Guide to the Lanie Fleischer papers
1970-2012
Collection number: HMC-1326.
Creator: Fleischer, Lanie.
Title: Lanie Fleischer papers.
Dates: 1970-2012.
Volume of collection: 4 cubic feet.
Language of materials: Materials in the collection are in English.
Collection summary: Papers of a woman who was involved in the creation of the Anchorage trail system, as well as other civic and environmental issues.
Biographical note:
Nan Elaine “Lanie” Fleischer was born in 1938. She came to Alaska from Washington, D.C. in 1971 and found that Anchorage lacked a system of trails connecting the city to its greenbelts and parks. In 1973, Lanie, along with the Bike Committee succeeded in getting a bond issue passed to construct the Chester Creek Trail. Fleischer has continued to be active in civic and outdoor recreation organizations. She served as president of the Parks and Recreation Council of Anchorage and on the board of directors of the Performing Arts Center. Fleischer helped organize the Federation of Community Councils and the eight Community Councils in Anchorage, and she served as president of the South Addition Community Council. She was a member of the citizens committee to develop the master plan for the Park Strip in Downtown Anchorage and served on the Anchorage Veterans’ Memorial Committee. Governor Tony Knowles appointed Fleischer to the Trails and Recreational Access for Alaskans Board and appointed her chair in 1995. In 1994, the Chester Creek Trail was named the Lanie Fleischer Chester Creek Trail in her honor.
Collection description:
The collection consists of materials related to the various causes and organizations that Lanie Fleischer has been involved with in Alaska, such as notes, meeting minutes, membership lists, publicity information, plans, and reports.
Arrangement: The collection is organized roughly in the order in which it arrived in the Archives.
Digitized copies: This collection has not been digitized. For information about obtaining digital copies, please contact Archives and Special Collections.
Rights note: Archives and Special Collections owns copyright to materials created by Lanie Fleischer. Materials not created by Lanie Fleischer may be subject to copyright not held by the Archives.
Preferred citation: Lanie Fleischer papers, Archives and Special Collections, Consortium Library, University of Alaska Anchorage.
Works used in preparation of inventory:
“Nan Elaine (Lanie) Fleischer,” Alaska Women’s Hall of Fame, 2011, http://alaskawomenshalloffame.org/alumnae/name/nan-fleischer/
Separated materials: Published materials have been removed from the collection, and selected items have been added to the Consortium Library’s Rare Books collection. Please consult an archivist for additional information.
Related materials: For additional materials related to environmental issues and outdoor recreation in Alaska, please visit our Greenspace collections topic guide.
Acquisition note: The collection was donated to the Archives, and a deed of gift was signed by Lanie Fleischer in 2019.
Processing information: This collection was described by Gwen Higgins in 2019. Additional description was added by Luna De La Rosa in 2025. Folder titles are constructed by creator unless in brackets.
