Eastern Washington State Historical Society (Northwest
Museum of Arts & Culture), Joel E. Ferris Research Library and Archives
2316 W. First Avenue
Spokane, WA 99201
Phone: (509) 363-5342
Email: archives@northwestmuseum.org
Ms 59
Railway Mail Service Collection
1905-1985
3.8 ft.
Materials related to the Railway Mail Association, United
States Railway Post Office, Highway Post Office, and Postal Clerk's Union.
English
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.
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
Collection is not restricted.
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
Railway Mail Service Collection (Ms 59), Eastern Washington State Historical
Society/Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, Spokane, WA.
Collected by Retired Railway Postal Clerks' Club of Spokane, Wash.
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.
Nolan, Edward W.
A Guide to the Manuscript Collections in the
Eastern Washington State Historical Society (Spokane, WA: Eastern Washington State
Historical Society, 1987).
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the Online Computer Library
Center (OCLC) WorldCat database. Researchers desiring materials about related topics,
persons, or places should search WorldCat using these headings.
United States. Railway Mail
Service
Retired Railway Postal Clerks'
Club of Spokane
Railway Mail Association
(U.S.)
United Federation of Postal
Clerks
Railway mail service--Northwestern
States
Railway mail cars
Mobile post offices--Northwest,
Pacific
Railroads--Washington (State)
Railroads--North Dakota
Highway post offices--United States
Transport workers--United States--Labor
unions
Labor unions--Postal workers--United
States
Northwest,
Pacific--Transportation--Railroads
Northwest, Pacific--Postal
service
Washington
(State)--Transportation--Railroads
Washington (State)--Postal
service
North
Dakota--Transportation--Railroads
North Dakota--Postal
service
Seattle
(Wash.)--Transportation--Railroads
Spokane
(Wash.)--Transportation--Railroads
Williston
(N.D.)--Transportation--Railroads
Washington
(State)
Spokane
Seattle
Labor
Unions
Media and
Communication
Railroads
Introduction & Inventory
1
1
American Postal Workers Accident and Benefit Association
- Charter, Consitution, By-Laws & Ritual
1972-1974
1
2
Amsterdam Printing Co. - Advertising Brochure: Practice
Bards, Case Labels, Schemes, Cases
January 1,
1925
1
3
Amsterdam Printing Co. - Questions and Naswers to Postal
Laws and Regs. Appplicable to the Railway Rail Service
1931
1
4
Bergman, Reubin P.C. - Trip Report Memoranda
1937
1
5
Brotherhood of Railroad Postal Clerks - National
Consitution
1915
1
6
Canada Post - British Columbia Preferential Mail
Scheme
January 1970
1
7
Livensparger, Orville E. - Suspension Letter for
Unauthroized Person on Mail Car
September 6,
1911
1
8
Series 1
National Postal Transport Association
Correspondence on Internal Politics
1953
1
9
41st National Convention
October
1953
1
10
43rd National Convention
November
1958
1
11
13th Division Postal Transport Review
May-June
1958
1
12
The Postal Transit
February
1951
1
13
Oregon-Washington Navigation Co. - Weight of Mail
Conveyed Outward (Form)
1914
1
14
Series 2
Railway Mail Association
Funeral Services Programs
1964-1970
1
15
Deceased Members Roster
1
16
Minutes, L.C. Macomber, Secretary
1914-1927
1
17
National Convention
1941
1
18
National Convention
1947
1
19
News Clippings
1931-1977
1
20
Parody of U.S.P.O. Official Seal
1
21
Scrapbook,, Wyatt Tindle
1945-1947
1
22
Substitute Members
1941-1945
1
23
Retired Railway Postal Clerks Club -
Correspondence
January-February
1963
1
24
Seattle Post Office - General Orders
March 26
& April 9, 1970
1
25
Seattle Post Office - General Orders
March 26
& April 9, 1970
1
26
Spokane Post Office - One Hundred Years of Service
Celebration
1972
1
27
Tessendorf, Alvin F. - Memorabilia
1
28
United Federation of Postal Clerks - Local 28
News
January 1963
1
29
United Federation of Postal Clerks - Local 28
News
February 1964
1
30
United Federation of Postal Clerks Benefit Association -
Charter, Consitution, By-Laws and Ritual
1964-1970
1
31
U.S. Civil Service Commission - Federal Employees
Facts
September
1966
1
32
Series 3
U.S. Post Office
Accident & Illness Reporting Forms &
Memo
1959-1965
1
33
Carrier Route Map of Spokane Business
Distr.
