Guide to the Postmaster Appointments Collection 1902-1919
Cage 5080

Summary Information

Repository
Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
Title
Postmaster Appointments Collection
ID
Cage 5080
Date [inclusive]
1902-1919
Extent
1.5 linear feet of shelf space, 2 items
Location
(MASC Staff Use) Map Case.
Language
Collection materials are in English.
Abstract
Collection containing certificates of postmaster appointments in towns in Washington and Pennsylvania in the early twentieth century.

Preferred Citation

[item description] Postmaster Appointments Collection, 1902-1919

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

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Scope and Content

This collection contains two items:

A certificate appointing Fred B. Goldsworthy as postmaster of Rosalia, Whitman County, Washington, dated April 4, 1919. Signed by Woodrow Wilson (note: probably a secretarial signature).

A certificate appointing James H. Porter as postmaster of New Wilmington, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, dated April 10, 1902. Signed by Theodore Roosevelt (note: probably a secretarial signature).

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections  © 2016

http://www.libraries.wsu.edu/masc/

Terrell Library

P.O. Box 645610

Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA

509-335-6691

mascref@wsu.edu

Revision Description

  

Restrictions on Access

This collection is open and available for research use.

Acquisition Information

When this item was processed in 2016 from an old cataloging backlog, no acquisition information could be located (MS.2016.13).

Processing Information

Megan Ockerman processed this collection in 2016.

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Names and Subjects

Subject(s)

  • Postmasters -- United States -- History -- Sources
  • Presidential appointments -- Specimens
  • Public Works.

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