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Box 4

 Container

Contains 22 Results:

Contract, U. S. Postal Service and CB&Q Railroad Company, 1885

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 18
Identifier: CB&Q A-4-3
Scope and Contents note From the Series: The collection includes extensive correspondence, written between 1884 and 1911, among W. H. Gordon and former railway and post office employees, attesting that the idea of a railway mail car originated with William A. Davis. There is one letter written by Davis to G. W. McLellan, Postmaster General, in 1862, describing his method of distributing mail on train cars. There are photographic portraits of Davis, Gordon, and other men connected with the Railway Mail Service who were acquaintances...
Dates: 1885

Correspondence - Davis, W. A. to G.W. McLellan, Assistant Postmaster General (copy), 1862

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 19
Identifier: CB&Q A-4-3
Scope and Contents note From the Series: The collection includes extensive correspondence, written between 1884 and 1911, among W. H. Gordon and former railway and post office employees, attesting that the idea of a railway mail car originated with William A. Davis. There is one letter written by Davis to G. W. McLellan, Postmaster General, in 1862, describing his method of distributing mail on train cars. There are photographic portraits of Davis, Gordon, and other men connected with the Railway Mail Service who were acquaintances...
Dates: 1862

Extract from "A Life Span and Reminiscences of Railway Mail Service," by James E. White, 1910

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 20
Identifier: CB&Q A-4-3
Scope and Contents note From the Series: The collection includes extensive correspondence, written between 1884 and 1911, among W. H. Gordon and former railway and post office employees, attesting that the idea of a railway mail car originated with William A. Davis. There is one letter written by Davis to G. W. McLellan, Postmaster General, in 1862, describing his method of distributing mail on train cars. There are photographic portraits of Davis, Gordon, and other men connected with the Railway Mail Service who were acquaintances...
Dates: 1910

Material re: Bronze Tablet honoring W. A. Davis, 1905, 1914

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 21
Identifier: CB&Q A-4-3
Scope and Contents note From the Series: The collection includes extensive correspondence, written between 1884 and 1911, among W. H. Gordon and former railway and post office employees, attesting that the idea of a railway mail car originated with William A. Davis. There is one letter written by Davis to G. W. McLellan, Postmaster General, in 1862, describing his method of distributing mail on train cars. There are photographic portraits of Davis, Gordon, and other men connected with the Railway Mail Service who were acquaintances...
Dates: 1905, 1914

Memos from the Advertising Agent, 1934

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 22
Identifier: CB&Q A-4-3
Scope and Contents note From the Series: The collection includes extensive correspondence, written between 1884 and 1911, among W. H. Gordon and former railway and post office employees, attesting that the idea of a railway mail car originated with William A. Davis. There is one letter written by Davis to G. W. McLellan, Postmaster General, in 1862, describing his method of distributing mail on train cars. There are photographic portraits of Davis, Gordon, and other men connected with the Railway Mail Service who were acquaintances...
Dates: 1934

Newsclippings, 1925-1927

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 23
Identifier: CB&Q A-4-3
Scope and Contents note From the Series: The collection includes extensive correspondence, written between 1884 and 1911, among W. H. Gordon and former railway and post office employees, attesting that the idea of a railway mail car originated with William A. Davis. There is one letter written by Davis to G. W. McLellan, Postmaster General, in 1862, describing his method of distributing mail on train cars. There are photographic portraits of Davis, Gordon, and other men connected with the Railway Mail Service who were acquaintances...
Dates: 1925-1927

Photographs - Davis's home and post office, St. Joseph, Missouri, ca. 1875

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 24
Identifier: CB&Q A-4-3
Scope and Contents note From the Series: The collection includes extensive correspondence, written between 1884 and 1911, among W. H. Gordon and former railway and post office employees, attesting that the idea of a railway mail car originated with William A. Davis. There is one letter written by Davis to G. W. McLellan, Postmaster General, in 1862, describing his method of distributing mail on train cars. There are photographic portraits of Davis, Gordon, and other men connected with the Railway Mail Service who were acquaintances...
Dates: ca. 1875

