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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: | "History of the Railway Mail Service" Washington, D.C.: U.S. Post Office Dept. c. 1932 |
| Date: | 09/26/1932 |
| Description: | Excerpt taken from data placed in cornerstone of new Post Office Department building, September 26 1932. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Excerpts |
| Folder number: | 05-06-01 |
| Subject(s): | Railway Mail Service ; History - Postal |
| Original source: | Post Office Department |
| Folder title: | 17 Philatelic Data (Scott's Nos. on Stock Sheet) |
| Date: | 09/21/1937 |
| Description: | Details of United States and foreign stamps. Scott numbers list. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Lists ; Photographs ; Correspondence |
| Folder number: | 03-07-04 |
| Subject(s): | Stamp Collecting (Philately) |
| Folder title: | 1802-25 Leather Mail Pouch (Photo) etc. From Western Reserve Historical Society. Photocopy of instructions to postmasters dated 01/20/1825 |
| Date: | 01/20/1825 |
| Description: | A photograph of a leather mail pouch from 1802-1825, with a photocopy of instructions to postmasters dated 01/20/1825. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Photographs ; Correspondence |
| Folder number: | 01-02-13 |
| Subject(s): | History - Postal ; Mail Service ; Postmasters |
| Original source: | Post Office Department Western Reserve Historical Society |
| Folder title: | 1859 Reproductions of Advertisements of Stage and Steamship Mail |
| Date: | 01/01/1859 |
| Description: | Advertisements for Mail Service from the Texas Almanac 1859 via: stage coach, passenger and freight train, steamship to the far west. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Advertisements |
| Folder number: | 01-02-17 |
| Subject(s): | Postal Service ; Postal Service - Transportation. |
| Original source: | Texas Almanac 1859 |
| Folder title: | 205.12 Stamped Paper History of Jan. 1920 |
| Date: | 01/05/1920 |
| Description: | Information regarding stamps and the subjects of stamps from 1847 to 1946. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Correspondence ; Articles |
| Folder number: | 04-04-02 |
| Subject(s): | Postage Stamps ; History - Postal ; Envelopes (Stationery) |
| Original source: | Post Office Department |
| Folder title: | 210.36 Stamps, Postage International Reply International and Domestic Remittance Remittance Coupons |
| Date: | 05/03/1911 |
| Description: | Suggestions from the public regarding substitutes for money orders which they consider costly for small amounts such as First Day Covers. The Post Office Department advises substitutes, small amounts of stamps are too costly. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Correspondence |
| Folder number: | 04-05-12 |
| Subject(s): | Foreign Mail ; Postal History |
| Folder title: | 22 |
| Date: | 12/24/1852 |
| Description: | Correspondence from Philatelist Herbert Bernstein to curator Carl Scheele of the Smithsonian Institute, containing a letter from 1852 by a Mr. Thomas Brewer. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Correspondence |
| Folder number: | 01-02-18 |
| Subject(s): | History - Postal ; Mail Service |
| Original source: | Smithsonian Institution |
| Folder title: | 6th international Wash. '66 |
| Date: | 12/30/1965 |
| Description: | Correspondence and press releases regarding the new exhibition of stamps and postal history in the Museum of History and Technology and Guest speakers. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Correspondence ; Press Releases ; Catalogs |
| Folder number: | 01-01-12 |
| Subject(s): | Postal Museums ; Public Relations - Press Releases ; Smithsonian Institution |
| Original source: | Post Office Department |
| Folder title: | Afghanistan |
| Date: | 08/29/1958 |
| Description: | Discussion of Postal Regulations in Afghanistan. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Articles |
| Folder number: | 05-03-28 |
| Subject(s): | Postal Service - Foreign |
| Original source: | Bakhtar News Bulletin |
| Folder title: | Arthur Hecht Manuscript |
| Date: | 04/15/1957 |
| Description: | Manuscript titled The war of 1812 and the Post Office Department, Saint Mary's County |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Manuscripts |
| Folder number: | 05-01-32 |
