Contents
- Descriptive Summary
- Scope and Content
- Conditions for Access
- Conditions Governing Use
- Preferred Citation
- Custodial History
- Biography or History
- Other Descriptive Data
- Related Material
- Indexed Terms
Collection Access
Henry W. McGee papers
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Henry W. McGee papers
- Dates
- 1918-1985,
- Predominant Dates
- bulk 1966-1973
- Creator
- McGee, Henry W. (Henry Wadsworth), 1910-2000
- Creator
- National Alliance of Postal and Federal Employees (U.S.), United States Postal Service. Chicago Division, Boy Scouts of America, Joint Negro Appeal, Little City Foundation (Chicago, Ill.), National Alliance of Postal Employees (U.S.), Chicago Branch, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Chicago Branch, Chicago Post Office (Chicago, Ill.), United States, Post Office Department
- Size
- 5.5 linear ft. (9 boxes)
- Size
- 12 cassette tapes.
- Language
- Material is in English unless otherwise noted.
Scope and Content
Correspondence, speeches, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, minutes, newsletters, certificates, photographs, and other papers of Henry W. McGee, who served as the first African American postmaster of Chicago (Ill.) after a long career with the United States Postal Service in Chicago. Topics include McGee's career as a postal worker, his service as president of the Chicago branch of the National Alliance of Postal Employees, and his work with civil rights and social service organizations, including the Boy Scouts of America, the Little City Foundation, the Joint Negro Appeal, and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Conditions for Access
For listening purposes, it is necessary to use a copy, not the original (and to have a listening copy made if one is not available).
Conditions Governing Use
Contact the archives for more information on licensing and permissions for use and reproduction.
Preferred Citation
A common citation for archives is as follows: Item, Folder number and/or title, Box number, Collection title, ID number, Repository name, location.
Custodial History
Gift of Henry W. McGee (1987.0308).
Biography or History
Henry W. McGee (1910-2000) was the first African American postmaster of Chicago (Ill.). He was born in Hillsboro (Tex.) and moved to Chicago in 1927. He became a postal clerk in 1929 with the United States Postal Service (USPS; known as the United States Post Office Department until 1971). McGee received several promotions before becoming the first African American postmaster of a major American city in 1966.
Other Descriptive Data
This collection should not be confused with a separate collection of papers of a man with a similar name: Henry Wells Magee papers at the Research Center, Chicago History Museum.
Descriptive inventory available online.
Indexed Terms
- McGee, Henry W. -- (Henry Wadsworth), -- 1910-2000 -- Archives
- National Alliance of Postal Employees (U.S.). -- Chicago Branch
- United States Postal Service -- Chicago Division
- Boy Scouts of America
- Joint Negro Appeal
- Little City Foundation (Chicago, Ill.)
- National Alliance of Postal and Federal Employees (U.S.)
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. -- Chicago Branch.
- Chicago Post Office (Chicago, Ill.)
- United States -- Post Office Department
- African American men -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 20th century
- African American postmasters -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Civil rights -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 20th century
- Postal service -- Employees -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 20th century
- Postmasters -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 20th century
- Social service -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 20th century
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Race relations -- 20th century
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- Awards
- Certificates
- Correspondence
- Ledgers
- Minutes
- Newspaper clippings
- Newsletters
- Photographic prints
- Research (document genres)
- Scrapbooks
- Speeches