Patricia Ortlieb collection on Eliza L. Tibbets

Collection

Identifier: MS-374

Staff Only

Collection Scope and Contents

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.

Dates

Creation: circa 1850-2009, undated
Creation: Majority of material found within 1850-1950

Creator

Ortlieb, Patricia (Person)

Languages

The collection is in English.

Access

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.

Publication Rights

Copyright Unknown: Some materials in these collections may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction, and/or commercial use, of some materials may be restricted by gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing agreement(s), and/or trademark rights. Distribution or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. To the extent other restrictions apply, permission for distribution or reproduction from the applicable rights holder is also required. Responsibility for obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Biographical Note

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.

Extent

11.98 Linear Feet (12 boxes, 1 flat file folder)

Additional Description

Abstract

Collection Arrangement

This collection is arranged by box number.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Patricia Ortlieb, 2012.

Related Material

The following related item is cataloged and available in the UCR Libraries.

"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. [call number: SB370 O7 O78 2011]

Separated Material

The following publications that contain supplemental information on the individuals and families related to Eliza L. Tibbets have been removed from the collection. Both publications are available online in their digitized form.

"Centennial History of Cincinnati and Representative Citizens" by Charles Theodore Greve. 1904

"An illustrated history of Southern California: Embracing the counties of San Diego, San Bernardino, Los Angeles and Orange, and the peninsula of Lower California, from the earliest period of occupancy to the present time; together with glimpses of their prospects; also, full-page portraits of some of their eminent men, and biographical mention of many of their pioneers and of prominent citizens of to-day." 1890