Series 6: General Garden Information, 1987-2004
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: 1987-2004
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 literature on gardening techniques and information used in the Mandella gardens. Also included in this box are pamphlets and newsletters about community gardens in the Sacramento area as well as other California regions. The folders in this series also contain news clippings and web based reports documenting the effects of soil contamination, along with methods of successful organic gardening. Also included in this series are signs and flyers targeted at "save the garden" efforts, as well as lists and newsletters of tasks needed to be fulfilled in the garden.
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