E-item ms45_e0172

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series 3: Carriage Hill contains materials focusing on Carriage Hill, originally known as Drylick Run. The park is known for Carriage Hill Farm, which portrays daily life in the late-nineteenth century through the story of the Arnold family, a German Baptist family who built and lived at the farm in the nineteenth century.Subseries 3A, History and Governing Documents, contains material on park history and dates from 1968 to about 1995. There are two categories of documents:...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection is divided into 24 series, including a General Files series and one series for each individual park. The bulk of the records are categorized under General Files because Five Rivers MetroParks manages its units as a cohesive organization. This was clearly represented in their filing practices. Additional records were filed at the series level by park name, for example, “Riverscape,” when records were clearly labeled and organized at the park level. All series are...