Papers, 1869-1947.

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Papers, 1869-1947.

Collection consists of business and family correspondence, clippings, photographs, manuscripts and related material pertaining to Osborne. Papers relate to his career as a US Congressman, newspaper correspondent, editor and publisher, US Receiver of Public Moneys, Customs Collector and US Marshal. Also concern his interests in gold mining, his membership in the LA Chamber of Commerce, and his activities as Senior Vice Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic. Includes family and business correspondence after his death. Correspondents include Charles F. Crocker, Benjamin Harrison, and Leland Stanford.

19 boxes (9.5 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7437036

University of California, Los Angeles

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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...