EIU Teaching with Primary Sources

EIU Teaching with Primary Sources

Mr. Liszewski

Name: John Liszewski

Hometown: DuBois, Illinois

Years of Service: 8 years

Lines Worked: Chicago to Carbondale, Chicago to Evansville, Chicago to St. Louis

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

Read and listen to Mr. Liszewski's interview with the National Postal Museum by clicking here.   
 

In his own words...

"Some people got worried on the City of New Orleans...(the) mail car was right in back of the engine, so if you were going to have a wreck you were right behind it"

Mr. Liszewski on situations that could be
dangerous for RPO clerks.

Primary Sources

Railway Post Office Clerk Badge	Finger Knives	Two Rectangular Stamps with Pads
Scheme Books from Illinois, Iowa, California, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Louisiana & Tennessee - 1930s	Case Examination Record	Regulation Bullets
Mississippi Practice Card Set	Scheme Books for Illinois, Mississippi, Michigan, Arkansas, Wisconsin & Alabama - 1938 and 40s	Scheme Books and Light
Louisiana Practice Card Set	Practice Case	Chicago Practice Card Set