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1Author:  Elias, Arnold; Collins, Harold B.; Berlowe, Herman; United States Postal ServiceRequires cookie*
 Title:  Tucson, Arizona Post Office Administration and Public Relations Collection 1945-1998 ead 
 Date(s):  1945-1998 
 Abstract:  This collection spans the administrations of Tucson postmasters Harold B. Collins and Arnold R. Elias. It contains documents, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and photographs of post office employees, events and public relations campaigns. 
 Repository:  Postal History Foundation, Peggy J. Slusser Memorial Philatelic Library 
 Subjects:  United States Postal Service. | Postal Service--Arizona--Tucson--Employees. | Postmasters--Arizona--History. | Zip codes--Arizona--History. | Tucson (Ariz.)--Postal Service--History. 
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2Author:  Stevens, Carl T., Jr. United States Postal ServiceRequires cookie*
 Title:  Carl T. Stevens, Jr. Collection 1948-1994 ead 
 Date(s):  1948-1994 
 Abstract:  This collection includes drawings, cartoons, newsletters, training documents, technical manuals and reports created by Carl T. Stevens, Jr. during his tenure as Industrial Engineer for the Tucson Post Office. Stevens was tasked with the goal of improving productivity of postal operations, and he uses humor and cartoons to convey information. 
 Repository:  Postal History Foundation, Peggy J. Slusser Memorial Philatelic Library 
 Subjects:  Stevens, Carl T., Jr. | United States Postal Service--Tucson Division. | Postal Service--Arizona--Tucson--Employees. 
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3Author:  Postal History FoundationRequires cookie*
 Title:  Postal History Foundation Post Office Field Trip Collection 1982-1993 ead 
 Date(s):  1982-1993 
 Abstract:  This collection consists of itineraries, photographs (including some photographic negatives), maps, narratives, and general information about field trips taken by various employees and volunteers of the Western Postal History Museum (now the Postal History Foundation) to Arizona post offices in the 1980s and early 1990s. 
 Repository:  Postal History Foundation, Peggy J. Slusser Memorial Philatelic Library 
 Subjects:  United States Postal Service. | Post Offices--Arizona--History. | Postal Service--Arizona--History. 
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4Author:  unknownRequires cookie*
 Title:  Omega Williamson Philatelic Papers 1920-1996 (bulk 1957-1996) ead 
 Date(s):  1920-1996 
 Abstract:  This collection contains photographs and memorabilia related to the Postal History Foundation and philatelic events. It also includes notes and correspondence regarding early Spanish mail and Ray Brandes’s English translation of Historia del correo en América by Cayetano Alcazar Molina. 
 Repository:  Postal History Foundation, Peggy J. Slusser Memorial Philatelic Library 
 Subjects:  Stamp collecting | Postal service--History--Arizona 
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5Author:  United States Postal ServiceRequires cookie*
 Title:  Tyrone, New Mexico Postal Documents Collection 1907-1943 ead 
 Date(s):  1907-1943 
 Abstract:  This collection reprsents the postal history of Tyrone, New Mexico, 1907-1943. It contains official postal documents used in the daily business of the post office, correspondence from and to the post masters, ledgers documenting packages and monies mailed to and received from locations around the world, and newspaper clippings of post office daily operations and activities. The names of New Mexico residents are noted in several of the ledgers in regards to packages and COD records. The collection provides a history of postal operations in New Mexico and is of particular use to those interested in postal history and genealogy. 
 Repository:  Postal History Foundation, Peggy J. Slusser Memorial Philatelic Library 
 Subjects:  United States Postal Service. | Post office stations and branches--New Mexico. | Mines and mineral resources--New Mexico--History. | Tyrone (N.M.)--Postal Service--History. 
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6Author:  unknownRequires cookie*
 Title:  John McCaskie Railway Mail Clerk Papers 1881-1967 bulk 1881-1899 ead 
 Date(s):  1881-1967 
 Abstract:  This collection contains documents, receipts, and memorabilia from John McCaskie’s service as a railway mail clerk and member of the United States Railway Mail Service Mutual Benefit Association (U.S.R.M.S.M.B.A.). 
 Repository:  Postal History Foundation, Peggy J. Slusser Memorial Philatelic Library 
 Subjects:  Railway mail service -- United States | Railway Mail Association (U.S.) 
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7Author:  Postal History Foundation (Western Postal History Museum)Requires cookie*
 Title:  John and Lillian Theobald Postcards, Letters and Postmarks Collection 1889-1926 ead 
 Date(s):  1889-1926 
 Abstract:  This collection contains Arizona Territorial and Arizona statehood correspondence collected by John and Lillian Theobald, respected scholars and collectors of Arizona postal history. The collection features Arizona Territorial, Arizona statehood, and R.P.O. postmarks, on a variety of covers, including postcards and envelopes. The collection also contains black and white photos, and a rare small-sized shipment box. 
