Henry Zenas Osborne Papers, 1869-1947

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Henry Zenas Osborne Papers, 1869-1947

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Henry Zenas Osborne (1848-1923) was the owner of the , and the , which he directed until 1897. He served as the receiver of public moneys of the Bodie land district, collector of customs of the Los Angeles district, and U.S. Marshal of the southern district of California. He was appointed commissioner of the board of public works of Los Angeles, elected to Congress in 1916, appointed to the committee on appropriations in 1922, became president of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce and the Sunset Club and vice-president of the American Institute of Mining Engineers. The collection consists of business and family correspondence, clippings, photographs, manuscripts and related material pertaining to Osborne. Evening Republican Evening Express

19 boxes (9.5 linear ft.)

eng,

University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.

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Osborne, Henry Zenas, 1848-1923

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Henry Z. Osborne (1848-1923), child of Zenas Osborne and Juliaette Bristol Osborne, was born in new Lebanon, N.Y., on October 4, 1848. From New York, Osborne moved to New Orleans, where he worked as a printer, reporter, and newspaper correspondent before moving to California. Osborne spent the majority of his adult life in California, residing in Bodie until the early 1880's when he moved to Los Angeles. While in Bodie and Los Angeles, Osborne was active in publishing, politics and mining ventur...