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3. Postal Registered Airmail Tracking
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Table of Contents

• 28.1 ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY
  
• 28.2 RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF THE POSTMASTER GENERAL1773-1971
  
• 28.2.1 General records
  
• 28.2.2 Records of the Office of the Chief Clerk
  
• 28.2.3 Records of the Office of the Disbursing Officer
  
• 28.2.4 Records of the Division of Service Relations
  
• 28.2.5 Records of the Office of the Solicitor
  
• 28.2.6 Records of the Office of the Purchasing Agent
  
• 28.2.7 Records of the Special Assistant to the Postmaster General
  
• 28.2.8 Records of the Bureau of Finance and Administration
  
• 28.2.9 Records of the Bureau of Finance
  
• 28.2.10 Records of the Bureau of Facilities
  
• 28.2.11Records of the Bureau of Research and Engineering
  
• 28.2.12Records of the Bureau of Transportation and International Services
  
• 28.2.13Records of the Post Office Changes Branch
  
• 28.3 RECORDS OF THE BUREAU OF THE FIRST ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL AND SUCCESSORS 1789-1971
  
• 28.3.1 General records
  
• 28.3.2 Records of the Division of Postmasters
  
• 28.3.3 Records of the Division of Post Office Clerical Service
  
• 28.3.4 Records of the Division of City Delivery Service
  
• 28.3.5 Records of the Division of Rural Delivery Service
  
• 28.3.6 Records of the Division of Post Office Service
  
• 28.3.7 Records of the Division of Dead Letters
  
• 28.4 RECORDS OF THE BUREAU OF THE SECOND ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL AND SUCCESSORS 1808-1969
  
• 28.4.1 General records
  
• 28.4.2 Records of the Domestic Transportation Division
  
• 28.4.3 Records of the Division of Railway Mail Service
  
• 28.4.4 Records of the Division of Railway Adjustments
  
• 28.4.5 Records of the Division of International Postal Service
  
• 28.4.6 Records of the Division of Air Mail Service
  
• 28.5 RECORDS OF THE BUREAU OF THE THIRD ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL AND SUCCESSORS 1775-1968
  
• 28.5.1 General records
  
• 28.5.2 Records of the Division of Finance
  
• 28.5.3 Records of the Postal Savings System
  
• 28.5.4 Records of the Division of Money Orders
  
• 28.5.5 Records of the Division of Stamps
  
• 28.5.6 Records of the Division of Newspaper and Periodical Mail
  
• 28.6 RECORDS OF THE BUREAU OF THE FOURTH ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL
  1837-1970
  
• 28.6.1 General records
  
• 28.6.2 Records of the Division of Topography
  
• 28.6.3 Records of the Division of Motor Vehicle Service
  
• 28.6.4 Records of the Pneumatic Tube Service
  
• 28.6.5 Records of the Division of Post Office Quarters
  
• 28.6.6 Records of the Division of Equipment and Supplies
  
• 28.6.7 Records of the Division of Rural Mails
  
• 28.7 RECORDS OF THE BUREAU OF ACCOUNTS1883-1948
  
• 28.8 RECORDS OF THE BUREAU OF THE CHIEF INSPECTOR1829-1970
  
• 28.9 RECORDS OF THE BUREAU OF TRANSPORTANION1915-66
  
• 28.10 RECORD OF REGIONAL POST OFFICES1954-65
  
• 28.10.1 Records of the Atlanta Office
  
• 28.10.2 Records of the Chicago Office
  
• 28.11 LIBRARY COLLECTION OF POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT RECORDS 1804-1955
  
• 28.12 CARTOGRAPHIC RECORDS (GENERAL)
  
• 28.13 MOTION PICTURES (GENERAL)
  
• 28.14 SOUND RECORDINGS (GENERAL)1960-70
  
• 28.15 STILL PICTURES (GENERAL)1883-1959
  

28.1 ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY

Established: As an independent agency, by an act of February 20,1792 (1 Stat. 232).

• Postmaster General, 2d Continental Congress (1775-81)
  
• Postmaster General, Confederation Congress (1781-89)
  
• Office of the Postmaster General (OPMG, 1789-92)
  

Functions: Provided mail processing and delivery services toindividuals and businesses within the United States.

Abolished: Effective July 1, 1971, by the Postal ReorganizationAct (84 Stat. 719), August 12, 1970, and functions transferred tothe U.S. Postal Service (USPS).

Finding Aids: Arthur Hecht et al., comps., and Forrest R.Holdcamper, rev., Preliminary Inventory of the Records of thePost Office Department, PI 168 (1967); supplement in NationalArchives microfiche edition of preliminary inventories. JanetHargett, comp., List of Selected Maps of States and Territories,SL 29 (1971).

