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

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

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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.

12.75 linear feet; (8 record storage boxes, 3 document boxes, 1 flat storage box)

eng,

Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6651111

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Tibbets, Eliza Lovell, 1825-1898

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Ortlieb, Patricia

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qp8hw4 (person)

Biography 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 ...