Cage 602 Guide to the Tilth Association Papers 1974-1986 Tilth Association Papers Finding aid prepared by Steve Rasmussen. Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Washington State University Libraries: Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
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Cage 602 Washington Tilth Association Tilth Association Papers 1974-1986 6 containers. 6 linear feet of shelf space. 231 Subject files, correspondence, business records, and photographs of an organization concerned with promotion of sustainable agriculture and organic farming in the state of Washington. Collection materials are in English

Tilth is a non-profit organization centered in the Pacific Northwest. Its main purpose is to promote organic agriculture. Tilth was originally formed at Palouse, Washington in August of 1974 to host the Northwest Conference on Alternative Agriculture, held in Ellensburg in November 1974. The people who founded Tilth had originally met at the ``Agriculture for a Small Planet" symposium at Expo-74 in Spokane. Wendell Berry, an agricultural poet and essayist, was one of the speakers at that symposium, and a letter from him following his visit to Spokane was the catalyst for forming Tilth and for organizing the Northwest Conference on Alternative Agriculture. The Tilth Newsletter was started the following spring, but the group was not incorporated until 1977. As an organization, Tilth has promoted sustainable agriculture and forestry through its newsletter, conferences, workshops, and books. The organization is made up of regional chapters that have individual approaches to common Tilth goals

The records of Tilth consist of correspondence, business records, photographs, newsletters, and various enclosures covering all aspects of the organization's interests.

The records are, with few exceptions, in original order. This arrangement preserves existing divisions in the records to form the archival series. The five series are named Tilth chapters, Pragtree Farm, Tilth people, Other organizations, and Tilth. The last series concerns the larger, regional organization. The principal exception to original order is several folders that were refiled with similar files. For example, a "Washington Tilth" file that was misfiled in the "Tilth" series is now located in the "Tilth Chapters" series. Original titles of folders were retained, except to spell out abbreviations. The alphabetical and chronological order of folders also reflect the original order.

This collection is open for research use.

[Item Description]. Cage 602, Tilth Association Papers . Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

Records of Tilth were donated to the Washington State University Libraries by Mark Musick of Seattle in 1990 (accession number MS90-54), with a small addition in 1992.

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Musick, Mark, donor. waps Washington Tilth Association --Archives Organic farming --Washington (State) Sustainable agriculture--Washington (State) Agriculture -- Washington (State)--Research--Archives Agriculture Washington (State)

