Special Collections Research Center: Greenways Archive

Processed by:

Jane V. Charles, 1999
Nancy J. Kaiser, 2000
 

Copyright © 1999 North Carolina State University 

Introduction

Collection Name

North Carolina Rail-Trails Collection, 1987-
 

Collection Number

M. C. 265
 

Dates

1987-ongoing
 

Provenance

Gift of Anthony Reevy on July 23, 1999. 
 

Volume

0.5 linear feet

Citation

North Carolina Rail-Trails Collection, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC.
 

Copyright

North Carolina State University does not own copyright to this collection. The Special Collections Research Center recognizes that it is incumbent upon the researcher to procure permission to publish information from this collection from the owner of the copyright. 

Historical Note

North Carolina Rail-Trails, a volunteer organization supported by dues, gifts, and grants, began as a steering committee at the North Carolina Greenways Conference in Charlotte on June 3, 1988. North Carolina Rail-Trails (NCRT), headquartered in Durham, became incorporated on March 12, 1990. NCRT is a charter member of the North Carolina Center for Nonprofits and the Environmental Federation of North Carolina, a Durham-based organization that endeavors to both protect and preserve the state's natural resources. NCRT's purpose is threefold: to monitor the state's rail system, to pursue corridor preservation, and to both retrieve and convert rail corridors to public trails. NCRT coordinates projects among local, state, and federal agencies and organizations. Since 1989 NCRT has published a quarterly newsletter called "Little Toot," which informs members and interested citizens about activities of the organization, as well as the status of rail-trail projects throughout the state. NCRT's Board of Directors meets quarterly at various project locations in North Carolina. Members of the Board represent a variety of interests, including bicycling, hiking, equestrian, historic, conservation, preservation, and economic. NCRT, along with the North Carolina Railroad Company, Friends of the State Parks, and the North Carolina Sierra Club Chapter, has introduced railbanking legislation through the state Rails Council, legislative research committees, and the North Carolina General Assembly. The following organizations have given grants to the NCRT: the NC Division of Parks and Recreation, the Mary Duke Biddle and Bryan Family foundations, and the North Carolina Rural Center. 

Scope and Content Note

This collection consists of organizational records and reference material that North Carolina Rail-Trails both created and used to facilitate the operation of the organization. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence, NCRT meeting minutes and agendas, brochures, flyers, several newsletters, including "Little Toot," newspaper and magazine articles, essays for "Little Toot" by Anthony Reevy, past historian and vice chair of NCRT, work plans, proposals, maps, essays on North Carolina rail-trails and railways, legal documents, and copies of ratified senate and house bills. The only series of the collection, called Organizational Records, contains the reference material and working files listed above. 
 
 

Series Description

Organizational Records

These include plans and updates on the American Tobacco Trail, correspondence between the NCRT Board of Directors, "Little Toot" articles, newspaper, magazine, and journal articles about greenways and rail trails throughout North Carolina and the United States, a copy of the 1991 North Carolina Greenway Advisory Board report, and North Carolina rail corridor updates. This series also contains lists of the NCRT Board of Directors from 1990 until 1999, information on the Land Trust Alliance, various legal documents, NCRT meeting minutes from 1990 until 1999, a collection of "Little Toot" newsletters from 1989, with few gaps, flyers and brochures that pertain to both local and national rail trails and greenway and rail trail organizations, and various North Carolina rail trail proposals and plans. Copies of ratified Senate and House bills that pertain to the approval of land and rail corridor preservation, the provision of rail revitalization funds, and the regulation of leasing rail corridors are also housed here. This series is arranged alphabetically according to subject matter. Placement of papers within each folder reflects chronological arrangement. 

Index Terms

LC Subject Terms

City Planning 
Conservation of Natural Resources 
Environmental Protection
Environmentalism--Environmentalists
Greenways-U.S.
Land Use--Law and Legislation--Planning
Outdoor Recreation
Public Lands--Recreational Use--U.S.
Railroad Companies--Law--Stations--U.S.
Regional Planning--Citizen Participation--Law and Legislation
Urban Beautification--U.S.
Wildlife Conservation

Container List

1       Organizational Records
        American Tobacco Trail-Plans and Updates, 1991-1999
        Brochures & Flyers-NC Rail-Trails
        Coastal Carolina Trail Master Plan, 1999
        Correspondence, 1987-1993
        Correspondence, 1994-1999, n.d.
        Essays on NC Rail Trails and Railways for "Little Toot"
        Newspaper, Magazine, & Journal Articles, 1987-1998, n.d.
        NC Greenways & Advisory Panel, January, 1991
        NC Rail Corridors-Preservation and Updates, 1990-1995
        NC Railways-Essays & Articles, 1889-1986, n.d.
        NC Rail-Trails-Annual Reports, Work Plans, and Grant, 1989-1999
        NC Rail-Trails-Board of Directors Lists, 1990-1999
        NC Rail-Trails-General, 1988-1997, n.d.
        NC Rail-Trails-Land Trust Information, 1998-1999

2       NC Rail-Trails-Legal Documents, 1990
        NC Rail-Trails-Meeting Agendas, 1991-1999, n.d.
        NC Rail-Trails-Meeting Minutes, 1990-1992
        NC Rail-Trails-Meeting Minutes, 1993-2000
        NC Rail-Trails Newsletters-"Little Toot", 1989-1993
        NC Rail-Trails Newsletters-"Little Toot", 1994-2001 
        NC Rail-Trails-Project Guide, n.d.
        Photographs, Negatives, and Slides, n.d.
        Rail Trail and Greenway Flyers and Brochures-National
        Rail Trail Newsletters & Maps-North Carolina, 1993-1996
        Rail Trail Projects and Proposals-North Carolina, 1991-1996
        Ratified Senate and House Bills, 1989-1991
        Transition to Intermodel Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA)
        Transportation: Public Participation Starter Kit, 1992

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