Description of the Railway Mail Service Logbook of Joseph R. Rudynski MS 570
CSRM Library & Archives staff
California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives
2020
Contributing Institution:
California State Railroad Museum Library & Archives
Title: Railway Mail Service logbook of Joseph R. Rudynski
Creator:
Rudynski, Joseph R.
Identifier/Call Number: MS 570
Physical Description:
.01 Linear Feet
1 folder
Date (inclusive): May 14, 1934 - Jun. 18, 1943
Abstract: This is the logbook of Railway Mail Service postal clerk Joseph R. Rudynski, while he worked in Chicago, Illinois in the 1930s
and 1940s.
Physical Location: Statewide Museum Collections Center: I2.210.M3
Language of Material:
English
.
Collection is open for research by appointment. Contact Library Staff for details.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Maria Rudynski, 2019
Joseph Richard Rudynski was born on March 10, 1906 in South Bend, Indiana. He worked for the Railway Mail Service as a postal
clerk in Chicago, Illinois in the 1930s and 1940s.
Joseph and his wife, Clara, had two children: a boy, Joseph, and a daughter, Sylvia. He died on March 15, 1988 in Los Angeles,
California.
[Identification of item], Railway Mail Service Logbook of Joseph Rudynski, MS 570, California State Railroad Museum Library
& Archives, Sacramento, California
This is the logbook of Railway Mail Service postal clerk Joseph R. Rudynski, while he worked in Chicago, Illinois in the 1930s
and 1940s. Also called a trip report memoranda (form 5308), it includes information about the train number, arrival and department
date, clerks on duty, type of rail car, and the amount of storage space used by the mail.
Copyright has been assigned to the California State Railroad Museum. Permission for publication must be submitted in writing
to the CSRM Library amp; Archives
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Railway mail service -- United States
Postal service employees
Railway Mail Service logbook, May 14, 1934 - Jun. 18, 1943