 Repository:  Postal History Foundation, Peggy J. Slusser Memorial Philatelic Library 
 Subjects:  Theobald, John. | Theobald, Lillian. | Postcards--Arizona. | Postmarks--Arizona. | Postage stamps--French Polynesia--Tahiti. | Postmarks--French Polynesia--Tahiti. | Postal service--United States--Arizona--History. | Railway mail service--United States. 
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8Author:  unknownRequires cookie*
 Title:  Betty Bernheim Automobile Covers Collection 1924-1991 ead 
 Date(s):  1924-1991 
 Abstract:  This collection is comprised of covers—mail that was originally sent by Arizona automotive dealers and other automotive-related companies. All are postmarked in Arizona. It also includes the exhibit “Travel the Open Road,” which includes covers postmarked from Arizona cities with small descriptions of the companies who sent the mail and the automobile makes they sold or serviced (or gasoline and tires they sold). 
 Repository:  Postal History Foundation, Peggy J. Slusser Memorial Philatelic Library 
 Subjects:  Covers (Philately)--Automobiles. | Cachets (Philately)--Automobiles. | Covers (Philately)--Automobiles--Tires. | Cachets (Philately)--Automobiles--Tires. | Covers (Philately)--Gasoline. | Cachets (Philately)--Gasoline. | Cachets (Philately)--Service stations. | Cachets (Philately)--Service stations. 
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9Author:  unknownRequires cookie*
 Title:  First Day of Issue Programs 1953-2019 ead 
 Date(s):  1953-2019 
 Abstract:  This collection contains programs for the first day of issue of United States postage stamps. 
 Repository:  Postal History Foundation, Peggy J. Slusser Memorial Philatelic Library 
 Subjects:  Postage stamps -- United States. | Commemorative postage stamps -- United States | Postal service -- United States. | Stamp collecting -- United States. | Celebrations, anniversaries, etc. -- Programs (Publication). 
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10Author:  unknownRequires cookie*
 Title:  Arizona Postcards Collection 1891-1990 ead 
 Date(s):  1891-1990 
 Abstract:  This is a collection of approximately 600 postcards relating to the State of Arizona. The postcards in the collection date from 1891 through the 1990s, but most of the items are from Arizona’s Territorial period through to the early 1920s. The collection includes real photo cards, greeting cards, and panoramic cards. The postcards in this collection are a visual demonstration of how Arizona has changed since the territorial period and many of the cards show buildings, people and ways of life which no longer exist. Messages on the reverse of these postcards comment on the experiences of inhabitants and visitors. Postmarks show post offices and in some cases towns which have disappeared, and demonstrate modes of postal delivery (such as railway post) which were key to the development of transportation throughout the western United States. 
 Repository:  Postal History Foundation, Peggy J. Slusser Memorial Philatelic Library 
 Subjects:  Postal service--United States--History. | Postcards--Arizona. | Tourism--Arizona--History. | Parks--Arizona. | Indians of North America--Arizona--Pictorial works. 
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11Author:  Postal History Foundation (Western Postal History Museum)Requires cookie*
 Title:  History of the Postal History Foundation Collection 1960-2012 ead 
 Date(s):  1960-2012 
 Abstract:  This is a collection of documents, reports, photographs, correspondence and clippings related to the history of the Postal History Foundation. It begins with the original organization of the Western Postal History Museum at the Arizona Pioneers' Historical Museum (now the Arizona Historical Society) and continues through the move to the building on 1st Avenue, as well as to the name change to the Postal History Foundation. 
 Repository:  Postal History Foundation, Peggy J. Slusser Memorial Philatelic Library 
 Subjects:  Alexander, William L. | Western Postal History Museum. | Postal History Foundation. | Stamp collecting. | Postal service--United States--History. 
