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Folder title: | "Abraham Cohen = Deputy Postmaster, Georgetown, S. C. (1789-1800) |
Date: | 03/01/1959 |
Description: | About the life of Abraham Cohen, Deputy Postmaster, Georgetown, South Carolina. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Reprints |
Folder number: | 05-06-04 |
Subject(s): | History - Postal ; Postal Service - Employees |
Original source: | Publication of the American Jewish Historical Society |
Folder title: | "Illegal Payoff to High U. S. Postal Oficial" - AP WX 10.17.86 |
Date: | 10/02/1986 |
Description: | John Gnau has been found guilty of bribing a high U.S Postal official. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Wire Service Messages |
Folder number: | 05-06-15 |
Subject(s): | Postal Service - Employees |
Original source: | AP Wire Service |
Folder title: | 11. Geographical File & Data Re: Foreign Stamps |
Description: | Lists of foreign postage stamps that were on display at the Post Office Department Headquarters. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Lists |
Folder number: | 03-07-20 |
Subject(s): | Postage Stamps |
Original source: | Post Office Department |
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: | 1964 Speeches |
Date: | 01/11/1964 |
Description: | Speeches of Postmaster General John A. Gronouski and Public Information Officer Mrs. Lee Frances Bowler. The Postmaster General addressing the Democratic - Farmer Labor Party and PIO's address at dedication of P.O building in Osceola, Missouri. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Press Releases ; Speeches |
Folder number: | 03-01-16 |
Subject(s): | Speeches ; Public Relations - Press Releases |
Folder title: | 1969 - Bio.'s of Asst. PMG's |
Description: | A series of photographs, biographical sketches, and press releases. on Assistant Postmasters, Kenneth Houseman, David Nelson, James Ward Hargrove, John L O'Mara, El Elmer Theodore Klassen. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Photographs ; Biographies |
Folder number: | 02-02-36 |
Subject(s): | Postal Service - Postmasters ; Persons ; Public Relations - Press Releases |
Original source: | Post Office Department |
Folder title: | 1969 - Post Master General Winton M. Blount, |
Date: | 05/01/1968 |
Description: | This file contains information from a wide variety of medium pertaining to Post Master General William Blount. Photographs and Biographical Sketch. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Photographs ; Biographies ; Articles |
Folder number: | 02-02-35 |
Subject(s): | Postal Service - Postmasters ; Persons |
Folder title: | Admiral Cervera - Undershirt Mailed |
Date: | 11/13/1927 |
Description: | Undershirt of Admiral Cervera received in the mail by the father of the author. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Articles |
Folder number: | 03-02-27 |
Subject(s): | Parcels - Post ; Persons |
Folder title: | Arkansas |
Date: | 09/20/1962 |
Description: | Martha Fouty was the first woman mail carrier. She lived in Palarm, Arkansas. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Articles |
Folder number: | 05-07-23 |
Subject(s): | Postal Service ; Persons ; Postal Service - Employees |
Original source: | Cleveland Press |
Folder title: | Articles on Jethro Butcher |
Date: | 06/21/1969 |
Description: | Issues concerning the role and duties of Mr. Jethro Butcher, who is a butler for Postmaster General William Blount. (Tax-payers are paying his $6, 321 a year salary. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Articles ; Memorandums |
Folder number: | 01-07-30 |
Subject(s): | Postal Service - Employees ; Persons ; Postal Service - Law and Legislation |
Folder title: | Blair House |
Date: | 01/16/1964 |
Description: | Regarding a Post Office Department display of First Day Covers to be located in Blair House. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Correspondence |
Folder number: | 03-01-13 |
Subject(s): | Exhibitions |
Folder title: | Bureau of Engraving and Printing News |
Date: | 07/26/1985 |
Description: | Press Release, death notice and biography. Jeanne Howard, Longtime friend and employee passes away. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Death Notices |
Folder number: | 01-01-04 |
Original source: | Post Office Department |
Folder title: | Canal Zone - Miscellaneous Presentation |
Description: | Memoranda returning press proofs with machine copies of the stamps. Four photographs and a photograph proof strip of unknown men presenting a sheet of stamps (Thatcher Ferry Bridge). Autographed photograph of Fred Mamo, Postmaster General marked Malta. Photographs marked Quito, one of Benjamin Rivadeneira and the other with Benjamine rivadneira and employees of the "Direction General of Posts". Fourteen copies of a 3" x 4" photograph, the size used to send to the media, of an unused postage stamp design. |
