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Folder title:	"A Few Concrete Wrongs"
Date:	12/28/1901
Description:	Article about bulk mailing. "A Few Concrete Wrongs"
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Articles
Folder number:	06-04-16
Subject(s):	Postal Service
Original source:	The Week
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:	"CENTEL Information System Will Simplify Mail Forwarding" Washington Business (Washington Post) July 13, 1987
Date:	07/13/1987
Description:	New contact for a mail forwarding system.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Articles
Folder number:	05-06-13
Subject(s):	Postal Service ; Automation
Original source:	Washington Post
Folder title:	"First Flying Truck for Overnight Air Mail"
Date:	04/01/1925
Description:	Magazine article concerning the acquisition of cargo airplanes for transporting mail.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Articles
Folder number:	06-05-56
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Air Mail ; Air mail service
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:	"Parcel Post = Paying the Freight for Alaskans", Washington Post (July 30, 1990) p. A-1.
Date:	07/30/1990
Description:	Article "Parcel Post. Paying the Freight for Alaskans" about shipments to Alaska wilderness and the cost.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Articles
Folder number:	05-06-10
Subject(s):	Parcel Post ; Postal Service
Original source:	Washington Post
Folder title:	"Postal Changes Good and Bad"
Date:	01/01/1901
Description:	Suggestions of improvements in various mail services.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Articles
Folder number:	05-07-39
Subject(s):	Postal Service
Original source:	The Week the Outlook
Folder title:	"Reforms in the Postal Service"
Date:	09/30/1907
Description:	Report of accounts regarding the business system of the Post Office Department and postal service.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Articles
Folder number:	05-07-40
Subject(s):	Postal Service
Folder title:	"The Rates of Second Class Mail"
Date:	01/01/1912
Description:	The article describes the rates that pertain to second class mail. "The Rates on Second Class Mail."
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Articles
Folder number:	06-04-18
Subject(s):	Postal Service ; Postal Rates
Original source:	The Week
Folder title:	"The Sea"
Date:	11/11/1971
Description:	Correspondence concerning the U. S. Postal Service publication "The Sea"
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Correspondence ; Press Releases
Folder number:	06-04-07
Subject(s):	Postal Service ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Folder title:	115.3 Machines, Meter Advertising in Cancellations
Date:	12/14/1936
Description:	Correspondence dealing with meter machine cancellations used by various businesses.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Correspondence
Folder number:	03-07-08
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Metered Mail
Folder title:	12/21/68 - Lexington, KY. P.O. - Campbell
Date:	12/31/1968
Description:	Letters concerning postal service at the Lexington Post Office.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Correspondence
Folder number:	02-06-07
Subject(s):	Post Office Stations & Branches ; Air mail service ; Air Routes
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:	130.2 Philatelic Matters Stamp Agency at Wash. D.C. Jan. 1949 to
Date:	01/03/1948
Description:	Complaints of service in the Philatelic Agency including the postage charge for mailing stamps requested by mail.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Correspondence
Folder number:	04-04-09
Subject(s):	Administration ; Postal Service - Employees ; United States Postal Inspection Service
Folder title:	130.6 Philatelic Matters United States Defense Bases
Date:	01/16/1941
Description:	Requests for information regarding covers from United States Defense Bases.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Correspondence
Folder number:	03-05-17
Subject(s):	Covers (Philately) ; United States Army - Postal Service ; United States Navy - Postal Service
Folder title:	130.8 Philatelic Matters Antarctic Expedition 1946-47
Date:	05/31/1936
Description:	Letters concerning mail from Little America. Statement of Agency and Factory Conditions from the U. S. Stamped Envelope Agency, Dayton, Ohio.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Correspondence
Folder number:	06-05-58
Subject(s):	United States Navy Postal Service ; Postal stationery
Folder title:	155 Postal Laws and Regulations.
Date:	10/24/1912
Description:	Letters asking or affirming postal laws and regulations. Some issues in the file: the use of the wording "U.S. Postage" in recent stamp issues, the design of the U.S. Flag, cancellation of the U. S. Flag.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Correspondence
Folder number:	01-02-46
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Laws Legislation ; Administration
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	165 Postal Service Act
Date:	12/31/1908
Description:	Correspondence pertaining to postal service laws and legislation. A bill (HR27067) from 1909 to amend postal laws.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Correspondence ; Legislation
Folder number:	01-02-47
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Laws Legislation
Original source:	Post Office Department Congress
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:	1968 Air Taxi Schedule - Rates, Routes, etc.
Date:	04/16/1966
Description:	Report showing Regional air taxi listings of routes, operations, rate, mileage, required volume and aircraft used
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Reports ; Lists
Folder number:	03-01-05
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Air Mail ; Air Routes
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	1968 Senate Appropriation Hearings
Date:	05/07/1968
Description:	Statements and letters pertaining to improvements and regulations for the Post Office Department at the House Subcommittee0 5/21/1968 and Senate Appropriations Hearings 05/07/1968.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Speeches ; Memorandums
Folder number:	02-02-29
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Law and Legislation ; Speeches
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:	1969 - Q and A's Winton M. Blount
Date:	01/09/1969
Description:	This file contains questions for Winton Blount: Will there be another increase in postal rates? How much have transportation costs increased in the past five years? Continuing of railway service? Do you agree or disagree with President Johnson's rare increase proposal?
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Memorandums
Folder number:	02-02-41
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Postmasters
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	1969 Press Conf. Post Masterships - PMG Blount
Date:	02/05/1969
Description:	A press conference with Winton Blount and President Nixon announcing the removal of all postmasters and rural carrier appointments from politics.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Press Releases
Folder number:	02-02-40
Subject(s):	Postal Service ; Postal Service - Postmasters ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Folder title:	1976 Transfer from the POD to the Smithsonian
Date:	09/09/1975
Description:	Postal Service Philatelic Exhibition contemplated to be transferred to the Smithsonian Institution.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Memorandums ; Forms
Folder number:	03-01-15
Subject(s):	Exhibitions ; Smithsonian Institution
Folder title:	2/25-28/69 Story on AMF's - Chicago, Network, K..C.
Date:	03/07/1960
Description:	Material concerning the future and viability of airport Mail Facilities and a copy the Methods Handbook for Transfer Clerks Airport Mail Facilities.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Correspondence ; Memorandums
Folder number:	02-06-14
Subject(s):	Postal Service ; Air mail service ; Post Office Stations & Branches
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	2nd and 3rd Class Mail.
Date:	12/01/1965
Description:	Complete direction for wrapping and mailing items to be sent Second and Third Class mail. POD Publication 21.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Manuals
Folder number:	06-04-19
Subject(s):	Postal Service
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	75.5-1 Envelopes, Letter Sheet V-Mail 1942
Date:	02/10/1942
Description:	Correspondence pertaining to the inception, use and inquires about V - mail.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Photographs ; Correspondence
Folder number:	01-02-05
Subject(s):	Army Postal Service ; APO ; V Mail ; Airmail ; Air mail service ; V - Mail
Original source:	Post Office Department War Department
Folder title:	93 Guam
Date:	01/26/1931
Description:	Correspondence relating to mail service on Guam both before and after WWII.. Letter concerning establishment of Guam Guard Mail. Letter stating that mail service was reauthorized for Guam on 12/1/1944.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Correspondence ; Articles
Folder number:	06-05-51
Subject(s):	Postal Service ; Mail Service
Folder title:	A New Perforation Machine
Description:	Announcement of a new perforation machine. Photograph of the machine.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Product Announcements ; Photographs
Folder number:	01-01-06
Subject(s):	Automation ; Postal Service - Equipment and Supplies
Original source:	Miller Engineering Company
Folder title:	A.P.O.'s (Selling of Commemoratives Overseas) F.P.O.'s U. S. Embassies and Consular Offices Abroad
Date:	06/21/1958
Description:	Army, Air Force and Fleet Post Offices may sell commemoratives to military personnel, but not the general public. State Department facilities will not sell United States stamps.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Press Releases ; Correspondence
Folder number:	03-02-36
Subject(s):	United States Army - Postal Service ; United States Navy - Postal Service ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Folder title:	Abbott, Lyman "Postal Telegraphy" The Arena No. 74
Date:	01/01/1896
Description:	Article making the telegraph service as part of the postal service.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Articles
Folder number:	06-04-26
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Electronic Mail Service
Original source:	The Arena
Folder title:	Accident Reporting Information
Date:	10/01/1954
Description:	Material dealing with the issue of accidents and reporting of information of an accident. Order form for more Gulf Credit cards for the Pony Express Caravan.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Guides ; Lists ; Bulletins ; Forms
Folder number:	02-04-14
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Employees
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:	Air Mail - "Flying Post Office Experiment Horrt Lived"
Date:	10/06/1986
Description:	Linn's Stamp News article about the experiment of processing mail in flight.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Articles
Folder number:	06-05-55
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Air Mail ; Air mail service
Folder title:	Air Mail and Air Taxi (Misc.)
Date:	05/11/1967
Description:	The accident rate of the air taxi used by the Post Office Department for the distribution of mail.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Memorandums ; Correspondence
Folder number:	02-01-27
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Air Mail
Folder title:	Air Taxi Mail Service
Date:	01/01/1968
Description:	A 1966 - 1967 - 1968 graph of Air Taxi Mail Service volume and a map of new air network for Wyoming mail.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Graphs ; Maps
Folder number:	03-01-06
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Air Mail ; Air Routes
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	Air Taxi Mail Service - Now
Description:	Map of the U.S. Showing locations of associate offices and sectional centers of Air Taxi Mail Service-Now.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Maps
Folder number:	03-01-03
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Air Mail ; Air Routes
Folder title:	Air Taxi Service - End 1966
Date:	01/01/1966
Description:	Map of the U.S. showing locations of associate offices and sectional centers of Air Taxi Mail Service at the end of 1966.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Maps
Folder number:	03-01-04
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Air Mail ; Air Routes
Folder title:	AP News Releases - 02.03.87 - 05.06.87
Date:	02/03/1987
Description:	Discussion of Postal Union increases in wages, lost mail now found and being delivered as well as the debate on President's Jackson's birthplace etc.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Wire Service Messages
Folder number:	05-06-18
Subject(s):	Postal Service
Original source:	AP Wire Service
Folder title:	APMG, R and E - Bio.
Date:	06/26/1969
Description:	Press release announcing the appointment of Harold F. Faughd as the Assistant Postmaster for Research and Engineering.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Press Releases ; Photographs
Folder number:	02-02-39
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Employees. ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	Arizona
Date:	05/01/1942
Description:	Brief history of Arizona with emphasis on Tubac, Arizona
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Articles
Folder number:	06-05-16
Subject(s):	Postal Service
Original source:	Postmaster Gazette
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:	Associated Press Reports
Date:	06/04/1984
Description:	Boycott of summer Olympics by Russia and the exclusion of Israel from the UPU meeting.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Wire Service Messages
Folder number:	05-06-07
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Foreign
Original source:	Associated Press
Folder title:	Badges, RMS 1899-
Date:	05/01/1911
Description:	Photocopies of ads for uniforms, equipment, and badges for letter carriers. Also included are photocopies of badges for rural route carriers.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Advertisements
Folder number:	05-06-30
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Employees
Folder title:	Bills Introduced in Congress
Date:	04/28/1965
Description:	Copies of bills introduced into the House of Representatives from 1965 to 1971. A list enclosed of the bills for 1964 and 1965.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Legislation ; Correspondence
Folder number:	03-03-07
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Law and Legislation
Original source:	Congress
Folder title:	Bio's Trans & Inspection
Date:	05/27/1969
Description:	Information on postal employees: Elizabeth M. Fielding, Anthony Cox, William Catter, James V.P. Conway.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Press Releases
Folder number:	02-02-38
Subject(s):	Postal Service ; Postal Service - Employees
Folder title:	Black Blot File Also Errors Day and P.C.Z. Papers
Date:	11/27/1962
Description:	Strict rules and regulations on the quality of printing postage stamps. Concerns the Canal Zone Missing Bridge error stamp and the Dig Hammarskjöld stamp invert. H. E. Harris Co. press release with information on court ruling in their favor.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Press Releases ; Legislation ; Articles
Folder number:	03-03-12
Subject(s):	Postage Stamps ; Public Relations - Press Releases ; Postal Service - Law and Regulation
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	Blue Print - R.F.D. Letter Boxes; P.O.D. Vending Machine
Date:	06/01/1915
Description:	Blue prints from the Receiving and Forwarding Department, regarding boxes and vending machines.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Photographs ; Brochures ; Blueprints
Folder number:	06-04-28
Subject(s):	Postal Service
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	Brussel's Exhibiton
Date:	07/03/1958
Description:	Brussels World Fair display by the Post Office Department.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Photographs ; Postal Service News
Folder number:	05-03-35
Subject(s):	Exhibitions
Folder title:	Burr's U. S. Atlas (1839)
Date:	07/10/1839
Description:	The American Atlas, Exhibiting the Post Offices, Post Roads, Rail routes, Canals, and the Physical & Political Divisions of the United States. Parts from a book.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Excerpts
Folder number:	05-03-09
Subject(s):	Postal Service
Original source:	Burr Atlas
Folder title:	Canal Zone - 50th Anniversary Cancellations 1953
Date:	10/16/1953
Description:	Correspondence regarding the use of a special cancellation to mark the 50th Anniversary of the Canal Zone Postal Service beginning 11/02/1953 through 11/30/1953.. Sample cancellation. Machine copies of various examples of metered mail
Collection:	Panama
Includes:	Correspondence ; Press Releases
Folder number:	30-03-071
Subject(s):	Metered Mail
Folder title:	Canal Zone - Dixiepex III 25 June 1960
Date:	03/23/1960
Description:	Information concerning the Canal Zone Postal Service participation in Dixiepex III. Machine copies of covers and cancellations.
Collection:	Panama
Includes:	Correspondence ; Articles ; Press Releases
Folder number:	30-04-002
Subject(s):	Philately ; Cancellations ; Exhibitions
Folder title:	Canal Zone - Money Orders Folder Z
Date:	02/17/1967
Description:	Correspondence regarding the printing of money order forms. Memorandum regarding the destruction of obsolete money order forms.
Collection:	Panama
Includes:	Memorandums ; Correspondence
Folder number:	30-03-133
Subject(s):	Administration ; Money Oder
Folder title:	Canal Zone - Money Orders Punched Card System Effective 1 July 1952 Folder #1
Date:	11/12/1950
Description:	Regulations, forms, samples and procedures for implementing the punch card money order system on 07/01/1951. Machine copies of money order forms.
Collection:	Panama
Includes:	Circulars ; Memorandums ; Manuals
Folder number:	30-03-130
Subject(s):	Administration ; Money Order
Folder title:	Canal Zone - Money Orders Punched Card System Effective Folder #2
Date:	06/16/1975
Description:	Correspondence concerning the implementation of the new key punch money order system. Machine copies of money order forms. United State Postal Service Bulletin Special Issue 04/11/1973.
Collection:	Panama
Includes:	Correspondence ; Bulletins
Folder number:	30-03-131
Subject(s):	Administration ; Money Order
Folder title:	Canal Zone - Transparancies Hawaii Statehood Stamps Photos
Date:	04/11/1960
Description:	Request for 35mm kodachrome transparancies of each postage stamp, envelope and postal card used and/or issued by the Canal Zone Postal Service. Machine copies of photographs of presentation of a set of transparancies to the Canal Zone Library.
Collection:	Panama
Includes:	Correspondence ; Memorandums
Folder number:	30-03-143
Folder title:	Canal Zone Army Postal Service History Panama Canal Department World War II
Date:	03/07/1936
Description:	Material regarding the U. S. Army Postal Service in the Canal Zone. Correspondence between the Governor and the Command General. Copy of the U. S. Army Circular 380-3, Military Security. Procedures to obtain telephone service from the U. S. Army Signal Corps. Typewritten copy of "History of The Army Postal Services Panama Canal Department".
Collection:	Panama
Includes:	Correspondence ; Circulars ; Memorandums
Folder number:	30-03-127
Subject(s):	World War II ; Mail Service ; United States Army - Postal Service
Folder title:	Canal Zone Misc Metered Mattered
Description:	Accession Receipts and machine copies of Canal Zone meters.
Collection:	Panama
Includes:	Receipts
Folder number:	30-04-004
Subject(s):	Postal service ; Metered mail
Folder title:	Canal Zone Money Orders - Punched Card System Folder #3
Date:	04/14,1952
Description:	Correspondence concerning the administration of the money order system including development of instructions to post masters. Machine copies of money order forms. Copy of the specifications for printing money order forms. Copy of "the Common Machine Language for Mechanized Check Handling".
Collection:	Panama
Includes:	Correspondence ; Manuals ; Instructional Letters
Folder number:	30-03-132
Subject(s):	Administration ; Money Order
Folder title:	Canal Zone Photographs, Canal Zone History
Description:	Machine copies of Canal Zone photographs. Originals in the Smithsonian Postal Museum Library Photograph file.
Collection:	Panama
Includes:	Photocopies
Folder number:	30-03-134
Subject(s):	Panama Canal ; History
Folder title:	Canal Zone Stamp Folder Examples
Description:	Black stamp folders in three sizes, Canal Zone Postal Service printed in gold on cover.
Collection:	Panama
Includes:	Folders
Folder number:	30-03-140
Subject(s):	Philately
Folder title:	Canal Zone Transfer of Mail Trucks, Transfer of CZ Postal Service to USPOD
Date:	01/03/1960
Description:	Memoranda concerning the brochure "Canal Zone Postal Service and Postage Stamps" including new typewritten material for Supplement 1 covering stamps issued subsequent to 01/01/1960. Various memoranda concerning the issue of new stamps and the revaluation of postal stationery. Separate included folder with the 1973/1974 Operating Budget Estimate including the transfer of mail trucks to the Mail Transporation Division and the Canal Zone Postal Service to the U. S. Postal Service.
Collection:	Panama
Includes:	Correspondence ; Memorandums
Folder number:	30-03-141
Subject(s):	Postal Stationery ; Vehicles ; Stamps
Folder title:	Canan Zone - 50th Anniversary Cancellation 1954.
Date:	05/20/1954
Description:	Correspondence regarding the use of a special cancellation to mark the 50th Anniversary of the Canal Zone Postal Service to be used beginning 06/24/1954. Newspaper clipping and press release. Cancellation specimens on blank cards and a photocopy of a cover and letter dated 06/24/1904.
Collection:	Panama
Includes:	Correspondence ; Articles ; Press Releases
Folder number:	30-03-070
Subject(s):	Press Releases
Folder title:	Censorship
Date:	01/01/1967
Description:	Collected materials on 1967 Rate - Pay Law, topic include: Prohibitions, Solicitations, Public Service Advertising, Change of Address and Publication in the Performing Arts.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Fact Sheets
Folder number:	01-02-19
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Law and legislation ; Postal Rates.
Original source:	Post Office Department
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:	Christmas - 1967
Date:	09/19/1967
Description:	Postal issues for Christmas 1967. Releases include an approximate total of mail handled during the holiday season 9.7 billion pieces. A report of his tour from the Washington D.C. Post Office. Dealing with the fire at post office annex in New York City and harsh weather that has been a factor in some parts of the country causing "slow" delivery of the mail.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Bulletins ; Memorandums ; Information Sheets
Folder number:	02-03-03
Subject(s):	Postal Service ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	Christmas - 1968
Date:	10/15/1968
Description:	Reports concerning post office issues during the Christmas season of 1968. The final report covers areas of Mail Volume, Manpower, Productivity, Logistics, Pacific Military Mail, Letter Mail, City Delivery.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Reports ; Guides ; Brochures ; Memorandums
Folder number:	02-03-04
Subject(s):	Postal Service
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	Christmas Rush
Date:	01/01/1967
Description:	A typed copy of a radio Public Service Announcement (PSA) to use during the Christmas rush of 1967.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Public Service Announcements
Folder number:	01-02-33
Subject(s):	Postal Service ; Public Relations - Customer Relations
Original source:	Post Office Department
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:	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:	Containerization
Date:	09/30/1965
Description:	Material related to the first containerized mail shipment from Chicago to London.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Press Releases ; Photographs
Folder number:	02-07-09
Subject(s):	Postal Service
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	CZ - Money Orders Folder 1
Date:	02/04/1972
Description:	Correspondence and memoranda regarding the design, issue and use of postal money orders. Last item is from the Unites States Postal Service agreeing to honor Canal Zone money orders on a reimbursable basis after "Entry into Force of the Panama Canal Treaty" on 10/01/1979.
Collection:	Panama
Includes:	Correspondence ; Memorandums
Folder number:	30-04-007
Folder title:	CZ 148
Date:	06/12/1957
Description:	Correspondence regarding the printing and issue of Canal Zone 148. Commemorative Service program with a photograph of the hospital that was used for the program. Canal Zone Postal Service Circular No. 1145, providing directions for the handling of first day of issue covers. Machine copies of cancellations. Newspaper clippings and articles concerning this stamp.
Collection:	Panama
Scott Number(s):	Panama Canal Zone 148
Includes:	Photographs ; Brochures ; Circulars ; Correspondence
Folder number:	30-03-020
Subject(s):	Design ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing ; First Day of Issue
Folder title:	CZ OX3, OX5
Date:	04/08/1941
Description:	Memorandum from the Director of Posts advising all post masters of the stamps that have been overprinted for official use. Machine copies of Official Seals showing both the new and old designs. Design changed because the old seal used the term "Bureau of Posts" which was changed to "Canal Zone Postal Service".
Collection:	Panama
Scott Number(s):	Panama Canal Zone OX3 ; Panama Canal Zone OX5
Includes:	Memorandums
Folder number:	30-03-080
Subject(s):	Overprints ; Official Seals ; Official Stamps
Folder title:	Deep Freeze
Date:	08/02/1957
Description:	Material regarding First Day Covers during the U. S. Navy's Operation Deep Freeze in Antarctica as a Department of Defense Project.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Press Releases ; Articles
Folder number:	03-06-11
Subject(s):	Covers (Philately) ; Public Relations - Press Releases ; United States Navy - Postal Service
Folder title:	Deep Freeze
Date:	09/12/1956
Description:	Correspondence between the Post Office Department and individuals on philatelic matters concerning Operation Deep Freeze.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Correspondence
Folder number:	03-06-13
Subject(s):	Covers (Philately) ; United States Navy - Postal Service
Folder title:	Deep Freeze 1969 - 1970
Date:	01/01/1969
Description:	Operation Deep Freeze press releases regarding First Day Covers during the United States Navy's Operation Deep Freeze in Antarctica as a Department of Defense Project.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Correspondence ; Press Releases
Folder number:	03-06-12
Subject(s):	Covers (Philately) ; Public Relations - Press Releases ; United States Navy - Postal Service
Original source:	United States Naval Support Force
Folder title:	Dog Bite
Date:	05/01/1997
Description:	A booklet advising how to prevent dog bites.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Pamphlets
Folder number:	04-07-11
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Employees
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	Domestic Lettergram Service
Date:	04/13/1964
Description:	A survey and study conducted on two types of domestic lettergrams - with and without enclosures.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Research ; Memorandums
Folder number:	03-03-10
Subject(s):	Postal Stationery ; Postal Service
Original source:	Elrick and Lavedge Inc.
Folder title:	Driver Training - Mailsters. Instructor's Guide, POD Publication 72, Aug. 1966
Date:	05/01/1957 - 08/01/1966
Description:	Instructor's Guide for Mailster driver training and articles about postal displays.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Articles ; Manuals
Folder number:	05-06-19
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Transportation
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	ECOM
Date:	06/05/1984
Description:	Board of Governors of the Postal Service voted to "get out of the computer mail business."
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Wire Service Messages
Folder number:	05-06-31
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Electronic Mail Service
Original source:	AP Wire Service
Folder title:	Equipment and Supplies
Date:	08/27/1872
Description:	Instructions and suggestions regarding operation of equipment and supplies. Patent Office folder about the invention and patent of balloon-locomotive in 1872.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Memorandums ; Brochures
Folder number:	03-04-14
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Equipment and Supplies ; Patents ; Balloon Post
Folder title:	European Postal Service - L. O'Brien
Date:	12/14/1966
Description:	Public release of the Postmaster General's report on his trip to observe European postal systems.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Press Releases
Folder number:	02-06-04
Subject(s):	Public Relations (Press Releases) ; Postal Service
Original source:	Post Office Department
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:	Finance Minneapolis Project. 3.1.12
Date:	11/21/1962
Description:	Information pertaining to new computers in Atlanta, a prototype postal system operation Minneapolis test., data processing centers, consolidations Seattle to San Francisco, Memphis to St. Louis, Wichita to Dallas, and Chicago to -Minneapolis. New high speed computers in Atlanta, Georgia.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Press Releases ; Publications
Folder number:	01-07-11
Subject(s):	Postal Service ; Automation ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	Finance - NAPS - Atlantic City, N. J. 6/6/64
Date:	06/07/1964
Description:	Material concerning the National Association of Postal Supervisors. The speech deals with various aspects of the current state of affairs within the Post Office Department, including a pay raise at the suggestion of President Johnson.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Itineraries ; Speeches ; Articles ; Correspondence
Folder number:	01-07-17
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Employees ; Speeches ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	Finance Third Cl. Advertising 1962-63-64
Date:	10/04/1961
Description:	Materials on the banning of very small and odd shaped letters as well as various aspects of the cost effectiveness of third class mail. Making the mail safer for children to handle: sample razor blades, chlorine bleach powders, that resemble candy etc.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Press Releases ; Articles
Folder number:	02-03-33
Subject(s):	Postal Service ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Original source:	Post Office Department Wall Street Journal
Folder title:	Finance 1 Gen. Correspondence 1967
Date:	08/16/1966
Description:	Correspondence includes the following: Postal Rates, Current Developments, and Revenue.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Reports ; Memorandums ; Correspondence
Folder number:	02-03-24
Subject(s):	Postal Service ; Postal Rates ; Administration
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	Finance 11 International Rates
Date:	05/20/1961
Description:	Material on International postal rates: weight and rate ratios, military mail service, briefing on Postal Rate Bill, International Mail Rate Report.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Press Releases ; Memorandums ; Correspondence
Folder number:	02-03-28
Subject(s):	Postal Service ; Postal Rates ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	Finance 16 Postal Rate Increase 1967
Description:	Articles, Press Releases, Congressional correspondence and notes concerning the postal rate increase.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Memorandums ; Correspondence
Folder number:	02-03-29
Subject(s):	Postal Rates ; Postal Service - Law and Legislation ; Public Relations - Press Releases
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:	Finance 7 Bureau of Budget Reports & Senate Hearings
Date:	04/18/1967
Description:	The Post Office Department's position on the following: First Class Mail, Air mail, 2nd Class, U.S. Post Office Department Appropriation request to Senate fiscal year 1967.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Memorandums ; Correspondence ; Reports ; Statements
Folder number:	02-03-27
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Law and Legislation ;
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	Finance Budget 1963-1964-1965
Date:	01/28/1963
Description:	Financial information on the Post Office Department: Digest of the Congressional record 01/21/1964, Comptroller General of the United States, 1966 budget preparation. Excerpts from the House Appropriations Committee.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Congressional Records ; Financial Data
Folder number:	02-03-32
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Law and Legislation ; Administration
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	Finance Mackinac Island, Mich. 6/1/64
Date:	06/01/1964
Description:	Materials pertaining to National league of Postmasters In Mackinac, Michigan: A speech made by Ralph W. Nicholson. The speech deals with various aspects of the current state of affairs within the Post Office Department, including a pay raise at the suggestion of President Johnson.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Speeches
Folder number:	01-07-15
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Post Masters ; Postal Service - Employees ; Speeches
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	Finance NAPUS - Boise, Idaho 6/18/64
Date:	06/18/1964
Description:	Material concerning the National Association of Postmasters in Boise, Idaho. The speech deals with various aspects of the current state of affairs within the Post Office Department, including a pay raise at the suggestion of President Johnson.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Articles ; Speeches ; Correspondence
Folder number:	01-07-16
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Post Masters ; Postal Service - Employees ; Speeches
Original source:	Post Office Department Idaho Daily Statesman
Folder title:	Finance NIMS St. Louis - K.C. July 1961
Date:	07/12/1961
Description:	Material for the finances and other aspects of the Nationwide Improved Mail Service (NIMS) program held in St.Louis and Kansas City, Missouri 1961
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Memorandums ; Correspondence ; Speeches
Folder number:	02-03-23
Subject(s):	Postal Service ; Administration ; Speeches
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	Finance Springfield, Ill. 3/9/64
Date:	04/26/1962
Description:	This file contains a memorandum from 1964, about the problem of dog bites; an endorsement for a pay raise for postal employees and remarks by John A. Gronouski dedication of the New York World's Fair Post Office.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Itineraries ; Speeches ; Press Releases
Folder number:	01-07-13
Subject(s):	Postal Service ; Postal Service - Employees ; Public Relations - Customer Relations
Folder title:	First Day Cover Kit
Date:	09/17/1958
Description:	First Day Cover Kit sent to the Acting Directof of Post, Canal Zone Postal Service with cover letter.
Collection:	Panama
Includes:	Correspondence ; Articles ; Speeches
Folder number:	30-03-119
Subject(s):	Covers ; Speech
Folder title:	Foreign Postal Issues
Date:	09/23/1963
Description:	Several copies of an information sheet listing known foreign postal services with a philatelic sales agency and providing information that stamps mailed through the postal system are merchandise.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Information Sheets
Folder number:	02-05-22
Subject(s):	Stamp Collecting (Philately)
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	Franklin Award
Date:	12/31/1960
Description:	Benjamin Franklin award for outstanding contribution to the postal service by non-career postal officials.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Press Releases ; Memorandums
Folder number:	02-01-31
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Employees ; Public Relations - Press Releases ; Administration
Folder title:	G. C. Cornwell - Western Union 1967 Descending Revenues - 1st CL.
Date:	01/03/1969
Description:	A list of descending revenues in cities across the country. Top 10 cities: New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Boston, San Francisco, Detroit, Washington D.C., St. Louis.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Lists
Folder number:	02-02-34
Subject(s):	Postal Service ; Administration
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:	General Counsel
Date:	09/01/1954
Description:	Correspondence and material pertaining to the law and legal issues concerning the Post Office Department.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Correspondence ; Memorandums
Folder number:	02-01-09
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Law and Legislation ; Covers ; Postage Stamps
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:	Giori Press
Date:	01/01/1958
Description:	The use of the new Giori printing press in the production of multi-colored postage stamps. The intaglio printing press produces multi-colored postage stamps from a single engraved plate. Copies of the Postal Service News, Volume 1, Number 1, January, 1958 with an article about the Giori Press. Copy of the Weekly Philatelic Gossip, Volume 70, Number 6, April, 2, 1960 with an article about plate number collecting.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Articles
Folder number:	05-05-15
Subject(s):	Postage Stamps Printing
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	Gov't Printing Office and Supt. of Documents
Date:	12/11/1953
Description:	Correspondence between the Post Office Department and the public on printed matter ordered and not received or received damaged.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Correspondence
Folder number:	02-01-06
Subject(s):	Postal Service
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:	Hope Diamond Wrapper
Date:	11/21/1958
Description:	U.S. News and World Report page of photo of diamond and listing of mailing cost.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Articles
Folder number:	03-03-18
Subject(s):	Postal Service ; Smithsonian Institution
Original source:	U.S. News and World Report
Folder title:	HPO and RPO Covers
Date:	07/07/1960
Description:	Correspondence on the last and first day cancellations of Highway Post Offices and Railroad Mail Service.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Correspondence
Folder number:	03-04-13
Subject(s):	Highway Postal Service ; Railroad Mail Service
Folder title:	Importation of Postage Stamps
Date:	03/09/1962
Description:	The Treasury Department, foreign assets control, regulates the importation of postage stamps. Letters requesting information regarding various countries. Layout for stamp collecting for children.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Correspondence ; Layouts
Folder number:	03-03-09
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Law and Legislation ; Stamp Collecting (Philatelty) ; Stamp Collecting
Folder title:	Index of Postal Patents
Date:	01/01/1851 - 01/01/1913
Description:	Patent number, name of person, and kind of item that was developed to improve postal service.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Lists
Folder number:	05-06-33
Subject(s):	Postage Stamps ; Cancelling Machines ; Postage Stamp Printing
Original source:	Postal Patents of the U.S.A.
Folder title:	Infor. Requirements Classes & Subclasses Mail
Date:	11/02/1972
Description:	Information requirements relating to classes and subclasses of mail and service performance.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Correspondence ; Reports
Folder number:	02-05-10
Subject(s):	Postal Service
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	Inter - Office Memos 3.1.7
Date:	04/13/1961
Description:	Memoranda among post office staff, dealing with a wide range of topics.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Memorandums
Folder number:	01-07-06
Subject(s):	Postal Service
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	International Mail
Date:	04/01/1948
Description:	A brochure on International Mail, POD Publication 51, 12/01/1963: A Brief History of the Development of the International Postal Service; International Mail, from the office of the Second Assistant Postmaster General.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Brochures
Folder number:	01-02-35
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Foreign
Original source:	Post Office Department
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:	Int'l - Document 25
Date:	04/17/1968
Description:	Agenda for the December 25, 1968 meeting of the Universal Postal Union Executive Committee.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Memorandums ; Press Releases
Folder number:	02-06-25
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Foreign
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	Int'l 10 Canadian Postal Strike
Date:	08/01/1968
Description:	Material on the Canadian postal workers strike and the effect on United States mail service.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Memorandums ; Telegrams ; Press Releases
Folder number:	02-06-24
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Foreign ; Postal Service - Strikes and Lockouts ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	Int'l 3 International Postal Organ.
Date:	02/20/1969
Description:	Material relating to meetings with the international postal community.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Correspondence ; Memorandums ; Press Releases
Folder number:	02-06-18
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Foreign ; Administration ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	Int'l 5 International Rates
Date:	08/08/1967
Description:	Material concerning postal rates to Canada and other countries.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Correspondence ; Press Releases
Folder number:	02-06-19
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Foreign ; Postal Rates ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	Int'l 6 International Foreign Exchange Program
Date:	01/03/1968
Description:	Material concerning the exchange of postal personnel between countries.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Correspondence ; Press Releases
Folder number:	02-06-20
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Foreign ; Postal Service - Employees ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	Int'l 7 International Training Program
Date:	10/25/1966
Description:	Material on training for foreign visitors.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Correspondence ; Memorandums
Folder number:	02-06-21
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Foreign
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	Intl' 8 Mail to Poland
Date:	02/20/1968
Description:	Correspondence dealing with problems in delivering parcels to Poland.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Correspondence ; Memorandums
Folder number:	02-06-22
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Foreign
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	Int'l 9 Mail to Cuba
Date:	01/11/1968
Description:	Material relating to problems with mail service to Cuba.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Correspondence ; Memorandums ; Articles
Folder number:	02-06-23
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Foreign ; Mail Service
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:	Int'l Visits to Foreign Countries - 1968
Date:	09/13/1968
Description:	Information about an official visit to a mail processing facility in Moscow, USSR and letters relating to the expected Christmas rush of mail to military personnel in Vietnam.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Correspondence ; Memorandums
Folder number:	02-06-17
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Foreign ; Administration
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:	June 11, 1969 - PMG Blount Radion Tape - Cong. Thompson
Date:	04/18/1969
Description:	A letter requesting the interview and confirmation letters for the interview between Postmaster Winton M. Blount and Congressman Fletcher Thompson (D-GA) . A series of photographs from the radio taping.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Photographs ; Correspondence
Folder number:	02-02-44
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Postmasters
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	Labor Relations/Conditions POD
Date:	04/03/1900
Description:	A letter explaining why black postal employees from Union Station are protesting. A letter from the Chicago Post Office asking about the government's policy of an eight hour work day.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Correspondence ; Fact Sheets
Folder number:	01-02-36
Subject(s):	Postal Employees ; Collective labor agreements-Postal service
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	Labor, Pay and Benefits 1967/68
Date:	12/19/1967
Description:	Materials pertaining to postal employee's salaries in 1967 - 1968.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Press Releases ; Memorandums ; Fact Sheets
Folder number:	01-02-37
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Employees ; Administration ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Original source:	Post Office Department
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:	Laws - On Stamps
Date:	10/03/1960
Description:	Press Release announcing that the stamp illustration law has been amended to permit reproduction in color under certain conditions. Several copies of articles with illustrations in color. Copy of the Treasury Department, United States Secret Service policy on use of illustrations and films of paper money postage and revenue stamps, checks, bonds and other obligations of the United States an foreign governments.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Articles ; Press Releases ; Memorandums
Folder number:	05-01-27
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Law and Legislation ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Folder title:	Laws and Reg. - Postage Stamps
Date:	05/01/1959
Description:	Correspondence concerning the legality of certain transactions. Copy of the Postal Agreement between the Post Office Department and the Department of Defense 1959
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Correspondence ; Publications
Folder number:	02-05-24
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Law and Legislation ; Postage Stamps
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	Legislation
Date:	12/9/1889
Description:	Copies from the 51st and 85th congressional sessions pertaining Post Office Department legislation.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Legislation
Folder number:	01-02-38
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Law and Legislation
Original source:	United States Congress
Folder title:	Liechtenstein
Date:	10/02/1966
Description:	Discussion of business and postal service in the country of Liechtenstein.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Articles
Folder number:	05-03-10
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Foreign
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:	Mail Handling and Distribution, General
Date:	12/01/1965
Description:	A series of brochures and instructional letters about the handling and distribution of mail.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Brochures ; Instructional Letters
Folder number:	01-02-27
Subject(s):	Postal Service
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	Mail Handling Equipment Patents
Date:	01/01/1967
Description:	A list of patents pertaining to mail equipment: sorters, parcel and letters; sorter parts; sorter card.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Lists
Folder number:	01-02-28
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Equipment and Supplies
Folder title:	Mail Sorting
Date:	08/26/1959
Description:	This file contains a paper / written statement pertaining to a new type of parcel sorter being developed.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Press Releases
Folder number:	01-07-39
Subject(s):	Automation ; Postal Service ; Public Relations - Press Release
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:	MAP Santa Fe trail
Date:	01/01/1908
Description:	Map of the Santa Fe Trail through Colorado.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Maps
Folder number:	05-03-06
Subject(s):	Postal Service
Original source:	State Engineer Office Denver, Colorado
Folder title:	MAPS - Highways and Waterways in early U. S. Times
Date:	01/01/1796 - 01/01/1860
Description:	Maps showing progress of the overland routes throughout the United States.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Maps
Folder number:	05-03-07
Subject(s):	Postal service
Folder title:	MAPS - Sectionalism and U. S. Map of 1855 and 1860-61
Date:	01/01/1796 - 01/01/1860
Description:	Maps showing progress of the Overland Routes throughout the United States.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Maps
Folder number:	05-03-08
Subject(s):	Postal Service
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:	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:	Metered Mail
Date:	02/22/1922
Description:	Collection of letters from 12/1922 - 1925 of companies using metered mail. The response ranges from positive to terrific.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Correspondence
Folder number:	04-03-16
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Metered Mail
Folder title:	Meters
Date:	12/15/1967
Description:	Collector asking questions about metered mail.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Correspondence
Folder number:	05-01-33
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Metered Mail
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:	Military Transportation 3.1.5
Date:	07/23/1969
Description:	A memorandum giving the Post Office Department Staff instructions on how to obtain the use of Air Force aircraft, confidential memorandum from the White House, several copies of certificates of acceptance of liability forms.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Memorandums ; Certification of Liability
Folder number:	01-07-05
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Transportation
Folder title:	Miscellaneous
Date:	11/22/1963
Description:	Correspondence between Post Office Department and individuals wanting U.S. flags on vehicles, information on Letter Writing Week and Christmas post cards plus Post Office Department list of accomplishments.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Correspondence ; Memorandums
Folder number:	03-01-09
Subject(s):	Postal Service
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:	Nat'l Assoc of Letter Carriers
Date:	10/17/1963
Description:	Cover letter and list of dignitaries who should receive letter carrier stamp albums.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Correspondence ; Lists
Folder number:	03-03-25
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Employees
Original source:	President of the National Association of Letter Carriers
Folder title:	New Appointments - 1969
Date:	03/04/1969
Description:	Announcements of new appointments to various positions and their locations.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Press Releases
Folder number:	02-02-37
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Employees ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Folder title:	New Hampshire Lottery
Date:	04/30/1963
Description:	This file contains information about, the state of New Hampshire adopting of a lottery and its relation to postal laws and regulations. The lottery can only take place within the state of New Hampshire and no tickets can mailed to out of state residents due to Federal regulations.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Correspondence ; Articles
Folder number:	01-07-28
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Law and Legislation
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 Nationwide Improved Mail Service
Date:	03/01/1960
Description:	Nationwide improved mail service.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Press Releases ; Photographs
Folder number:	03-04-02
Subject(s):	Postal Service ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	News Kit for Press Conference of P.M.G. Lawrence O'Brien on 5/19/66
Date:	05/19/1966
Description:	Press releases to advertise improvement in letter delivery, zip code accessibility, mechanization and air pollution control.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Press Releases ; Photographs
Folder number:	03-03-15
Subject(s):	Postal Service ; Public Relations - Press Releases ; Automation
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:	November 1, 1960 Battle Creek (Speed Mail)
Date:	01/26/1960
Description:	1960 speed mail utilizing satellite echo between Washington, Chicago and Battle Creek, Michigan.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Press Releases ; Photographs ; Correspondence
Folder number:	03-04-03
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Electronic Mail Service ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Original source:	Post Office Department
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:	Operations - Metro 3.1.9
Date:	10/31/1958
Description:	Materials on operational issues dealing with the following issues: Construction of mechanized post office department in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Methods handbook: Distribution Guides System, A bill from the 86th Congress.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Correspondence ; Press Releases ; Maps ; Guidebooks
Folder number:	01-07-08
Subject(s):	Postal Service ; Administration ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	Operations 1 General Correspondence
Date:	01/13/1965
Description:	"Tagged" Meter Mail, notes from conference meetings, new mailing privileges.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Correspondence ; Memorandums
Folder number:	02-03-21
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Metered Mail ; Luminescent Postage Stamps
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	Operations 3 Texarkana, Texas
Date:	05/14/1965
Description:	Materials on Texarkana, Texas post office. Specifically related to the effect on postal employees with the termination on the railway mail by the Post Office Department.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Correspondence ; Memorandums
Folder number:	02-03-22
Subject(s):	Postal Service ; Railway Mail Service
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	Operations, Bureau Of
Date:	05/21/1954
Description:	Correspondence between the Post Office Department and the public on a variety of questions and the every day running of the postal service.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Correspondence ; Memorandums
Folder number:	02-01-10
Subject(s):	Administration ; Postal Service
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. Assoc. Direct Mail Davit. Assoc.
Date:	03/13/1964
Description:	Some of the topics covered by the DMAA are the following: the use of the zip code, postal service performance, an agreement between the agency for International Development and the Post Office Department, mail classification and rates.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Press Releases ; Newsletters
Folder number:	02-02-06
Subject(s):	Postal Rates ; Zip Code
Folder title:	P. 1. Assoc. Rural Carrier Assoc.
Date:	03/20/1965
Description:	Speeches by various Postmasters at different conventions. Some of the conventions are: New Orleans, Louisiana, Pittsburgh, PA, Waco Texas. A document written in response to inquires about a proposal to permit the Post Office Department to provide Rural Letter Carriers with government owned or leased automobiles.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Speeches ; Fact Sheets ; Press Releases
Folder number:	02-02-09
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Employees ; Public Relations - Press Releases ; Administration
Original source:	Post Office Department National Rural Letter Carriers Association
Folder title:	P. 1. Events Special Pony Express Runs, Airline and Rail Runs
Description:	Correspondence requesting a re-enactment of the Pony Express. Pony Express routes that were requested to re-enacted were: Wausau, Nebraska to Yanton, South Dakota; Wasua, Nebraska to Pierce, Nebraska, Canaan, Indiana to Madison, Dodge to Howelle, Nebraska. Also requests from reporters to board and ride a railway post office. Approval and denial correspondence letters for the above requests are also contained in this file.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Correspondence ; Memorandums
Folder number:	02-02-10
Subject(s):	Postal Service ; Railway Mail Service
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	P. 1. General Corres. - 1966 - PMG O'Brien
Date:	01/15/1966
Description:	Correspondence to Lawrence F. O'Brien. Letters from Northwest Airlines, Congressman Charles H. Wilson are the most notable. Other letters are in response to visits or announcements made by Mr. O'Brien.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Correspondence
Folder number:	02-02-46
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Postmasters
Folder title:	P. 1. History Mailings of Animals
Date:	06/29/1962
Description:	Guide - rules for mailing live animals, poisons, sharp edges, firearms, perishables, "non-mailable matter"
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Guides
Folder number:	02-02-20
Subject(s):	Postal Service
Original source:	Post Office Department
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 Public Info. & POD Terminology
Date:	09/01/1964
Description:	An employee orientation handbook with glossary from 09/1964.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Orientation Handbooks ; Employee Handbooks
Folder number:	02-02-14
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Employees
Folder title:	P. 1. History Transportation Policies and Methods
Description:	Material on transportation policies and methods, President Johnson's cost reduction program and the Department's mail service improvement program. Some of the highlights of this publication include topics on Traffic management conferences, Railway Mail, Highway Transportation, Mail Service improvement, Mail equipment transportation, distribution and routing.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Publications
Folder number:	02-02-19
Subject(s):	Administration ; Postal Service
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	P. 1. Performance Evaluations 67-68
Description:	Undated Memorandum listing the duties and responsibilities of public relations employees.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Memorandums
Folder number:	02-02-48
Subject(s):	Administration ; Postal Service - Employees
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	P.1. Administration Files 1963-1968
Description:	Areas of administrative covered in this file are: Transportation (12), Personnel (7), finance (13), public relations (13) Miscellaneous and Operations.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Correspondence ; Receipts ; Lists
Folder number:	01-07-32
Subject(s):	Administration ; Public Relations - Customer Relations ; Postal Service - Employees
Folder title:	P.1. Assoc. Congressional Record
Date:	10/17/1961
Description:	Material from the Congressional Record pertaining to postmaster nominations, postmaster revenue received by railroads, removal of President Eisenhower plaques for President Kennedy plaques in post office buildings, adjusting of postal rates.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Congressional Records
Folder number:	02-02-05
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Law and Legislation ; Postal Rates ; Administration
Folder title:	P.1. Assoc. Natal Assoc. of Postmasters
Date:	10/22/1961
Description:	Addresses to the National Association of Postmasters in Honolulu, Hawaii 10/04/1963. Material from a conference in Denver, Colorado 10/22/61. A brochure entitled League Leadership Guides.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Correspondence ; Itineraries ; Brochures ; Speeches
Folder number:	02-02-08
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Employees ; Speeches
Folder title:	P.1. Assoc. Natl. Postal Union
Date:	01/17/1964
Description:	Newsletters from the National Postal Union: Washington Report, and the Long Beach Broadcaster. Some of the topics discussed are: NPU Elections, Cost of living Allowance, Pay Guides, Pay Raise Issues by Congress and President Johnson.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Lists ; Newsletters ; Publications
Folder number:	02-02-07
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Employees
Folder title:	P.1. Congressional Letters 1967-1968
Date:	05/10/1966
Description:	Congressional letters - queries regarding the Post Office Department service of parcels to soldiers in Vietnam and the curtailing of the railway service.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Correspondence