Related Records: Record copies of publications of the Post OfficeDepartment and its components in RG 287, Publications of the U.S.Government.

28.2 RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF THE POSTMASTER GENERAL
1773-1971

History: Position of Postmaster General created by 2d ContinentalCongress, July 26, 1775. Continued under Confederation Congressfollowing ratification of Articles of Confederation, March 1,1781. Temporary Office of Postmaster General established inFederal Government by the Post Office Act (1 Stat. 70), September22, 1789. Permanent Post Office Department established by thePost Office Act (1 Stat. 232), February 20, 1792. PostmasterGeneral made Cabinet member, 1829. Post Office Departmentelevated to Cabinet status by Post Office Act (17 Stat. 283),June 8, 1872. Superseded by USPS, 1971. SEE 28.1.

28.2.1 General records

Textual Records: Journals containing orders of the PostmasterGeneral, 1835-1953. Letters sent, 1789-1952 (with gaps). Lettersreceived, 1837-43. Letters sent by the private secretary, 1867-1901 (with gaps). Letters sent by the administrative assistant,July-December 1929. Letters sent by the executive assistant,1930-35. Postage stamp printing contracts, 1850-1906. Correspondence files of Postmaster General William M. Blount, 1969-70. Publications providing details of a wide span of postal activities, 1961-71. Subject files of the Department Planning Committee, 1966-68.

Microfilm Publications: M601.

28.2.2 Records of the Office of the Chief Clerk

History: Established, April 1818, to supervise field andinvestigative operations. Shared responsibility with AssistantPostmaster General and supervised Office of Mail Contracts afterdepartmental reorganization, 1825. Supervised Division of SpecialAgents and Mail Depredations, Office of the Topographer, theSuperintendent of Buildings, and the Disbursing Clerk, 1836-72.Assigned general administrative and operating functions by PostOffice Act (17 Stat. 283), June 8, 1872. Assigned supplementaryresponsibilities as Superintendent of Buildings, July 1, 1905,and as Director of Personnel, July 1, 1934. Superseded by Bureauof Personnel, 1955.

Textual Records: Fair copy of the journal of Hugh Finlay,Surveyor of Post Roads and Post Offices for the British PostOffice Department, 1773-74. Continental Congress post officedepartment dead letters book, 1777-88. Miscellaneous cashbooks,bonds, forms, printed material, and other records relating toU.S. and foreign post offices, 1794-1894. Manuscript annualreports, 1836-40, 1846. Congressional correspondence, 1839-58(with gaps). Inquiries of the Keep Commission aboutadministrative procedures, 1906-7. Letters sent, 1873-80, 1885-1910. Records relating to buildings occupied by the POD, 1827-55.Records relating to the experimental telegraph line built in 1843under the general direction of Samuel F.B. Morse and thePostmaster General, 1837-46. Telegraph rate agreements, 1866-1913. Correspondence concerning personnel and operation of theCensorship Board, 1917-18. General correspondence and reportsrelating to personnel, 1904-13. Exhibits to a report on RailwayMail Service printing offices, 1908. Scrapbook of issuances andnewspaper clippings relating to postal activities, 1823-71.

Microfilm Publications: T268.

Motion Pictures (124 reels): Post office buildings and theconstruction and dedication of the New Post Office, Washington,DC, 1931-34 (14 reels). Postal activities, equipment, andfacilities, including the Dead Letter Office, mail processing,parcel post, mail bags, stamps, mail robbery and misuse of themails, postal savings system, and instructions to mail users; andprominent persons, including Presidents Herbert C. Hoover andFranklin D. Roosevelt, and various Postmasters General, 1915-68(36 reels). Scenic film about Mount Rainier National Park, 1923(1 reel). German propaganda films relating to the conquest (1939-40) of Belgium, Holland, France, and Poland, 1940-41 (28 reels).Postal Service activities and events including the use of automation to improve mail service, n.d. (8 reels); how postal service operates, n.d. (14 reels); and how zip code works, n.d. (2 reels). Various stamp ceremonies, 1958-71 (43 reels). President Eisenhower, Vice President Nixon, and Postmaster General Summerfield attending the issuance of the Liberty 8-cent stamp, 1954 (1 reel). Postalequipment tests and demonstrations, and interiors of variousU.S. post offices, 1964-65 (11 reels).

28.2.3 Records of the Office of the Disbursing Officer

History: Position of Disbursing Clerk established by asupplementary appropriations act of March 3, 1853 (10 Stat. 211).Title changed to Superintendent of the Post Office Building andDisbursing Officer (or Clerk) by Post Office Act (17 Stat. 283),June 8, 1872. Position transferred to Office of the ThirdAssistant Postmaster General by appropriations act of June 19,1878 (20 Stat. 178). Established as independent office by orderof August 1, 1891. Redesignated Office of the Disbursing Officer,November 1, 1905. Redesignated Director of Postal Finance, andassigned to Bureau of Third Assistant Postmaster General,November 15, 1943.