Photographs - First mail service ferry boat and train car, ca. 1865

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 25
Identifier: CB&Q A-4-3
Scope and Contents note From the Series: The collection includes extensive correspondence, written between 1884 and 1911, among W. H. Gordon and former railway and post office employees, attesting that the idea of a railway mail car originated with William A. Davis. There is one letter written by Davis to G. W. McLellan, Postmaster General, in 1862, describing his method of distributing mail on train cars. There are photographic portraits of Davis, Gordon, and other men connected with the Railway Mail Service who were acquaintances...
Dates: ca. 1865

Photographs - Portraits - Guy C. Barton, Assistant Postmaster at St. Joseph, Missouri, ca. 1865

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 26
Identifier: CB&Q A-4-3
Scope and Contents note From the Series: The collection includes extensive correspondence, written between 1884 and 1911, among W. H. Gordon and former railway and post office employees, attesting that the idea of a railway mail car originated with William A. Davis. There is one letter written by Davis to G. W. McLellan, Postmaster General, in 1862, describing his method of distributing mail on train cars. There are photographic portraits of Davis, Gordon, and other men connected with the Railway Mail Service who were acquaintances...
Dates: ca. 1865

Photographs - Portraits - Hon. John M. Bittinger, postmaster, St. Joseph, Missouri, ca. 1865

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 27
Identifier: CB&Q A-4-3
Scope and Contents note From the Series: The collection includes extensive correspondence, written between 1884 and 1911, among W. H. Gordon and former railway and post office employees, attesting that the idea of a railway mail car originated with William A. Davis. There is one letter written by Davis to G. W. McLellan, Postmaster General, in 1862, describing his method of distributing mail on train cars. There are photographic portraits of Davis, Gordon, and other men connected with the Railway Mail Service who were acquaintances...
Dates: ca. 1865

Photographs - Portraits - Capt. Blackstone, ferry boat operator between St. Joseph and Elwood, Missouri, ca. 1865

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 28
Identifier: CB&Q A-4-3
Scope and Contents note From the Series: The collection includes extensive correspondence, written between 1884 and 1911, among W. H. Gordon and former railway and post office employees, attesting that the idea of a railway mail car originated with William A. Davis. There is one letter written by Davis to G. W. McLellan, Postmaster General, in 1862, describing his method of distributing mail on train cars. There are photographic portraits of Davis, Gordon, and other men connected with the Railway Mail Service who were acquaintances...
Dates: ca. 1865

Photographs - Portraits - Addison Clark and Geo. A. Chapin, Engineers on first railway postal car, ca. 1865

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 29
Identifier: CB&Q A-4-3
Scope and Contents note From the Series: The collection includes extensive correspondence, written between 1884 and 1911, among W. H. Gordon and former railway and post office employees, attesting that the idea of a railway mail car originated with William A. Davis. There is one letter written by Davis to G. W. McLellan, Postmaster General, in 1862, describing his method of distributing mail on train cars. There are photographic portraits of Davis, Gordon, and other men connected with the Railway Mail Service who were acquaintances...
Dates: ca. 1865

Photographs - Portraits - William A. Davis, inventor of first railway mail car, ca. 1870

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 30
Identifier: CB&Q A-4-3
Scope and Contents note From the Series: The collection includes extensive correspondence, written between 1884 and 1911, among W. H. Gordon and former railway and post office employees, attesting that the idea of a railway mail car originated with William A. Davis. There is one letter written by Davis to G. W. McLellan, Postmaster General, in 1862, describing his method of distributing mail on train cars. There are photographic portraits of Davis, Gordon, and other men connected with the Railway Mail Service who were acquaintances...
Dates: ca. 1870

Photographs - Portraits - W. H. Gordon, son-in-law of W. A. Davis, ca. 1910

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 31
Identifier: CB&Q A-4-3
Scope and Contents note From the Series: The collection includes extensive correspondence, written between 1884 and 1911, among W. H. Gordon and former railway and post office employees, attesting that the idea of a railway mail car originated with William A. Davis. There is one letter written by Davis to G. W. McLellan, Postmaster General, in 1862, describing his method of distributing mail on train cars. There are photographic portraits of Davis, Gordon, and other men connected with the Railway Mail Service who were acquaintances...
Dates: ca. 1910

Photographs - Portraits - Fred Harvey and John M. Patton, two mail clerks, ca. 1865