| Subject(s): | History - Postal |
| Original source: | Arthur Hecht |
| Folder title: | Balloon "Kathleen" Mail Flight |
| Date: | 07/01/1967 |
| Description: | The first officially recognized airmail in the U.S. was carried aboard the balloon "Jupiter" in 1859. April 30, 1962 "Kathleen" was launched from Brawley CA carrying a box of 1, 029 envelopes which were postmarked El Centro, CA but the balloon went 55 miles, south of Mexicali, Mexico. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Articles |
| Folder number: | 03-02-25 |
| Subject(s): | Balloon post |
| Folder title: | Brady, T. J. "Postcards & History", History Today Vol. XIX, No. 12 (Dec. 1969) p. 848-855 |
| Date: | 12/01/1969 |
| Description: | History of postcards |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Articles |
| Folder number: | 05-06-22 |
| Subject(s): | Postcards |
| Original source: | History Today |
| Folder title: | British Packets |
| Date: | 05/22/1784 |
| Description: | Copy of a notice used in England about paying for the cost of mail to New York and Halifax as well as a copy of commander flags on various Post Office packet boats. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Articles |
| Folder number: | 06-04-20 |
| Subject(s): | Foreign Mail ; History - Postal |
| Folder title: | Byzantine Empire |
| Date: | 01/01/1959 |
| Description: | The Byzantine Empire in the World of the Seventh Century and The Role of the Trade in the Economic Readjustment of Byzantium in the Seventh Century. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Articles |
| Folder number: | 05-03-15 |
| Subject(s): | History - Postal |
| Original source: | Dunbarton Oak Research Library and Collection |
| Folder title: | China |
| Date: | 01/01/1965 |
| Description: | The history of the post in China. Parts from a book |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Excerpts |
| Folder number: | 05-03-29 |
| Subject(s): | Postal Service - Foreign |
| Folder title: | Civil War postal History |
| Date: | 01/01/1960 |
| Description: | A research paper pertaining to mail delivery to the US. Navy during the US. Civil War 1861 - 1865 |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Research Papers |
| Folder number: | 01-02-14 |
| Subject(s): | History - Postal ; United States Navy - Postal Service ; Postal Service |
| Folder title: | Clippings from Scientific American 1954 (photocopies) |
| Date: | 12/17/1853 |
| Description: | Photocopies of articles printed in the Scientific American dealing with matters of postage, postal services and correspondence. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Articles |
| Folder number: | 05-06-26 |
| Subject(s): | Postal Service ; History - Postal |
| Original source: | Scientific American |
| Folder title: | Confederate States of America |
| Date: | 02/25/1962 |
| Description: | An article pertaining to mail service and stamps in the Confederate States of America. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Articles |
| Folder number: | 01-02-21 |
| Subject(s): | History - Postal ; Postage Stamps |
| Original source: | News and Courier |
| Folder title: | Cunningham, P. & Lucas, C. , Occupational Costume in England rom 11th Cent. To 1914. pp. 233-249 |
| Description: | Description of how mail is carried from the eleventh century to 1914. Parts from a book. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Excerpts |
| Folder number: | 05-06-28 |
| Subject(s): | History - Postal |
| Original source: | Occupational Costume in England |
| Folder title: | D.C. Postal History Exb. by George T. Turner |
| Date: | 12/15/1961 |
| Description: | Some correspondence and a comprehensive list of items on exhibition at the District of Columbia Postal History Exhibit. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Correspondence ; Lists |
| Folder number: | 05-01-13 |
| Subject(s): | Exhibitions |
| Folder title: | Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine "The Post Office of the Revolutionary War", J. C. Fitzpatrick. |
| Date: | 10/01/1922 |
| Description: | A magazine article pertaining to the Post Office during the American Revolutionary War. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Articles |
| Folder number: | 01-02-11 |
| Subject(s): | History - Postal |
| Original source: | Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine |
| Folder title: | Exhibit - United Nations Oct 1976 - March, 1977 |
| Date: | 12/23/1976 |
| Description: | Photographs of the exhibit at the Postal History section of the Smithsonian. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Photographs |
| Folder number: | 05-07-01 |
| Subject(s): | Exhibitions Exhibition ; Smithsonian Institution |
| Original source: | Smithsonian Institution |
| Folder title: | Field Philatelic Training Seminar: The Complete Guide for Region Coordinators |
| Description: | A copy of a training seminar guide: topics include postal history, philatelic workshop and a retail merchandising campaign. Three ring binder. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Training Guides |
| Folder number: | 06-06-01 |
| Subject(s): | Postal Service Guides |
| Original source: | Post Office Department |
| Folder title: | Free Mail - Historical Background |
| Description: | A list of Acts from 1789 - 1968 pertaining to the history of the free mail. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Lists |
| Folder number: | 01-02-09 |
| Subject(s): | History - Postal |
| Folder title: | General History - U. S. P. O. D and Postal Development All Periods All Phases |
| Date: | 05/04/1881 |
| Description: | History of Post Office and mail service in Colonial and U.S. times. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Press Releases ; Articles ; Correspondence |
| Folder number: | 03-03-11 |
| Subject(s): | History - Postal ; Public Relations - Press Releases |
| Original source: | Post Office Department |
| Folder title: | German P. O. Hist. |
| Date: | 01/01/1959 |
| Description: | German postal history by horse, by wagon by foot. Parts from a book. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Excerpts |
| Folder number: | 05-03-16 |
| Subject(s): | History - Postal ; Postal Service - Foreign |
| Original source: | Zu Pferde, em Wagen, zu Fuss Tailsend Jabre Reisen |
| Folder title: | History of Postage Stamps IS Pamphlets |
| Date: | 08/05/1962 |
| Description: | Order form for the printing of 50,000 copies of the Post Office Department pamphlet: History of United States Postage Stamps, Postal Cards, and Stamped Envelopes. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Order Forms |
| Folder number: | 02-05-15 |
| Subject(s): | History - Postal ; Stamp Collecting (Philately) |
| Original source: | Post Office Department |
| Folder title: | History of the Post Office |
| Date: | 04/01/1965 |
| Description: | A press release detailing the history of the Post Office Department. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Press Releases |
| Folder number: | 02-05-26 |
| Subject(s): | Public Relations (Press Releases) ; History - Postal |
| Folder title: | History of U.S. Stamps |
| Date: | 01/10/1908 |
| Description: | Material on the history of the United States Postal Service and of United States Postage Stamps. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Correspondence ; Press Releases ; Articles |
| Folder number: | 04-02-03 |
| Subject(s): | History - Postal ; Postage Stamps ; Public Relations - Press Releases |
| Folder title: | History, Postal |
| Date: | 08/05/1974 |
| Description: | Correspondence and photographs regarding possible donations to the Smithsonian Institution. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Correspondence ; Photographs |
| Folder number: | 05-01-31 |
| Subject(s): | History - Postal ; Smithsonian Institution |
| Folder title: | Illinois |
| Date: | 08/25/1904 |
| Description: | Articles discussing the opening of the Pneumatic Mail Tubes, mail boxes on sidewalks and history of the Post Office Department in Chicago. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Articles |
| Folder number: | 05-07-25 |
| Subject(s): | Pneumatic Machinery ; Mail Service |
| Original source: | Chicago Tribune |
| Folder title: | Int'l 1 International Mail (General) |
| Date: | 06/14/1966 |
| Description: | Correspondence to and from the international postal community regarding items of mutual interest. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Correspondence ; Memorandums |
| Folder number: | 02-06-16 |
| Subject(s): | Postal Service - Foreign ; Administration |
| Folder title: | J. B. Trapp |
| Date: | 04/18/1935 |
| Description: | Correspondence in regard to postal history and comments on a article written by Mr. J. B. Trapp, in December 1940; Issue of the Union Postal Clerk. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Correspondence |
