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Folder title:	130 Byrd Anarctic Expedition Number 3 1939
Date:	07/10/1939
Description:	Correspondence on and for a sub-post office at Little America (Byrd Expedition). Map of Antarctica and information about the Snow Cruiser versus the aero plane. Picture of his airplane
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Correspondence ; Photographs
Folder number:	04-01-07
Subject(s):	Postal Service ; Persons

Folder title:	1946-47 Antartic R. E. Byrd Air Mail
Date:	11/12/1946
Description:	Information about Admiral Byrd and the expedition to the Antarctic. Photographs by Byrd and others on the expedition.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Press Releases ; Photographs
Folder number:	05-05-01
Subject(s):	Air mail service ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Original source:	Navy Department

Folder title:	Canal Zone SNAFU: antartica (Byrd Expedition) & SS Jacob Ruppert
Date:	11/01/1933
Description:	Correspondence concerning the procedures for sending mail to Antarctica for cancellation at Little America. Acknowledgement of the authorization for the mail clerk aboard the S. S. Jacob Rupert who was specially commissioned a postal clerk for the operation of the Little America post office. Correspondence concerning the loss of mail meant to be sent to Valpariso, Chile to be loaded on the S. S. Jacob Rupert.
Collection:	Panama
Includes:	Correspondence
Folder number:	30-03-126
Subject(s):	Byrd ; Little America ; Antartica