Textual Records: Fiscal and other records relating to supplies,property, salaries, and building maintenance, 1862-1913.

28.2.4 Records of the Division of Service Relations

History: Welfare Division established, April 21, 1921,superseding the Postal Employees' Cooperative Store Association,established 1917. Date of Welfare Division redesignation asDivision of Service Relations not determined.

Textual Records: General records of the Postal Employees'Cooperative Store Association, Washington, DC, 1917-21. Recordsrelating to postal employee welfare programs developed throughnational, county, local, and departmental councils and boards,1921-30.

28.2.5 Records of the Office of the Solicitor

History: Established by act of May 8, 1794 (1 Stat. 354), toprovide legal advice to Postmaster General. Assistant AttorneyGeneral for the Post Office Department (AAGPOD) authorized byPost Office Act (17 Stat. 283), June 8, 1872, to be paid,pursuant to appropriations act of March 3, 1873 (17 Stat. 508),out of Department of Justice funds. Initial appointment made byPostmaster General, March 20, 1873. Office of Solicitor beganproviding staff assistance to AAGPOD, 1878. AAGPOD redesignatedSolicitor for the Post Office Department by appropriations act ofJune 6, 1914 (38 Stat. 497), but continued to be funded fromDepartment of Justice appropriations. Postmaster Generalauthorized to appoint and finance a Special Assistant to AttorneyGeneral, pursuant to act of July 28, 1916 (39 Stat. 412). Officeof the Solicitor absorbed the Office of the Special Assistant tothe Attorney General, 1934. Redesignated General Counsel, 1958.

Textual Records: Office files of Solicitor William H. Lamar,1912-22. Opinions, 1868-74, 1895-97. Letters sent, 1877-79, 1906.Selected case files, 1905-21, concerning use of the mails forfraud, sedition, lotteries, false advertising, transportation ofobscene matter, and other violations of postal laws andregulations, with indexes. Case files, registers, transcripts,and dockets relating to fraud cases, 1834-1951. Records relatingto nonmailable publications, 1940-47. Records relating to federaloperation of telephone, telegraph, and cable companies, 1918-21,with index and card file. Records relating to enforcement of theEspionage Act of 1917, as amended (1940), 1917-21, 1942-45.Correspondence and reports relating to investigations of airmailand ocean mail contracts, 1934-40. Registers of postmasters'claims for reimbursement, 1882-1929. Records relating to bondingof mail route carriers, 1901-2, 1908.

Subject Access Terms: Esquire Magazine case.

28.2.6 Records of the Office of the Purchasing Agent

History: Established by act of April 28, 1904 (33 Stat. 429).

Textual Records: Letters sent relating to supply and equipmentpurchases, 1904, 1910.

28.2.7 Records of the Special Assistant to the Postmaster General

History: Established in 1959 in response to the Post Office Department'sgrowing responsibilities and increased demands.Textual Records: Nationwide improved mail services publicity file, 1961.Press release books, 1953-62. Press releases, 1962.

28.2.8 Records of the Bureau of Finance and Administration

History: Created in 1964 as a successor to the Bureau of Finance.

Textual Records: Directives and publications case files, 1935-72.Paperwork management studies, 1955-69. Reorganization studies,1950-68. Subject files, 1957-69.

28.2.9 Records of the Bureau of Finance

History: Established by the 1949 Postal Reorganization Plan.

Textual Records: Records of the Cost Ascertainment Division,consisting of cost ascertainment final reports and appendices,1923-59; and reports on the cost ascertainment system, 1944-56. Records of the Postal Funds Division, consisting of bank correspondence files, 1908-55. Migratory bird hunting stamp file,1939-61. Embossed stamped envelope file, 1933-56. Regular, air mail,and commemorative stamp file, 1957-62.

28.2.10 Records of the Bureau of Facilities

History: Established by the 1949 Postal Reorganization Plan.

Textual Records: Organization history files and related records, 1931-60. Subject files, 1944-67.

28.2.11 Records of the Bureau of Research and Engineering

History: Established by PL 89-492, July 5, 1966.

Textual Records; Subject files, 1958-67. Construction and engineeringproject files, 1965-68.

28.2.12 Records of the Bureau of Transportation and International Services

History: Established in 1964 as the result of a name change from the Bureau of Transportation. Most of the original functions were transferred.

Textual Records: Special project reports and related records, 1966-67.Subject files, 1962-67. Highway post office discontinuation case files,1961-67. Railroad post office discontinuation case files, 1963-67. Sectional centers facility case files, 1963-66.