Collection: | Panama |
Includes: | Memorandums ; Articles ; Photographs |
Folder number: | 30-04-006 |
Subject(s): | Foreign ; Persons |
Folder title: | Canal Zone - USRCARIB School Folder #2 |
Date: | 07/28/1961 |
Description: | History of the USARCARIB 15 cent air mail stamp, Canal Zone number C32. Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone C32. Machine copy of First Day cancellation. Newspaper and magazine articles concerning this stamp. Two photographs of the Director of Posts and two U. S. Army officers reviewing photographs. Nine photographs of people and events at the First Day of Issue Ceremony. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone C32 |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Articles ; Photographs |
Folder number: | 30-03-043 |
Subject(s): | Air Mail ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing ; Design |
Folder title: | Consolidated Itineraries Birm., Atl., Montg., Ft. Worth, Houston |
Date: | 04/24/1969 |
Description: | Checklist for materials needed for Donald Campbell's trips. Copies of itineraries from04/04/1969 through 05/06/1969 from Birmingham, Montgomery Alabama to Dallas - Fort Worth Texas. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Memorandums ; Checklists ; Itineraries |
Folder number: | 02-02-42 |
Subject(s): | Postal Service - Employees ; Persons |
Original source: | Post Office Department |
Folder title: | CZ 147 |
Date: | 11/05/1954 |
Description: | Thirty-two copies of a 2" x 2" photograph of Canal Zone Scott number 147, used to mail to media. Correspondence concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone Scott number 147 Copy of the Bureau Specialist magazine, January 1955 with an article about this stamp. Newspaper clippings about this stamp. Two copies of the Panama Canal Review, 02/04-1955. Captioned photographs with five different views the Bureau Director and two members of the Canal Zone Board viewing the printing of this stamp. Six copies of a photograph of a sketch of the stamp. Four captioned copies of a photograph of women processing first day covers. Machine copies of design sketches and Railway Post Office cancellations. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone 147 |
Includes: | Magazines ; Photographs ; Correspondence ; Articles |
Folder number: | 30-03-018 |
Subject(s): | Design ; Persons ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing |
Folder title: | CZ 148 |
Date: | 11/01/1957 |
Description: | Fifteen 2" x 3" copies, this size was used to send to the media, and one 4 1/2" x 7" copy of Canal Zone 148, the Gorgas Hospital Anniversary issue. Nine photographs of the Commemorative Service for the Gorgas Hospital Anniversary, three photographs of clerks processing first day covers, sixteen photographs of the hospital and surrounding area and two 75th Anniversary brochures. Photographs are captioned. Machine copies of the stamp photographs. Stenographer notebook with handwritten, running details of expenses and first day stamp sales |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone 148 |
Includes: | Notebooks ; Photographs ; Correspondence |
Folder number: | 30-03-019 |
Subject(s): | Design ; First Day of Issue ; Persons |
Folder title: | CZ 152 |
Date: | 06/20/1960 |
Description: | Four 2" x 2" copies of a photograph of Canal Zone number 152, this size was used to send to the media. One reduced image of the stamp (less than 1"), two copies of a photograph of the stamp cut to appear as perforated and mounted on a sheet of white paper, five copies of a photograph of a rejected design (model No. 2), One photograph, one picture clipped from a magazine, and five copies of photographs showing varied views of the Administration Building. Two copies of a captioned photograph and three captioned candid photographs of the Governor of the Canal Zone (W. A. Carter) canceling first day covers. Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of this stamp. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone 152 |
Includes: | Photographs ; Correspondence ; Press Releases |
Folder number: | 30-03-024 |
Subject(s): | Design ; First Day of Issue ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing |
Folder title: | CZ 156 |
Date: | 02/14/1962 |
