Basin Post Office records
Scope and Contents
Records. 1899-1931. 2.2 lin. feet. Records include cash books (1902-1917); postmaster's account and record books (1900-1917); registers (1899-1916, 1923-1931) of money orders issued and received; register (1905-1919) of notices to publishers of removed and unknown addressees; registered mail receipts (1908-1922); and stamp impression books (1905-1910, 1917).
Dates
- Creation: 1899-1931
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Collection open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of the Montana Historical Society. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collection. In some cases permission for use may require additional authorization from the copyright owners. For more information contact an archivist.
Biographical / Historical
Basin, Montana, was established in 1880 as a gold mining town on the site of the former town of Cataract. The post office was established in 1880 and has operated continuously ever since.
Extent
2.2 linear feet
Abstract
Records of the Basin, Montana, post office include cash books (1902-1917); postmaster's account and record books (1900-1917); registers (1899-1916, 1923-1931) of money orders issued and received; register (1905-1919) of notices to publishers of removed and unknown addressees; registered mail receipts (1908-1922); and stamp impression books (1905-1910, 1917).
Arrangement
Arranged by series.
Physical Location
12:5-2
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquisition information available upon request
- Title
- Guide to the Basin (Mont.) Post Office records 1899-1931
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by MHS staff
- Date
- 1991
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Based On Dacs ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard 2nd Edition)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Repository Details
Part of the Montana Historical Society, Research Center Archives Repository
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