The National Postal Museum of the Smithsonian Institution receives both material and financial support from the United States Postal Service. The Smithsonian Institution gratefully acknowledges the Postal Service’s continued support of its mission. 

Titanic historians Brian R. Meister, Robert M. DiSogra, Michael A. Findlay, John P. Eaton, and Charles A. Haas contributed to this exhibit through their scholarship in conjunction with the publication of Voyage, the quarterly journal of The Titanic International Society (Post Office Box 7007, Freehold, New Jersey 07728). The National Postal Museum gratefully acknowledges their scholarship and support.

Special thanks also are due to Edward B. Epstein, Titanic postal historian whose two-year study resulted in his article “The Titanic Mail,” first published in 1992 in The Collectors Club Philatelist and republished in Voyage. His landmark work contributed to an understanding of the postal-related aspects of the Titanic tragedy.

This exhibition was made possible by a grant from envotec Pty Limited, Melbourne, Australia. Additional support for this exhibit was provided by the James Pehta Foundation, Oak Brook, Illinois; the National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry; the Envelope Manufacturers Association; and the Smithsonian Institution’s Special Exhibitions Fund.

Artifacts for this exhibition were provided on loan from Dr. Jeanette Cantrell Rudy, Nashville, Tennessee; the James Pehta Collection, Oak Brook, Illinois; W. John Miottel, Jr., San Francisco, California; James Bruns, Takoma Park, Maryland; the United States Postal Service; and the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Maryland. Objects from the National Postal Museum’s permanent collections were purchased with funds provided by the National Grange; the American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO; and the Smithsonian Institution’s Collections Acquisition Fund.

Research assistance for this exhibit also was furnished by Maynard Benjamin, the Envelope Manufacturers Association, the Royal Mail Streamline, and the Public Records Office, London.

RMS Titanic, Inc. provided the remarkable video views of the mailroom aboard Titanic and the photomosaic of the vessel that are included in this exhibit.

Original object photography by Siobhan Creem, National Postal Museum.