Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Round Valley Garden Project collection,
- Dates:
- 1977-1981
- Creators:
- Round Valley Garden Project
- Abstract:
- Includes copies of the log book, meeting notes, planting and pruning schedules, letters, publications related to Round Valley and Alan Chadwick.
- Extent:
- 1 document box
- Language:
- English.
- Preferred citation:
-
Round Valley Garden Project collection. MS 203. Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Includes copies of meeting notes, planting and pruning schedules, letters, publications related to Round Valley and Alan Chadwick.
- Biographical / historical:
-
Round Valley [Covelo] Garden Project was started in the early 1970's in Covelo, California, by Alan Chadwick, who had in the previous decade successfully introduced his Rudolf Steiner-influenced French Intensive and Biodynamic systems of food and flower production to the Americas on the University of California Santa Cruz campus. Chadwick continued to work and teach at the Project for five years, before moving on to Virginia to start yet another garden project.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Stephen Crimi and Bernard Taper in 2004.
- Physical location:
- Stored offsite: Advance notice is required for access to the papers.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Organic gardening--California--Covelo
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2004
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid created by UCSC OAC Unit. Machine-readable finding aid derived from MS Word. Date of source: February 2004.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection open for research.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and their heirs. For permission to publish or to reproduce the material, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.
- Preferred citation:
-
Round Valley Garden Project collection. MS 203. Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz.
- Location of this collection:
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Special Collections and Archives, University Library1156 High StreetSanta Cruz, CA 95064, US
- Contact:
- (831) 459-2547