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Series 1 - Tilth Chapters 1 / 1 Tilth chapter organization 1 / 2 Methow Valley Tilth 1 / 3 Nooksack Tilth 1 / 4 North Idaho Tilth 1 / 5 Olympia Tilth 1 / 6 Oregon Tilth #1 1 / 7 Oregon Tilth #2 1 / 8 Oregon Tilth #3 1 / 9 Palouse Tilth 1 / 10 Portland Tilth 1 / 11 Rogue Valley Tilth 1 / 12 Santa, Idaho, Tilth 1 / 13 Seattle Tilth #1 1 / 14 Seattle Tilth #2 1 / 15 Seattle Tilth #3 1 / 16 Seattle Tilth #4 1 / 17 Seattle Tilth #4: Tilth children's garden 1 / 18 Seattle Tilth - 10th anniversary 1 / 19 Seattle Tilth - Taste of Organic Seattle 1 / 20 South Whidbey Tilth #1 1 / 21 South Whidbey Tilth #2 1 / 22 Southern Humboldt Tilth 1 / 23 Tilth Producer's Co-op 1977-1980 1 / 24 Tilth Producer's Co-op 1981-1986 1 / 25 Washington Tilth (Tilth Producer's Co-op) #1 1 / 26 Washington Tilth (Tilth Producer's Co-op) #2 1 / 27 Western Washington Tilth Series 2 - Pragtree Farm 1 / 28 Pragtree Farm reviews 1 / 29 Tilth Salad 1 / 30 Greenhouses 1 / 31 Land payments 1 / 32 Old documents - property 1 / 33 Drainage 1 / 34 Pragtree Farm #1 1977 1 / 35 Pragtree Farm #1, 2 1977 1 / 36 McKenzie River proposal 1977-78 1 / 37 Pragtree Farm 1978 1 / 38 Pragtree Farm Business records 1978 2 / 39 Pragtree Farm Meeting minutes 1976-1981 2 / 40 Pragtree workshop 1979 2 / 41 Pragtree Farm 1979 2 / 42 Pragtree Farm Budget 1979 2 / 43 Pragtree Farm Sales journal and paid time cards 1979 2 / 44 Pragtree Farm Sales journal, receipts, creative writing samples 1980 2 / 45 Pragtree Farm 1981 2 / 46 Pragtree Farm 1982 2 / 47 Pragtree Farm 1983 2 / 48 Pragtree Farm Business records 1983 2 / 49 Evergreen Land Trust refugee project 1983 2 / 50 Pragtree Farm 1984 2 / 51 Pragtree Farm Business records 1984 2 / 52 Pragtree Farm 1985 2 / 53 Pragtree Farm Meeting minutes 1985 2 / 54 Evergreen Land Trust Series 3 - Tilth People 2 / 55 Bender, Tom 2 / 56 Benton, Robert 2 / 57 Berger, Kari 2 / 58 Berry, Wendell 2 / 59 Caruthers-Akin, Maryanne 2 / 60 Clark, Wilson 2 / 61 Coe, Virginia 2 / 62 Colebrook, Binda 2 / 63 Cooperrider, Bob 2 / 64 Davenport, Elaine 2 / 65 Deryckx, Woody and Becky 2 / 66 Drum, Ryan 2 / 67 Engeland, Ron 2 / 68 Epstein, Rhoda 2 / 69 Geno, Larry and Barbara 2 / 70 Goldstein, Walter 2 / 71 Gorsline, Jerry 2 / 72 Jaybird Information 2 / 73 Johnson, Steve 2 / 74 Korn, Larry 3 / 75 Litwin, Shery 3 / 76 Livingston, Brian 3 / 77 Lougheed, O.J. 3 / 78 Ludlow, Mary 3 / 79 Maki, Mike 3 / 80 McCrea, Margaret 3 / 81 Mathews, Lynn 3 / 82 Musick, Mark 3 / 83 Organic Gardening and Farming (magazine) 3 / 84 Odum, Howard T. 3 / 85 Pilarski, Michael 3 / 86 Rain, Willow 3 / 87 Robinson, Tom 3 / 88 Schowalter, Joyce 3 / 89 Silha, Stephen 3 / 90 Shook, Larry 3 / 91 Snyder, Barbara 3 / 92 Thompson, William Irwin 3 / 93 Venne, Christopher 3 / 94 Weaver, Don 3 / 95 Williamson, Laura 3 / 96 Yurgel, Danae Series 4 - Other Groups 3 / 97 Abundant Life Seed Foundation 3 / 98 Alternative Market News 3 / 99 Arable 3 / 100 Cascadian Farms 3 / 101 Cloud Mountain Farm 3 / 102 Equinox Food Exchange 3 / 103 Healing Gathering 1978 3 / 104 Hoedads 3 / 105 Henry Doubleday Research Association 3 / 106 International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements 3 / 107 National Land for People 3 / 108 Northwest Organic Food Producers 3 / 109 Other organizations 3 / 110 Permaculture Institute of North America (PINA) 3 / 111 RAIN 3 / 112 Rainbook - Resources for Appropriate Technology 3 / 113 Seriatim - Journal of Ecotopia 3 / 114 Women and Agriculture Series 5 - Tilth 4 / 115 The Future is Abundant-A Guide to Sustainable Agriculture 4 / 116 Tilth articles of incorporation 4 / 117 Federal tax exemption information - Tilth 4 / 118 Internal Revenue Service information - Tilth 4 / 119 Tilth income tax return forms 1978-1984 4 / 120 Washington state income tax