| Folder number: | 01-01-05 |
| Subject(s): | History - Postal |
| Original source: | William Duncan Gilbert E. Huatt |
| Folder title: | Japan |
| Date: | 04/29/1963 |
| Description: | Discussion of the Postal Service in Japan from the beginning of the service to the present (1963). |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Articles |
| Folder number: | 05-03-17 |
| Subject(s): | History - Postal ; Postal Service - Foreign |
| Folder title: | Kelly, Bernard, "Hauling the Mail on Foot & Horseback," Empire Magazine (Jan. 20, 1970) (Denver Post) |
| Date: | 01/25/1970 |
| Description: | "Hauling the mail on foot and horseback" an historical article. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Articles |
| Folder number: | 05-06-23 |
| Subject(s): | History - Postal |
| Original source: | Empire Magazine |
| Folder title: | Latin American Mails - Pre Columbian - Modern |
| Description: | Handwritten, translated from Spanish - The Origin of Postal Service in America. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Articles |
| Folder number: | 05-03-11 |
| Subject(s): | History - Postal |
| Folder title: | Mail Bags, Pouches, Boxes (For Transit) and Misc, Containers |
| Date: | 04/06/1943 |
| Description: | Memorandum pertaining to a Post Office delivery box found in storage. The memorandum gives a brief history of the use of the boxes. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Memorandums |
| Folder number: | 01-02-29 |
| Subject(s): | Postal Service |
| Folder title: | Malta |
| Date: | 09/01/1964 |
| Description: | Discussion of the postal service in Malta from the beginning of the service to the present (1964). |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Articles |
| Folder number: | 05-03-18 |
| Subject(s): | History - Postal ; Postal Service - Foreign |
| Original source: | Union Postale, Vol. 89, No. 9 |
| Folder title: | Maryland |
| Date: | 01/29/1967 |
| Description: | The amount of postal mail delivered in the Baltimore in 1867 and 1868. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Articles |
| Folder number: | 05-07-26 |
| Subject(s): | Postal Service |
| Original source: | Sun Magazine |
| Folder title: | Meters (Overment, Alfred P.H. - File) |
| Date: | 10/06/1898 |
| Description: | Discussions about envelopes and use of the meter for postal history. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Correspondence |
| Folder number: | 03-04-07 |
| Subject(s): | Postal Service - Metered Mail |
| Folder title: | Military Mail Service - Civil War, Union Army |
| Date: | 01/01/1981 |
| Description: | Military mail service during the Civil War for the Union Army. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Articles |
| Folder number: | 05-06-32 |
| Subject(s): | United States Army - Postal Service ; History - Postal |
| Folder title: | Miscelleanous Clippings from Wm C. Stone Library (ex George G. Turner Library) |
| Date: | 01/01/1909 - 01/01/1961 |
| Description: | Newspaper and magazine articles concerning Confederate postal matters. List of the population of places in 1860 which issued Confederate Provisional Stamps. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Articles |
| Folder number: | 05-01-29 |
| Subject(s): | History - Postal |
| Folder title: | Mongolia |
| Date: | 10/01/1965 |
| Description: | Discussion of the history of the postal service in Mongolia from the beginning until the present (1965). |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Articles |
| Folder number: | 05-03-20 |
| Subject(s): | History - Postal ; Postal Service - Foreign |
| Original source: | Union Postale, Vol. 90, No.10 |
| Folder title: | New York Mail Steamer |
| Date: | 01/01/1937 |
| Description: | Information of how the mail steamer service began. Also a discussion about installation of household mail boxes. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Drafts ; Articles |
| Folder number: | 05-07-28 |
| Subject(s): | Postal Service ; History - Postal |
| Folder title: | New Zealand |
| Date: | 07/01/1965 |
| Description: | Discussion of the postal service in New Zealand from the beginning of the service to the present (1965). |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Articles |
| Folder number: | 05-03-19 |