Folder number:	01-07-23
Subject(s):	Postal Service ; Railway Mail Service
Original source:	Post Office Department Congress
Folder title:	P.1. Freedom of Information Act
Date:	09/11/1967
Description:	Material referring to the Freedom of Information Act and how it applies to the Post Office Department.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Memorandums ; Articles
Folder number:	01-07-31
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Law and Legislation
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 Fact Sheets 3.1.25
Description:	Materials on postal information fact sheets. Some of the material in this file are Organizational charts, and fiscal year fact sheet from 7/1/1959 to 6/30/1960; 7/1/1961 to 6/30/1965, 7/2/1965 to 6/30/1968; and accomplishments of the Post Office Department 1961 to 1963: Postal rate reform, more efficient mail handling, four hour business mail service, mail service to Alaska, pay reform, better mail law enforcement,
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Reports ; Fact Sheets ; Fiscal Statements
Folder number:	01-07-24
Subject(s):	Air mail service ; Postal Rates ; Postal Service - Employees
Folder title:	P.1. History Policy Guides (POD) 3.1.21
Date:	05/23/1961
Description:	The policy guideline is a resume of the major post office department policies adopted since the current Postal Administration took office in January of 1961. Some of the major topics include: Obscenity in the mail, Postal rate increase bill, 44 hour week limitations, and code of ethics.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Guides
Folder number:	01-07-20
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Law and Legislation ; Postal Rates ; Postal Service - Employees
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	P.1. Memos To and From P.1 Staff 1968
Date:	12/01/1967
Description:	Inter-office memoranda to and from the public information staff. Some of the topics covered are the following: National Postal Action Program, removal of politics from postal appointments, regional directors conference 03/22/1968.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Memorandums
Folder number:	02-02-04
Subject(s):	Public Relations - Business ; Administration ; Postal Service - Employees
Original source:	Post Office Department
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. Press Queries 1967
Date:	11/02/1965
Description:	Correspondence pertaining to interview requests to the Post Office Department from various media: US News & World Report, Cleveland Plain Dealer Newspaper, Eastern Airlines.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Correspondence
Folder number:	02-02-01
Subject(s):	Public Relations - Customer Relations ; Postal Service - Employees
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	P.1. Press Queries 1968
Date:	12/29/1967
Description:	Letters pertaining to interview requests to the Post Office Department from various media: Aviation Daily, Aviation week and Space Technology, New York Times, American Newspaper and Magazine Publisher's Association.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Correspondence
Folder number:	02-02-02
Subject(s):	Public Relations - Customer Relations ; Postal Service - Employees
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	P.O. DEPT. News Kit - Durham, N. C.
Date:	01/15/1965
Description:	Vertical Improved Mail Service News Kit. Talk by Assistant Postmaster General regarding installation of a speed mail delivery service to be installed in a new building in Durham North Carolina.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Press Releases
Folder number:	05-05-04
Subject(s):	Postal Service ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	P.O. DEPT. News Kit of 5/19/66
Date:	05/19/1966
Description:	Round-the-clock self-service postal units placed in 58 cities to improve postal service.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Press Releases
Folder number:	05-05-06
Subject(s):	Post Office Stations and Branches ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	P.O.D.
Date:	09/25/1967
Description:	Comprehensive report of 09/25/1967 on position papers covering subjects of current interest in the Postal Service.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Memorandums ; Brochures
Folder number:	03-04-12
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Employees
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	Parcel Post - Hearings
Date:	01/27/1966
Description:	Discussion of the Parcel Post Reform Act by Senate committee and President and Post Office Department. Congressional testimony.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Press Releases ; Memorandums
Folder number:	02-01-19
Subject(s):	Postal Service ; Public Relations - Press Releases ; Postal Service - Law and Legislation
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:	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 1 General Correspondence 1965-67
Date:	04/01/1965
Description:	General correspondence of personnel concerns. National vs. Locality Pay systems for postal field service employees. Employee uniform allowance.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Correspondence ; Photographs ; Memorandums
Folder number:	02-03-14
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Employees
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	Personnel 3 Summer Employment 6/7/1966
Date:	06/03/1966
Description:	Summer employment in 1966 for students that passed the Seasonal Assistant Examination.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Correspondence ; Memorandums ; Reports
Folder number:	02-03-15
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Employees. ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	Personnel 4 Univ. of Okla. Contract 6/16/66
Date:	05/20/1966
Description:	Post Office Department training program at the University of Oklahoma 1966: a press release form, press release from University of Oklahoma, addresses of trainee's, Annual Report of United States Post Office in Oklahoma City.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Photographs ; Correspondence ; Press Releases
Folder number:	02-03-16
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Employees ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Original source:	Post Office Department University of Oklahoma
Folder title:	Personnel 6 New Contracts Employee Unions
Date:	03/20/1963
Description:	Information on new contracts with the U.S. Post Office Department and various labor unions. The Unions include the following: United Federation of Postal Clerks, AFL-CIO, The National Association of Letter Carriers, The National Rural Letter Carriers' Association, The National Association of Post Office and General Services Maintenance Employees, The National Federation of Post Office Motor Vehicle Employees, and the National Association of Special Delivery Messengers. In addition there is a copy of the Digest of the Congressional Record for Wednesday , 07/28/1965.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Press Releases ; Photographs
Folder number:	02-03-17
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Employees ; Public Relations - Press Releases ; Postal Service - Law and Legislation
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:	Planning
Date:	09/08/1970
Description:	Planning of future commemorative stamps with listed suggestions. Summary of the proceedings of the United States Postal Service Planning Conference of 02/1974.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Correspondence
Folder number:	03-01-24
Subject(s):	Postage stamp design
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:	PMG News Conference on Airlift 1/11/68
Date:	12/01/1967
Description:	Material on the January 11, 1968 press conference by the Postmaster General
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Memorandums ; Transcripts
Folder number:	02-07-07
Subject(s):	Public Relations - Press Releases ; Air mail service ; Postal Service - Postmasters
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	PMG Postmaster General's FY1966 Annual Report
Date:	06/23/1966
Description:	Annual Report for 1966 covering areas of Parcel Post, Postal Savings System, Employment Opportunities, Construction Plans, etc.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Memorandums ; Annual Reports
Folder number:	02-03-05
Subject(s):	Postal Service ; Postal Service - Employees
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	PMG Suggested Introduction of PMG
Date:	10/14/1966
Description:	A list of comments from national magazines and newspapers pertaining to Lawrence F. O'Brien. A few examples include the following: Life, New York Times, New York Post, Chicago Daily, and the Baltimore Sun.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Memorandums ; Lists
Folder number:	02-02-45
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Postmasters
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:	Policy 1961 3.1.27
Date:	02/14/1961
Description:	Material on policy issues, some of the issues contained in this file include : Mechanization, relationships with the postal union, the President's decree terminating the program of examining mail from abroad, position on pornography, enforcement of anti-obscenity laws. A copy of President Kennedy's Inaugural Address, a summary of General J. Edward Day's first 100 days in office.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Press Releases ; Correspondence ; Memorandums ; Articles
Folder number:	01-07-26
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Law and Legislation ; Public Relations - Press Releases ; Automation
Folder title:	Post Office Department Notices
Date:	07/14/1941
Description:	Memoranda and notices regarding employee performance, welfare and recreation. Letters concerning postage stamps.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Correspondence ; Memorandums ; Brochures
Folder number:	02-01-22
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Employees ; Postage Stamps
Folder title:	Post Office Dept. Speakers at Shows
Date:	01/25/1962
Description:	Correspondence pertaining to postal employees and others who are associated with the postal service that will be guest speakers for stamp exhibitions. Most of the letters are confirmations of speaking engagements, and meeting with organizers to confirm topics of discussion.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Correspondence ; Floor Plans
Folder number:	01-03-08
Subject(s):	Exhibitions ; Postal Service - Employees ; Speeches
Folder title:	Postage Rates AP-WX = 04.07.87, 03.12.87, 04.20.87, 05.05.87, 05.06.87
Date:	03/12/1987
Description:	The press release includes changes that were made by the Postal Service Board of Governors.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Wire Service Messages
Folder number:	05-06-17
Subject(s):	Postal Rates ; Postal Service - Governor
Original source:	AP Wire Service
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 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:	Postal Leader
Date:	02/01/1971
Description:	Four copies of the Postal Leader newspaper for Postal Managers.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Newspapers
Folder number:	04-03-12
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Employees
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	Postal Rate - Pay News Kit
Date:	10/17/63
Description:	Information about increasing the postage rate and Post Office Department employee's salaries.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Press Releases
Folder number:	05-05-03
Subject(s):	Postal Rates ; Public Relations - Press Releases ; Postal Service - Employees
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	Postal Service - Law and Legislation POD Forms
Date:	05/20/1947
Description:	Philatelic Sales Unit order forms, cashier's record of covers forms. 91st Congress Report 91-1363 and Public Law-91-375 booklets.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Forms ; Congress Reports
Folder number:	03-04-25
Subject(s):	Postal Service Law and Legislation
Original source:	Post Office Department Congress
Folder title:	Postal Strike - N.Y. Times Clippings (March 1970)
Date:	03/20/1970
Description:	Articles advising people of the strike with article updates. Its content expresses the need for zip codes.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Articles
Folder number:	05-06-25
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Strikes and Lockouts
Original source:	New York Times
Folder title:	Postmasters General Postmasters Local
Date:	02/09/1967
Description:	List of Postmasters General from 1775 to 1954
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Lists ; Correspondence
Folder number:	05-07-18
Subject(s):	Stamp Collecting (Philately) ; Postal Service - Postmasters
Folder title:	Priority Mail 4/6/67
Date:	04/17/1967
Description:	A status report on the Priority Mail Program .
