Fisher Park Neighborhood Association Records
Scope and Contents
Most of the material pertains to official business of the Fisher Park Neighborhood Association (FPNA) and its contributory committees.
Dates
- 1973 - 2014
- Other: Date acquired: 2012 June 1
Creator
- Fisher Park Neighborhood Association (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Conditions Governing Use
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Biographical or Historical Information
Captain Fisher died in 1903 in New York City. He was buried there, though his remains were later moved to Green Hill Cemetery in the Fisher Park Neighborhood. The neighborhood saw the majority of its development between the turn of the century and the 1930s. Most homes reflect the popular styles of this time as Craftsman, Prairie Style, and Colonial Revival structures dominate the neighborhood.
The Fisher Park Neighborhood Association was formed in 1978 in response to commercial developments and rezoning and with the intent to preserve the neighborhood's historic aesthetic and residential nature. In 1982, a portion of the neighborhood gained national and local historic district designation. This Fisher Park Historic District is within the larger boundaries of the Fisher Park Neighborhood.
Extent
7.00 Linear Feet (14 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Arrangement Note
Series 1: Press is subdivided into clippings, primarily from the Greensboro News and Record and its predecessors, the Greensboro Record and the Greensboro Daily News; and magazines, which include both local magazines (bulk: 99 Blocks magazine) and one national publication (Southern Living). Within each subseries, items are arranged chronologically.
Series 2: Administrative Documents is subdivided into articles of incorporation and bylaws, board meeting agendas and minutes, financial records, and historic district materials. Within each subseries, items are arranged chronologically.
Series 3: Newsletters is subdivided into newsletters, 1979-2014, and clip art representing architectural features of Fisher Park homes and used in early newsletters. Newsletters are arranged chronologically.
Series 4: Community is subdivided into activities, awards, events and organizations. Activities, awards, and events are arranged chronologically. Organizations are arracnged alphabeticaly. It should be noted this series has one flat file box of oversized documents.
Series 5: Legislation/Politics is subdivided by nature of legislation: Re-zonings, School Redistricting, Historic District Quest, Bicentennial Garden Proposal, and Baseball Stadium Proposal. Re-zonings are arranged by location.
Series 6: History is subdivided into General/Captain Fisher, General House Histories, Real Estate Sales Flyers, and Fisher Park Oral Histories. House histories are arranged alphabetically by street name then numerically by house number.
Series 7: Environment is subdivided into Landscape, Streetscape, and Maps. Landscape refers to all park improvements and is arranged chronologically. Streetscape refers to the Streetscape Project and is also arranged chronologically. Maps are undated and loosely arranged by area represented.
Source of Acquisition
Method of Acquisition
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Processing Information
Creator
- Fisher Park Neighborhood Association (Organization)
- Title
- Fisher Park Neighborhood Association Records
- Author
- Amanda Fonorow
- Date
- 05/21/2014
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives Repository