Appalachian Trail Conservancy records, 2021

Access and use

Location of collection:
George Mason University
2400 Fenwick Library
Special Collections Research Center
Fenwick Library MS2FL
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA 22030
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Mieko Palazzo
Phone: (703) 993-2220
Fax: (703) 993-2669
Restrictions:

This collection is currently unprocessed. To view a basic box inventory and access the collection, please email speccoll@gmu.edu.

Terms of access:

The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/).

Preferred citation:

Appalachian Trail Conservancy records, C0336, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Summary

Extent:
650 Linear Feet 733 boxes and oversize material
Creator:
Appalachian Trail Conservancy and King, Brian B.
Abstract:
The Appalachian Trail Conservancy records document the creation, management, and use of the Appalachian Trail, which extends over 2000 miles from Springer Mountain in Georgia to Mt. Katahdin in Maine.
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Appalachian Trail Conservancy records, C0336, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection is unprocessed. To view a basic box inventory and access the collection, please email speccoll@gmu.edu.

The records of the Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) span the entire history of the trail, from before the foundation of the Appalachian Trail Conference in the 1920s to 2021. The records include material created by individuals responsible for the creation of the trail and early hikers (such as Benton MacKaye, Myron Avery, George Masa, and Orville Wright Crowder), including maps, correspondence, and photographs. There are extensive administrative records and files kept by ATC leaders, mostly from the 1960s through the 2010s, such as Bob Proudman, Dave Startzell, Ray Hunt, Jean Cashin, Margaret Drummond, Les Holmes, Brian B. King, and others. These include correspondence, land management records, biennial conference meeting files, trail incident records, board of managers files, files on ATC publications, thru-hiker (2000-miler) applications, and more. There are also chronological files, press clippings, scrapbooks, memorabilia, maps, photographs, shelter logs, audiovisual material (slides, VHS, cassette, and reel-to-reel tape), signs, and framed items from throughout the ATC's history.

Acquisition information:
Donated by the Appalachian Trail Conservancy in February 2022.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard