Broomfield Post Office, Record and Postal Account Book, Class 4

Archive

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Broomfield History Collections

Name/Title

Broomfield Post Office, "Record and Postal Account Book, Class 4"

Entry/Object ID

1976.1.6

Scope and Content

Record and Postal Account Book for the Broomfield Post Office, July 1892-June 1895. The book is 10.5" x 13.5", with a paper board cover and leather-covered adhesive and string binding. Contents of the book include: general accounting records; earnings records for stamps, postage, and envelopes; special delivery records; and US Treasury Department audit documentation. All records were created and recorded by Broomfield postmasters Edward O. Graves and Charles W. Harrell. Broomfield's post office is listed as "4th class," designating its size. The post office was considered part of Boulder County at the time of the records' creation.

Collection

Permanent Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book, Record

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Administrative Records

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Post offices, Postal service, Records (Information)

Archive Details

Creator

Broomfield Post Office, Graves, Edward O.

Date(s) of Creation

1892 - 1895

Archive Size/Extent

One book

Archive Notes

Date(s) Created: 1892 July-1895 June Date(s): 1892-1895 Copy/Orig/Other: Original

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Graves, Edward O.

Person or Organization

Harrell, Charles W.

Related Entries

Notes

1976.1.2, 1976.1.3, 1976.1.4, 1976.1.5 All postal record books are part of the same records group/collection created by the Broomfield Post Office, donated by Rick Steele in 1976.

Provenance

Notes

Custodial History: This postal record book and four others were originally created and used by Broomfield's post office. Bill Mason, the postmaster of Broomfield in the 1970s, gave these records to Rick Steele, a collector and former president of the Broomfield Historical Society. Steele donated the records to the Society in 1976; the Society later became the Broomfield Depot Museum.