Postal service
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:
Lauretta J. Powers appointment certificate
Collection — Folder B019
Identifier: B019
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the certificate of appointment of Lauretta Powers to the office of Postmistress of Ingalls, Indiana by the Postmaster General of the United States Albert Burleson.
Dates:
1919/06/05
Lester N. Vandivier collection
Collection
Identifier: L167
Scope and Contents
This collection contains Lester N. Vandivier's notebooks regarding the railroad post office (RPO) and highway post offices (HPO), and includes letters, newsletters, and Vandivier's personal notes ranging from 1948-1974. Also included is a copy of the book, "Railroad Postmarks of the United States, 1861-1886" by Charles L. Towle and Henry A. Meyer (1968).
Dates:
1948-1974
Longwood Post Office records
Collection — Volume V424
Identifier: V424
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the record of mails received by the postmaster of the Longwood Post
Office, Ross Smiley.
Dates:
1837-1845
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...
Dates:
1838
Postage collection
Collection — Folder S1534
Identifier: S1534
Scope and Contents
This collection includes first day covers and stamps ranging from 1915 to 1971 predominantly from William G. Bray as well as other collectors. Also included in this collection is a letter to a Mrs. Frances McDonald of Indianapolis, Indiana regarding the purchase of tickets to the Beatles concert at the Pepsi Coliseum on September 3, 1964.
Dates:
1915-1972
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Postage collection
Roscoe R. Leak papers
Collection
Identifier: L089
Scope and Contents
This collection includes letters, histories of early Indiana families, notes and manuscripts on local history; printed church histories and brochures; financial papers; and newspaper clippings from Roscoe R. Leak and others in Lizton, Indiana and elsewhere ranging from 1689 to 1958, regarding early Clark and Hendricks counties; histories of the Disciples of Christ Church and the Methodist Church of those two counties; Leak, Leach and Buzzard family histories and financial documents; and...
Dates:
1689-1958, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Roscoe R. Leak papers
Roy F. McNabney collection
Collection
Identifier: L479
Scope and Contents
This collection contain notes, correspondence, documents, and other research materials collected by Roy F. McNabney from the United States, ranging from circa 1920 to 1973, regarding the history of the United States Postal Service.
Dates:
1939-1973
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Roy F. McNabney collection
Sara Ellis biography
Collection — Folder S1800
Identifier: S1800
Scope and Contents
The main item in this collection is a three-page biography of Sara Catherine Deborah Ellis, the postmistress of Loco, Indiana. The first part of this biography was written by Sara’s sister, Martha Ellis Hopkins; and the second part was written by her nephew, Ellis A. Hopkins. Also included are two envelopes sent by J.B. Ellis.
Dates:
1896-1978
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Sara Ellis biography
Sunday postal service report
Collection — Folder B089
Identifier: B089
Scope and Contents
A report to the United States Senate by a committee led by Richard M. Johnson which reviewed delivery of the mail on Sundays. The committee determined that religious freedom was not unfringed upon by Sunday mail service. This report was given in January of 1829.
Dates:
1829 January
Vigo Post Office receipts
Collection — Folder OB204
Identifier: OB204
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a list of receipts of registered mail in Vigo County, Indiana dated 1872-1873.
Dates:
1872-1873
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Vigo Post Office receipts