Container list:
| Box | Description | Date |
| 1/1 | Committee notes & meeting minutes: Bike Day Committee, Transportation Committee | 1970-1972 |
| 1/2 | Notebook: notes and to-do lists | 1974 |
| 1/3 | Notebook | 1975 |
| 1/4 | Greater Anchorage Action Council: notes, minutes, grant documents | 1974-1978 |
| 1/5 | Letter to the editor | 2006 |
| 1/6 | Alaska Center for Performing Arts: member list, workshop, mission statement | Undated, 1988 |
| 1/7 | Americans for Alaska | 1980 |
| 1/8 | We Alaskans Like It Wild: correspondence, notes, petitions | 1978 |
| 1/9 | Americans for Alaska | 1978-1980 |
| 1/10 | AK Conservation Foundation | 1976-1978 |
| 1/11 | AK Conservation Found./Americans for AK (organizing notes) | 1976 |
| 1/12 | Lists (contracts) | 1970 |
| 1/13 | Hearings- testimony-publicity (impact statements) | 1971, 1974 |
| 1/14 | Alaska Lands: Alaska lands subject file, Americans for Alaska documents | 1978 |
| 1/15 | Our Alaska Lands: subject files, Americans for Alaska documents | 1978 |
| 1/16 | PARC [Parks and Recreation Council] documents | 1975 |
| 1/17 | Notebook: PARC [Parks and Recreation Council], community development | 1975-1976 |
| 1/18 | PARC [Parks and Recreation Council] -Testimony-letters, Statements-Ads-Flyers | Undated, 1971-1976 |
| 1/19 | Act estab. Far No Bicentennial Park | Undated |
| 1/20 | Campbell Airstrip Trail Controversy | 1973-1975 |
| 1/21 | Chugach State Park, PARC | Undated, 1966, 1975-1976 |
| 1/22 | PARC – Correspondence-Bills, Receipts | 1971-1976 |
| 1/23 | Sunday Stroll | 1995 |
| 1/24 | Pt. Woronzof issue – Coastal Trail | 2012-2013 |
| 1/25 | Coastal Trail Extension | 1979, 1997, 2002 |
| 1/26 | Bike Trails | 1975, 1978, 1981 |
| 1/27 | Tony Knowles- mayoral campaign | 1981 |
| 1/28 | PARC- Campus Park Task Force | 1972-1975 |
| 1/29 | PARC Minutes | 1971-1978 |
| 1/30 | Campbell Airstrip Task Force | 1975 |
| 1/31 | Coastal Trail | 1983 |
| 1/32 | Park Dedication OR | 1975-1976 |
| 1/33 | Campbell Tract | 1990 |
| 1/34 | Chester Creek, Campbell Creek (Bomhoff Report) | 1971-1972 |
| 1/35 | Entry for All American City Based on Bike Trail; Chester Creek Greenbelt, Cemetery | 1974 |
| 2/1 | PARC – Agenda items | 1973-1975 |
| 2/2 | No-So Runway | 1994 |
| 2/3 | Anch. Municipal Charter | 1975 |
| 2/4 | Arctic Rd. Bike Path Controversy | 1975, 1981 |
| 2/5 | Ideas for Community Improvements | 1975-1976 |
| 2/6 | Pedestrian Amenities Urban Design | 1983 |
| 2/7 | South Addition community council | 1994, 2005-2008 |
| 2/8 | South Addition C.C. – Traffic Problems | 1975-1985 |
| 2/9 | South Addition C.C. – Minnesota Drive Project | 1977, 1985-1988 |
| 2/10 | South Addition Community Council | 2008, 2011, 2013, 1996-1999 |
| 2/11 | Greater Anchorage Action Council | 1974 |
| 2/12 | SACC 2012 (So. Add. C.C.) | 1964, 1996, 2010-2013 |
| 2/13 | Alaska Center for the Environment ; KJZZ radio programs | Undated |
| 2/14 | Blue Book | 1975-1976 |
| 2/15 | Park Strip Master Plan Comments, Testimony, Notes | 2006-2007 |
| 2/16 | AVM [Anchorage Veterans Memorial] | 2001 |
| 2/17 | Park Strip Vet Memorial | 2007 |
| 2/18 | Park Strip Master Plan | 2007 |
| 2/19 | Title 21 | 2007, 2012 |
| 2/20 | Alaska Botanical Garden | 2009-2011 |
| 2/21 | AVM Committee | 2010-2011 |
| 2/22 | Blue Ribbon Task Force – Vet Memorial | 2007 |
| 2/23 | Veterans Memorial & Delaney Park | 2006-2011 |
