Guide to the Anita Tapia Interview of Lorenita Forster Weisenberg MS.R.106
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Title: Anita Tapia interview of Lorenita Forster Weisenberg
Creator:
Tapia, Anita E.
Identifier/Call Number: MS.R.106
Physical Description:
0.2 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): 2002
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 of Material:
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.
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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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Weisenberg, Lorenita Forster