Description: | Ninety-plus copies of 1 3/4" x 3 7/8" copies of photograph of Canal Zone 156, this size was used to send to the media. Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of this stamp. Machine copy of a photograph of the stamp and of first day of issues cancellations. Two copies of a photograph of a Girl Scout presenting flowers to Mrs. Robert J. Fleming, wife of the Governor, and one of the Governor applying a first day cancellation to a cover. Newspaper clippings and articles about this stamp. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone 156 |
Includes: | Photographs ; Correspondence |
Folder number: | 30-03-027 |
Subject(s): | Design ; Girl Scouts ; First Day of Issue |
Folder title: | Designer - Biographies 1 |
Date: | 11/17/1963 |
Description: | Stamp designers and their background from the artists and other sources. Copy of The American Philatelist, August, 1971. Copy of the American Artist, march, 1971. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Press Releases ; Lists ; Articles |
Folder number: | 03-07-18 |
Subject(s): | Postage stamp design ; Public Relations - Press Releases ; Persons |
Folder title: | Designer - Biographies 2 |
Date: | 12/15/1957 |
Description: | Biographies and photographs of stamp designers. Lists of issued stamps and their designers. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Press Releases ; Lists ; Photographs |
Folder number: | 03-07-19 |
Subject(s): | Postage stamp design ; Public Relations - Press Releases ; Persons |
Folder title: | Designers and Engravers |
Date: | 01/10/1908 |
Description: | Lists of the sources for designs of various stamps from 1908 to 1941. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Lists ; Articles |
Folder number: | 03-07-17 |
Subject(s): | Postage stamp design ; Persons |
Folder title: | Finance - FPC - Eugene, Ore. 6/24/64 |
Date: | 06/03/1964 |
Description: | Materials related to Ralph Nicholson's Itinerary at postal exhibitions, copies of speeches, and correspondence letters. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Memorandums ; Speeches ; Correspondence |
Folder number: | 01-07-09 |
Subject(s): | Public Relations ; Exhibitions ; Persons |
Folder title: | Finance - Postal Advisory Panel - 1965 |
Date: | 02/03/1965 |
Description: | Information on the Postal Advisory Panel with Postmaster John A. Gronouski to President Johnson. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Photographs ; Press Releases |
Folder number: | 02-03-31 |
Subject(s): | Administration ; Public Relations - Press Releases ; Persons |
Original source: | Post Office Department |
Folder title: | Finance 6 Biographies & Pic. Mr. Nicholson |
Date: | 12/06/1965 |
Description: | Biographical information about Assistant Post Master General, Bureau of Finance: An invitation celebrating the Mr. Nicholson's Ben Franklin Award |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Photographs ; Information Sheets ; Biographies |
Folder number: | 02-03-26 |
Subject(s): | Postal Service - Employees ; Persons ; Postal Service - Postmasters |
Original source: | Post Office Department |
Folder title: | Gen. Counsel 1 General Correspondence 1961-67 |
Date: | 04/29/1961 |
Description: | Miscellaneous correspondence of the General Counsel for the Post Office Department. Some examples include: A biographical sketch of Tim James May, request for the copy of the 1918 report of the Postmaster General. Legislative highlights, franking, "Taper" bill, Itineraries. proposal for story in Machinist Magazine. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Biographies ; Correspondence |
Folder number: | 02-03-12 |
Subject(s): | Postal Service - Employees |
Original source: | Post Office Department |
Folder title: | Inspectors 1 General Correspondence 1966-67 |
Date: | 02/09/1961 |
Description: | General correspondence of postal inspectors. Some examples from this file include: a statement describing the duties of the Postal Inspection Service. Letter about concerns at the Rockland Post Office Department (New York). |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Press Releases ; Photographs |
Folder number: | 02-03-13 |
Subject(s): | United States Postal Inspection Service ; Public Relations - Press Releases ; Persons |
Original source: | Post Office Department |
Folder title: | Int'l Appointment Announ's, Release, Etc - Walter Sheble |
Date: | 08/06/1966 |
Description: | Information on the appointment of Walter Sheble as Special Assistant for International Postal Organizations. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Press Releases |
Folder number: | 02-06-15 |
Subject(s): | Public Relations (Press Releases) ; Persons ; Postal Service - Foreign |
Original source: | Post Office Department |
Folder title: | Lorenzo of Hatch, Engraver |
Date: | 11/01/1967 |
