- Date
- circa 1974-09
- Kind
- Announcement
- Where
- Saint James
- Participants
- Mary C. Minor (postmaster)
- Carried out by
- Mary C. Minor · Saint James Post Office
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communicationcommunity
- Within
- Saint James
Summary
Postmaster Mary Minor’s 1974 Christmas-mail reminder asked senders to use the correct ZIP Code, include a return ZIP Code, and contact the Saint James post office when an address code was unknown. It gives St. James, Michigan as 49782.
Evidence and limits
This is a public mailing-guidance notice, not a record of postal staffing, delivery delays, or individual packages.
Sources
- Postmaster Mary Minor urges senders to use the correct ZIP Code, include their own return ZIP Code, and contact the post office for address help. The notice gives St. James, Michigan ZIP Code 49782; it is mailing guidance, not a postal operations or delivery-delay dataset. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1974-09_Beaver-Beacon
- The scan confirms the named postmaster, mailing guidance, and ZIP Code.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1974-09_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Saint James post office Christmas mail reminder, 1974”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-christmas-mail-reminder-1974/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September–October 1974, “Christmas Mail.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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