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 32
Identifier: CB&Q A-4-3
Scope and Contents note From the Series: The collection includes extensive correspondence, written between 1884 and 1911, among W. H. Gordon and former railway and post office employees, attesting that the idea of a railway mail car originated with William A. Davis. There is one letter written by Davis to G. W. McLellan, Postmaster General, in 1862, describing his method of distributing mail on train cars. There are photographic portraits of Davis, Gordon, and other men connected with the Railway Mail Service who were acquaintances...
Dates: ca. 1865

Photographs - Portraits - Jonathan Hendricks, patroller of railroad during the civil war, ca. 1930

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 33
Identifier: CB&Q A-4-3
Scope and Contents note From the Series: The collection includes extensive correspondence, written between 1884 and 1911, among W. H. Gordon and former railway and post office employees, attesting that the idea of a railway mail car originated with William A. Davis. There is one letter written by Davis to G. W. McLellan, Postmaster General, in 1862, describing his method of distributing mail on train cars. There are photographic portraits of Davis, Gordon, and other men connected with the Railway Mail Service who were acquaintances...
Dates: ca. 1930

Photographs - Portraits - A. S. Lucas, C. H. Leaport, H. L. Anderson, and George Douns, retired engineers of the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad, ca. 1930

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 34
Identifier: CB&Q A-4-3
Scope and Contents note From the Series: The collection includes extensive correspondence, written between 1884 and 1911, among W. H. Gordon and former railway and post office employees, attesting that the idea of a railway mail car originated with William A. Davis. There is one letter written by Davis to G. W. McLellan, Postmaster General, in 1862, describing his method of distributing mail on train cars. There are photographic portraits of Davis, Gordon, and other men connected with the Railway Mail Service who were acquaintances...
Dates: ca. 1930

Photographs - Portraits - I. N. Wilbur, fireman on the first westbound mail car, ca. 1865

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 35
Identifier: CB&Q A-4-3
Scope and Contents note From the Series: The collection includes extensive correspondence, written between 1884 and 1911, among W. H. Gordon and former railway and post office employees, attesting that the idea of a railway mail car originated with William A. Davis. There is one letter written by Davis to G. W. McLellan, Postmaster General, in 1862, describing his method of distributing mail on train cars. There are photographic portraits of Davis, Gordon, and other men connected with the Railway Mail Service who were acquaintances...
Dates: ca. 1865

Photographs - Portraits - unidentified

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 36
Identifier: CB&Q A-4-3
Scope and Contents note From the Series: The collection includes extensive correspondence, written between 1884 and 1911, among W. H. Gordon and former railway and post office employees, attesting that the idea of a railway mail car originated with William A. Davis. There is one letter written by Davis to G. W. McLellan, Postmaster General, in 1862, describing his method of distributing mail on train cars. There are photographic portraits of Davis, Gordon, and other men connected with the Railway Mail Service who were acquaintances...

Railway post office newsletter, 1905-1906

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 37
Identifier: CB&Q A-4-3
Scope and Contents note From the Series: The collection includes extensive correspondence, written between 1884 and 1911, among W. H. Gordon and former railway and post office employees, attesting that the idea of a railway mail car originated with William A. Davis. There is one letter written by Davis to G. W. McLellan, Postmaster General, in 1862, describing his method of distributing mail on train cars. There are photographic portraits of Davis, Gordon, and other men connected with the Railway Mail Service who were acquaintances...
Dates: 1905-1906

Testimonial letters, 1884-1885

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 38-44
Identifier: CB&Q A-4-3
Scope and Contents note From the Series: The collection includes extensive correspondence, written between 1884 and 1911, among W. H. Gordon and former railway and post office employees, attesting that the idea of a railway mail car originated with William A. Davis. There is one letter written by Davis to G. W. McLellan, Postmaster General, in 1862, describing his method of distributing mail on train cars. There are photographic portraits of Davis, Gordon, and other men connected with the Railway Mail Service who were acquaintances...
Dates: 1884-1885

Testimonial letters, 1905-1911, n.d.

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 45-48
Identifier: CB&Q A-4-3
Scope and Contents note From the Series: The collection includes extensive correspondence, written between 1884 and 1911, among W. H. Gordon and former railway and post office employees, attesting that the idea of a railway mail car originated with William A. Davis. There is one letter written by Davis to G. W. McLellan, Postmaster General, in 1862, describing his method of distributing mail on train cars. There are photographic portraits of Davis, Gordon, and other men connected with the Railway Mail Service who were acquaintances...
Dates: 1905-1911, n.d.