| 2/24 | The Case For Bike -Hike Paths 1973 Trail Plan | 1973 |
| 2/25 | Bike Day Committee – member list; Statement of purpose | Undated |
| 2/26 | Bike Trail Articles, Newsletters, & Plans | 2002, 1995 |
| 2/27 | Transportation, Bike Trail Committee, Clean Air Coalition | 1992 |
| 2/28 | Trails & Greenways Coalition | 1995-1997 |
| 2/29 | The Case for Bike-Hike Trails | 1971-1975, 2006 |
| 2/30 | Trail History | 1993, 2003-2015 |
| 2/31 | Bike Day Committee | Undated |
| 2/32 | Trails | 2002-2003 |
| 2/33 | “Bike In!” (flyer) | 1971 |
| 2/34 | Transportation Planning Feb. 1996 | 1994-1996 |
| 2/35 | National Trails Symposium (Anchorage) | 1994 |
| 2/36 | Bike Trail Underpass – Greenbelt, Arctic, Lake Otis | 1975 |
| 2/37 | Resolution & Naming Chester Creek Trail & Assembly Memo | 1994 |
| 2/38 | Trails | 1995-2003 |
| 2/39 | Anchorage Trails: Greenways Coalition | 1994 |
| 2/40 | AK Trails & Greenways Coalition | 1997-1998 |
| 2/41 | Photographs | Undated |
| 2/42 | Bikes Now! Bikes Belong! | 1997 |
| 2/43 | Anchorage Trail System/TRAAK | 1996-1997 |
| 2/44 | TRAAK [Trails and Recreational Access for Alaska] Bd. Resolutions, Memos, Recommendations | 1996-1998 |
| 3/1 | TRAAK | 1995-2001 |
| 3/2 | TRAAK Background, letter of appointment, etc.. | 1996 |
| 3/3 | Anchorage Trails & Greenways Coalition | 1994-2001 |
| 3/4 | Trail Council | 1996-1998 |
| 3/5 | TRAAK Bd. Members | 1990-2015 |
| 3/6 | 1978 Area-Wide Trail Plan | 1978 |
| 3/7 | Friends of the Park Strip, Inc. Articles of Incorporation | 2007 |
| 3/8 | Friends of Park Strip Membership | 2006-2008 |
| 3/9 | Letters for Park Commissioners | 2007 |
| 3/10 | Friends of DeLaney Park Strip Articles and By-Laws | Undated |
| 3/11 | Friends of Park Strip Bd. Mtg. | 2007 May 9 |
| 3/12 | AMV | 2010-2011 |
| 3/13 | Trails PowerPoint | 1974, 2011 |
| 3/14 | Parks, Recreation, and Open Space Plan | 1971 |
| 3/15 | Anchorage Park, Greenbelt, and Recreation Facility Plan | 1982 |
| 3/16 | Equestrian and Bike Trails Birch Road study and report | 1982 |
| 3/17 | Areawide Trails Plan | 1979 |
| 3/18 | Preliminary Report Section 16 Park Development Master Plan | 1982 |
| 3/19 | Anchorage Winter Recreation Development Program Point Campbell/Kincaid Park Master Plan | 1983 |
| 3/20 | Campbell Tract Task Force Citizens Committee Report Updated Far North Bicentennial Park Master Plan | 1983 |
| 3/21 | Workshop Session Descriptions | Undated |
| 3/22 | Bikeway & Related Trail System Plan | 1973 |
| 3/23 | Areawide Trails Plan with TRAAK Citizens Advisory Board Work Plan | 1997, 2000 |
| 3/24 | Greater Anchorage Area Borough Upper Campbell Creek Land Use Plan | 1971 |
| 3/25 | Agenda for State Lands: Federal-State Land Use Planning Commission For Alaska | 1975 |
| 3/26 | Winter Recreation Potential Opportunities for Anchorage | 1981 |
| 3/27 | Alaska Recreational Trails Plan | 2000 October |
| 3/28 | Areawide Trails Plan | 1996 January |
| 3/29 | Trails Ketchikan | circa 1997 |
| 3/30 | Anchorage Bicycle Plans | 2009 |
| 4 | Delaney Park Strip master plan oversize documents; 9th Avenue reconstruction plans; Americans for Alaska oversize advertisement; Alaskans for Alaska’s Wildland advertisement; “Bike Routes Now” bumper sticker, Municipality of Anchorage 1982 Park and Trail Development projects chart | 1982, 2008 |
| Oversize roll | Delaney Park Strip plan | undated |