A. D. Ellis & Son Records
Collection Number: 6493
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Title:
A. D. Ellis & Son Records,
1911-1934
Collection Number:
6493
Creator:
A. D. Ellis & Son
Quantity:
0.5 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, records
(documents)
.
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
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.
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
PROVENANCE:
American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of A.D.
Ellis & Son.
American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of A.D.
Ellis & Son.
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
Geographic Subjects:
Monson (Mass.)
United States
Form and Genre Terms:
Correspondence
Records (documents)
Access Restrictions:
Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference archivist for access to these materials.
Restrictions on Use:
This collection must be used in
keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and Procedures for Document Use.
Cite As:
A. D. Ellis & Son Records #6493. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 | 1915-1918 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 | 1921-1926 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 | 1917-1934 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 | 1917-1934 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 | 1931-1934 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 6 | ||
| Box 1 | Folder 7 | ||
| Box 1 | Folder 8 | ||
| Box 1 | Folder 9 | 1911 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 10 | ||