Postal Services, 1968, photo 3
 

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“Postal Services, 1968, photo 3,” Appalachian State University Libraries Digital Collections, accessed December 25, 2024, https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/items/show/11243.


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Title

Postal Services, 1968, photo 3

Description

This image shows bags of mail piled up in the University Post Office after a snowstorm at Appalachian State University (1967-current) in January 1968. The University Post Office served as a contract station of the United States Postal Service and sorted intercampus and regular mail for the University, students, and staff. They also operated mail boxes for on-campus students. It was housed in the W. H. Plemmons Student Union, built 1967, before being moved to the Student Services Building, built 1981. The University Post Office is a unit of financial management within the Office of Business Affairs.

Subject

Student Services
Snow
Appalachian State University

Source

General Picture Files, 2004.040, Box 21, Snow Scenes F2, C14.2.4.3.

Publisher

University Archives, Appalachian State University

Date

1968-01-17

Contributor

News Bureau

Format

JPEG
Photographs

Language

English

Type

Image

Temporal Coverage

1960s

Corporate Names

Appalachian State University. University Postal Service

Place Names

W. H. Plemmons Student Union (1967)

Series

Series 6 -- Colleges, Departments, Offices, and Centers

File name

3927_2004_040_A.jpg

Sponsors

The Appalachian State University Historical Photographs Digitization Project is supported with federal Library Service and Technology Act (LSTA) funds made possible through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources through the North Carolina ECHO, 'Exploring Cultural Heritage Online' Digitization Grant Program.

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