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Title
Document regarding the planting of the first Washington Naval Orange trees in Riverside, California
Creator
Burlingame, R. C.
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1940-1990
Contributing Institution
UC Riverside, Library, Special Collections and University Archives
Collection
Patricia Ortlieb collection on Eliza L. Tibbets
Rights Information
Copyrighted
Copyright has not been assigned to the University of California, Riverside Libraries, Special Collections & Archives. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Distinctive Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Description
Scope/Content: Typewritten document disputing that Eliza Tibbets planted the parent navel orange trees, claiming that a plaque originally honored Luther Tibbets, and expressing frustration with what Burlingame sees as misrepresentation by historians.
Type
text
Form/Genre
documents
Extent
1 page
Identifier
ark:/86086/n25x28zf
curivsc_ms374_006_017_001
Language
English
eng
Subject
Citrus fruit industry
Tibbets, Eliza Lovell, 1825-1898
Tibbets, Luther C.
Place
Riverside (Calif.)
33.950337, -117.39845
Source
MS 374
Provenance
Gift of Patricia Ortlieb, December 2011.

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