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Reports
Folder number:	02-07-05
Subject(s):	Postal Service
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	Project #2 Carry Wilmer
Date:	09/23/1960
Description:	Press releases providing information on the efficiency of the Postal Service.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Memorandums ; Press Releases
Folder number:	02-07-20
Subject(s):	Postal Service
Original source:	Post Office department
Folder title:	Public Relations Speeches & Orientations
Date:	03/03/1967
Description:	Speeches of Postmasters for officer training - orientation for new employees. A list of responsibilities for the public information officer.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Speeches
Folder number:	02-02-22
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Employees ; Speeches
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	Public Service Awards 3.1.23
Description:	Several blank Post Office Department Public Service Awards certificates.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Award Certificates
Folder number:	01-07-22
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Employees
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	Publications
Date:	08/01/1955
Description:	Pamphlets providing information to the public about the Postal Service.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Publications
Folder number:	03-03-16
Subject(s):	Postal Service
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	Railroad Strike - December 1970
Date:	02/06/1968
Description:	Postal Service activities related to the rail strike.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Press Releases ; Telegrams
Folder number:	02-07-21
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Strikes and Lockouts ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	Railroad Strike - July 1967
Date:	07/13/1967
Description:	Railroads no longer want to carry mail. Also a discussion of the use of the phrase "junk mail" by the Post Master General.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Correspondence ; Memorandums ; Press Releases
Folder number:	02-01-25
Subject(s):	Railway Mail Service ; Postal Service - Strikes and Lockouts ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Folder title:	Reg. Admin. 1 General Corres. File
Date:	07/12/1967
Description:	Several topics, appointment of personnel, conferences, etc.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Memorandums ; Press Releases ; Agendas
Folder number:	02-06-28
Subject(s):	Administration ; Public Relations - Press Releases ; Postal Service - Employees
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	Reg. Admin. 2 Postal Service Trainee Conf
Date:	08/04/1966
Description:	Announcements and material for executive training held at Washington, D.C.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Memorandums ; Press Releases ; Agendas
Folder number:	02-06-29
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Employees ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Folder title:	Regional Memos (All Regions)
Date:	11/10/1965
Description:	Memoranda concerning speed of mail service to Regional Directors or Assistants. Mail delivery needs improvement
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Memorandums ; Telegrams
Folder number:	02-01-26
Subject(s):	Postal Service
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	Release - History of Air Mail 4/17/69
Date:	04/17/1969
Description:	Copies of a Post Office Department press release with a brief history of air transportation of mail.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Press Releases
Folder number:	02-01-21
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Air Mail ; Public Relations - Press Relations
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	Reproduction of Postage Stamps
Date:	01/12/1959
Description:	Reproduction of postage stamps are under strict rules and regulations.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Regulations ; Correspondence
Folder number:	03-02-49
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Law and Legislation
Original source:	Post Office Department Congress
Folder title:	Reproduction of U.S. and Foreign Stamps
Date:	07/22/1968
Description:	Rules and regulations concerning the reproduction of U. S. and foreign stamps.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Documents
Folder number:	06-04-01
Subject(s):	Postage Stamps ; Postal Service - Law and Legislation
Original source:	Department of the Treasury Secret Service
Folder title:	Reproduction, Illustrations PS 1961
Date:	01/04/1961
Description:	Correspondence between the Post Office Department and individuals and organizations concerning the colored reproduction of U.S. postage stamps and the strict law governing reproduction.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Correspondence
Folder number:	02-01-14
Subject(s):	Postage Stamps ; Postal Service - Law and Legislation
Folder title:	Riots
Date:	05/07/1968
Description:	Correspondence pertaining to delays and mail stoppage due to Post Office buildings being attacked during riots in the following cities: Washington D.C., Silver Spring, MD, and Memphis, TN among others..
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Correspondence ; Memorandums
Folder number:	02-02-28
Subject(s):	Post Office Stations & Branches ; Postal Service
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	Roper Report - - 1967
Date:	09/01/1967
Description:	The Roper Report was made on the public opinion of the Postal Service.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Reports
Folder number:	02-04-13
Subject(s):	Postal Service
Original source:	Post Office Department Roper Research Association
Folder title:	Senate
Date:	04/27/1949
Description:	Letters responding to Senators requests or questions about various aspects of the Post Office Department.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Correspondence
Folder number:	02-04-15
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Law and Legislation
Original source:	Post Office Department Senate
Folder title:	Some Manpower & Employment Information
Date:	02/11/1905
Description:	Canal Zone Postal Service training information for postal employees. Newspaper clippings regarding employment.
Collection:	Panama
Includes:	Speeches ; Information Sheets ; Articles
Folder number:	30-03-154
Subject(s):	Employees
Folder title:	Speech Smut Virginia School 3.1.30
Date:	07/06/1959
Description:	The following is a small example of items contained in this file. An article in Family Weekly Magazine: Let's Stop Filth Through the Mails, other works by Postmaster General Summerfield include How teenagers of America can help stamp out the obscene mail threat. Scripts from both television and radio for the anti-obscenity program.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Correspondence ; Press Releases ; Scripts
Folder number:	01-07-29
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Law and Legislation ; Public Relations - Press Releases ; Speeches
Folder title:	Speed Mail
Date:	11/01/1960
Description:	1960 speed mail utilizing satellite echo.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Press Releases ; Photographs
Folder number:	03-04-01
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Electronic Mail Service ; Public Relations - Press Releases
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:	Tin Can Mail
Date:	01/01/1934
Description:	Photos of Tin Can covers and those who swim out. Articles about Tin Can mail.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Photographs ; Articles
Folder number:	05-03-43
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Ship Letters
Folder title:	Trans - 10 Executive Planning BD - Airlift Program
Date:	04/22/1966
Description:	To achieve next day delivery of mail, research and development is necessary. The use of computer controlled, dispatch oriented, mail processing systems may accomplish this.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Memorandums ; Correspondence
Folder number:	02-01-29
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Speed Mail ; Automation ; Air mail service
Folder title:	Trans Reading RR 1963
Date:	02/11/1963
Description:	Information on the Post Office Department dropping its contract with the Reading Railroad in favor of trucks. The Evening News is another featured newspaper covering the story. The contract between the Post Office Department and the Reading Railroad was for $2.1 Million.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Press Releases ; Articles ; Correspondence
Folder number:	02-04-11
Subject(s):	Postal Service ; Administration
Original source:	Post Office Department Reading Railroad News
Folder title:	Trans 12 Overseas Mail & Viet Nam
Date:	09/17/1964
Description:	Military mail out of the U.S. primarily to Viet Nam - rules, regulations, carriers, storage facilities, deliveries, etc. Copy of Department of the Army Circular 65-1 Assignment of ZIP-APO Codes to APO Addresses.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Correspondence ; Memorandums ; Press Releases ; Articles
Folder number:	03-01-27
Subject(s):	Postal Service ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Folder title:	Trans 13 Priority Mail & New Policy
Date:	02/25/1963
Description:	Material related to the Priority Mail service and the movement of mail by airlift.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Memorandums ; Articles ; Press Releases
Folder number:	02-01-30
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Air Mail ; Public Relations - Press Releases ; Mail Service
Folder title:	Trans 13-1 Newspaper Pub. Meeting (2nd and 3rd Class)
Date:	02/12/1968
Description:	At the Newspaper and Magazine Publishers meeting in 1968 there were many complaints about delays in distribution of publications. The Post Office Department reaction is given.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Memorandums ; Articles
Folder number:	02-01-24
Subject(s):	Postal Service
Folder title:	Trans 14 Flying Tiger
Date:	04/07/1964
Description:	Post Office Department working with the Civil Aviation Board to lower Latin America and overseas air mail rates in contract to the Flying Tiger Airline that proposed lowing domestic rates.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Memorandums ; Articles
Folder number:	02-01-35
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Air Mail ; Postal Rates
Folder title:	Trans 14.1 News Stories (miscellaneous)
Date:	07/30/1964
Description:	Post Office Department memoranda on the ever declining number of passenger trains used for the transpiration of mail. Correspondence with complain about service.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Memorandums ; Correspondence ; Articles
Folder number:	03-01-01
Subject(s):	Railway Mail Service ; Postal Service
Folder title:	Trans 18 Railroad Strikes (General)
Date:	07/10/1963
Description:	Deals with strikes in the U.S. and foreign countries delaying transportation of mail as well as potential strikes that could effect the mail.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Correspondence ; Articles ; Memorandums ; Press Releases
Folder number:	03-01-02
Subject(s):	Railway Mail Service ; Postal Service - Strikes and Lockouts
Folder title:	Trans 18-1 Railroad Strike (July 17, 1967)
Date:	02/13/1963
Description:	Information on the National Postal Strike in 1967, both before and after.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Press Releases ; Correspondence ; Fact Sheets ; Memorandums
Folder number:	02-04-12
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Strikes and Lockouts ; Public Relations - Press Releases ; Administration
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	Trans 20 Sectional Centers
Date:	04/01/1962
Description:	Information on Sectional Centers in the United States. There are a total of 553 sectional centers (at this time). Establishment of Orlando, Florida as a Sectional Center selected due to its availability to all transportation medias and the capacity to handle day to day fluctuations.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Fact Sheets ; Articles
