Loving (Mabel) Correspondence about Western Union Telegraph Building in Sacramento used in Pony Express Days, 1939-1942

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St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Loving (Mabel) Correspondence about Western Union Telegraph Building in Sacramento used in Pony Express Days, 1939-1942

Entry/Object ID

AM1994.20.78

Scope and Content

Loving (Mabel) Correspondence about Western Union Telegraph Building in Sacramento used in Pony Express Days, 1939-1942. Four typewritten letters between Loving and the Postmaster, Sacramento as well as Western Union Telegraph Company asking for information regarding the building once used as Pony Express headquarters in Sacramento. Calif. 94.20.78 = Letter, to James R. Wilson, Postmaster, Sacramento, Calif. Loving mentions the book she is writing. Asks about the building once used as Pony Express headquarters which has been given to the city of Sacramento and is being converted into a museum. Wants a picture of the building. dated. April 13, 1939. 94.20.79A-C = Letter with clipping and envelope, From James R. Wilson in answer to above. Includes news clipping from Sacramento Bee newspaper, April 20, 1939 "Steps are Taken to Restore Pony Express Building.". ..the terminal a recent gift from Western Union Telegraph Co. Dated. April 21, 1939 94.20.80 = Letter to C. J. Ince, General Manager, Gulf Division, Western Union Telegraph Co., Dallas TX. Asks "if a telegraph operator accompanied each crew & sent telegraphic dispatches carried by the Pony Express.," "if the records of the Western Union Telegraph Co. contain anything about the dispatch of Pres. Lincoln Inaugural Address." dated, April 17, 1942. 94.20.81 = Letter from C. J. Ince., Western Union, He is sending all available information on history of Pony Express. dated April 29, 1942 94.20.82A-B = Handwritten List, chronology, "of the Electric Spark" dated 4/28/42. "Western Union Documents" and "Story of Western Union: 8½" x 11".

Collection

Mabel Loving

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Letter

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Correspondence

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Pony express

Search Terms

Western Union Telegraph Co., Pony Express Headquarters, Sacramento, California

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Feb 8, 2016

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Mrs. A. L. (Mabel) Loving