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Bookmark or Share- James A. Farley | National Postal MuseumHe also donated thousands of pieces of 1938 National Airmail Week mail and stamps and souvenirs from his time as postmaster general. The collection is now part of the holdings of the National Postal Museum , and can be explored using the following Finding Guide: James A. Farley “National Air Mail Week” May 15 – 21, 1938
- U.S. Postmasters General - National Postal MuseumIn 1775, the Continental Congress appointed Benjamin Franklin Postmaster General (PMG). Franklin had previously served in that post under the Crown. He was followed by his son-in-law, Richard Bache, and Ebenezer Hazard. The first Postmaster General of the new United States of America was Samuel Osgood. Postmasters General continued to be appointed by the President until 1971, when the U.S ...
- The Airmail Scandal and Beyond | National Postal MuseumIn 1930, Postmaster General Walter Brown pushed for legislation that would have another major impact on the development of commercial aviation. Known as the Watres Act (after one of its chief sponsors, Rep. Laurence H. Watres of Pennsylvania), it authorized the Post Office to enter into longer-term contracts for airmail, with rates based on ...
- Postal Women in the Early Republic | National Postal MuseumPresident Jackson’s first postmaster general, William T. Barry, helped “engineered the president’s victory” in Kentucky. 7 Unlike Barry or male postmasters and clerks, women did not typically intermingle within the circles of power, thus falling out of the running for such coveted appointments.
- Earliest Known African American Figures in Postal HistoryHe was appointed on October 1, 1964 as Postmaster of the Los Angeles, California, Post Office. (8) Ronald B. Lee Ronald Lee was the first African American to be appointed Assistant Postmaster General, when he was appointed APMG of Planning and Marketing in 1969 by Postmaster General Winton M. Blount. (9) Emmett E. Cooper, Jr.
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