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Summary Information
Joseph H. Osborn Papers 1855-1890, circa 1951
- Osborn, Joseph H. (Joseph Horatio), 1822-1892
Wis Mss FF; Micro 303; PH 416
0.4 c.f. (1 archives box including 5 volumes), 2 reels of microfilm (35 mm), and 6 photographs (1 folder)
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Papers, 1855-1890 and circa 1951, of Joseph H. Osborn, a Winnebago County, Wisconsin, pioneer, pertaining to cooperatives, railroad regulation, and the Granger movement. In the correspondence are letters on railway rate determination, the legislative program of the Grange for 1874, and letters from R.H. Ferguson of the Cheap Transportation Association; John Samuel and Frederick Turner of the Knights of Labor; George H. Paul of the Railroad Commission and chairman of the People's Reform Committee; and the Sovereigns of Industry. A letter book, 1876-1877, kept while Osborn was master of the Wisconsin Grange and an active member of the state railroad commission, relates to Grange matters and railway regulation. English
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-wis000vr
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