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Teaching Constant Motion: The Job of Railway Post Office Clerks with Primary Sources

Railway Post Office Clerk Project
Name: Carl Mitchell

Hometown: Carbondale, Illinois

Years of Service: 35 years

Lines Worked: Chicago to Heron, Chicago to Evansville, Chicago to Memphis, Springfield to Carbondale

Assignment after Mail Train: Carbondale Post Office, Carbondale, Illinois

Mr. Mitchell on fellow RPO clerks

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RPO Clerk Exam Schedule	Advertisement for Railway Postal Clerks	Position Change Form


Discontinued Service Letter	1972 Envelope	Equipment Return Form


Newspaper Article with Picture of Last RPO Run	Reorganization Letter	Reassignment Memo


Schedule of Mail Routes Chicago	Permit	Badge


Clerk photo	End of the Line article	Envelope 1969 RPO


Illinois Federation of Postal Clerks Card	Working the mail photo.	Crew


Assignment Letter	Placement and Reassignment letter	Memo of Clerk Vacancy


Post Office Vehicle Rider Permit	Exam Prep Course Ad	Illinois Pocket Map & Shipper Guide