Scrapbook, papermaking, James F. Marshall
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1860-1880, repaired 1934
label: date repaired
content: repaired ca. 1930
notes: label: Description
content: This black, bound scrapbook contains material about early forms of papermaking. It was originally assembled by James F. Marshall, the father of the donor, George H. Marshall, who repaired the book. According to the donor, James was a prominent papermaker and craftsman who invented the method of making a wide sheet of paper of a uniform thickness throughout, one of the key innovations that led to fast-running printing presses. The book contains material collected by James from 1860-1880, such as articles about paper mills and on the details of papermaking. James was the chief papermaker at the Richmond Paper Company in Providence, Rhode Island, which was the first sulphite process plant.
label: Description
content: The scrapbook also contains correspondence between James and his brother, George E. Marshall, who invented the what the donor refers to as the “Marshall Driving Train” for papermaking, which George E. patented on April 13, 1883, under U.S. patent no. 275,056. This invention provided more harmony between the different components in a paper mill by controlling the speed of the cone pulleys and a belt-shifting device. According to the donor, this invention provided innovations that eventually led to papermaking machines of higher speed and production.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Forestry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: George H. Marshall, Benton Harbor, MI
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.34FP01.01
label: catalog number
content: 34FP01.01
label: accession number
content: 116793
label: catalog number
content: W7237
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Scrapbook, Papermaking, James F. Marshall
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 3/4 in x 11 1/2 in x 4 in; 34.925 cm x 29.21 cm x 10.16 cm