Post office buildings

Postmaster Seth B. Strong sends Theodore Roosevelt a letter from the City Pastors Association of Houston, Texas. While they are not asking that Roosevelt comment directly on the effort in Houston to close post offices on Sundays, they feel that it is in line with Roosevelt’s previous addresses on ‘Civic Righteousness.’ Strong tells Roosevelt of the pastors’ plans to speak to their congregations on the subject on March 19.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-03-09

E. Sinclair Smith, of the Houston City Pastors’ Association, welcomes Theodore Roosevelt to the city. The Pastors’ Association and the Post Office are about to begin a campaign to advocate for closing post office buildings on Sunday, and Smith asks if Roosevelt would consider speaking a few words on behalf of this cause.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-03-07

Architect La Farge writes President Roosevelt that the post office has been provided for in recent appropriations and asks whether Roosevelt has spoken to Postmaster General George B. Cortelyou about La Farge “coming in on it” yet, likely inquiring about putting in a bid for his firm to design it. La Farge writes that his son Christopher has become an avid reader and recently read Roosevelt’s “Outdoor Sports” book, likely referring to Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-07-02

Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Edwards needs to appoint a disbursing officer to disburse a small sum for the erection of a post office at Winston, North Carolina. Edwards would like to know who handles such matters.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-11-22

Collection

Charles C. Myers Collection

Creation Date

Unknown

Creator(s)

B.S. Reynolds Co.

Language

English

Collection

Charles C. Myers Collection

Creation Date

1908

Creator(s)

Unknown

Language

English

Postcard showing a city street lined with neoclassical buildings. Pedestrians on the sidewalk and horse-drawn vehicles on the street are visible. Charles C. Myers identifies it as St. Martins Lane in London, England, and notes that the post office is on the left.

Comments and Context

In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “This is St. Martains [sic] Lane, one of the busy streets in London, showing the general post office on the left.”

Collection

Charles C. Myers Collection

Postcard showing the post office in Albany, Western Australia, with streets and other buildings on either side. A park is located in front of the post office building. Charles C. Myers comments that the small city is known for being a coaling station for ships and has a rocky, yet beautiful landscape.

Comments and Context

In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “This view is taken from the small park and shows the post office in the distant [sic].”

Collection

Charles C. Myers Collection

A postcard showing buildings on a city block with a clock tower in the background. Charles C. Myers comments that it is the Post Office of Sydney, Australia.

Comments and Context

In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “General post office of Sydney which ranks among the largest post office buildings in the world.”

Collection

Charles C. Myers Collection

This postcard shows the General Post Office building in Melbourne, Australia–a large ornate building sporting a tall clocktower on one of its front corners. Outside many people walk on the sidewalks, and several horse-drawn carriages stand nearby. A streetcar line runs in front of the building.

Comments and Context

In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “The General Post Office in Melbourne.”

Collection

Charles C. Myers Collection

Postmaster General Henry C. Payne and President Roosevelt ride on a Republican elephant that pulls a woman out of a Delaware Post Office by its trunk. On its leg is a “postal scandal” covering and Delaware Senator J. Frank Allee points at the woman. As Roosevelt sits on the elephant, he holds several papers, including “canal treaty” and “Alaskan boundary.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-09

A newspaper article describes the improvements that have been made with the move of the post office in Marion, Alabama, to a newly renovated building. The new location is convenient to businesses, and the layout and fixtures of the office are up to date and eliminate mistakes.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-02-12

S. C. Mead, secretary of the Merchants’ Association of New York, has arranged a conference concerning the additional post office at the site of the Pennsylvania Terminal in New York City. William F. King regrets that William H. Taft “has rendered an adverse decision” in the lengthening of the Hudson River piers in the Chelsea district. King encloses a newspaper clipping.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-04-01

United States Marshal Wilson discusses the political effects of closing post offices.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-01-17