Friends of Gwynns Falls/ Leakin Park Records
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Scope and Contents
This collection documents the activity of The Friends of Gwynns Falls/Leakin Park group as an organization. The materials include documentation of administrative meetings/Board of Directors activity, environmental cleanup, nature conservancy, education, and community events. The collection features an array of photographic material in addition to textual documents.
Dates
- Creation: 1969 - 2024
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
To the extent that they own copyright, the donor has assigned the copyright of this collection to the University Foundation. However, copyright for some items in this collection are held by their respective creators.
Historical Note
The Friends of Gwynns Falls/Leakin Park (FOGFLP) is an all volunteer 501(c)(3) non-profit organization established in 1983 to advocate for the park as a public resource with historical buildings, hiking and biking trails, recreational facilities and educational center while preserving its delicate environmental balance. The park is one of the largest wilderness preserves in a major urban area in the United States, and FOGFLP is committed to making the park with its varied features accessible to a variety of users.
The Board of Directors of FOGFLP is composed of not more than 21 members chosen at the annual meeting. Emphasis is given to recruiting representatives from the surrounding communities and from other organizations working in various capacities within the park. However, anyone interested in the activities and preservation of the park may be elected a board member.
FOGFLP sponsors and co-sponsors activities within the park for users, organizes cleanups and maintenance projects, maintains the walking and hiking trails and coordinates volunteer groups who wish to do community service in the park.
[Information for this historical note was gathered from the Friends of Gwynns Falls Leakin Park website, https://friendsofgwynnsfallsleakinpark.org/]
Extent
12.42 Linear feet (13 containers)
0.20 Linear feet (2 oversized folders)
1.87 Gigabytes (269 Files, 15 Folders) : Electronic files
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in two series:
Custodial History
The collection was donated to the University of Baltimore Foundation by Mike Cross-Barnet, Executive Director of Friends of Gwynns Falls/Leakin Park, on August 30, 2024. The records were transferred to Aiden Faust and Thomas Dettling on October 8, 2024. A second accrual of electronic records was transferred by Susan Tucker to Fatemeh Rezaei on November 15, 2024. A third accrual of physical records was transferred to Thomas Dettling on June 3, 2025.
Processing Information
The first series in the collection was processed by Thomas Dettling in October 2024. Electronic records were ingested into preservation storage by Fatemeh Rezaei in November 2024. The second series in the collection was processed by Thomas Dettling in August 2025.
- Title
- Finding aid for the Friends of Gwynns Falls/ Leakin Park Records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Thomas Dettling (2024-2025). Revised by Aiden Faust (2024-2025).
- Date
- October 2024
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Baltimore Studies Archives Repository