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Railway Mail Service Collection, 1905-1985

Overview of the Collection

Title
Railway Mail Service Collection
Dates
1905-1985 (inclusive)
Quantity
3.8 ft.
Collection Number
Ms 59
Summary
Materials related to the Railway Mail Association, United States Railway Post Office, Highway Post Office, and Postal Clerk's Union.
Repository
Eastern Washington State Historical Society (Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture)
2316 W. First Avenue
Spokane, WA 99201
archives@northwestmuseum.org
Access Restrictions

Collection is not restricted.

Additional Reference Guides

Nolan, Edward W. A Guide to the Manuscript Collections in the Eastern Washington State Historical Society (Spokane, WA: Eastern Washington State Historical Society, 1987).

Languages
English
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Content Description

Personnel records, forms, reports, manuals of distribution schemes for various states, memoranda, and other records, of U.S. Railway Mail Service, chiefly relating to mail trains between Seattle, Washington, and Williston, North Dakota, via Spokane, Washington; correspondence, scrapbook, clippings, and other records, of Retired Railway Postal Clerks' Club of Spokane; correspondence, charters, minutes, newsletters, convention materials, clippings, and other records, of United Federation of Postal Clerks and its predecessors, Railway Mail Association and National Postal Transport Association; and miscellaneous records of U.S. Post Office Dept., and various organizations and companies. Subjects include highway post offices, work procedures, health and accident benefits, schedules, working conditions, and the operation of railway postal cars in the Pacific Northwest.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Publication Rights

Copyright has not been assigned to the Eastern Washington State Historical Society. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Museum Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Eastern Washington State Historical Society as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher

Preferred Citation

Railway Mail Service Collection (Ms 59), Eastern Washington State Historical Society/Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, Spokane, WA.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

The collection is arranged into 9 series:

  • Series 1, National Postal Transport Assocation
  • Series 2, Railway Mail Association
  • Series 3, U.S. Post Office
  • Series 4, U.S. Post Office (continued)
  • Series 5, U.S.P.O. Mobile Unit
  • Series 6, U.S.P.O. Railway Service
  • Series 7, U.S.P.O. Railway Mail Service
  • Series 8, U.S.P.O. Transportation Service
  • Series 9, Oversized

Custodial History

Collected by Retired Railway Postal Clerks' Club of Spokane, Wash.

Acquisition Information

Donated by Glenn Brown. This collection was formed by the Retired Railway Postal Clerks' Club of Spokane, Washington, from records of the Railway Mail Association and forms and memoranda of the United States Railway Post Office and the Highway Post Office.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Subject Terms

  • Highway post offices--United States
  • Labor unions--Postal workers--United States
  • Mobile post offices--Northwest, Pacific
  • Railroads--North Dakota
  • Railroads--Washington (State)
  • Railway mail cars
  • Railway mail service--Northwestern States
  • Transport workers--United States--Labor unions

Geographical Names

  • North Dakota--Transportation--Railroads
  • North Dakota--Postal service
  • Northwest, Pacific--Transportation--Railroads
  • Northwest, Pacific--Postal service
  • Seattle (Wash.)--Transportation--Railroads
  • Spokane (Wash.)--Transportation--Railroads
  • Washington (State)--Transportation--Railroads
  • Washington (State)--Postal service
  • Williston (N.D.)--Transportation--Railroads

Other Creators

  • Corporate Names

    • Railway Mail Association (U.S.) (creator)
    • Retired Railway Postal Clerks' Club of Spokane (creator)
    • United Federation of Postal Clerks (creator)
    • United States. Railway Mail Service (creator)

Finding aid prepared by Edward W. Nolan
1987

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