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Ellis Voting Machine Collection

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

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
C1309
Repository:
Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division
Extent:
  • 1 box
  • 0.2 linear feet
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Ellis Voting Machine Collection, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Date:
1879-1900 (inclusive)
Creator:
Princeton University. Library. Special Collections
Form:
Correspondence -- 19th century and Photographs -- 19th century.
Abstract:
Consists of selected material relating to the Ellis Voting Machine developed by W. R. Ellis in California in the 1890s.

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).

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.

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Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2009
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.

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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