28.2.13 Records of the Post Office Changes Branch

History: Established as an unit of the Post Office Changes and RuralAppointment Division by the 1949 Postal Reorganization Plan. Thisunit by the late 1960's was termed the Postal Changes Branch.

Textual records: Establishment and discontinuation of post offices files, 1959-63.

28.3 RECORDS OF THE BUREAU OF THE FIRST ASSISTANT POSTMASTERGENERAL AND SUCCESSORS
1789-1971

History: Office of the Assistant Postmaster General establishedby 2d Continental Congress, July 26, 1775, and retained underFederal Government by Post Office Act (1 Stat. 70), September 22,1789. Redesignated Office of the First Assistant PostmasterGeneral pursuant to Post Office Act (2 Stat. 593), April 30,1810, which created Office of the Second Assistant Postmaster.Redesignated Bureau of the First Assistant Postmaster General,1942. Superseded by Bureau of Post Office Operations, inaccordance with Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1949, effectiveAugust 20, 1949. Redesignated Bureau of Operations, ca. 1959.Established and managed post offices; selected, nominated, orappointed postmasters; administered delivery service; and handledunmailable and undeliverable mail.

28.3.1 General records

Textual Records: Letters sent, 1793-1800. Orders ('Journals'),1867-1905. Miscellaneous correspondence, 1911-41. Journal of theFirst Assistant Postmaster, 1941.

28.3.2 Records of the Division of Postmasters

Textual Records: Record of earliest returns received frompostmasters, 1789-1818. Records relating to appointments ofpostmasters, 1815-1971. Records relating to the opening, closing,redesignation, and relocation of post offices, 1899-1914.

Microfilm Publications: M841, M1131.

28.3.3 Records of the Division of Post Office Clerical Service

Textual Records: Records relating to first- and second-class postoffices, 1889-1936, including appointment and salary files (1889-1907) and operating records (1916-36). Records relating tocontract stations and branches, 1916-35. Records relating toSunday service at post offices, 1911-12.

28.3.4 Records of the Division of City Delivery Service

Textual Records: Records relating to mail carriers employed infirst- and second-class post offices, 1888-1907; and to carriersseparated from the postal service, 1863-99. Reports ofinspections of city delivery service in Baltimore, MD, Kalamazoo,MI, and Pittsburgh, PA, 1929-31. Records relating to the DetroitRiver Steamboat Service, 1895-1928.

28.3.5 Records of the Division of Rural Delivery Service

Textual Records: Correspondence, 1898-1936. Issuances of theSuperintendent of the Free Delivery System, 1901-6. Statisticaldata, 1896-1910. Av music morpher gold serial.

28.3.6 Records of the Division of Post Office Service

Textual Records: Correspondence and reports relating toclassification of employees and measurement of work in postoffices, 1912, 1923-34.

28.3.7 Records of the Division of Dead Letters

Textual Records: Miscellaneous records, 1897-1930.

28.4 RECORDS OF THE BUREAU OF THE SECOND ASSISTANT POSTMASTER
GENERAL AND SUCCESSORS
1808-1969

History: Office of the Second Assistant Postmaster Generalestablished by the Post Office Act (2 Stat. 593), April 30, 1810(2 Stat. 593), to provide assistance in the field. Maderesponsible solely for transportation of the mail, November 15,1851. Redesignated Bureau of the Second Assistant PostmasterGeneral, 1942. Superseded by Bureau of Transportation (BOT),August 30, 1949. BOT abolished, with functions transferred toBureau of Operations, 1969.

28.4.1 General records

Textual Records: Letters sent, 1891-1934. Administrative records,1852-1968. Reports, 1911-31. Memorandums, 1914-29. Correspondenceconcerning airmail service, 1921-27. Notices to railway companiesconcerning mail transportation, 1885-1909. Roster of bureauemployees, 1893-1912. Railway and Steamship Company mail pay cases, 1912-35. Ocean mail and airmail contract program and policy files, 1928-34. Files of the Deputy Assistant PostmasterGeneral for the Bureau of Transportation (and InternationalServices), 1958-66. Records of the special administrative aide,consisting of budget estimates and appropriations reports, 1920-33, and reports of personnel changes, 1918-33. Correspondence andrelated records concerning the establishment of postal routes andair mail service in Alaska, 1934-48. Orders relating to mailroute service by 'electric cars,' 1948-55.

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28.4.2 Records of the Domestic Transportation Division

Registered Airmail Time

Textual Records: Historical files relating to airmail service,1935-62; and to inaugural ceremonies for highway post offices,1953-56. Case files pertaining to the establishment of routes forhighway post offices, 1940-59; and to the discontinuation ofhighway and railway post offices, 1964-67.