| Subject(s): | History - Postal ; Postal Service - Foreign |
| Original source: | Union Postale, Vol. 90, No. 7 |
| Folder title: | News Kit - Postal History Museum |
| Date: | 02/23/1960 |
| Description: | The opening of the Postal History Museum on 02/23/1960. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Photographs ; Press Releases |
| Folder number: | 03-03-14 |
| Subject(s): | Public Relations - Press Releases |
| Original source: | Post Office Department |
| Folder title: | Northern Countries Postal Union (Denmark, Norway, Sweden) |
| Date: | 06/01/1964 |
| Description: | Discussion of the postal service in Northern Countries - Denmark, Norway and Sweden. These countries have a trilateral postal agreement. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Articles |
| Folder number: | 05-03-21 |
| Subject(s): | History - Postal ; Postal Service - Foreign |
| Original source: | Union Postale, Vol. 89, No.6 |
| Folder title: | Ohio |
| Date: | 06/01/1962 |
| Description: | Description of mail carried in 1809 from Cleveland to Detroit, by foot, with mail satchel shown. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Brochures |
| Folder number: | 05-07-29 |
| Subject(s): | Postal Service ; History - Postal |
| Original source: | Historical Society News |
| Folder title: | Overland Mail - Route No. 12578 |
| Date: | 03/12/1861 |
| Description: | Photocopy of the contract for carrying mail on Route 12578 (which is changed to Route 10773) beginning 07/01/1861. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Contracts |
| Folder number: | 05-06-29 |
| Subject(s): | Postal Service ; History - Postal |
| Folder title: | P. 1. History "History of Air Trans. Of Mail" |
| Date: | 05/02/1963 |
| Description: | Materials depicting and describing the history of Air Mail in the Post Office Department. Some examples of material include the following: Directory of Publications, Air Transportation, Transportation of Mail by Air, facts and figures lists for topics on Air Mail history. Postal policy on mail matters vs. those of the Air Transportation Association. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Articles ; Correspondence ; Brochures ; Memorandums |
| Folder number: | 02-02-17 |
| Subject(s): | Air mail service ; History - Postal ; Public Relations - Press Releases |
| Folder title: | P. 1. History Misc Pamphlets |
| Description: | An Early History of International Postal Service, Zip Code the Last Word in Mail Addressing; How to Interpret New Postal Regulations Effective 01/01/1963; Postmasters Benefit Plan; Brochures on mail fraud; domestic postal rates; mail order obscenity; and, history of postage stamps postal cards and stamped envelopes. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Pamphlets ; Brochures ; Benefit Plans |
| Folder number: | 02-02-11 |
| Subject(s): | Postal Service ; History - Postal ; Zip Code |
| Original source: | Post Office Department |
| Folder title: | P. 1. History Muleback Routes |
| Date: | 06/03/1966 |
| Description: | Requests and stories about Star Routes that were serviced by horse or mule in various parts of the country. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Correspondence ; Articles |
| Folder number: | 02-02-12 |
| Subject(s): | Star Routes ; History - Postal |
| Folder title: | P. 1. History Railroads |
| Date: | 01/08/1967 |
| Description: | Newspaper articles depicting the history of the railroad and its connection with the Post Office Department, much of the material is in relation to the elimination of railway mail. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Articles |
| Folder number: | 02-02-21 |
| Subject(s): | Railway Mail Service ; History - Postal |
| Original source: | Milwaukee Journal St. Paul Pioneer Press |
| Folder title: | P.1. History Transportation & Photos |
| Date: | 08/14/1961 |
| Description: | Articles and Press Releases providing historical information on the mail service transportation. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Articles ; Press Releases |
| Folder number: | 02-05-25 |
| Subject(s): | Postal Service - Transportation ; Star Routes ; Air Mail Service |
| Folder title: | P.1. History Post Office Department |
| Date: | 04/18/1965 |
| Description: | Information of Post Office Department historical interest for the period noted above. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Correspondence ; Press Releases ; Publications |
