Patricia Ortlieb collection on Eliza L. Tibbets, circa 1850-2009, undated, bulk 1850-1950

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Summary

Creators:
Ortlieb, Patricia
Abstract:
This collection contains research notes, articles, photographs, documents, and other material compiled by Patricia Ortlieb, author and great-great-granddaughter of Eliza L. Tibbets, as she conducted research for the book "Creating an Orange Utopia: Eliza Lovell Tibbets and the Birth of California's Citrus Industry" that she co-authored with Peter Economy. Includes material related to the people, places, and events that shaped the life of Eliza L. Tibbets and the generations of her descendants that followed.
Extent:
11.98 linear feet (12 boxes, 1 flat file folder)
Language:
The collection is in English .
Preferred citation:

[identification of item], [date if possible]. Patricia Ortlieb collection on Eliza L. Tibbets (MS 374). Special Collections & University Archives, University of California, Riverside.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains research notes, articles, photographs, documents, and other material compiled by Patricia Ortlieb, author and great-great-granddaughter of Eliza L. Tibbets, as she conducted research for the book "Creating an Orange Utopia: Eliza Lovell Tibbets and the Birth of California's Citrus Industry" that she co-authored with Peter Economy. Includes material related to the people, places, and events that shaped the life of Eliza L. Tibbets and the generations of her descendants that followed.

Biographical / historical:

Eliza L. Tibbets (1823-1898) is most widely known for her role in introducing the first Washington navel orange and founding the citrus industry and cultural landscape of orange groves in California. Eliza L. Tibbets was a horticulturist, early California pioneer, spiritualist, abolitionist, suffragist, and renowned citizen of Riverside, California.

Patricia Ortlieb is a great-great-granddaughter of Eliza Lovell Tibbets and a docent at the San Diego Museum of Art, where she has volunteered for the past ten years. She served for more than two decades as a trainer, counselor, and teacher specializing in training skills and therapeutic behavior modification, including assertive and humanistic psychology. She is also a licensed family therapist, an artist, and an author. She earned her BA in education and art history at California State University and her MA in social science at Azusa Pacific University. She lives in San Diego.*

*excerpt taken from "Creating an Orange Utopia: Eliza Lovell Tibbets and the Birth of California's Citrus Industry" by Patricia Ortlieb and Peter Economy. Swedenborg Foundation Press, 2011.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Patricia Ortlieb, 2012.
Processing information:

Processed by Eric Milenkiewicz, Manuscripts Curator, 2012.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged by box number.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Boxes 1-8, 10-12 of this collection are open for research.

Access to the material in Box 9 is restricted due to preservation concerns. Reproductions of this material can be found in Box 10.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

[identification of item], [date if possible]. Patricia Ortlieb collection on Eliza L. Tibbets (MS 374). Special Collections & University Archives, University of California, Riverside.

Location of this collection:
University of California, Riverside - Special Collections and University Archives
P.O. Box 5900
Riverside, CA 92517-5900, US
Contact:
(951) 827-3233
specialcollections@ucr.edu
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