National Air Mail Week collection
Collection — Folder: S0820
Identifier: S0820
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a photocopy of an April 27, 1938 letter sent by National Air Mail Week (NAMW) Indiana state chairman Adolph Seidensticker to county chairman regarding the national campaign. The collection also includes a last notice advertisement from the George J. Mayer Company of Indianapolis about ordering the cachet rubber stamps for the NAMW and a May 10, 1938 letter and receipts sent by the company to Bertha Higgin, post mistress at Danville, Indiana, concerning her purchase of a cachet stamp and ink pad.
Dates
- 1838
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Historical Note
National Air Mail Week (NAMW) was celebrated May 15-21, 1938. The special week long event was created by Postmaster General James A. Farley for the twentieth anniversary of air mail service and to help promote the use of the service in the United States. The promotional event's slogan was, "Receive To-morrow's mail to-day!" and each city and town was challenged to come up with its own NAMW cachet that paid tribute to their community. The goal was to get every citizen to send or receive a letter by airmail during the designated week and by the end of the campaign more than 16.2 million letters had been sent by airmail.
Sources:
Holland, Paul M. "FDR and National Air Mail Week." Rocky Mountain Philatelic Library. Accessed March 25, 2017. http://www.rmpldenver.com/images/2016_Scribblings/2016maraprscribblingssmall.pdf.
Maksel, Rebecca. "A Flying Success: For an Entire Week in 1938, the Country Celebrated Airmail." Air & Space Magazine. Accessed March 25, 2017. http://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/a-flying-success-11458339/.
Sources:
Holland, Paul M. "FDR and National Air Mail Week." Rocky Mountain Philatelic Library. Accessed March 25, 2017. http://www.rmpldenver.com/images/2016_Scribblings/2016maraprscribblingssmall.pdf.
Maksel, Rebecca. "A Flying Success: For an Entire Week in 1938, the Country Celebrated Airmail." Air & Space Magazine. Accessed March 25, 2017. http://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/a-flying-success-11458339/.
Extent
0.01 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged chronologically.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation from Max Lee on 1967/04/04.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 2017/04/05 by Laura Eliason. EAD finding aid created 2017/04/05 by Laura Eliason.
- Title
- National Air Mail Week collection
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
