Guide to the Round Valley Garden Project Collection
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Guide to the Round Valley Garden Project Collection
Collection number: MS 203
The University Library
Special Collections and Archives
University of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, California
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- Special Collections and Archives
- University Library
- University of California, Santa Cruz
- Santa Cruz, California, 95064
- Email: specoll@library.ucsc.edu
- URL: http://library.ucsc.edu/speccoll/
- Processed by:
- UCSC OAC Unit
- Date Completed:
- February 2004
- Encoded by:
- UCSC OAC Unit
© 2004 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Round Valley Garden Project collection,
Date (inclusive): 1977-1981
Collection number: MS 203
Creator:
Round Valley Garden Project
Extent:
1 document box
Repository:
University of California, Santa Cruz. University Library.
Special Collections and Archives
Santa Cruz, California 95064
Abstract: Includes copies of the log book, meeting notes, planting and pruning schedules, letters, publications related to Round Valley
and Alan Chadwick.
Physical location: Stored offsite: Advance notice is required for access to the papers.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access
Collection open for research.
Publication Rights
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.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Stephen Crimi and Bernard Taper in 2004.
Biographical Note
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.
Scope and Contents Note
Includes copies of meeting notes, planting and pruning schedules, letters, publications related to Round Valley and Alan Chadwick.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Round Valley Garden Project--Archives
Organic gardening--California--Covelo
Other Index Terms Related to this Collection
Chadwick, Alan
Round Valley Garden Project
Related Archives
- Alan Chadwick Papers, MS 202
Related Material
- LCD 4078.
Villa Montalvo Series [sound recording] (Also known under the title: Alan Chadwick garden tapes) by Alan Chadwick, 1972 Film & Music Center.
- LCD 4079.
Biodynamics of Horticulture [sound recording] (Alternate title: Philosophical art of horticulture. Also known under the title: Alan Chadwick garden
tapes) by Alan Chadwick, 1972. Film & Music Center.
- SB 453.5 A43.
The Alan Chadwick Society Newsletter, v.2:1, Spring/Autumn 1984. Special Collections and Archives.
- Z 239 Y65 1976.
The Dirtman Journal : Messages from the Garden : No.1, 1976. Special Collections and Archives.
Box-folder 1:1-2
Round Valley [Covelo] Gargen Project log book
Box-folder 1:3
Copies of Round Valley [Covelo] Garden Meeting Notes, planting schedules, pruning schedules, livestock inventory, etc.
March-July, 1978
Box-folder 1:4
Dissolution of the Round Valley [Covelo] Garden Project, general meeting minutes and resignation letters
8/10/1978
Box-folder 1:5
"The Garden Journal" no.2
n.d.
Box-folder 1:5
"The Garden Journal" unnumbered
n.d.
Box-folder 1:5
"The Garden Newsletter"
11/1977
Box-folder 1:5
"The Chadwick Society Newsletter" v.1:1
5/28/1981
