Roxanna Post Office Records (SC-20)
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of two volumes of the postmaster’s account and record book kept at Roxanna, Ohio, from March 1899 to June 1906. The accounts were kept in pre-printed ledger books designed for fourth-class post offices. Each volume is divided into three sections: Quarterly Stamp Account, Box Record, and Unclaimed & Unmailable. It opens with quarterly account records, including number of stamps cancelled daily, and financial records. The book’s second portion records the rentals of several post office boxes (this appears to be filled out only in the first volume). A third section has space for records of undeliverable letters (neither volume appears to have data entered in this section). The first volume, spanning March 1899 to September 1901, was kept by postmasters J. W. Mullin and J. Evans. The second volume spans December 1901 to June 1906, and was kept by postmasters W. E. Griffy and J. S. Holland.
Dates
- Creation: 1899-1906
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on accessing material in this collection.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright restrictions may apply. Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.
Biographical / Historical
The village of Roxanna, in Spring Valley Township, Greene County Ohio, was a small community in the nineteenth and early twentieth century. Originally known as Claysville, it was founded in the 1840s. In 1918, the population was seven. Roxanna appears on the United States Geological Survey’s Geographic Names Information System as a “populated place.”
Extent
0.1 linear feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection contains the postmaster's account and record books for the Roxanna (Greene County), Ohio, post office. Please note that the town of Roxanna no longer exists as it was submerged during the creation of Caesar's Creek State Park.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in chronological order.
Processing Information
A receipt documenting the hire of a clerk, discovered in the second volume, in the pages documenting the January 1902- April 1902 accounts, was removed from the book and placed directly in the folder to allow for easier access.
Genre / Form
Occupation
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Roxanna Post Office Records (SC-20)
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Megan O'Connor
- Date
- 2022 Jan 25
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2021 Apr: Megan O'Connor revised and updated finding aid
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
Wright State University Libraries
Special Collections and Archives
3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy
Dayton OH 45435-0001 USA
937-775-2092
library-archives@wright.edu