28.4.3 Records of the Division of Railway Mail Service

Textual Records: Correspondence, 1902-29. Records relating tomail service to the American Expeditionary Forces, ca. 1917-19.Directives, 1894-1955. Circular letters sent to chief clerks ofdistricts, 1911-17. Joint letter file, 1919-47. 'Decision Book'relating to railway mail rules and procedures, 1872-98.Statements of annual travel allowance, 1928-38. Organization andjob description sheets, ca. 1921-42. Rosters of clerks andagents, 1855-1915. Divisional newsletters, 1918-51. Registers ofrailroad and electric car mail route contracts, 1877-1948. Listsof mail service badges, 1905-19. Advertisements for Star Routecarriers, 1808-1958. Route registers for screen body motorvehicles, 1934-53. Record of Star Route changes in NJ, NY, andPA, 1946-53. Lists of Star Route mail contractors, 1833-77.Paybooks for Star Route service, 1851-66. Records relating togovernment-operated Star Route service by motortrucks, 1917-24.Case files pertaining to the operation of panel body vehicles,1949-53. Star Route mail contracts, 1814-1960 (with gaps),containing information about service to small post offices not onrailroad lines. Orders, contracts, and correspondence relating topowerboat and steamboat mail route service, 1859-1963. Recordsrelating to special service contracts, 1920-41. Records relatingto construction and maintenance of railway post office cars,1930-62.

28.4.4 Records of the Division of Railway Adjustments

Textual Records: Correspondence relating to rates paid for mailtransportation, 1907-46. Case files and correspondence concerningtransportation of mail matter by means other than the postalservice in violation of federal statutes, 1896-1933. Reports bypublic carriers of railway mail service performed, 1916-22.Registers of the employment of mail messengers, 1877-81, 1900-47.

28.4.5 Records of the Division of International Postal Service

Textual Records: Record copies of postal conventions with foreigncountries, 1848-1969. Records relating to postal congresses andconventions, 1888-1927. Publications of the Universal PostalUnion, 1947-67. Correspondence with the Second AssistantPostmaster General relating to international postal policies andagreements, 1887-1966. Correspondence, reports, andquestionnaires relating to vessels and routes employed in theocean mail service, 1929-39. Correspondence relating to militarypostal service during the Spanish-American War, 1898-1902.Records relating to the operation of postal services in Cuba,1896-1908; the Philippine Islands, 1895-1903; and Puerto Rico,1899-1900. Correspondence, airline schedules, financialstatements, surveys, and performance reports relating to theForeign Airmail Service, 1918-39. Records relating to militarymail, 1940-59. Miscellaneous records relating to internationalmail, 1914-37, and foreign parcel post facilities, 1911-12.

28.4.6 Records of the Division of Air Mail Service

Textual Records: General records of the Airmail Service, 1918-25,and the General Superintendent of the Service, 1926-42. Recordsof the Second Assistant Postmaster General concerning airtransport, 1926-42. Airmail route contracts, 1927-34. Selectedpersonnel records of air mail pilots and supervisors relating tooperations of the air mail service, especially unusual flights,accidents, and aircraft testing, 1918-27. Airmail servicepublicity materials, 1918-37. Records relating to airmail routesand autogiro and helicopter service, 1919-49. Correspondence andreports concerning National Airmail Week, 1938-39. Performanceand efficiency reports on domestic airmail service, 1920-41.Records relating to National Air Transport, Inc., 1926.

Maps (120 items): Landing fields and airmail routes, 1918-41 (98items). Published maps relating to airmail, 1919-55 (22 items).SEE ALSO 28.12.

Architectural and Engineering Plans (1,620 items, in WashingtonArea): Blueprints and specifications for airplanes, hangars, andequipment, 1918-25. SEE ALSO 28.12.

Motion Pictures (2 reels): The Story of the U.S. Mail, n.d. (1reel). Growth of airmail delivery, produced for National AirmailWeek, 1938 (1 reel). SEE ALSO 28.13.

Photographs (1,350 images): Development of airmail service,including the first transcontinental flight, operation of PanAmerican Airlines Mail Service, air mail pilots (notably CharlesLindbergh), post office officials, airplane accidents, and safetydevices, 1916-60 (MS). SEE ALSO 28.15.

Bebo main bebo mp3 song download. 28.5 RECORDS OF THE BUREAU OF THE THIRD ASSISTANT POSTMASTERGENERAL AND SUCCESSORS
1775-1968

History: Office of the Third Assistant Postmaster established byact of July 2, 1836 (5 Stat. 80), to supervise the settlement ofaccounts and, with Chief Clerk, to supervise the newlyestablished Inspection Office. Made responsible for all financialoperations not legally delegated to the Auditor, 1846, andsubsequently acquired responsibility for issuing stamps andrelated philatelic issuances; and managing money order, parcelpost, postal savings, and registered mail systems. RedesignatedBureau of the Third Assistant Postmaster General, 1942.Superseded by Bureau of Finance, in accordance withReorganization Plan No. 3 of 1949, effective August 20, 1949.Redesignated Bureau of Finance and Administration, 1964.

