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Ellis Voting Machine Collection

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Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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The collection Includes photographs of the Ellis Voting Machine, correspondence from California politicians and journalists endorsing the invention, a photograph of the Ellis family (ca. 1887), and a printed pamphlet for Ellis's brief in a United States Patent Office copyright dispute over the development of the voting machine.

Purchased from Joseph J. Felcone in February 2009 (AM2009-95).

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This collection was processed by John Delaney on February 26, 2009. Finding aid written by John Delaney on February 26, 2009. Folder Inventory added by Hilde Creager (2015) in 2012.

No appraisal information is available.

Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2009
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Collection Inventory

Document appointing of W.R. Ellis as State Deputy Grand Worthy Chief Templar, 1879 October 10. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Endorsements of the Ellis Voting Machine: 15 letters to W.R. Ellis from supporters of his invention, including California politicians, journalists, a publisher (James McClatchy and Co.) and a bank, 1897. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

4 Photographs of Ellis Voting Machine mounted on boards, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

2 Photographs of Ellis Family Members, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

"Ellis vs. Christensen" printed pamphlet, brief for Ellis in regard to Voting Machines Copyright Dispute, 1900 March 27. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Blank Ellis Voting System letterhead sheet, copy of patent lawyer's statement, clippings related to the machine, 1897. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

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