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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • Scope and Content of Collection
  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Railway Post Office booklet
    Dates: 1911-1913
    Collection Number: MS 545
    Creator/Collector: Railway Post Office
    Extent: 1 folder
    Repository: California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives
    Sacramento, California 95814
    Abstract: packages, jackets, registered cases, through registered pouches, and inner registered sacks, received by [Name], en route from [Location] to [Location]." Handwritten entries record a description of package, where postmarked, date of delivery, location of post office, name of R.P.O. or transfer clerk at station of delivery, and signature of employee to whom delivered. Inside front cover are printed "Special Instructions to Railway Postal Clerks in Relation to Registered Matter." This volume bears entries between 1911 and 1913. Appears to cover routes between Wichita Falls, Dallas and Denison, Texas. Inscription on front endpapers "Henry M. Campbell, 6/11/11, Wichita Falls and Dallas."
    Language of Material: English

    Access

    This collection is open for research at our off-site storage facility with one week's notice. Contact Library & Archives staff to arrange for access.

    Publication Rights

    Copyright has not been assigned to the California State Railroad Museum. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the CSRM Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the CSRM 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 reader.

    Preferred Citation

    Railway Post Office booklet. California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives

    Acquisition Information

    Gift of Stepen Von Biner, 2007

    Scope and Content of Collection

    packages, jackets, registered cases, through registered pouches, and inner registered sacks, received by [Name], en route from [Location] to [Location]." Handwritten entries record a description of package, where postmarked, date of delivery, location of post office, name of R.P.O. or transfer clerk at station of delivery, and signature of employee to whom delivered. Inside front cover are printed "Special Instructions to Railway Postal Clerks in Relation to Registered Matter." This volume bears entries between 1911 and 1913. Appears to cover routes between Wichita Falls, Dallas and Denison, Texas. Inscription on front endpapers "Henry M. Campbell, 6/11/11, Wichita Falls and Dallas."