Description: | Lorenzo Hatch was one of the foremost engravers of his timeā¦ |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Articles |
Folder number: | 03-02-23 |
Subject(s): | Persons ; Postage Stamp Printing |
Folder title: | Merchandising Committee |
Date: | 04/16/1971 |
Description: | Correspondence Between Gordon Morrison and Warren Yang, Director of Posts, Republic of China on the philatelic market. A business proposal from BIC Pen to provide a slogan pen promoting the collection and sale of United States postage stamps. List of members and confidential minutes of the Merchandising Committee meeting of 04/22/1971. Six untitled photographs showing the interior and exterior of a Canadian Post Office. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Photographs ; Minutes ; Lists |
Folder number: | 02-04-27 |
Subject(s): | Postal Service ; Stamp Collecting (Philately) |
Folder title: | P.1. Press Interviews 1968 |
Date: | 01/04/1966 |
Description: | Letters and copies of interviews from postal employees to various forms of media. Some examples of interviews are from. Forbes Magazine, Modern Railroad magazine, Industrial Research magazine, Associated Press. A transcript from an interview deals with issues of 3rd class mail. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Copies of Interviews |
Folder number: | 02-02-03 |
Subject(s): | Public Relations - Customer Relations ; Postal Service - Employees |
Original source: | Post Office Department |
Folder title: | P.1. Travel File - D. A. Campbell 1964 |
Date: | 01/20/1964 |
Description: | Travel vouchers and information for travel by Donald A. Campbell |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Travel Vouchers |
Folder number: | 02-06-06 |
Subject(s): | Administration |
Original source: | Post Office Department |
Folder title: | Pending - Resolution 25 Hearings - 7/31 - 8/3/67 Testimony Mr. Hartigan |
Date: | 10/06/1967 |
Description: | Testimony concerning S. 2333 that would provide certain benefits to postal employees who are transferred to new duty stations in the interest of the government. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Testimonies |
Folder number: | 02-07-06 |
Subject(s): | Postal Service - Law and Legislation ; Persons ; History - Postal |
Original source: | Post Office Department |
Folder title: | Personnel 7 Employment of Handicapped |
Date: | 01/27/1964 |
Description: | Information on Postal Employee's with handicaps: Report of the 1963 Annual Meeting of the President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped. A photograph of Miss. Ann Cannon with a Postal Official. Report from New York Offices of Handicapped employees. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Photographs ; Reports |
Folder number: | 02-03-18 |
Subject(s): | Postal Service - Employees ; Persons |
Original source: | Post Office Department |
Folder title: | Personnel 8 POD Awards Ceremony (1967) |
Date: | 10/19/1966 |
Description: | Press Releases and photographs announcing awards for outstanding Achievement. Correspondence pertaining to the ceremonies and a pamphlet from the banquet. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Photographs ; Correspondence ; Press Releases |
Folder number: | 02-03-19 |
Subject(s): | Postal Service - Employees ; Public Relations - Press Releases |
Original source: | Post Office Department |
Folder title: | Philatelic Division - USPOD Special Case |
Date: | 10/04/1965 |
Description: | Entire folder regarding letters of complaint by Leonard Shapiro. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Correspondence |
Folder number: | 03-02-35 |
Subject(s): | Public Relations - Customer Relations ; Letter Writing |
Folder title: | Philatelic Exhibition Room 1315, 1971 |
Date: | 05/01/1966 |
Description: | "Firm Mailing Book" of the Philatelic Exhibition Room. Obituary of M. H. Keelet |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Firm Mailing Book ; Articles ; Notes |
Folder number: | 02-01-18 |
Subject(s): | Exhibitions ; Persons |
Folder title: | PMG Day Press Conf |
Date: | 02/09/1961 |
Description: | Press conference regarding the increase of postal notes, the President withdrew 200 nominations for postmasters and the appointment of Mr. Henry Montgue as Chief Inspector. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Press Conference |
Folder number: | 03-02-06 |
Subject(s): | Postal Service - Postmasters ; Persons |
Folder title: | Postage Stamps of US - (Orders Mailed Out) |
Description: | Letters from persons containing orders for postage stamps. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Correspondence |
Folder number: | 02-05-14 |
Subject(s): | Stamp Collecting (Philately) |