| Folder number: | 02-05-07 |
| Subject(s): | History - Postal ; Public Relations - Press Releases |
| Original source: | Post Office Department |
| Folder title: | Papyrus, Parchment, Letters, Books, Writing in Ancient Times |
| Description: | Production and distribution of the written word in ancient times. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Articles |
| Folder number: | 05-03-14 |
| Subject(s): | History - Postal |
| Original source: | H. Stuart Jones |
| Folder title: | Paris Balloon Flts. 1870-7 |
| Date: | 01/01/1870 |
| Description: | Map showing balloon posts from Paris to various countries as well as balloon posts within France |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Maps |
| Folder number: | 05-03-24 |
| Subject(s): | Balloon post ; History - Postal ; Postal Service - Foreign |
| Original source: | Stamp Wholesaler |
| Folder title: | Pilottown - New Orleans, Hoverplane 1920's |
| Date: | 09/09/1968 |
| Description: | Letters and memoranda pertaining to Hover plane mail service |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Memorandums ; Correspondence |
| Folder number: | 01-02-23 |
| Subject(s): | Air mail service |
| Original source: | Post Office Department |
| Folder title: | PMG1 Proposed Non-Profit Corp. 4/3/67 |
| Date: | 11/23/1966 |
| Description: | Papers concerning converting Post Office Department into a non-profit corporation. Report to British Parliament "Reorganisation of the Post Office, 1967. Executive Order of April 8, 1967 establishing the President's Commission On Postal Organization. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Press Releases ; Articles ; Memorandums |
| Folder number: | 02-06-05 |
| Subject(s): | Administration ; Postal Service - History ; Public Relations - Press Releases) |
| Original source: | Post Office Department |
| Folder title: | Pony Express Saddle |
| Date: | 01/01/1964 |
| Description: | History of the Pony Express as appearing in the South Wales Clarion of August, 1964, Jefferson, Virginia. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Articles |
| Folder number: | 03-02-26 |
| Subject(s): | Express Service ; History - Postal |
| Folder title: | Postage Stamp Printing |
| Date: | 10/28/1938 |
| Description: | The third assistant post master general requested information from various countries about their postage stamp manufacturing process. Reply from the British Postal Services Department; the Direction General of Posts, The Hague, Holland; the German Post; the Direction General of the Royal Post of Hungary; The Swiss PTT; The Argentine Republic; and, the Republic of France with information on the printing of postage stamps. A brief history of the United States Postal Service. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Correspondence |
| Folder number: | 03-03-06 |
| Subject(s): | Postage Stamp Printing |
| Folder title: | Postal History |
| Date: | 01/28/1969 |
| Description: | Publications and rough copy of suggested brochure concerning postal history. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Memorandums ; Brochures |
| Folder number: | 03-02-51 |
| Subject(s): | History - Postal |
| Original source: | Post Office Department |
| Folder title: | Postal History - Boston |
| Date: | 10/28/1906 |
| Description: | Compilation of material about the postal history of Boston. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Articles |
| Folder number: | 06-05-57 |
| Subject(s): | History - Postal |
| Folder title: | Postal History - Woolfolk Stage Lines Bowling Green, VA |
| Description: | Listing of the source of papers of Woolfolk Company at the College of William and Mary dated 1775 - 1893. A report of the Select Committee to investigate the affairs of the Post Office Department, March 3, 1821. An article in "Virginia Cavalcade", 1977 , about the Woolfolk's stage coach line. Various papers regarding the Woolfolk family. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Lists ; Articles |
| Folder number: | 05-01-15 |
| Subject(s): | History - Postal |
| Folder title: | Postal History Bibliographies |
| Date: | 09/01/1957 |
| Description: | Bibliography of books and articles concerning postal history. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Articles ; Lists |
| Folder number: | 06-05-52 |
