Tapia (Anita) Interview of Lorenita Forster Weisenberg, 2002

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Summary

Title:

Anita Tapia interview of Lorenita Forster Weisenberg

Dates:

2002

Creators:

Tapia, Anita E.

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.

Extent:

0.2 Linear Feet (1 box)

Language:

English .

Preferred citation:

Anita Tapia interview of Lorenita Forster Weisenberg. MS-R106. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.

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Background

Scope and content:

Biographical / historical:

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.

Acquisition information:

Gift of Anita E. Tapia, 2002.

Processing information:

Processed by Andre Ambrus, 2003.

Indexed terms

Names:: Weisenberg, Lorenita Forster

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:: Processed by Andre Ambrus.
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2020-08-24 23:24:07 UTC .

Access and use

Restrictions:: Collection open for research.
Terms of access:: 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.