Postal Services, 1968, photo 2

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.

Student Services

Snow

Appalachian State University

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

University Archives, Appalachian State University

1968-01-17

News Bureau

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Photographs

English

Image

1960s

Appalachian State University. University Postal Service

W. H. Plemmons Student Union (1967)

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

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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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