Postal service
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:
Benjamin Wilson Smith collection
Collection
Identifier: L146
Scope and Contents
This collection includes writings and papers from Benjamin WIlson Smith in Indiana and the United States, ranging from 1858 to 1949, regarding the history of Warrick, Spencer, and White counties, Indiana; Harrison County, West Virginia; Manchester Academy; and the postal system. Also included are his accounts of a trip from Virginia to White County, Indiana in 1846 and an autobiography. Also, his scrapbook of clippings and notes on politics, his advice to students in Dearborn County, Daughters...
Dates:
1858-1949
Caleb Anderson papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0022
Scope and Contents
This collection contains three diaries of Caleb Anderson (1875, 1881, 1884-1885), in which he recorded the weather, prices, and his accounts. It also includes family letters and business papers; the correspondence of John T. Anderson regarding his work as an agent of the Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railroad in Ladoga (1864-1865); and John T. Anderson's record book of goods woven at the Ladoga mills (1882-1887).
Dates:
1856-1889
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Caleb Anderson papers
Central Correspondence College collection
Collection — Folder S2625
Identifier: S2625
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of six undated advertisements for Central Correspondence College, each mounted on heavy cardboard.Item Listing:undated Advertisement for Central Correspondence College, giving the Columbia National Bank (1907) and Peoples State Bank as references and listing the names of successful graduates.Undated Advertisement - “You Ought to Be in Class 4!”1906 Advertisement - “Is This Not satisfactory Evidence?” which provides four...
Dates:
circa 1906-1907
Civil War envelopes and postcards
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S3134
Scope and Contents
This collection includes two postcards and 23 printed envelopes from New York City, New York, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Hartford, Connecticut during the U.S. Civil War, with illustrations of pro-Union propaganda.Manufacturers the envelopes found in this collection are: Stinson and Co., 79 Cedar Street, New York, New York; S. C. Upham, 310 Chesnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; A. S. Robinson, Hartford, Connecticut; D. Murphy's Son, 65 Fulton and 372 Pearl Street, New...
Dates:
circa 1861-1865
Dale Carter collection
Collection — Folder S231
Identifier: S0231
Scope and Contents
This collection includes typed documents from Dale Carter and W.R. Strange in Frankfort, Indiana during 1958 regarding the Frankfort Post Office and Frankfort and Clinton County history.
Dates:
1958?
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Dale Carter collection
Envelopes collection
Collection
Identifier: L324
Scope and Contents
This collection includes envelopes ranging from the 1700s to the 1950s from numerous collections at the Indiana State Library. The envelopes were taken out of their original collections and kept loose in four large boxes. Some were removed and placed back with their collections while others remain separate. The remaining envelopes are now arranged in alphabetical order by last name with the original collection noted.
Dates:
1800-1950
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Envelopes collection
Frank K. Sawyer Indianapolis businesses collection
Collection — Folder S2703
Identifier: S2703
Scope and Contents
This collection contains an assortment of approximately 415 items collected by Frank K. Sawyer in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1854 to 1905, including correspondence, advertisements, flyers, brochures, bills, accounts, receipts, financial statements, invoices, and notes. Some receipts are handwritten on scraps of paper, while others are making use of printed business forms which display distinctive letterheads. Most of these receipts are mounted to the pages of a scrapbook and are often...
Dates:
1854-1905
Homer E. Capehart papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: L650
Dates:
1944-1963
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Homer E. Capehart papers
James Crabs papers
Collection — Folder S306
Identifier: S0306
Scope and Contents
This collection includes autographed, signed letters from James Crabs in Decatur, Indiana ranging from 1842-1852 regarding post office business.
Dates:
1842-1852
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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James Crabs papers
John V. Beamer collection
Collection
Identifier: L517
Scope and Contents
This collection principally consists of papers related to John V. Beamer's career in U.S. Congress from 1951 to 1959 and includes correspondence regarding legislation and political issues from constituents and colleagues, national associations, labor unions, Indiana newspapers, colleges and universities, and businesses in his district; speeches, newsletters, and press releases; copies of the Congressional Record; newspaper clippings; campaign records, printing...
Dates:
1910-1974
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John V. Beamer collection
