Tulloch (Ethel) Papers, 1919-1941

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Summary

Title:
Ethel Tulloch Papers
Dates:
1919-1941
Creators:
Tulloch, Ethel
Abstract:
This collection contains the professional and personal papers of Ethel Tulloch both during and after her tenure in the San Diego Post Office.
Extent:
0.25 Linear feet (1 box)
Language:
Preferred citation:

Ethel Tulloch Papers, MS 210, San Diego History Center Document Collection, San Diego, CA.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains the professional and personal papers of Ethel Tulloch. The collection includes records of her activities with the National Federation of Post Office Clerks, her involvement with the Union Postal Clerk newsletter, and her election as the first woman to serve on the national board. There are also documents from an internal investigation conducted in 1920-1921 into Tulloch’s personal statements criticizing the Post Office as well as her resignation from the Post Office in 1924. Also included are documents concerning her later church volunteer work.

Biographical / historical:

Ethel Tulloch was born in Washington D.C. and moved to San Diego in 1907 with her parents Seymore W and Jessie S. Tulloch, her brother Thomas Tulloch, and sister Helen Tulloch Bowles (known locally as “Jitney Jane”). Ethel was employed by the Post Office for almost 20 years where she became deeply involved with the labor union, the National Federation of Post Office Clerks. In 1919, she was elected as 5th Vice President making her the first woman to be appointed to the governing board of the national organization. She went on to rise to become the second Vice President. In 1924 she resigned from the Postal Service to pursue charitable actives through her church.

Acquisition information:
Accession number 2001.051.
Processing information:

Collection processed by Amanda Hughes on August 8, 2012.

Collection processed as part of grant project supported by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) with generous funding from The Andrew Mellon Foundation.

Arrangement:

Arranged by subject.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Amanda Hughes
Sponsor:
Collection processed as part of grant project supported by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) with generous funding from The Andrew Mellon Foundation.
Date Prepared:
August 8, 2012
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2012-11-09T10:15-0800

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

The San Diego History Center (SDHC) holds the copyright to any unpublished materials. SDHC Library regulations do apply.

Preferred citation:

Ethel Tulloch Papers, MS 210, San Diego History Center Document Collection, San Diego, CA.

Location of this collection:
1649 El Prado, Suite 3
San Diego, CA 92101, US
Contact:
(619) 232-6203
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