Lanie Fleischer papers

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.

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 documents 1975
1/17 Notebook: PARC, community development 1975-1976
1/18 PARC-Testimony-letters, Statements-Ads-Flyers Undated, 1971-1976
1/19 Act estab. Far No Bicentennial Park Undated
1/20 Campbell Airstrip Trail Controversy [PARC] 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 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

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