28.5.1 General records

Textual Records: Files of the Deputy Assistant Postmaster Generaland Controller, 1955-63, and of the Assistant Controller forField Operations, 1961-65.

28.5.2 Records of the Division of Finance

Textual Records: Accounts, ledgers, and journals of the GeneralPost Office, 1775-1803. General Post Office cashbooks, 1792-95.Post Office cashbooks, 1955-68. Correspondence of the division,1922-37. Salary journals and receipts of post offices, 1895-1956(including 2 rolls of microfilm). General ledgers for the wholedepartment, 1947-54.

28.5.3 Records of the Postal Savings System

Textual Records: Records relating to the establishment of thePostal Savings System, 1861-1913. Forms, 1912-13. Daily record ofcases received, 1913-51. General records, 1883-1957. Annualreports, 1937-64. Ledgers, 1911-59. Records relating to thediscontinuance of the Postal Savings System, 1951-68.

28.5.4 Records of the Division of Money Orders

Textual Records: Correspondence, memorandums, reports, andaccounts, 1868- 1936. Copies of international money orderconventions, with related correspondence, 1856-1966.

28.5.5 Records of the Division of Stamps

Textual Records: Stamp billbooks, 1870-97. Correspondencerelating to envelopes, 1857-1925. Ledger showing quantities andcosts of stamps furnished to postal services in Cuba, PuertoRico, the Philippine Islands, and Guam, 1898-1900. Records of thepostal card agent, 1893-1923. Historical file on early postagestamps, 1847-1901.

Related Records: Plate-proof stamp sheets, 1894-1962, in RG 28,are on permanent loan to the Smithsonian Institution, Washington,DC.

28.5.6 Records of the Division of Newspaper and Periodical Mail

Textual Records: Records relating to an increase in second-classrates, 1917-20.

28.6 RECORDS OF THE BUREAU OF THE FOURTH ASSISTANT POSTMASTERGENERAL
1837-1970

History: Office of the Fourth Assistant Postmaster Generalestablished by order of the Postmaster General, August 1, 1891,in accordance with provisions of appropriations act of March 3,1891 (26 Stat. 944). Office redesignated Bureau of the FourthAssistant Postmaster, 1942. Superseded by Bureau of Facilities inaccordance with Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1949, August 20,1949. Responsible for maintaining and operating post offices andequipment, for providing supplies, and for producing anddistributing route maps.

28.6.1 General records

Textual Records: General records, 1905-32. Correspondence ofFourth Assistant Postmaster General James I. Blakslee, 1914-20.

28.6.2 Records of the Division of Topography

Textual Records: Letters sent, 1901-11. Reports of site locationsand completed geographical information forms, 1837-1950.

Maps (2,924 items): Post route atlas of the United Statescompiled under the direction of David Burr, 1839 (13 items).Regional, state, county, and city maps, and a sampling of ruraldelivery route maps, showing post offices, mail delivery routes,mail-carrying railroads, navigable waters (1917), Congressionaldistricts (1935-40), frequency of mail service, and distancesbetween post offices, 1867-1970 (2,911 items). SEE ALSO 28.12.

28.6.3 Records of the Division of Motor Vehicle Service

Textual Records: Advertisements, contracts, and correspondenceconcerning manufacture and operation of mail transportationvehicles, 1858-1939. Correspondence relating to shipment of farmproducts by postal trucks, 1919-29.

Architectural and Engineering Plans (100 items, in Washington Area): Blueprints and similiar drawings of postal delivery vehicles submitted by vendors for possible procurement by the Post Office, 1967-70. SEE ALSO28.12.

Photographic Prints and Negatives (75 images): Postal delivery trucks and equipment, 1965-67 (TE). SEE ALSO 28.15.

28.6.4 Records of the Pneumatic Tube Service

Textual Records: Records, including interfiled blueprints,relating to the establishment and operation of the service, 1892-1953. Records of the Commission to Investigate Pneumatic TubePostal Systems (Pneumatic Tube Commission), 1912-14.

28.6.5 Records of the Division of Post Office Quarters

Textual Records: Correspondence and reports, 1916-42. Recordsrelating to leases of postal quarters, 1916-32. Blueprints,plans, and estimates for construction of postal quarters, andinterfiled reports concerning space and conditions in federalbuildings, 1911-30. Records relating to dedications of postoffice buildings, 1933-42.

