Ellis, A. D. & Son Records, 1911-1934
Collection Number: 6493
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
A. D. Ellis & Son Records, 1911-1934
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
6493
Abstract:
Records include payroll (From Ellis, Converse & Co.), outgoing correspondence, notebook
of orders, weaving drafts & counts, including price lists and costs, and 2 folders
of miscellaneous drafts. Correspondents include H. & W.H. Lewis, Laidlaw Co., & Lynx
Corp., all of New York City. Includes Navy contracts & government bids, 1917-1934.
Creator:
A. D. Ellis & Son
Quanitities:
0.5 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English
A.D. Ellis & Son, Monson, Mass. Woolen manufacturers. One of several mills belonging
to Dwight W. Ellis & established in 1872 to produce fine cassimeres. Around 1875,
Arthur D. Ellis became a partner. Over time the mill manufactured broadcloth, billiard
cloth, uniform cloth & jerseys. By the late 1930's auto & uniform cloth were its only
products. The company closed in 1961.
Records include general outgoing correspondence, 1872-1887, 1899-1901; and correspondence
concerning sales, etc., 1915-1934. Correspondents include H. & W.H. Lewis, Laidlaw
Company, and Lynx Corporation, all of New York City. Collection also includes Navy
contracts and government bids, 1917-1934; and payroll ledgers containing rent and
board deductions and amounts produced by weavers; these are labelled Ellis, Converse
& Co. Also included are weaving drafts and counts, plus price lists and costs, 1910-1916
Custodial History
American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of A.D. Ellis & Son.
American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of A.D. Ellis & Son.
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INFORMATION FOR USERS
A. D. Ellis & Son Records #6493. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and
Archives, Cornell University Library.
Names:
Converse, E. Julius.
Ellis, Arthur D.
Ellis, Dwight W.
A. D. Ellis & Sons
Converse, Ellis & Company.
D.W. Ellis & Sons Woolen Mill (Monson, Mass.)
Laidlaw Company (New York, N.Y.)
Lynx Corporation (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
Business records
Contracts
Payrolls
Price lists
Textile industry
Weaving
Woolen and worsted manufacture
Labor records
Weaving drafts
Wool technology -- General
Monson (Mass.)
United States
CONTAINER LIST
|
Container
|
Description
|
Date
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Production Correspondence : H.H. Lewis
|
1915-1918 |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Production Correspondence : Laidlow Co. Inc.
|
1921-1926 |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Navy Contracts and Government Bids
|
1917-1934 |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Navy contracts and Government bids ((2 cloth samples/wool for earliest mens uniform)
|
1917-1934 |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Correspondence in Lynx Corporation
|
1931-1934 |
| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Weaving Drafts and 3.6 counts
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Weaving Drafts and Counts
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Weaving Drafts and Counts
|
|
| Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Weaving Drafts and Counts
|
1911 |
| Box 1 | Folder 10 |
"Auto Drafts" Weaving Drafts
|
|