urn:taro:utexas.cah.00842 A Guide to the Austin Post Office Building Records, 1909-1941 Original EAD encoding by Jessi Fishman according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. April 2008 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Austin Post Office Austin Post Office Building Records 1909-1941 Materials are written in English. OCLC number 22711796 1 foot Center for American History,The University of Texas at Austin Correspondence, record books and files, inventories, blue prints, and a letter press arranged chronologically under subject. Scope and Contents

Papers document the construction (1909-1914) and later renovation of the New Post Office Building in Austin, Texas, beginning with the purchase of the land in 1909 and include furniture inventories, maintenance and operating records, employee records, and records of payment of vouchers.

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 Index Terms Subjects Appleyard, Benson A. Flanagan, W. Wenderoth, O. Dieter and Wenzel Construction Company (Joplin, Mo.) New Post Office (Austin, Tex.) Postal service--Buildings. Postal service--Equipment and supplies. Postal service--Texas--Austin--History--Sources. Austin (Tex.)--History--Sources. Preferred Citation

Austin Post Office Building Records, 1909-1941, Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

 Detailed Description of the Papers Inventory 3J297 Construction correspondence, 1909-1913 3J297 Benson A. Appleyard letterpress, 1912-1914 3J298 Specifications, 1912 3J298 Construction and renovation correspondence, 1914-1941 and undated 3J298 Maintenance and operating records, 1913-1940 and undated 3J298 Employee records, 1922-1939 and undated 3J298 Furniture records, 1914-1926 and undated 3J298 Register of public vouchers, 1914-1920 4M466 Register of public vouchers, 1920-1941 4M466 Furniture records, 1914-1935 (2 vols.) 2.325/V59 Oversize materials 2.325/V59 Inventory of public property in the New Post Office, undated 2.325/V59 Blueprint and specifications for new storage room in basement, 1925 2.325/V59 Blueprint of general delivery, held matter case & table, 1912 (2 copies) 2.325/V59 Blueprint of method of anchoring metal sash, 1914