Series 2: Correspondence and Letters, 1990-2003
Scope and Contents
The Ron Mandella Community Garden records consist of 4.0 linear feet and is organized into the seven series listed below:
Series 1: History, 1978-2004 (Bulk dates 1996-2004)
Series 2: Correspondence and Letters, 1990-2003 (Bulk dates 2001-2003)
Series 3: Business and Finance, 1980-2003 (Bulk 1996-2003)
Series 4: Legal Files, 1995-2003
Series 5: CADA/Development, 1995-2004
Series 6: Community Gardens / Organic Gardening, 1987-2004
Series 7: Artifacts 1999-2003
The inclusive dates of the collection are 1971-2005 while the bulk of the documents date from 2000-2003. Within these series are correspondence and letters, legal, official, and financial documents, reports, news clippings, brochures, informational pamphlets, flyers and other printed material related to the operations, history and the court cases in which the Garden was involved in their attempts to save the garden for community members and from development by CADA. Also included in the collection are videos, photographs, a large garden banner and miscellaneous ephemera.
Dates
- Creation: 1990-2003
Language of Materials
Language is in English.
Access
This collection is open for research. Some restrictions may apply.
Full Extent
From the Collection: 3.98 Linear Feet (6 manuscript boxes and 1 flat box)
Series Description
This series contains correspondence between garden members and others in the community such as city officials, CADA representatives and letters written by elementary school children. A large portion of this correspondence directly relates to the garden members' attempts to "save the garden" from development by CADA. This also contains letters from community members writing in support of keeping the garden. The series is divided into three areas; General correspondence, which contains the "save the garden" efforts, official correspondence (between garden members and the city or county officials), and the letters from school children, and is organized into 7 folders. The bulk of the correspondence dates from 2000 to 2003. Arranged chronologically within the files and alphabetically by folder subject.
Repository Details
Part of the Manuscripts Repository
University Library, MS 6039
6000 J Street
Sacramento CA 95819 USA
916-278-6144
lib-scua@csus.edu