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- catalog abstract "The bulk of the materials consist of administrative papers relating to the Boston Park Ranger Program, including correspondence, fundraising materials, advisory board minutes, programming materials, public relations papers/newsclippings, and budget papers. In addition there is a folder of information on the urban ranger program in New York City (on which the Boston program was based), two folders of proposal materials and a folder of recruitment, hiring and job description papers.".
- catalog contributor b12512746.
- catalog date "1981".
- catalog description "Electronic finding aid available http://arboretum.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/I_A-6_BPR_2012.pdf".
- catalog description "In the following years the program was expanded to include Franklin Park, Jamaica Pond and the Back Bay Fens. The concept of park rangers originated in the nineteenth century with Frederick Law Olmsted. Olmsted advised that there be a force of 'Park Keepers' to patrol the parks in an effort to prevent vandalism and to encourage the wise use of the City's parks.".
- catalog description "Inventory available in library; folder level control.".
- catalog description "The bulk of the materials consist of administrative papers relating to the Boston Park Ranger Program, including correspondence, fundraising materials, advisory board minutes, programming materials, public relations papers/newsclippings, and budget papers. In addition there is a folder of information on the urban ranger program in New York City (on which the Boston program was based), two folders of proposal materials and a folder of recruitment, hiring and job description papers.".
- catalog description "The late 1970s and early 1980s saw an upswing in violence and vandalism in Boston's city parks, which lead to a subsequent drop-off in attendance and donations. In 1983 the Boston Park Ranger Program was instituted as a response to the growing concern for Boston's parklands. During the first year, rangers patrolled the Boston Common, the Public Garden, the Commonwealth Avenue Mall and the Arnold Arboretum on foot and on horseback.".
- catalog extent "8 linear inches".
- catalog issued "1981".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog spatial "Massachusetts Boston.".
- catalog subject "Arnold Arboretum Administration.".
- catalog subject "Ashton, Peter S.".
- catalog subject "Boston (Mass.) Parks and Recreation Department.".
- catalog subject "Park Rangers.".
- catalog subject "Parks Massachusetts Boston.".
- catalog subject "Parks Vandalism.".
- catalog title "Records of the Boston Park Rangers program, 1981-1988".
- catalog type "collection".