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Folder title: 130.4 Philatelic Matters Rulings
Date: 04/05/1939
Description:Rulings by assistant postmasters regarding the use of personal checks and plate blocks on envelopes.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:03-05-16
Subject(s): Stamp Collecting (Philately)
Folder title: 130.5 Philatelic Matters Publicity Reports
Date: 05/29/1939
Description:Letters to postmasters urging the use of modern advertising as a tool for sell more stamps to the collectors and stamp trade.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:03-05-14
Subject(s): Stamp Collecting (Philately)
Folder title: 130.7 Philatelic Matters Reports of Postmasters of Number of Stamp Collectors Second Class
Date: 10/29/1940
Description:Letters asking postmasters to report on the number of stamp collectors and sales to collectors in their region. Each letter returned with information.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:03-05-13
Subject(s): Stamp Collecting (Philately)
Original source:Third Assistant Postmaster General
Folder title: 147.3 Postal Display Car Correspondence, with Clerk in Charge, Etc.
Date: 05/16/1939
Description:Correspondence between Ralph Davis clerk in Chicago of the Philatelic Truck and other postmasters, and people associated with the project.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:01-02-42
Subject(s): Exhibitions
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: 1802-25 Leather Mail Pouch (Photo) etc. From Western Reserve Historical Society. Photocopy of instructions to postmasters dated 01/20/1825
Date: 01/20/1825
Description:A photograph of a leather mail pouch from 1802-1825, with a photocopy of instructions to postmasters dated 01/20/1825.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Photographs ; Correspondence
Folder number:01-02-13
Subject(s): History - Postal ; Mail Service ; Postmasters
Original source:Post Office Department Western Reserve Historical Society
Folder title: 1964 Speeches
Date: 01/11/1964
Description:Speeches of Postmaster General John A. Gronouski and Public Information Officer Mrs. Lee Frances Bowler. The Postmaster General addressing the Democratic - Farmer Labor Party and PIO's address at dedication of P.O building in Osceola, Missouri.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Press Releases ; Speeches
Folder number:03-01-16
Subject(s): Speeches ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Folder title: 1969 - Bio.'s of Asst. PMG's
Description:A series of photographs, biographical sketches, and press releases. on Assistant Postmasters, Kenneth Houseman, David Nelson, James Ward Hargrove, John L O'Mara, El Elmer Theodore Klassen.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Photographs ; Biographies
Folder number:02-02-36
Subject(s): Postal Service - Postmasters ; Persons ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: 1969 - Post Master General Winton M. Blount,
Date: 05/01/1968
Description:This file contains information from a wide variety of medium pertaining to Post Master General William Blount. Photographs and Biographical Sketch.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Photographs ; Biographies ; Articles
Folder number:02-02-35
Subject(s): Postal Service - Postmasters ; Persons
Folder title: 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: 1971 Commemorative Stamp Folder
Date: 11/05/1971
Description:Correspondence regarding mini-albums and copies of a Planning Guide for Postmasters - Let's Collect Stamps.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Planning Guides
Folder number:02-06-12
Subject(s): Stamp Collecting (Philately)
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: 210.38 Stamps, Postage Blank Paper
Date: 09/19/1889
Description:Correspondence between the Third Assistant Postmaster General, and other Postmasters as well as businesses and individuals pertaining to blank stamp coils and paper for experimental purposes. Involvement of United States Postal Inspection Service.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:01-02-49
Subject(s): Postage Stamps ; United States Postal Inspection Service
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: 230 Watermarks and Dandy Rolls (2)
Date: 01/19/1875
Description:Correspondence with businesses and various postmasters pertaining to the design, manufacturing and use of watermarks and dandy-rolls.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:01-02-07
Subject(s): Envelopes (Stationery)
Original source:Third Assistant Postmaster General
Folder title: 75.26 Envelopes Stamped Precancelled
Date: 07/07/1928
Description:Correspondence between various postmasters around the country and the Post Office Department concerning precancelled envelopes.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:01-02-03
Subject(s): Cancellations (Philately)
Original source:Post Office Department
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: 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: 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 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 Rate Inc. Sample Kit Oct 11 - Jan 7
Date: 10/11/1962
