Records of the Boston Park Rangers program, 1981-1988

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Records of the Boston Park Rangers program, 1981-1988

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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.

8 linear inches (2 boxes)

Harvard University, Arnold Arboretum, Horticultural Library, Jamacia Plain

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SNAC Resource ID: 6930179

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Arnold Arboretum

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Ashton, Peter S.

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Boston (Mass.) Parks and Recreation Dept.

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