| Subject(s): | History - Postal |
| Folder title: | Railway Mail Service - Streetcar Service |
| Date: | 01/01/1885 |
| Description: | History of Railway Mail Service, copies of photographs and articles of Streetcar Mail Service |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Articles |
| Folder number: | 05-07-33 |
| Subject(s): | Railway Mail Service ; History - Postal |
| Original source: | Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Company |
| Folder title: | Revolutionary War - Gen'l. Washington's Report on Capitulation of British Army, Yorkworn. |
| Date: | 10/24/1781 |
| Description: | Copy of General George Washington's report to the President of Congress as published in the Courier de l'Europe of December 25, 1781. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Reports |
| Folder number: | 05-06-08 |
| Subject(s): | History |
| Folder title: | Smithsonian |
| Description: | Clippings of the appointment of new curators for the Philately and Postal History of the Smithsonian. Press releases, donated collection of stamps etc. and the dedication of the Hall of Philately and Postal History. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Press Releases ; Articles ; Photographs |
| Folder number: | 05-03-31 |
| Subject(s): | Postal Museums ; Smithsonian Institution ; Public Relations - Press Releases |
| Folder title: | Stamp Collecting |
| Date: | 01/13/1949 |
| Description: | Various notices of issuances concerning stamp catalogs and albums. as well as foreign and U.S. stamp releases. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Press Releases ; Memorandums ; Articles |
| Folder number: | 03-03-24 |
| Subject(s): | Stamp Collecting (Philately) ; Public Relations - Press Releases ; Smithsonian Institution |
| Folder title: | Stamps Earlier than the Penny Black |
| Date: | 12/01/1933 |
| Description: | Articles about stamps that predate the Penny Black. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Articles |
| Folder number: | 05-03-44 |
| Subject(s): | Postage Stamps |
| Folder title: | Sunday Service |
| Date: | 04/20/1817 |
| Description: | Copy of a letter sent on Sunday, 04/20/1817, from New York to Philadelphia. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Correspondence |
| Folder number: | 06-04-22 |
| Subject(s): | Postal Service |
| Original source: | J. Warner Brackett |
| Folder title: | The Rural Route |
| Date: | 01/23/1986 |
| Description: | A newspaper article with photographs pertaining to decorative mailboxes along the rural routes in Virginia. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Articles |
| Folder number: | 01-02-10 |
| Subject(s): | Rural Free Delivery |
| Original source: | Page News and Courier of Luray Virginia |
| Folder title: | Trans. 1 Gen. Correspondence 1966 |
| Date: | 01/14/1966 |
| Description: | General administrative correspondence. One draft of an information sheet on the history of pneumatic mail. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Correspondence ; Memorandums |
| Folder number: | 02-06-31 |
| Subject(s): | Administration ; Postal Service ; Pneumatic Machinery |
| Original source: | Post Office Department |
| Folder title: | Transportation - Kentucky Star Routes |
| Date: | 10/27/1961 |
| Description: | Material about horseback star routes in Eastern Kentucky and Cincinnati concerns range from salary concerns to specific forms being completed and inspection issues as well. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Correspondence ; Memorandums ; Maps |
| Folder number: | 01-07-21 |
| Subject(s): | Star Routes ; History - Postal |
| Folder title: | U. P. U. |
| Date: | 01/01/1949 |
| Description: | Some history of the Universal Postal Union on its 65th anniversary. Also a brochure about the Universal Postal Union distributed in 1960 by the Post Office Department. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Photographs ; Brochures ; Translations |
| Folder number: | 05-03-13 |
| Subject(s): | History - Postal |
| Folder title: | U. S. - Gen'l Postal History |
| Date: | 05/02/1940 |
| Description: | An invitation for the centennial of the first adhesive postage stamp held at the Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D. C. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Invitations ; Itineraries |
| Folder number: | 01-02-08 |
