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Letter Carrier Service [textual record, cartographic material]
Hierarchical level:SeriesContext of this record:Series includes:413 lower level description(s)View lower level description(s) -
Finding aid (Electronic) The finding aid's file level descriptions can be accessed through the "consists of" field in the MIKAN record. Volumes 3308-3319, 3351-3375. 3-18 (90: Open)Cartographic material (Paper) An Itemized list is available in the main reference room. RG3M 890167. (90: Open)Cartographic material (Paper) Please consult lower level descriptions. Paper: An Itemized list is available in the main reference room. RG3M 86703/8. (90: Open)Cartographic material (Electronic) Finding aid availalbe in ArchiviaNet. RG3M 890167. (90: Open)Cartographic material (Electronic) Finding aid availalbe in ArchiviaNet. RG3M 86703-8. (90: Open) -
Record information Letter Carrier Service [textual record, cartographic material]
Date:1920-1972Reference:R169-83-1-E, RG3M 890167, RG3-E-11, RG3M 86703/8Former BAN no.:117-040166-9Type of material:Textual material, Maps and cartographic materialFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:133442Date(s):1920-1972Bilingual equivalent:Place of creation:No place, unknown, or undeterminedExtent:8.2 m of textual records
17 maps.Language of material:EnglishScope and content:Series consists of files relating to the establishment and expansion of Letter Carrier Delivery service in urban and suburban centres across Canada. The records include Letter Carrier route maps, and reports on Letter Carrier routes.
The cartographic records consist of letter carrier routes in eight locations in Canada including: Campbell River, B.C.; Matane and Laval, P.Q.; Paris and Petawawa, Ont.; St. John's, Nfld.; Sydney Mines, N.S.; and Weyburn, Sask. in the 1960's; as well as letter carrier services to Ajax, Pickering, Bay Ridge and Fairport Beach.Additional name(s):Biography/Administrative history:Canada. Post Office Dept. Letter Carrier Service : Letter Carrier Delivery (LCD) service was introduced in 1874 in Montréal. Initially the service was attached to the Secretary's Office, then to the Postal Service Branch (1921), Post Office Service (1945) and then to the Operations Branch (1947) which was responsible for developing policy relating to all forms of postal service, for controlling the number of staff employed in post offices, for controlling the Letter Carrier Delivery service and for determining the service to be provided by individual offices. RG3 General InventoryAdditional information:Source of title:Title is based on the contents of the series.Custodial history:RG3M 890167. Transferred from the Government Archives Division to the Cartographic and Architectural Archives Division in July 1989 (RG3, Vol. 3353 to 3374).
RG3M 86703-8. Transferred from the Federal Archives Division to the National Map Collection in May 1986 (RG3, vol. 3308, file ARC-3308-2).Cartographic math data:Scales differ.Accruals:No further accruals are expected.Related material:Related records may also be found in the General Superintendent of Postal Services Branch series (RG3-K, reels T-8965 to T-8967, T-8973 to T-8975, T-9160 to T-9271, MIKAN 133430).Source:GovernmentFormer archival reference no.:RG3M 890167
RG3-E-11
RG3M 86703/8Other accession no.:890167 CA
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