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12Author:  UnknownRequires cookie*
 Title:  New Mexico Territorial Covers Collection [1874]-1912 ead 
 Date(s):  [1874]-1912 
 Abstract:  This collection includes covers, postcards and letters mailed from towns in New Mexico during the state’s territorial period. Items of interest include real photo postcards which show images of: the Alvarado in Albuquerque (postmarked Anapra 1908); the Catholic Church in Las Cruces (postmarked Acme 1909); the Overland Limited Train (postmarked Black Tower 1910); Deming, NM (postmarked Carne 1912); a cattle ranch near Portales (postmarked Carter, 1907); a birdseye view of Folsom (postmarked Cuates, 1911); the Institute for the Blind, Alamogordo (postmarked Carrizozo); the hospital at Dawson, 1909; Main Street, Tucumcari, (postmarked Dodson 1911); Mexican Revolution politician Federico Gonzalez Garza (postmarked Elephant Butte 1911); Main Street, Melrose (postmarked House 1910); Tucumcari High School (postmarked Hanley 1911); the wholesale district, El Paso, (postmarked Lanark 1908); unknown building in Lamy, 1906; Main Street Las Cruces, 1908; the Church at Isleta Pueblo (postmarked Leopold 1906); St. Anthony’s Sanitarium at Las Vegas, 1910 (Postmarked Levy and Porvenir 1910); Lodge at Cloudcroft, (postmarked Mountain Park); Bravo Ranch Quarters (postmarked Nara Visa 1908); Chaves Courthouse in Roswell (postmarked Orchard Park 1911) Pipeline from Mountains (postmarked Orogrande 1907); Alameda Park Depot and Office Bldg, Alamogordo (postmarked Oscuro 1908); President Porfirio Diaz in a parade at El Paso (postmarked Pearl 1909); Souvenir of Silver Springs, (postmarked Silver Springs 1911); View of Sylanite (postmarked Sylvanite 1909); Street Scene, Silver City (postmarked Tyrone, 1910). A number of picture cachets are also in the collection, including: a cachet of St. Michaels College (postmarked Santa Fe 1889); a cachet with a map of Colorado and New Mexico (postmarked Lookout 1880); and a cachet for “A. Gusdorf Grain Mill (postmarked Ranches of Taos, 1888). Letters in the collection include: a letter from a teacher describing Christmas celebrations and social events in 1907 in Alma; letters about the economy (lumber, farming, mining), horses and people and a postcard, from Copperton, 1905; a letter from a German speaking soldier at, Fort Stanton, 1886; a letter about Statehood Day and taxes (postmarked Lakewood, 1912); a letter about house construction in Madison; a letter saying “thanks for the tobacco” and about organizing a Breeder’s Association in Mesilla, 1906; a letter with details of raising and selling hogs, Ruidoso, 1911; a letter about bad condition of the church and school, Silver City, 1909; and a letter which is described as the writers “last correspondence from the New Mexico Territory”. Other interesting items include: a cover from Gascom dated 1900, signed by the postmaster on the closing date of the post office; a handwritten postmark, dated 1878, Loma Parda; a handwritten postmark and letter from Turquesa 1881; a postmark from the KC and La Jolla RPO (postmarked Melrose, 1908); covers from 1874 and 1875, Santa Fe. 
 Repository:  Postal History Foundation, Peggy J. Slusser Memorial Philatelic Library 
 Subjects:  New Mexico -- History. | Postal Service -- New Mexico. | Postcards -- New Mexico. | Mining -- New Mexico -- History. | Frontier and pioneer life -- New Mexico -- History. 
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13Author:  Rhodes, Rosa RonquilloRequires cookie*
 Title:  Rosa Ronquillo Rhodes Collection 1911-2009 ead 
 Date(s):  1911-2009 
 Abstract:  Rosa Ronquillo Rhodes (1894-1982) was the postmistress on a ranch in Redington, Arizona (Pima County) from 1922-1936. Of Mexican descent, she was the first child in her family to become literate, and held a position that was central to the ranching community in which she lived. This collection of photographs, postcards, postal documents, and an oral history by her daughter portrays her life as a postmistress, as well as offers a glimpse into ranch life in rural Arizona during that period. 
 Repository:  Postal History Foundation, Peggy J. Slusser Memorial Philatelic Library 
 Subjects:  Rhodes, Rosa Ronquillo, 1894-1982. | Williams, Berta Rhodes. | Postmasters--1920-1930. | Postal Service--Arizona--Employees. | Ranch life--Arizona--Pima County. | Redington (Ariz.)--History. 
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14Author:  UnknownRequires cookie*
 Title:  Mexican Border Disturbances Collection 1912-1917 ead 
 Date(s):  1912-1917 
 Abstract:  This collection includes photo postcards and an original exhibit of postcards, covers and correspondence relating to the border disturbances in and around Columbus, New Mexico and Arizona during the Mexican Revolution. The letters (dated 1914-1915) are written by T.W. Eiler, 13th Cavalry, to his aunt Nora Altwater in Newport, Ohio. He mentions disturbances in Naco and Douglas Arizona, as well as those in New Mexico. 
 Repository:  Postal History Foundation, Peggy J. Slusser Memorial Philatelic Library 
 Subjects:  Villa, Pancho, 1878-1923. | Postal service--New Mexico--History. | Mexico--History--Revolution 1910-1920. | Douglas (Ariz.)--History. | Fort Huachuca (Ariz.)--History. | Naco (Ariz.)--History. | Columbus(N.M.)--History. 
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15Author:  Peters, Clarence Nicholas, 1903-1984Requires cookie*
 Title:  Cal Peters Collection 1965-1990 ead 
 Date(s):  1965-1990 
 Abstract:  This collection includes sketches, photographs, slides and background information on the paintings and dioramas by Cal Peters, which were commissioned by the Western Postal History Museum in the 1960s. 
 Repository:  Postal History Foundation, Peggy J. Slusser Memorial Philatelic Library 
 Subjects:  Peters, Clarence Nicholas, 1903-1984. | Camels--United States--History. | Mohave Indians--Arizona. | Massacres--Wickenburg Region (Ariz.)--History. | Apache Indians--Arizona. | Mule train mail. | Train robberies--Arizona. | Air mail service--Arizona. | Postal History Foundation. | Western Postal History Museum (Tucson, Ariz.) 
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