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Postal service

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:

Joseph Habersham letters

 Collection — Folder S2136
Identifier: S2136
Scope and Contents This collection includes typewritten transcriptions of eight letters written by Postmaster General Joseph Habersham regarding the establishment of a postal route from Louisville to Kaskaskia, via Vincennes. Ranging from 1797 to 1799, the letters were transcribed from volumes F-I of the letterbooks of the Postmaster General.
Dates: 1797-1799

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

Roscoe R. Leak papers

 Collection
Identifier: L089
Scope and Contents This collection includes correspondence, receipts, financial documents, essays, histories, research notes, newspaper clippings, photographs, postcards, pamphlets, periodicals, and other papers and ephemera from the Roscoe R. Leak and the Buzzard, Leach, and Leak families (also spelled Leake) ranging from 1842 to 1958 and undated, regarding family, business affairs, and Indiana history, specifically genealogy, history in Hendricks and Clark counties and church history, including the Disciples of...
Dates: 1842-1958, undated

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

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

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