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Title: Anita Tapia interview of Lorenita Forster Weisenberg,
Date (inclusive): 2002
Collection number: MS-R106
Creator:
Tapia, Anita E.
Extent:
0.2 linear feet
1 box
Repository:
University of California, Irvine. Library.
Special Collections and Archives.
Irvine, California 92623-9557
Abstract: The collection comprises a research paper by Anita E. Tapia documenting the life and family recollections of Lorenita Forster
Weisenberg, a direct descendant of two prominent early Californio families, the Forsters and Del Valles. The two families
owned numerous estates ranging from San Juan Capistrano to Rancho Camulos (from Orange to Ventura County). The research paper
in this collection includes a family history of the two families, including family trees and a bibliography; a transcript
of an interview conducted in 2002 by Anita Tapia with Ms. Lorenita Forster Weisenberg at her home in Nevada City, California;
and photocopied family photographs and correspondence (mostly between John Fernando Forster and his siblings) along with English
translations of the correspondence by Tapia.
Language:
English.
Collection open for research.
Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and
their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and University Archives.
Anita Tapia interview of Lorenita Forster Weisenberg. MS-R106. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries,
Irvine, California.
Gift of Anita E. Tapia, 2002.
Processed by Andre Ambrus, 2003.
Anita E. Tapia utilized the Forster-Del Valle Correspondence (MS-R48) in Special Collections and Archives at UCI as her inspiration
for her senior research project, which led her to Ms. Forster Weisenberg, the donor of the collection of correspondence and
ephemera. Her course, an independent study in Chicano Studies, was supervised by Professor Vicki Ruiz of the UCI History
Department.
Lorenita Madeline Forster Weisenberg, born in 1925, is a direct descendant of John "Don Juan" Forster, (1815-1882) and Antonio
Serafin Del Valle (1788-1841) two of the most well-known early California landowners. The families were joined through the
marriage of Josefa ("Mama Vieja") Del Valle (1861-1943) and John Fernando Forster (1845-1901), who were the grandparents of
Lorenita Weisenberg.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection comprises a research paper by Anita E. Tapia documenting the life and family recollections of Lorenita Forster
Weisenberg, a direct descendant of two prominent early Californio families, the Forsters and Del Valles. The two families
owned numerous estates ranging from San Juan Capistrano to Rancho Camulos (from Orange to Ventura County). The research paper
in this collection includes a family history of the two families, including family trees and a bibliography; a transcript
of an interview conducted in 2002 by Anita Tapia with Ms. Lorenita Forster Weisenberg at her home in Nevada City, California;
and photocopied family photographs and correspondence (mostly between John Fernando Forster and his siblings) along with English
translations of the correspondence by Tapia.
Related materials can be found in the Forster-Del Valle correspondence, MS-R48, Special Collections and Archives.