Folder number:	02-04-08
Subject(s):	Administration ; Postal service
Original source:	Post Office Department The Buckeye Postmaster
Folder title:	Trans 21 Massachusetts
Date:	03/01/1964
Description:	Information on the Boston area: The swearing in of Owen J. Justin as acting Postmaster of Amesbury Post Office. Photograph of meeting of Postmaster William Hartigan with Pope Paul VI at the Vatican to improve relations with the Vatican and Post Office Department. A route map Of Massachusetts 1963; proposal to use English and Spanish as languages of the Universal Postal Union.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Press Releases ; Articles ; Maps ; Photographs
Folder number:	02-04-10
Subject(s):	Postal Service ; Public Relations - Press Releases ; Postal Service - Postmasters
Original source:	Post Office Department Revere Journal
Folder title:	Trans N.Y. Parcel Post Strike - 5/2/68
Date:	05/13/1968
Description:	A daily highlight report concentrating on the postal strike of '68.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Correspondence ; Memorandums
Folder number:	01-07-10
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Strikes and Lockouts
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:	Trans. Longshoremen's Strike - 12/20/68
Date:	01/16/1969
Description:	Correspondence relating to the longshoremen's strike and procedures to deal with the effects.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Correspondence ; Press Releases
Folder number:	02-07-04
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Strikes and Lockouts ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	Trans. 1 Gen. Correspondence 1965
Date:	03/10/1965
Description:	General administrative correspondence.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Correspondence ; Memorandums
Folder number:	02-06-30
Subject(s):	Postal Service ; Administration
Original source:	Post Office Department
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:	Trans. 4 Airline Strikes (General)
Date:	04/21/1966
Description:	Material on moving the mails during strikes.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Fact Sheets ; Memorandums ; Articles
Folder number:	02-07-11
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Strikes and Lockouts ; Air mail service
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	Trans. 4-1 Airline Strike (Pan American)
Date:	12/02/1966
Description:	Discussion of moving the mail via alternate airline if this strike occurs.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Fact Sheets ; Telegrams
Folder number:	02-07-12
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Strikes and Lockouts ; Air mail service
Original source:	Post Office Department
Folder title:	Treasury Deptartment - U.S. Secret Service 1958
Date:	09/23/1958
Description:	The 85th Congress passed legislation regarding illustrations of paper money and securities, stamps, coins in advertising film.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Memorandums
Folder number:	02-01-02
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Law and Legislation ; Postage Stamps
Original source:	Department of the Treasury
Folder title:	TWX's Strike 1971
Date:	03/21/1970
Description:	Material including memoranda, newspapers, letters, fact sheets, releases, status reports and telegraph messages from major offices in strike situations.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Memorandums ; Correspondence ; Fact Sheets ; Press Releases
Folder number:	02-03-02
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Strikes and Lockouts ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Original source:	Post Office Department Fairmount Times
Folder title:	U. N. Day
Date:	09/21/1961
Description:	Celebration of United Nations Day 10/21/1961.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Posters ; Correspondence
Folder number:	03-02-08
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Foreign ; Posters
Folder title:	U. P. U.
Description:	History of the Universal Postal Union
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Essays
Folder number:	04-06-17
Subject(s):	Postal Service ; Foreign Mail
Folder title:	U. S. - Steamship Mail (Ocean & Foreign) Inland Waterways (Domestic)
Date:	01/01/1959
Description:	Manual by the Post Office Department for International Mail, a clipping about "Sea Jug Post" and "Steamboat Technology…..", a seminar talk.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Articles ; Brochures
Folder number:	06-04-21
Subject(s):	Postal Service
Folder title:	U. S. Delegation Report to UPU
Date:	09/20/1968
Description:	Report on the Management Council of the UPU Consultative Committee for Postal Studies held in Moscow, USSR.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Reports
Folder number:	02-06-27
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Foreign
Original source:	Post Office Department
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 Service Policy for Domestic Stamp Shows and philatelic exhibitions
Date:	12/14/1973
Description:	A copy of the Post Office Department policy for domestic stamp shows and Philatelic exhibitions. Copy of a letter to the Secretary of the Greater Toronto Coin and Stamp Exhibitions denying a request for use of the film strip - Stamps in the Making.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Policy Statements
Folder number:	01-01-11
Subject(s):	Exhibitions ; Administration
Original source:	Post Office Department
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:	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:	Untitled
Date:	03/24/1915
Description:	File of correspondence and memoranda concerning the design, issue, and use of Canal Zone stamps as well as the Canal Zone Postal Service as a whole. Machine copies of stamps.
Collection:	Panama
Includes:	Correspondence ; Memorandums
Folder number:	30-03-145
Subject(s):	Philatelic History ; Design
Folder title:	US Patent Office - In Re Machines of Various Types for Postal Use
Date:	10/11/1927
Description:	Stamp issuing machine, parcel post machine, weight control machine, cash register, etc.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Drawings
Folder number:	05-06-45
Subject(s):	Postal Service
Folder title:	US Patent Office - In Re Machines Used for Postal Servicel
Date:	09/19/1865
Description:	Envelope sealing, cash register, postage meter and hand stamp machines.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Drawings
Folder number:	05-06-46
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Metered Mail ; Cancelling Machines ; Mail Service
Original source:	Patent Office
Folder title:	US Patent Office - In Re Postage Meter
Date:	04/03/1866
Description:	Patents for Postage Meters, machine for sealing letters, printing press, postal machine, envelope moisteners, resettable register and clutch control.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Drawings
Folder number:	05-06-41
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Metered Mail
Original source:	Patent Office
Folder title:	US Patent Office - In Re Printing Macines for Postal Use
Date:	04/10/1945
Description:	Printing machine, envelope feeder and mail treating machines.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Drawings
Folder number:	05-06-44
Subject(s):	Postal Service
Original source:	Patent Office
Folder title:	US Patent Office - Postage Meter Machines
Date:	03/15/1927
Description:	Patents for postage meter machines.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Drawings
Folder number:	05-06-42
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Metered Mail
Original source:	Patent Office
Folder title:	US Patent Office - Various Mail Treating Machines
Date:	06/03/1947
Description:	Tape moistening device, registering mechanism, postage meter loading mechanism, and speed control mechanism.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Drawings
Folder number:	05-06-43
Subject(s):	Postal Service
Original source:	Patent Office
Folder title:	USPOD
Date:	09/23/1958
Description:	Press releases from the Post Office Department, Treasury, Defense and Navy regarding legislation, sales, rural mail service as well as rate and legal changes.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Press Releases ; Brochures
Folder number:	03-02-42
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Law and Legislation ; Public Relations - Press Releases ; Postal Rates
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 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 Miscel
Date:	07/15/1971
Description:	Weekly Highlight Report, handling of First Day Covers and list of stamp subjects used.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Correspondence ; Reports ; Lists
Folder number:	03-03-17
Subject(s):	Postal Service ; Covers ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Folder title:	USPOD Nashville, TN
Date:	07/02/1924
Description:	Notices Sent to postal patrons by the Post Office Department. of Nashville, Tennessee.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Notices
Folder number:	03-02-09
Subject(s):	Postal Service
Original source:	Postmaster Nashville, Tennessee
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:	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:	USPOD Press Releases
Date:	07/11/1985
Description:	Press wire stories covering a broad spectrum of subjects - Soviet rejection of a lot of packages sent there, staff changes, stamp subjects, delivery of mail to homes vis-a-vis cluster boxes
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Wire Service Messages
Folder number:	03-03-22
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Law and Legislation
Original source:	Associated Press
Folder title:	USPOD Speed Mail
Date:	11/01/1960
Description:	Speed mail transmits official correspondence for Federal agencies. The system employs micro-waves to send letters between cities.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Press Releases
Folder number:	03-03-20
Subject(s):	Postal Service ; 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:	Vice President
Date:	06/29/1962
Description:	Letters dealing with postal and philatelic suggestions to the office of Vice President.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Memorandums ; Correspondence ; Designs
Folder number:	02-04-16
Subject(s):	Postal Service ; Administration ; Stamp Collecting (Philately)
Original source:	Post Office Department
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:	Wagon Collection and Distribution Mail
Date:	04/11/1936
Description:	An article about a mail service by the United States Post Office Department in the late 19th century.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Articles
Folder number:	01-02-20
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Transportation
Original source:	Stamps Magazine
Folder title:	Wilson, William L. (PMG) "Why I oppose Governmental Control of the Telegraph" The Arena No. 74
Date:	01/01/1896
Description:	Postmaster-General William L. Wilson states his opinion about the government taking over the telegraph service.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Articles
Folder number:	06-04-27
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Electronic Mail Service ; Postal Service - Postmasters
Original source:	The Arena
Folder title:	Youth Summer Employment
Date:	07/24/1965
Description:	Post Office Department Fact Sheet on Summer Employment Program
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Memorandums
Folder number:	03-01-19
Subject(s):	Postal Service - Employees
Folder title:	Zip Code Campaign
Description:	A letter from Postmaster General O'Brien to the Advertising Council Inc., copies from the radios Public Service Announcements urging people to use zip codes.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Correspondence ; Public Service Announcements
Folder number:	01-02-30
Subject(s):	Zip Codes ; Public Relations - Customer Relations ; Postal Service
Original source:	Post Office Department
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