Original source: | Post Office Department |
Folder title: | Postal Executives |
Date: | 04/01/1965 |
Description: | Listing of Post Office Department executives and list of titles and addresses of Postal Employee Organizations. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Lists |
Folder number: | 03-01-18 |
Subject(s): | Postal Service - Employees ; Persons |
Original source: | Post Office Department |
Folder title: | Reading File - March and April 1968 |
Date: | 03/06/1968 |
Description: | Post Office Department miscellaneous material for January and February, 1968. Material includes: statement concerning Mr. Hartigan's activities after leaving the Post Office Department after seven years of service. Several copies of rough drafts (letters). Biographical sketch of Frederick E. Bartus, Assistant Postmaster General Bureau of Transportation. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Reports ; Correspondence |
Folder number: | 02-03-07 |
Subject(s): | Administration ; Persons |
Original source: | Post Office Department |
Folder title: | Rev. Floyd Leach Collection |
Date: | 05/01/1965 |
Description: | Reverend Leach's Collection was willed to the Smithsonian Institution. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Articles |
Folder number: | 03-02-21 |
Subject(s): | Persons ; Smithsonian Institution |
Folder title: | Society of Illustrators |
Date: | 01/01/1960 |
Description: | Brochure for a special showing of artwork used for recent U. S. Postage Stamps |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Photographs |
Folder number: | 04-07-13 |
Subject(s): | Postage stamp design ; Persons |
Folder title: | Trans New Orleans, LA 4/1/65 |
Date: | 03/05/1965 |
Description: | A statement by John A. Gronouski, before the House Post Office and Civil Service Committee March 11, 1965, remarks by Frederick Bartus concerning the centennial of railway mail. A large amount of material in this file contains information on a Chamber of Commerce Convention in New Orleans, Louisiana attended by William Hartigan in 1965 |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Testimonies ; Memorandums ; Correspondence ; Speeches |
Folder number: | 02-04-09 |
Subject(s): | Postal Service - Law and Legislation ; Speeches ; Railway Mail Service |
Folder title: | USPOD Letters to - |
Date: | 10/28/1959 |
Description: | Letters responding to various requests for stamps and information. Most signed by Franklin R. Bruns, Jr. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Correspondence |
Folder number: | 03-03-19 |
Subject(s): | Letter Writing - Government Correspondence ; Postal Service |
Folder title: | USPOD Philatelic Sales Unit 3 |
Date: | 10/01/1961 - 02/01/1963 |
Description: | Press release and postal rate and pay increase information. Post Office Department telephone book. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Telephone Directories ; Lists |
Folder number: | 03-03-03 |
Subject(s): | Postal Rates ; Postal Service - Employees ; Public Relations - Press Releases |
Original source: | Post Office Department |
Folder title: | V. C. Burke, PM Washington, D. C. (1936) |
Date: | 07/09/1936 |
Description: | A letter describing the location, service, revenue and functions of the Washington D.C. post office. Copy of an address for NBC'S Farm and Home Hour. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Speeches |
Folder number: | 01-01-08 |
Subject(s): | Post Office Stations & Branches ; Postal Service ; Public Relations - Customer Relations |
Original source: | Vincent C. Burke |
Folder title: | Venetian Letter, 1390 - Gift of John Rider |
Date: | 10/16/1966 |
Description: | A Venetian business letter from 1390 was donated to the Smithsonian. It is the oldest paper letter in the collection. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Articles |
Folder number: | 03-02-22 |
Subject(s): | History - Postal ; Smithsonian Institution |
Folder title: | Virginia Brizendine |
Date: | 07/26/1965 |
Description: | Mrs. Brizendine to be promoted to Director of Philately effective 08/15/65. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Memorandums |
Folder number: | 03-01-20 |
Subject(s): | Postal Service - Employees ; Persons |
Folder title: | Williams' Case - First Day covers Wash. D.C. |
Date: | 03/24/1965 |
Description: | A hearing involving Mr. Williams and the financial controls for sale of First Day covers in Washington, D. C. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Reports |
Folder number: | 04-02-01 |
Subject(s): | Covers (Philately) ; Persons ; United States Postal Inspection Service |
Original source: | Bureau of Appeals and Review |