28.6.6 Records of the Division of Equipment and Supplies

Textual Records: Cost reports on work in mail-equipment shops,1915-24. Miscellaneous records relating to division operations,1868-1911.

28.6.7 Records of the Division of Rural Mails

Postal Registered Airmail Tracking

Textual Records: Records relating to the employment of rural mailcarriers, 1901-20. General and accounting records concerning theoperation of rural mail routes and the administration of thedivision, 1906-34.

28.7 RECORDS OF THE BUREAU OF ACCOUNTS
1883-1948

History: Auditing of post office accounts vested in Office of theComptroller of the Treasury by act of September 2, 1789 ( 1 Stat.66). Assigned to Fifth Auditor of the Treasury by an act of March3, 1817 (3 Stat. 366), and to Sixth Auditor of the Treasury byact of July 2, 1836 (5 Stat. 81). Functions transferred to PostOffice Department and vested in newly established Bureau ofAccounts by the Budget and Accounting Act (42 Stat. 24), June 10,1921. Bureau terminated, 1953, and functions assigned to theBureau of Finance.

International Airmail Tracking

Textual Records: Correspondence, memorandums, and issuances,1862-1924. Copies of outgoing letters of George A. Howard,auditor, 1893-97. Letters sent, 1904-18. Accounts relating topostal services between the United States and foreign countries,1883-1948. Cost ascertainment reports, 1926-47.

28.8 RECORDS OF THE BUREAU OF THE CHIEF INSPECTOR
1829-1970

History: Responsibility for investigation of irregularities inthe POD vested by June 14, 1790, in Assistant Postmaster General,under supervision of the Office of Instructions, OPMG. Office ofInstructions redesignated Office of Instructions and MailDepredations and assigned to Office of the Second AssistantPostmaster General, 1830. Function transferred to MiscellaneousDivision, OPMG, 1835. Thereafter successively vested in ContractDivision, Office of the Second Assistant Postmaster General;Office of Mail Depredations, OPMG; Division of Special Agents andMail Depredations, OPMG; Division of Post Office Inspectors andMail Depredations, OPMG (and later in Office of the FourthAssistant Postmaster General); and Division of Post OfficeInspectors, OPMG. Bureau of the Chief Inspector established,February 2, 1939.

Textual Records: General records of the Postal Inspection Service, 1832-1970.Indexes to mail depredations, 1845-48. Reportsand letters sent by the Chief Special Agent, Office of MailDepredations, 1875-78. Case files of investigations, 1877-1903,including reports of secret internal investigations, 1894-95.Press copies of investigative reports, 1907-18. Statements ofarrest for offenses against postal laws, with related registersand indexes, 1864-99. Records relating to an investigation of theRailway Mail Service, 1925. Annual reports, 1905-35. Rosters ofinspectors and other employees, 1898-1909. Records of InspectionOffices at St. Louis, 1876-78; Denver, 1879-1907; Philadelphia,1896-1909; New York, 1907-8; Chicago, 1885-1907; San Francisco,1884-1909; Atlanta, 1907; and Chattanooga, 1898-1906. Inspectionreports on Rural Mail Service, 1904-31. Bimonthly generalintelligence press reports of the Justice Department relating toradical publications, 1918-22. Records of the Fraud and MailabilityDivision, consisting of foreign political propaganda case files, 1958-59; foreign political propaganda in-transist lists, 1958-59;policy and precedent docket case files, 1913-53; transcripts ofhearings, 1937-51; and air mail cases, 1943-53. Selected records relating to the John F. Kennedy assassination, 1962-68.Tables of investigation records exchanged between the POD and inspection offices in Atlanta,Austin, Boston, Chattanooga, Chicago, Cincinnati, Denver, KansasCity, New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis, St. Paul, San Francisco,Spokane, and Washington, DC, 1923-25. Press copies ofcorrespondence of inspectors in charge in Kansas City, 1902-8 (inKansas City) and Boston, 1899-1908 (in Boston).

Photographs (28 images): Chief postal inspectors, 1829-1961 (IP). SEEALSO 28.15.

28.9 RECORDS OF THE BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION1915-66

History: Established by the 1949 Postal Reorganization Plan. Abolishedin 1964, its functions transferred to the newly created Assistant PostalGeneral, Bureau of Transportation and International Services.

Textual Records: Subject files of the Assistant Postmaster General, 1915-66. Records of the Administration Division, consisting of reorganizationfiles, 1946-62; and administrative manual, 1922-55. Records of theAir Division, consisting of rate orders and related records, 1937-58; and foreign air mail rate case files, 1954-59. Records of the RailwayTransportation Division, consisting of postal inspection reports, 1958-63;and railroad operating agreements, 1948-56. Records of the InternationalService Division, consisting of records relating to the VIIIth Congress of the Postal Union of the Americas and Spain, 1960. Records of the Division of the Transportation Research, including the records of the branch consisting of general research project 10 regional final reports, 1956; report of the departmental committee on expedited first-class mail, 1956; and transportation study reports, 1958-59.