Description:Correspondence, drafts, lists of rate interest, and memoranda to American T.V. studios, various postmasters, and bureaus about the increase in postal rates.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Memorandums ; Drafts ; Lists
Folder number:01-07-12
Subject(s): Postal Rates ; Pitney Bowes ; Public Relations - Press Releases
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: 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: 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. 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 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. 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. Management Improvements - Proposed 3.1.8
Description:A guideline for postmasters pending visit by a top executive and how to effective deal and manage time with executive's time.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Guides
Folder number:01-07-07
Subject(s): Administration
Original source:Post Office Department
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: PMG's Collection
Date: 12/19/1960
Description:Listing and evaluation of Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield's stamps, covers, albums, programs, etc.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Memorandums ; Lists
Folder number:03-02-18
Subject(s): Stamp Collecting (Philately)
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: 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: Postmasters News Kit
Date: 08/19/1962
Description:The Post Office Department is making available government publications at a small cost, regarding tips and purchasing and family budget problems.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Press Releases
Folder number:05-05-10
Subject(s): Public Relations - Customer Relations
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: Sale of Precancelled Stamps
Date: 02/03/1972
Description:Copies of Postal Bulletin 20854 notice to postmasters concerning the selling of precancelled stamps to collectors.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Notices
Folder number:02-05-18
Subject(s): Postage Stamps ; Stamp Collecting (Philately)
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: Speeches - Public Info. 1967 - 1968
Date: 10/25/1961
Description:Speeches and rough drafts from Postmasters to Postal Conventions.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Speeches ; Drafts
Folder number:02-02-30
Subject(s): Speeches
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: Speeches by P.O.Officials
Date: 08/23/1924
Description:Speeches written for or by officials for special occasions.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Speeches ; Memorandums ; Press Releases
Folder number:04-02-05
Subject(s): Speeches ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: Stamp Exhibition Panels for Shows
Date: 01/04/1965
Description:Correspondence pertaining to Postal exhibitions in 1965 from Stanley Hodziewich to various Postmasters and individuals. Some of the Exhibitions include: Interpex 65, Rompex and various state philatelic society exhibitions.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Memorandums
Folder number:01-03-14
Subject(s): Exhibitions
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: Stamp Exhibition Panels for Shows
Date: 05/31/1961
Description:Letters from Franklin Bruns Jr. to local postmasters and collectors detailing the dispatched stamps for exhibitions. Some of the cities contained in this file are: Johnstown, PA; Sarasota, Fl; Arlington, VA; Philadelphia, PA.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Memorandums
Folder number:01-03-07
Subject(s): Exhibitions ; Postage Stamps
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: Stamp Exhibition Panels for Stamp Shows
Date: 10/12/1963
Description:Letters from Franklin Bruns Jr. to local postmasters detailing the dispatched stamps for local exhibitions. The following is one example: Montgomery, Alabama This is to advise that today the following material was dispatched , by registered mail, to your office: 9 stamp exhibition panels 3 each of Boy Scouts Winter Olympics and Soil Conservation. For use in connection with South Alabama Fair-Kiwanis Club to be held in your city on October 9-14-1961 Fair grounds.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Memorandums
Folder number:01-03-05
Subject(s): Exhibitions ; Postage Stamps
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: Stamp Exhibition Panels for Stamp Shows
Date: 05/02/1960
Description:Letters from Franklin Bruns Jr. to local postmasters and collectors detailing the dispatched stamps for exhibitions.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Memorandums
Folder number:01-03-06
Subject(s): Exhibitions ; Postage Stamps
Original source:Post Office Department
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: White House Letters And Memos 1967-68
Date: 06/08/1968
Description:Letters and memoranda pertaining to the Post Office Department, some of the topics range from visits and travels of Post Masters to fiscal status of the Post Office Department.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Press Releases ; Correspondence ; Articles
Folder number:02-02-43
Subject(s): Administration
Original source:Post Office Department White House
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
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