Pope, Nancy (1957-2019)
Fellowship Advisor
Inactive
National Postal Museum staff
Pope, Nancy (1957-2019)
Fellowship Advisor
Inactive
National Postal Museum staff
U.S. postal history; labor history and technology; delivery and transportation history; westward expansion; pony express; rural delivery and letter writing
Background And Education
Education And Training
- B.A., University of Oregon
- M.A., George Washington University
Publications
Selected Publications
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Article
- Postal Inspectors in Action. Postmaster's Advocate. 121:37-43. 2015
- When was the first mail delivered via the Pony Express, asks Google Doodle. Christian Science Monitor. 2015
- Inspection Service & Green Delivery Exhibit. American Philatelist. 127:264. 2013
- Spotlight on Our Historic Lobby. American Philatelist. 127:576. 2013
- The Republic of Letters: An Interview with Nancy Pope. Cabinet Magazine. Fall:63-72. 2012
- Celebrating Owney. American Philatelist. 125:1163-1164. 2011
- The Post Office’s Best Friend, Owney the Mail Dog. Postmaster's Advocate. 117:48-52. 2011
- Riding with the Pony Express. American Philatelist. 124:380-381. 2010
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Blog Posting
- Bike to Work Day: Letter Carriers Peddle to Deliver the Mail 2019
- Firing Letters: The 60th Anniversary of Missile Mail 2019
- John Clum in Alaska 2019
- "Wild Bill" 2018
- 100 Years of Airmail: April 1918 2018
- 100 Years of Airmail: March 1918 2018
- 100 Years of Airmail: May 1918 2018
- A Difficult December, Part I: Setting up a Route 2018
- A Difficult December, Part II: Planes & Personnel 2018
- A Difficult December, Part III: The Route Begins 2018
- Project Turnkey – Providence, RI 2018
- Thanksgiving in the Air 2018
- A Post master General for the Future 2017
- Benjamin Franklin: Philadelphia's Postmaster 2017
- Daily Deliveries down to one-1950 2016
- Happy Birthday Ben 2016
- Harry Sherlock and Heller Field 2016
- Jack Knight Saves the Airmail 2016
- Rural Free Delivery Monument 2016
- Autogiros and the Mail 2015
- Ben Eielson, the "Father of Alaska’s Airmail Service 2015
- Charles Ames, Airmail Pilot 2015
- Flying From New York to Chicago in 1918 2015
- Mail on Three Wheels 2015
- Sinking of the “Central America” – and its Rebirth 2015
- Wrong Way Boyle 2015
- 100th Anniversary of the DC City Post Office Building 2014
- 150th Anniversary of Railway Mail Service 2014
- Dillsburg, Pennsylvania Post Office 2014
- The China Clipper 2014
- The Most Interesting Mailboxes the Post Office Never Used 2014
- Mary Katherine Goddard – Colonial Postmaster and Printer 2013
- Singing a Postal Song 2013
- The Postal Service Used to Make Multiple Deliveries Per Day 2013
- The US Postal Service's Bold History of Innovation 2013
- Very Special Deliveries 2013
- What’s that Whishing Sound? 2013
- The Flying Post Office 2012
- The Postal Airmail Service 2012
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Chapter
- Ganz, Cheryl R. and Pope, Nancy A. 2013. "Keeping Confederates Posted." In Smithsonian Civil War: Inside the National Collection. Kagan, Neil and Hyslop, Stephen G., editors. 114–115. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books. 2013
Contact
Location
- National Postal Museum Department
