1941 United States Post Office correspondence: letters, telegrams, program, history, regarding the dedication of the new U. S. Post Office and Court House in downtown Orlando on April 15, 1941.
History of the establishment of the Federal Court for the Orlando District. Memorandum by Judge Akerman for Mr. Beggs, Postmaster General, covering the history of the building. VIEW Page 1 Page 2
Excerpt: About 1928 the matter of establishing a division for the holding of the United States District Court at Orlando was brought up before the Bar Association, and Committee from the Bar Association was appointed to urge the matter. I cannot at this time recall the names of all on that Committee, but Mr. Raymer Maguire and I were on the Committee.
We took the matter up with Congressman Sears, and he introduced a bill providing for the holding of terms of Court at Orlando, and then the Bar Committee went before the County Commissioners, and got the County Commissioners to pass a resolution pledging the use of suitable quarters in the County Court House for the holding of Court until a Government building was erected. In that matter we were ably assisted by Mr. Louie C. Massey who at that time was attorney for the Commissioners.
History of Orlando Post Office Promotion prepared by the Greater Orlando Chamber of Commerce and sent to U.S. Senator Charles O. Andrews, Washington, DC, from J. D. Beggs, Postmaster General, Orlando, FL, April 9, 1941. VIEW
Excerpt: During 1935, an intensive fight was begun by the Greater Orlando Chamber of Commerce, supported by local associations and business firms, for a much needed new Post Office and Federal Court building in Orlando. In that year an exhaustive brief was filed with a special committee composed of officials of the Post Office and Treasury Departments, on behalf of Orlando’s request by the Honorable J. Mark Wilcox. Orlando was then placed on the eligible register to be considered for a building out of the $60,000,000 blanket appropriation adopted in 1936, by Congress. In March, of 1938, the site for the present Post Office and Federal Building was accepted, and work was begun in June, 1940.
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Letter from U.S. Senator Andrews to Honorable J.D. Beggs
April 4, 1941 letter from U. S. Senator Charles O. Andrews, Washington, DC, to Honorable J. D. Beggs, Postmaster General, Orlando, FL,...
Letter to U.S. Senator Andrews from Postmaster General J. D. Beggs
April 7, 1941 letter to U.S. Senator Charles O. Andrews, Washington, DC, from Honorable James D. Beggs, Postmaster General, Orlando, FL...
Letter to U.S. Senator Andrews from Postmaster General J. D. Beggs
April 8, 1941 letter to U.S. Senator Charles O. Andrews from Honorable James D. Beggs, Postmaster General, Orlando, FL concerning dedication ceremonies...
Telegram from Smith W. Purdum to Honorable James D. Beggs
April 8, 1941 Western Union Telegram from Smith W. Purdum, Assistant Postmaster General, Washington, DC, to Honorable James D. Beggs, Postmaster Gener...
Letter to U.S. Senator Andrews from Postmaster General J. D. Beggs
April 8, 1941 letter to U.S. Senator Charles O. Andrews from Honorable James D. Beggs, Postmaster General, Orlando, FL concerning dedication ceremonies...
U. S. Post Office Letter to Senator Andrews, 1941
April 9, 1941 letter from J. D. Beggs, Postmaster General, Orlando, FL, to Senator Chas. O. Andrews, Washington, D.C. concerning dignitaries for...
Telegram from U.S. Senator Andrews to Honorable James D. Beggs
April 9, 1941 Western Union Telegram from U.S. Senator Charles O. Andrews to Honorable James D. Beggs, Postmaster General, Orlando, FL concerning...
Letter to Honorable Walter Myers from Postmaster General J. D. Beggs
April 9, 1941 letter to Honorable Walter Myers, Fourth Assistant Postmaster General, Washington, DC, from J. D. Beggs, Postmaster General, Orlando, Fl...
History of Orlando Post Office Promotion - Greater Orlando Chamber of Commerce, 1941
History of Orlando Post Office Promotion prepared by the Greater Orlando Chamber of Commerce and sent to U.S. Senator Charles O. Andrews,...
Memorandum by Judge Akerman for Mr. Beggs, Page 1
History of the establishment of the Federal Court for the Orlando District. Memorandum by Judge Akerman for Mr. Beggs, Postmaster General, covering...
Memorandum by Judge Akerman for Mr. Beggs, Page 2
History of the establishment of the Federal Court for the Orlando District. Memorandum by Judge Akerman for Mr. Beggs, Postmaster General, covering...
Letter from H.C. Huddleson to Mr. James Beggs, 1941
January 16th, 1941 letter from H. C. Huddleson to Mr. James Beggs, Postmaster General, Orlando, FL, with detailed suggestions relating to the...
Suggested Program for the Dedication of the New U.S. Post Office and Court House, 1941
Chamber of Commerce Committee in charge of arrangements. Flag raising exercises in charge of American Legion, Cedric C. Benz, Chairman of the...
Western Union Telegram From U.S. Senator Charles O. Andrews
Washington, D. C., April 9, 1941 Western Union Telegram from U. S. Senator Charles O. Andrews to Honorable James Milligan, Angebilt Hotel,...
Mayor to Head Chamber of Commerce Committee, 1941
March 15, 1941 Orlando Morning Sentinel article announcing Mayor William Beardall will serve as chairman of a committee representing the Greater Orlando...
Orlando's New Federal Building Dedicated
Orlando-Reporter Star, April 15, 1941, front page news article: "Orlando's New Federal Building Dedicated".
Federal Building and Post Office Dedication, April 15 1941
April 16, 1941 Orlando Morning Sentinel front page article on the Federal Building and Orlando Post Office dedication ceremony in downtown Orlando. Ex...
Federal Building and Post Office Dedication, April 15 1941
April 16, 1941 Orlando Morning Sentinel article on the Federal Building and Orlando Post Office dedication ceremony in downtown Orlando, page 3,...
