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A Guide to the Frederick Lincoln Fuller Papers, 1905-1941
Biographical NoteFrederick 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. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and ContentsThe 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 Return to the Table of Contents RestrictionsAccess RestrictionsUnrestricted Access Use RestrictionsPortions of these papers are stored remotely. Contact reference staff for retrieval from offsite storage. Return to the Table of Contents
Return to the Table of Contents Administrative InformationPreferred CitationFrederick Lincoln Fuller Papers,1905-1941, Archives of American Mathematics, Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin Return to the Table of Contents Detailed Description of the Papers
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