Vangieri Railway Post Office Collection

1948 – 1967

Railway Post Office clerks were considered the elite of the postal service's employees. The exhausting and dangerous job required passing challenging exams on a regular basis. A passing score on the civil service exam was 97%. Clerks had to sort 600 pieces of mail an hour. They had to memorize a staggering numbers of towns with post offices, as well as routes in mulitple states. Clerks also had to know where connecting trains met to deliver mail going north-south or east-west to the correct train.

The Vangieri Railway Post Office Collection was used by the donor's father, George Vangieri, when he worked for the Railway Post Office. Vangieri created his own booklets to remember cities, towns, and zones.

Exam announcement; Work and study assignment sheets; Seniority roster; New York & Pittsburgh Railway Post Office employee placement and address list
1948 – 1967
Paper.
Steamtown National Historic Site, STEA 8146