1
34
Cost Ascertainment
July
1964-1965
1
35
Defective Lock Label (Form)
May 1958
1
36
Delay to Transit Mail (Form)
August 1961
1
37
Damaged Mail, Prevention of
April 21,
1956
1
38
Distribution Scheme for Seattle, WA
November
1943
1
39
Distribution Scheme for Official Mail for Washington,
DC
1928
1
40
General Scheme of Denver, CO Region
April 18,
1967
1
41
General Scheme for Portland, Oregon
1938
1
42
General Scheme for Seattle, WA
April 13,
1967
1
43
General Scheme for Spokane, Washington
March 1928
1
44
General Scheme for Wyoming
April 18,
1967
1
45
Highway P.O. Service Established: Portland-Corvallis,
Or
January 10,
1949
1
46
Information Bulletin for Supervisors, Seattle,
Washington
June 1969
1
47
U.S. P.O. Logistics Div., Star Route Service at
Wenatchee, Washington, Christmas
November 19,
1969
1
48
Series 4
U.S. Post Office (continued)
Methods Handbook: Transfer Clerks
July 1966
1
49
Notice of Improperly Prepared Mail (Form)
January
1961
1
50
Notices of Unsatisfactory Condition of Postal
Car
October 1963
and June 14, 1970
1
51
Office Memo Form
January
1955
1
52
"Officially Sealed" Labels
1
53
Penalty Mail Envelopes
1
54
Postal Guide, Part I: Domestic Postal
Service
July 1953
1
55
Regional Bulletin, Seattle, Washington
June 3,
1969
1
56
Regional Bulletin, Seattle, Washington
March 31,
1970-April 7, 1970
1
57
Registered Package Receipts
March 1917
1
58
Registry Balance Sheets
1
59
Registry Dispatch Receipt Card
March 1924
1
60
Registry Scheme of Spokane, WA
April 6,
1949
1
61
Report of Article Found Loose in Mail Bag
(Form)
November
1949
1
62
Report of Damaged Parcel Post (Form)
1957,
1962
1
63
Report of Irregularity (Form)
August 1963
1
64
Report of Mail Found in Supposedly Empty Equipment
(Form)
September
1961
1
65
Report of Rifled Parcel (Form)
September
1957
1
66
Request for/or Notification of Absence
(Form)
January
1969
1
67
Registered Jacket (Sample)
1
68
Safety Progress for Postal Supervisors, #1
1969
1
69
Seattle Management Briefs
March 1971
1
70
Schedule of Mail Routes, Seattle Region
July 17,
1969
1
71
Reusable Tags for Pouches (Samples)
1
72
Transit Delays (Form)
January
1965
1
73
Use and Care of the Revolver
September 1,
1959
1
74
Wrapper Found Without Contents (Form)
September
1961
1
75
ZIP Directory, Seattle, WA
1963
1
76
ZIP Directory, Spokane, WA
1963
1
77
U.S.P.O. Bureau of Transportation - General Scheme for
Idaho
September
1960
1
78
Series 5
U.S.P.O. Mobile Unit
Trip Report Payroll (Form)
April 1960
2
1
Clerks Instructions
August 1958
2
2
Applications to Exchange Runs or Tours by
Employees
May 10,
1953 and September 27, 1963
2
3
Assigned Minutes
April 19,
1969
2
4
Book Orders, Williston & Seattle
R.P.O.
March 18,
1959
2
5
Clerical Seniority Listing
June 14,
1969
2
6
Cost Ascertainments
1964
2
7
Distribution Priority & Work
Assignments
June 12,
1960
2
8
Employees Instructions
September
15, 1964 and November 1, 1966
2
9
Memoranda to Personnel
November 3,
1970
2
10
Mobile Sub Hours Assignment
October 29,
1967
2
11
Notice of Failure to Receive or Put Off Mail
(Form)
June 1958
2
12
Organization of Williston - Seattle W.D.
