Lawton post office records, 1901-1984.

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Lawton post office records, 1901-1984.

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Clippings, newspapers, postmaster's account and record books for Lawton, Ft. Sill, Junction, Phelps, Randlett, Tanup, and Woodfill, Okla., post offices, financial records of Harmon, Okla., post office, postal books, materials of Museum of the Great Plains, directives and other materials of U.S. Civil Service Commission, post office correspondence from Arapaho, Randlett, and Marshall counties, correspondence with U.S. Postal Service officials, and other materials.

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Museum of the Great Plains

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Founded as Comanche County Historical Society in 1954. From the description of Museum of the Great Plains maps and blueprints collection, 1926-1992. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 234313700 Originally founded as Comanche County Historical Society in 1954; museum first opened to the public on Ft. Sill, 1956, scope broadened to include Great Plains in 1960 and moved to present building on city park land; parent organization renamed Great Plains Historical Association; in 1970 ...

United States Civil Service Commission

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On July 26, 1775, members of the Second Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia, agreed: That a postmaster general be appointed for the United Colonies, who shall hold his office at Philada, and shall be allowed a salary of 1000 dollars per an: for himself, and 340 dollars per an: for a secretary and Comptroller, with power to appoint such, and so many deputies as to him may seem proper and necessary. That a line of posts be appointed under the direction of the Postmaster general, from Fal...