returns 4 / 121 Northwest Conference on Alternative Agriculture Directory 4 / 122 The Tilth Newsletter 1975 4 / 123 The Tilth Newsletter 1976-1977 4 / 124 Tilth 1978-1979 4 / 125 Tilth 1980 4 / 126 Tilth 1981-1982 4 / 127 Tilth 1983-1984 4 / 128 Symposium series 1974 4 / 129 The Bend in the River 1974 4 / 130 Barter Fairs 4 / 131 Agricultural conference-1 1974 4 / 132 Agricultural conference-2 1974 4 / 133 Agricultural conference-tape recording 1974 4 / 134 Tilth 1975 4 / 135 Central Washington State College proposal 1975 4 / 136 Benefit for Tools for Transition 1975 4 / 137 Tilth letters July-Aug. 1975 4 / 138 Tilth letters Sept.-Oct. 1975 4 / 139 Tilth letters Nov.-Dec. 1975 4 / 140 Tilth - garden ecology research project 4 / 141 Aquaculture project 1975-1976 4 / 142 Biodynamics conference Sept. 1975 4 / 143 Conferences 1975 4 / 144 Ellensburg solstice meeting 1975 4 / 145 Tilth 1976 4 / 146 Tilth vol. 1 #9 Jan. 1976 4 / 147 Tilth vol. 1 #10-12 1976 4 / 148 Tilth letters Jan.-Feb. 1976 4 / 149 Solar greenhouses 1976-1977 4 / 150 Leap year conference 1976 5 / 151 Northwest Trade Directory 1976 5 / 152 That`s Agribusiness 1976- 5 / 153 COM/PLEX- 4th Cascadian regional communications conference 5 / 154 Tilth 1977 5 / 155 Equinox gatherings 1977-1979 5 / 156 Planning meeting 1977 5 / 157 Communications group (Tilth) 1977-1978 5 / 158 Winter Gardening by Binda Colebrook 1977- 5 / 159 Winter Gardening - promotion and distribution 5 / 160 Proposals - guidelines and samples 5 / 161 Puget Consumers Co-op (PCC) loan file 5 / 162 Tilth 1978 5 / 163 Alternative food system conference 1978 5 / 164 Tilth 1979 5 / 165 Tilth budget 1979 5 / 166 Research program 1979 5 / 167 Puyallup meeting 1979 5 / 168 Planning workshop 1979 5 / 169 Clover project 1979-1980 5 / 170 Tilth 1980 5 / 171 Contract services 1980 5 / 172 Correspondence 1973-1984 5 / 173 Correspondence, continued 1973-1984 5 / 174 Reviews of Tilth 1980 5 / 175 Brochures 5 / 176 Contributions 5 / 177 Nitrogen fixing trees and shrubs 1980 5 / 178 Soil fertility workshop 1980 5 / 179 Seed patenting 1980 5 / 180 Natural farming workshop 1980 5 / 181 Organic farming study 1980 5 / 182 Pacific pipeline 5 / 183 Demeter conference 1980 5 / 184 Tilth 1981 5 / 185 Tilth placement service 1981-1984 5 / 186 Fairhaven 1981 5 / 187 Tilth information service 1981-1982 6 / 188 Permaculture conference 1981 6 / 189 Permaculture book budget 6 / 190 Permaculture book 1981-1982 6 / 191 The Future is Abundant - introduction 6 / 192 The Future is Abundant - Becky Deryckx 6 / 193 The Future is Abundant - cover 6 / 194 The Future is Abundant - promotion 6 / 195 The Future is Abundant - reprint 6 / 196 Executive committee 1982 6 / 197 Planning 1982 6 / 198 Surveys 1982 6 / 199 Integrated Pest Management (IPM) conference 1982 6 / 200 Slide show 6 / 201 Organic Farming Act 1982/1983 6 / 202 Annual meeting minutes 1982-1983 6 / 203 Annual meeting 1983 6 / 204 Tilth 1983 6 / 205 Board minutes 1983 6 / 206 Tilth tour 1983 6 / 207 Future of agriculture in the Northwest conference Feb. 4-6, 1983 6 / 208 Tilth 1984 6 / 209 India project 1984 6 / 210 India fund file 6 / 211 India video script 6 / 212 Apple Computer proposal 1984 6 / 213 Renewal notices 1984 6 / 214 Annual meeting 1984 6 / 215 Board meeting agenda June and August 1984 6 / 216 Statements - board meeting October, 1984 6 / 217 Regional Tilth closeout - correspondence 6 / 218 Loans 1984-1985 6 / 219 Exchange 1984 6 / 220 Chestnuts 1984 6 / 221 Marketing service 1984 6 / 222 Nicaragua seed fund 1984 6 / 223 Permaculture conference Fall 1984 6 / 224 Tilth Jamboree Sept. 1984 6 / 225 Tilth meeting 1985 6 / 226 Tilth placement service 6 / 227 Tilth annual meeting 1986 6 / 228 Tilth executive committee 6 / 229 Tilth graphics 6 / 230 Tony Maskal 6 / 231 Organic agriculture - general