Inventory of the J. F. Osborne Diaries, 1890-1924

Collection Number 3180


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
Collection Overview
Contact Information:
Manuscripts Department
CB#3926, Wilson Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
Phone: 919/962-1345
Fax: 919/962-3594
Email: mss@email.unc.edu
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Osborne, J. F., b. 1843.
Title
J. F. Osborne Diaries, 1890-1924 (bulk 1903-1924).
Call Number
3180
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
23 volumes (1.5 linear feet).
Abstract
Eighteen volumes of the daily diary, 1905-1924, of J. F. Osborne, a country doctor and farmer, in Gibson County, Tenn., and diary volumes of Osborne's wife Nannie and his daughter Mary. Dr. Osborne recorded weather, farm and housekeeping activities, professional calls (but no medical information), local events, leisure activities such as church affairs, short trips, Confederate reunions, and other concerns of private life. Two volumes of Nannie Osborne's diary, 1903 and 1904, recount family and social events; Mary Osborne's diary from 1905 is that of a schoolgirl, and includes poems and lists of callers. Also included are a small account book, 1890-1913, and a book of miscellaneous memoranda, 1901.


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Administrative Information

Acquisitions Information
Purchase 1955
Processing Information
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the J. F. Osborne Diaries, #3180, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Farm life--Tennessee--History--19th century.
Farmers--Tennessee--History--20th century.
Gibson County (Tenn.)--Social life and customs--20th century.
Girls--Tennessee--Social life and customs.
Osborne family.
Osborne, J. F., b. 1843.
Osborne, Mary.
Osborne, Nannie.
Physicians--Tennessee--History--20th century.
Women--Tennessee--Diaries.
Women--Tennessee--Social life and customs.
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Collection Overview

Eighteen volumes of the daily diary, 1905-1924, of J. F. Osborne, a country doctor and farmer, in Gibson County, Tenn., and diary volumes of Osborne's wife Nannie and his daughter Mary. Dr. Osborne recorded weather, farm and housekeeping activities, professional calls (but no medical information), local events, leisure activities such as church affairs, short trips, Confederate reunions, and other concerns of private life. Two volumes of Nannie Osborne's diary, 1903 and 1904, recount family and social events; Mary Osborne's diary from 1905 is that of a schoolgirl, and includes poems and lists of callers. Also included are a small account book, 1890-1913, and a book of miscellaneous memoranda, 1901.