, Aurora and Elgin railway, on land that would become part of the Illinois Prairie Path.
Extent: 1 slide
Illinois Prairie Path, first trip: Lunch break at Batavia park (3.35267)
Date: October 19 1963Type: Photographic image
Description:Hikers take a lunch break at a park in Batavia along the former Chicago, Aurora and Elgin railway, on land that would become part of the Illinois Prairie Path.
Extent: 1 slide
Illinois Prairie Path, first trip: gravel and shrubs (3.35266)
Date: October 19 1963Creator: Sobolik, A. A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Gravel and shrubs along the former Chicago, Aurora and Elgin railway, on land that would become part of the Illinois Prairie Path. Helen Turner is seated to the left.
Extent: 1 slide
Illinois Prairie Path, first trip: Floyd Swink's written description (3.35265)
Date: October 19 1963Creator: Swink, Floyd
Type: Document
Description:A type-written narrative from Floyd Swink describing the first walk along the former Chicago, Aurora and Elgin railway, on land that would become part of the Illinois Prairie Path.
Text, from top to bottom:
Saturday, October 19, 1963
the walk inlcuded Wayne, Batavia, and Wheaton,
along the old Chicago, Aurora & Elgin right-of-way;
the tour also inlcuded a walk along the old Geneva
branch, abandoned in 1937; we (or at least I)
then stopped at Perry Lake in Glen Ellyn to watch
the excavation of a mastodon
the walk consisted of Arboretum class members
[handwritten] (Floyd Swink)
Extent: 1 sheet
Illinois Prairie Path, first trip: May T. Watts and Floyd Swink with fellow hikers at a park (3.35264)
Date: October 19 1963Type: Photographic image
Description:May T. Watts and Floyd Swink stopp with fellow hikers at a park in Batavia along the former Chicago, Aurora and Elgin railway, on land that would become part of the Illinois Prairie Path. Helen Turner is seated to the left.
Extent: 1 slide
Illinois Prairie Path, first trip: May T. Watts and her daughter Erica having lunch with fellow hikers (3.35263)
Date: October 19 1963Type: Photographic image
Description:May T. Watts and her daughter Erica (far right) have lunch with fellow hikers at a park in Batavia along the former Chicago, Aurora and Elgin railway, on land that would become part of the Illinois Prairie Path.
Extent: 1 slide
Illinois Prairie Path, first trip: May T. Watts speaking to fellow hikers (3.35262)
Date: October 19 1963Creator: Sobolik, A. A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:May T. Watts speaks to hikes along the former Chicago, Aurora and Elgin railway, on land that would become part of the Illinois Prairie Path. Helen Turner is seated to the left.
Extent: 1 slide
Illinois Prairie Path, first trip: May T. Watts and Helen Turner with fellow hikers (3.35261)
Date: October 19 1963Type: Photographic image
Description:May T. Watts, Helen Turner, and others pause to have a discussion near a stone retaining wall along the former Chicago, Aurora and Elgin railway, on land that would become part of the Illinois Prairie Path.
Extent: 1 slide
Illinois Prairie Path, first trip: May T. Watts, Floyd Swink, Helen Turner, and others having lunch (3.35260)
Date: October 19 1963Type: Photographic image
Description:May T. Watts, Floyd Swink, Helen Turner, and others have a discussion while stopping for lunch at a park in Batavia near the former Chicago, Aurora and Elgin railway, on land that would become part of the Illinois Prairie Path.
Extent: 1 slide