Finding Aid for the Henry Zenas Osborne Papers, 1869-1947
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Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
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Finding Aid for the Henry Zenas Osborne Papers, 1869-1947
Collection number: 772
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Los Angeles, CA
Contact Information
- Manuscripts Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
- URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
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- Caroline Cubé
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- Josh Fiala, April 2002
© 2002 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Henry Zenas Osborne Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1869-1947
Collection number: 772
Creator:
Osborne, Henry Zenas, 1848-1923
Extent:
19 boxes (9.5 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Henry Zenas Osborne (1848-1923) was the owner of the
Evening Republican, and the
Evening Express, 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.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Henry Zenas Osborne Papers (Collection 772). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Osborne was born on October 4, 1848 in New Lebanon, New York; after a public school training, he became an apprentice in the
office of the
Christian Advocate in Buffalo, and then the
Republican in Cazenovia; enlisted as a private in the Civil War; worked as a printer in various newspaper offices until 1874; became
New Orleans correspondent for the
Chicago Tribune (1873-78); elected president of the New Orleans Typographical Union in 1874, and first vice-president of the International
Typographical Union in 1876; went to Bodie, California in 1878, where he edited and managed the
Daily Standard; founded the
Bodie Daily Free Press; moved to Los Angeles in 1884, purchasing the
Evening Republican, and later consolidating it with the
Evening Express, which he directed until 1897; served as 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; appointed commissioner of the board of public
works of Los Angeles; elected as a Republican to Congress in 1916; appointed to committee on appropriations in 1922, benefiting
his constituency; became president of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce and the Sunset Club and vice-president of the American
Institute of Mining Engineers; he died in Los Angeles on February 8, 1923.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of business and family correspondence, clippings, photographs, manuscripts and related material pertaining
to Osborne. Papers relate to his career as a U.S. Congressman, newspaper correspondent, editor and publisher, U.S. Receiver
of Public Moneys, Customs Collector and U.S. Marshal. Also concern his interests in gold mining, his membership in the Los
Angeles 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.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Business correspondence (Boxes 1-3).
- Family correspondence (Boxes 4-13).
- Newsclippings, invitations, programs, and announcements (Box 14).
- Army papers, speeches, and writings of Osborne, and political papers (Box 15).
- Mining interests and business papers (Box 16).
- Receipts (Boxes 16-17).
- Photographs and memorabilia (Box 18).
- Account book (1889) and used envelopes (Box 19).
Indexing Terms
Osborne, Henry Zenas, 1848-1923--Archives.
Newspaper editors--California--Archival resources.
Legislators--United States--Archival resources.
Civic leaders--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
Index
Alger, Russell Alexander, 1836-1907
Box 1 folder 2.
Bard, Thomas Robert, 1841-1915
Box 1 folder 12.
Bulla, Robert Nelson, 1850-1935
Box 2 folder 10;
Box 3 folder 7.
Crocker, Charles F., 1822-1888
Box 1 folder 8,11,12.
Flint, Frank Putnam, 1862-1929
Box 2 folder 4,5;
Box 3 folder 13.
Gillett, James Norris, 1860-1937
Box 2 folder 3.
Halford, Elijah Walker, 1843-1938
Box 1 folder 5.
Harrison, Benjamin, President U.S., 1833-1901
Box 3 folder 2.
Harrison, Benjamin, President U.S., 1833-1901
Box 1 folder 3.
Harrison, Russell Benjamin, d.1936
Box 1 folder 3;
Box 1 folder 12.
Kahn, Julius, 1861-1924
Box 2 folder 5.
Lindley, Hervey, 1854-1929
Box 1 folder 9,11.
Markham, Henry Harrison, 1840-1923
Box 1 folder 8,9,10;
Box 3 folder 7.
Markham, Henry Harrison, 1840-1923
Box 1 folder 9,10.
Michener, Louis Theodore, 1848-1928
Box 1 folder 2.
Nixon, George Stuart, 1860-1912
Box 2 folder 5.
Palmer, Frank Wayland, 1848-1932
Box 1 folder 8.
Paterson, Van Rensselaer, 1850(?)-1902
Box 1 folder 10.
Ransdell, Daniel Moore, 1842-1912
Box 1 folder 12,13.
Rolph, James, 1869-1934
Box 2 folder 11;
Box 3 folder 8.
Sartori, Joseph Francis, 1858-1946
Box 2 folder 8.
Smith, George Carson, 1855-1916
Box 1 folder 4.
Stanford, Leland, 1824-1893
Box 1 folder 12.
Stewart, William Morris, 1827-1909
Box 1 folder 3.
Stimson, Marshall, 1876-
Box 2 folder 4,6.
Tanner, James, 1844-1927
Box 1 folder 3,7,8,9;
Box 2 folder 1,4,15.
Van Sant, Samuel Rinnah, 1844-1936
Box 2 folder 5.
Wakeman, Wilbur Fisk, 1857-1931
Box 1 folder 17.
Wiggins, Frank, 1849-1924
Box 2 folder 7,10,15;
Box 3 folder 7.
Works, John Downey, 1847-1928
Box 3 folder 6.
Business Letters to H.Z. Osborne from Various Persons
Business Letters of Others than H.Z. Osborne
Family Correspondence
Note
(Arranged by year only, to and from various members of the family)
Newsclippings, Invitations, Programs, and Announcements
Box 14, Folder 1
Miscellaneous news clippings.
Box 14, Folder 2
Invitations, programs, announcements etc.
Army Papers, Speeches, and Writings of Osborne, and Political Papers
Box 15, Folder 1
Grand Army of the Republic (H.Z. Osborne).
Box 15, Folder 2
Speeches, writings of H.Z. Osborne.
Box 15, Folder 3
Legislative reports, bills etc.
Box 15, Folders 4-5
Miscellaneous political papers.
Mining Interests and Business Papers
Box 16, Folder 2
Miscellaneous Business papers.
Photographs and Memorabilia
Box 18, Folder 1
Miscellaneous photographs.
Box 18
Miscellaneous memorabilia.
Box 19
Account book and used envelopes.
1889
