urn:taro:utexas.cah.00350 A Guide to the Frederick Lincoln Fuller Papers, 1905-1941 July 29, 2004Encoded in XMetal 2 by Amelia Abreu according to instructions in TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. Descriptive Summary Fuller, Frederick Lincoln Frederick Lincoln Fuller Papers 1905-1941Materials are written in English. 86-7 10 inches Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin Fuller was an inventor of cash registers and business machines. These papers document his career and family history. Biographical Note

Frederick Lincoln Fuller, born April 11, 1861, in Norwich, Connecticut, was an inventor of cash registers and business machines. He founded the Union Cash Register Co. of Trenton, New Jersey, and in 1909 joined the National Cash Register Company of Dayton, Ohio. In 1917 he joined Remington Arms Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut from which he retired in 1925. He left retirement in 1927 to join International Business Machines (IBM) at the request of Thomas Watson. There his major invention was the Bank Proofing Machine for expediting the flow and control of checks between banks. He was still employed by IBM when he died in 1943 in West Orange. Surviving him were a brother, Charles O. Fuller of Trenton, New Jersey, two nephews, Frederick O. Fuller of New Britain, Connecticut and William G. Fuller, the manager of Fort Worth Airport (ca. 1930), a niece, Gertrude Fuller Locke of Collingwood, New Jersey, and a nephew, Frederick L. Morrison of West Orange.

Scope and Contents

The papers consist mainly of souvenir items from Fuller's career, including company brochures, albums, photographs of inventions and celebratory gatherings, and a few books. Several family letters and photographs are also included. Until 1984, this collection was housed at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center. It appears to have been transferred to the HRHRC from the College of Engineering. This inventory was prepared by Albert C. Lewis in June 1981, and updated by Amelia Abreu in July 2004.

Forms part of the Archives of American Mathematics.

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Frederick Lincoln Fuller Papers,1905-1941, Archives of American Mathematics, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.

 Index Terms Fuller, Frederick Lincoln 1861- Cash registers International Business Machines Corporation Detailed Description of the Papers 86-7/1 Typed announcement of Fuller's death and brief account of his life, undated Correspondence: 86-7/1 F. L. Fuller to William G. fuller and family, [six ALS], 1926-1941 86-7/1 [Mrs. F. L. Fuller?] to W. G. Fuller, [one ALS], 1931 86-7/1 Draft of letter from William G. Fuller to Frederick L. Fuller, ca. 1926? Manuscript sketches and descriptions of machines: 86-7/1 "First sketches of the 10 key cash register," undated 86-7/1 "Data on the small machine which prints the amount of money given in payment [?], the amount of the purchase, and the difference or change," undated 86-7/1 Business Machines, [various copies], 1934-1941 Personal papers: 86-7/1 Three unsigned cards, Valentine's Day and Christmas, undated 86-7/1 "Estimate made about Jan. 1905 on manufacturing Plain Register, 5 sections," [manuscript], January 1905? 86-7/1 "Cross country flight in the interest of recruiting," letter from W. H. Frank, War Department, Air Service, to Lt. Col. Harry S. Claggett, Kelly Field, San Antonio, [TLS], April 23, 1919 86-7/1 Letter from Albert Firmin to Frederick Lincoln Fuller regarding FLF as descendent of Benjamin Franklin, [TLS], May 29, 1938 Photographs: 4RM112 Photographs of Frederick Lincoln Fuller undated 4RM112 Brochures and leaflets on cash registers, including "NCR Factory News," 1938, "1908 model American-Halwood," and "The Union Computing Scale," [15 total], 1908-1938 and undated 4RM112 Bank Proofing Machine, photographs and manual, 1938-1939 4RM112 Photographs of other cash register machines, undated 4RM6a Photograph album of Remington Cash Register Works plant, 1921-1922 IBM Retirement Materials: 86-7/2 Plaque presented to Frederick Lincoln Fuller by IBM, in case, 1941 Appreciation book from IBM, signed by employees, including Thomas J. Watson, in slip case, 1940 86-7/2 Album of letters, "Expressions of appreciation," from IBM and others regarding Frederick Lincoln Fullers, "My Half Century as an Inventor," 1938-1939