W.D. MacFarlane Scrapbook
name: label: Collector
content: Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
label: Collector
content: MacFarlane, W.D.
label: Names
content: MacFarlane's Old Dye Works
label: Names
content: MacFarlane, Robert
place: label: Place
content: Albany (N.Y.) -- 1870-1900
label: Place
content: New York -- 1870-1900
topic: label: Topic
content: Dyes and dyeing -- 1870-1900
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This collection was presumably a part of the Warshaw Collection, which was purchased from Augusta Warshaw, widow of Isadore Warshaw, in 1971.
creator: label: Collector
content: Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
label: Collector
content: MacFarlane, W.D.
setName: label: See more items in
content: W.D. MacFarlane Scrapbook
abstract: label: Summary
content: Scrapbook created by W. D. MacFarlane who was a partner, with his brother Robert, in the MacFarlane Old Dye Works in Albany, New York.  The book contains chemical solutions for dying textiles, newspaper clippings, marriage and obituary notices, poems and political cartoons.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: W.D. MacFarlane was apparently in the dyeing business in Albany, New York (MacFarlane's Old Dye Works) as a partner with his brother Robert.  Their father, Robert MacFarlane (1815 1883) had emigrated from Scotland to the United States in 1836, where he carried on the family trade of dyeing, but also engaged in more intellectual pursuits, serving as editor of the Scientific American for seventeen years.  There is little information on his sons.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.5 Cubic feet (1 Box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: ca. 1870-1892.
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Transferred from the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana (AC0060).
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0337
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
label: Type
content: Obituaries
label: Type
content: Marriage notices
label: Type
content: Clippings
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Don Darroch, 1987
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks -- 19th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Obituaries
label: Genre/Form
content: Marriage notices
label: Genre/Form
content: Clippings -- 1850-1900
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This scrapbook contain several handwritten directions for preparation of chemical solutions for dying textiles various colors; newspaper clippings relate to a variety of subjects; and several marriage and obituary notices concerning the MacFarlane and Albright families of Albany.  In addition, there are numerous clippings of poems and several political cartoons.