| Subject(s): | History - Postal ; Postage Stamps |
| Original source: | Washington Philatelic Society |
| Folder title: | U. S. Express Mail - 1836 - 39 |
| Date: | 08/01/1926 - 10/01/1943 |
| Description: | Four articles pertaining to the Pony Express: Express Mail 1836-1839 "the First Pony Express"; The Express Mail; Further notes on the Express Mail of 1836-39; The Express Mail of 1836-1839 |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Articles |
| Folder number: | 01-02-25 |
| Subject(s): | Postal Service |
| Folder title: | U. S. Postal Inspection Service |
| Date: | 10/06/1938 |
| Description: | Materials pertaining to the U. S. Postal Inspection Service. Letter about the history of the Free Delivery System 1790-1879 |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Books ; Brochures ; Essays ; Correspondence |
| Folder number: | 01-02-34 |
| Subject(s): | United States Postal Inspection Service ; Employees |
| Folder title: | U. S. Posts - 1800 to 1861 (Prior to the Civil War) |
| Date: | 08/18/1802 |
| Description: | Magazine articles and letters pertaining to U. S. Postal Service and employment from 1800 - 1861. Handwritten letter from I. D. Cox 4/14/1859 concerning agents on a mail route in Virginia. (In white archival envelope) ; Articles about historic highways in the United States. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Articles ; Correspondence |
| Folder number: | 01-02-12 |
| Subject(s): | Post Office Buildings ; History - Postal ; Postal Employment - Employees |
| Original source: | American Association of Highway Officials |
| Folder title: | U. S. Stamp Production in 1874. Stamp Collectors Magazine Vol. XII, p. 57-59 |
| Date: | 01/01/1874 |
| Description: | How stamps are manufactured in the U.S. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Articles |
| Folder number: | 05-06-21 |
| Subject(s): | Stamp Collecting (Philately) ; Postage Stamp Printing |
| Original source: | Stamp Collectors Magazine |
| Folder title: | Universal Postal Union |
| Date: | 03/01/1964 |
| Description: | Discussion of the Universal Postal Union's founding. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Articles |
| Folder number: | 05-03-22 |
| Subject(s): | History - Postal ; Postal Service - Law and Legislation |
| Original source: | Union Postale, Vol. 89, No.3 |
| Folder title: | US Envelope Company |
| Date: | 08/03/1965 |
| Description: | Patent models of envelope machines given to the Museum of History and Technology of the U.S. National Museum by the U.S. Envelope Co. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Correspondence |
| Folder number: | 05-06-39 |
| Subject(s): | Patents ; Smithsonian Institution |
| Folder title: | USPO |
| Date: | 12/15/1961 |
| Description: | Historical items on mail service and stamps. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Lists ; Articles ; Correspondence ; Brochures |
| Folder number: | 03-02-31 |
| Subject(s): | History - Postal ; Postal Rates ; Smithsonian Institution |
| Folder title: | USPOD - U.S. Mail Wagons Regulation and Screen Wagon |
| Date: | 06/30/1897 |
| Description: | Copies of Postal Service reports of 1897 and 1904 regarding wagon service. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Reports |
| Folder number: | 03-03-21 |
| Subject(s): | Wagons |
| Original source: | Postmaster General |
| Folder title: | USPOD Documents - 1850's |
| Date: | 11/05/1858 |
| Description: | Letter transmitting an 1858 receipt to the headquarters. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Correspondence |
| Folder number: | 06-05-54 |
| Subject(s): | Administration |
| Folder title: | USPOD Photo of 1836 Voucher & Cover |
| Date: | 01/18/1836 |
| Description: | A photograph of a voucher from 1836, Salt Creek, IL showing salaries and pensions. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Photographs |
| Folder number: | 01-02-15 |
| Subject(s): | Postal Service - Employees ; History - Postal |
| Original source: | Post Office Department |
| 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: | Zones - Experimental of 1895-1900 (Mail Handling) |
| Date: | 07/27/1897 |
| Description: | Proposed scheme for postal zones. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Correspondence |
| Folder number: | 06-05-53 |
| Subject(s): | Postal Service |
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