28.10 RECORD OF REGIONAL POST OFFICES
1954-65

28.10.1 Records of the Atlanta Office

Textual Records (in Atlanta): Transportation Planning Branch air and surfacetransportation studies (Georgia), 1954-60.

Maps (25 items, in Atlanta): Used with Transportation PlanningBranch air and surface transportation studies, 1954-60. SEE ALSO28.12.

28.10.2 Records of the Chicago Office

Textual Records (in Chicago): Records relating to publicity,1957-65.

28.11 LIBRARY COLLECTION OF POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT RECORDS
1804-1955

Textual Records: Letters received by the Postmaster General,1836-1910. Letters of the Second Assistant Postmaster Generaladdressed to all Superintendents of the Railway Mail Service,1948-55. Correspondence of the First and Second AssistantPostmasters General, 1862-69; the Chief Clerk and Director ofPersonnel, 1912-44; and the U.S. Postal Card Agency, 1856-92.Correspondence relating to postal exhibitions, 1891-93, 1927,1933-34. Correspondence and other records of the Dead LetterOffice, 1830-35, 1862-63, 1898; the Inspection Office, 1863,1914-52; the U.S. Stamped Envelope Agency, 1869- 1906; theRailway Mail Service, 1877-1939; and the Sea Post Service, 1924-26, 1942. Records relating to the Money Order Service, 1857-68,1876-1909, 1929-33; and to the international money orderbusiness, 1867-93. Documents relating to the Universal PostalUnion, 1862-1929. Opinions of the Attorney General for the PostOffice Department, 1909-25.

Maps (61 items): Collected by the Post Office Department Library,consisting chiefly of photostatic copies of maps of North America(1550 and 1700's), and including two printed maps showing U.S.post roads (1804 and ca. 1836), and maps of Prince George's andMontgomery Counties, MD (1878), and NJ (ca. 1882), 1804-1928. SEEALSO 28.12.

28.12 CARTOGRAPHIC RECORDS (GENERAL)

SEE Maps UNDER 28.4.6, 28.6.2, 28.10.1 and 28.11.SEE Architectural and Engineering Plans UNDER 28.4.6 and 28.6.3.

28.13 MOTION PICTURES (GENERAL)

SEE UNDER 28.2.2 and 28.4.6.

28.14 SOUND RECORDINGS (GENERAL)
1960-70

Speeches, interviews, press conferences, and remarks by variousPostmasters General, 1960-68 (32 items). Radio spotannouncements, 1965 (2 items). Zip code campaign, featuring EthelMerman singing the official zip code song, 1966 (1 item). U.S.Navy Band performing the 'Post Office March,' n.d. (1 item).President Richard M. Nixon signing the Postal Reform Bill, 1970(2 items).

28.15 STILL PICTURES (GENERAL)
1883-1959

Photographic Prints (3,800 images): Post offices in over 2,000 communities throughout the United States, 1900-40 (PB).

Photographs (10,000 images): Construction of post offices in theDistrict of Columbia, 1931-32; and interiors and exteriors ofpost offices and hazardous work areas, 1956-59 (F).

Photographic Prints (32 images): Post office buildings, ca. 1930-59; methods of transporting mail, n.d.; unidentified ceremony,1934; postal employees at work, ca. 1930-40; portrait of SamuelOsgood, First Postmaster General, n.d.; and a copy of an 1863portrait of President Abraham Lincoln taken by Alexander Gardner,n.d. (M).

Color Photographic Prints (18 images): Design sketches for postoffice buildings, n.d.; and 'Parade of Postal Progress' exhibitat the U.S. World Trade Fair Show, n.d. (M).

Photomechanical Reproductions (30 images): Post Office five-yearbuilding modernization and new equipment program, in pamphlet,n.d. (M).

Drawings (3 images): Federal building, San Diego Exposition,n.d.; Post Office Department Building, Washington, DC, n.d.; postoffice building, Glen Ridge, NJ, 1883 (M).

Posters (1 image): Air Mail Service advertisement, ca. 1930 (M, 1image).

Filmstrips (10 items): Mail transport by sea, 1920 (FS, 1 item).Used in training post office employees involved in mail delivery service, including such topics as the acceptance and delivery of domestic registered mail, duties of the transfer clerk, driving the fleetvan safely, and 'schemes and schedules,' ca. 1957-62 (D, 9 items).

SEE Photographs UNDER 28.4.6 and 28.8.

SEE Photographic Prints and Negatives UNDER 28.6.3.

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