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These records partially document the history of the DeKalb Post Office from 1888-1960. There are no records available for the earliest years of the office's existence (1849-1887). Financial records comprise a major series of the collection including postal account books (1888-1943), domestic money order cash books (1888-1938), and international money order cash books (1893-1920). Four letterpress books document the construction and furnishing of the post office building completed in 1906 at First Street and Lincoln Highway. Closely related materials are found in the postmaster's correspondence (1898-1913), the custodian's record book and correspondence (1906-1945), and in files on route changes and mail schedules.