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This collection was processed with support from the sponsorship of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1993.
Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 275 items) |
Abstract | A. J. Osborne of Garden Creek, Haywood County, N.C., was an agent for Benjamin B. Valentine and Mann Satterwhite Valentine of Richmond, Va., philanthropists and collectors of Indian relics of the Appalachian region. The collection includes papers of Osborne relating to his service as agent for the Valentines. The correspondence with the Valentines and with Osborne's sub-agents and their diggers concerns the collecting process in Haywood and Cherokee counties and doubts about the authenticity of the Indian artifacts. |
Creator | Osborne, A. J. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kathryn Michaelis, April 2011
This collection was processed with support from the sponsorship of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1993.
This collection originally contained eleven "Indian relics," which have since been transferred to the North Carolina Collection Gallery.
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A. J. Osborne of Garden Creek, Haywood County, N.C., was an agent for Benjamin B. Valentine and Mann Satterwhite Valentine of Richmond, Va., philanthropists and collectors of Indian relics of the Appalachian region.
Back to TopThe collection includes papers of Osborne relating to his service as agent for the Valentines. The correspondence with the Valentines and with Osborne's sub-agents and their diggers concerns the collecting process in Haywood and Cherokee counties and doubts about the authenticity of the Indian artifacts.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
April 1879-March 1880 |
Folder 2 |
April-August 1880 |
Folder 3 |
September-December 1880 |
Folder 4 |
January-February 1881 |
Folder 5 |
March-August 1881 |
Folder 6 |
September-December 1881 |
Folder 7 |
January-June 1882 |
Folder 8 |
July-December 1882 |
Folder 9 |
January-June 1883 |
Folder 10 |
July-December 1883 |
Folder 11 |
1884-1885 |
Folder 12 |
1886-1887; 1889; 1901; undated |
Folder 13 |
Clippings |
Folder 14-15
Folder 14Folder 15 |
Envelopes |