R.P.O.
March 20,
1959
2
13
Penalty Envelopes
2
14
Register of Runs & Time Record Data
April 5,
1969
2
15
Reorganization of Williston and Seattle West
Division
April 19,
1969
2
16
Report of Dated Runs - Sack and Pouch
Labels
April 1969
2
17
Request for Supplies (Form)
May 1963
2
18
Transportation Clerks Instructions
August 1,
1958
2
19
Trip Report Correction Slip (Form)
August 1959
2
20
Trip Report Memoranda
1964-1965
2
21
Trip Reports (Samples)
1965-1966
2
22
Trip Reports
1965-1970
2
23
U.S.P.O. Operations Division - Dispatch
Changes
June 1969-January
1971
2
24
Series 6
U.S.P.O. Railway Service
Cancel for the Last Run of Train 27
September 15,
1967
2
25
Car Seal (Sample)
2
26
Damaged, Unsealed, Etc., Registered Mail
Envelope
2
27
Distribution Scheme for California
2
28
Distribution Scheme for Idaho
1923
2
29
Distribution Scheme for Idaho
1938
2
30
Distribution Scheme for Idaho
1947
2
31
Distribution Scheme for Idaho
1953
2
32
Distribution Scheme for Idaho
1960
2
33
Distribution Scheme for Idaho
August 1967
2
34
General Scheme for Montana
March 1938
2
35
General Scheme for Montana
1947
2
36
General Scheme for Montana
1953
2
39
General Scheme for Nevada
1925
2
40
General Scheme for Oregon
1917
2
41
General Scheme for Oregon
1938
2
42
General Scheme for Oregon
1946
2
43
General Scheme for Oregon
July 1965
2
44
General Scheme for Washington
1939
2
45
General Scheme for Washington
1947
2
46
General Scheme for Washington
1950
2
47
General Scheme for Washington
1954
2
48
General Scheme for Washington
August 1960
2
49
General Scheme for Washington
April 1965
2
50
General Scheme for Washington
1965-1970
2
51
General Scheme for Wyoming
1950
2
52
Series 7
U.S.P.O. Railway Mail Service
Leave of Absence Policy
September 12,
1956
2
53
Postal Laws, Regulations, Seniority Rules, Service
Rating System & Space Ruling
1941
2
54
Pouches Not Dispatched (Form)
July 1924
2
55
Registry Balance Sheet (Form)
November
1938
2
56
Schedule of Mail Routes, #144, 13th
Division
November 30,
1940
2
57
Schedule of Mail Routes, #183, 13th
Division
January 24,
1950
2
58
Schedule of Mail Trains, 8th Division
March
1905
2
59
Schedule of Mail Trains, #87
July 16,
1925
2
60
Seniority Lists
April 1,
1946
2
61
Seniority Lists
April 1,
1948
2
62
Seniority Lists
March 31,
1949
2
63
Service Rating System
1921
2
64
U.S.P.O. Railway P.O. - Supervisors's Record of Storage,
etc.
January 1963
2
65
Series 8
U.S.P.O. Transportation Service
Clerk's Memorandum for Trip Report
August 1958
2
66
Grievance Procedure
August 28,
1956
2
67
Records of Pouches Received & Dispatched
(Form)
August 1958
2
68
Statement of Mails Loaded in Storage
(Form)
2
69
Series 9
Oversized
State of Washington, Office of the Governor - Pardons,
Commutations and Paroles
February 20,
1943
1
1
U.S.P.O. Railway Mail Service - Distribution Scheme
for British Columbia
July 1923
1
2
U.S.P.O. Railway Mail Service - General Orders, 13th
Division
1932-1934
1
3
U.S.P.O. Railway Mail Service - Official
Racks
1956-1957
1
4
U.S.P.O. Transportation Service - General
Order
February 7,
1950
1
5
U.S.P.O. Mobile Unit - Pouch Labels
(Samples)
1
6
Railway Mail Service - Case Examination
Records
1908-1914
1
7
Retired Railway Postal Clerks' Club -
Scrapbook
1928-1985
1
8