Collection Number: 02837

Collection Title: A. J. Osborne Papers, 1879-1901

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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.

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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
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the A. J. Osborne Papers, #2837, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
Gift, 1952
Additional Descriptive Resources
A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1a.
Sensitive Materials Statement
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.
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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.

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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.

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Processing Information

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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