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Finding Aid to the Bay Area Ridge Trail Council Records, 1961-2001, bulk 1987-1998
BANC MSS 2002/90 c
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Collection Title: Bay Area Ridge Trail Council records
Date (inclusive): 1961-2001,
Date (bulk): bulk 1987-1998
Collection Number: BANC MSS 2002/90 c
Creators :
Bay Area Ridge Trail Council
Extent:
Number of containers: 13 cartons, 1 oversize box, 17 oversize folders, 7 rolls
Linear feet: 24.5
Repository: The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California, 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Abstract: The Bay Area Ridge Trail Council is a non-profit organization whose mission is to create a continuous trail along the ridgelines
overlooking the San Francisco Bay. The Bay Area Ridge Trail Council Records consist of files that the organization compiled
during approximately the first decade of its existence.
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English
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on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Collection is open for research.
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[Identification of item], Bay Area Ridge Trail Council Records, BANC MSS 2002/90 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California,
Berkeley.
There are no alternate forms of this collection.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Bay Area Ridge Trail Council--Archives
Conservation of natural resources--California--San Francisco Bay Area
Greenbelts--California--San Francisco Bay Area
Land use--California--San Francisco Bay Area
Open spaces--California--San Francisco Bay Area
Trails--California--San Francisco Bay Area--Maps
Trails--California--San Francisco Bay Area--Planning
Bay Area Ridge Trail (Calif.)
The Bay Area Ridge Trail Council Records were given to The Bancroft Library by Holly Van Houten in 2002.
No additions are expected.
Arranged to the folder level.
Processed by David Uhlich.
The Bay Area Ridge Trail Council is a non-profit organization whose mission is to create a continuous trail along the ridgelines
overlooking the San Francisco Bay. Inspired by the ideas of former National Park Service Director William Penn Mott, Jr.,
the council was founded in 1987 by representatives of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area and the Greenbelt Alliance
as the "Bay Area Ridge Trail Project". The first trail section was dedicated in 1989, and the council became an independent
organization with non-profit status in 1992. The council celebrated the opening of the three-hundredth mile of the Ridge Trail
in 2006, with plans for the trail to surpass 550 continuous miles when completed. The Bay Area Ridge Trail Council continues
to work towards its mission, currently holding offices in the San Francisco Presidio just over a mile from a section of the
Ridge Trail.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Bay Area Ridge Trail Council Records consist of files that the organization compiled during approximately the first decade
of its existence. The bulk of the collection is comprised of trail planning files, documenting the mapping and construction
of trail segments and Ridge Trail gap strategies; also prominent in the collection are materials related to special events
hosted by the council, management of trail sections, and council administrative records. The collection encompasses a range
of materials-including maps, correspondence, and reports-most notably documenting: the San Francisco Bay, along with the ridgelines
of the nine Bay Area counties surrounding it; California trails, parks, and open spaces; and environmental restoration and
preservation.
The Bay Area Ridge Trail Council Records are subdivided into four series:
- Series I: Trail Planning
- Series II: Trail Management
- Series III: Special Events
- Series IV: Administrative Files