The Collation
Research and Exploration at the Folger
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The Collation is a gathering of useful information and observations from Folger staff and researchers. Read more about this blog
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Making Meaning of Adapted Shakespeare: White Femininity in Re-Imaginings of Measure for Measure
Fellow Vanessa Corredera examines the use of color in adaptations of Measure for Measure
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The Meaning of Mining from Agricola to Zárate
Fellow Anita Raychawdhuri explores how mining was imagined in the Early Modern world by examining images and tales of colonial Peru.
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Better than a Pound of Sorrow: Antidotes for Melancholy in Early Modern England
Fellow Andrés Gattinoni looks at Early Modern collections of music and jokes intended to cure melancholy.
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Two versions of Thomas Cromwell's very urgent letter conveying Henry VIII's impatience over his impending marriage to Anne of Cleves
A suggested solution to May’s Folger Mystery about two almost identical letters regarding Henry VIII’s marriage to Anne of Cleves in the Folger’s Collection.
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Folger Mysteries (formerly known as "What manner o' thing is your crocodile"): May 2024
Try your hand at solving this month’s Folger Mystery.
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A ‘declineing time’? The final illnesses of Constance and Elizabeth Lucy
Folger Fellow Emma Marshall explores the history of the women of the Lucy family.
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“The Problem of the Theatre”
A brief history of Folger Theatre.
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There's the Short and the Long 'ſ/f'
Artistic Fellow Krysten Fikes explores the long ‘s’ in the context of her project on Black American Ebonics and Elizabethan English.
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Card catalog holder-opener
Erin Blake explains how to use a mystery object when examining the card catalog.
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"What manner o’ thing is your crocodile?": April 2024
This month’s Crocodile Mystery presents you with an object that is used in the library, but is not part of the library collection itself.
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Beyond a Cure for Plague
Fellow Kathleen Miller explores the Early Modern use of plague cures to treat more than one type of illness
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Charles T. Grilley and the Garrick letter
How Henry Folger acquired a David Garrick letter in our collection