United States. Post Office Department

URI(s)

• http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80013583

Variants

• P.O.D.
• POD
• United States. Post Office Dept.

Identifies LC/NAF RWO

• http://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/n80013583

Identifies RWO

• https://d-nb.info/gnd/121007-5
• https://isni.org/isni/0000000112715693

• Associated Language

  English

• Field of Activity

  Postal service

Related Terms

• United States. Postmaster General

Additional Related Forms

• United States Postal Service

Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

• http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC%7Cn++80013583#skos:Concept

Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

• United States Post Office Department
• United States Post Office Dept

Earlier Established Forms

• United States. General Post Office
• United States. Post Office Dept.

Sources

• found: Cullinan, G. The Post Office Department, 1968:p. 26, etc. (General Post Office, term first used for U.S. postal service, so called in first report of postmaster general to the Congress, 1790; Post Office Department not used until 1825)
• found: Wikipedia, October 27, 2015(under United States Postal Service: the Postal Reorganization Act, signed by President Richard Nixon on August 12, 1970, replaced the cabinet-level Post Office Department with the independent United States Postal Service, and took effect on July 1, 1971)

Instance Of

• MADS/RDF CorporateName
• MADS/RDF Authority
• SKOS Concept

Scheme Membership(s)

• Library of Congress Name Authority File

Collection Membership(s)

• Names Collection - Authorized Headings
• LC Names Collection - General Collection
• Names Collection - Jurisdiction

Change Notes

• 1980-02-07: new
• 2015-10-29: revised

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