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Research and Exploration at the Folger

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Folger Mysteries (formerly known as "What manner o' thing is your crocodile"): May 2024
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Folger Mysteries (formerly known as "What manner o' thing is your crocodile"): May 2024

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The Collation

Try your hand at solving this month’s Folger Mystery.

A ‘declineing time’? The final illnesses of Constance and Elizabeth Lucy
A small brown volume with gold lettering being held by a hand mostly out of frame
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A ‘declineing time’? The final illnesses of Constance and Elizabeth Lucy

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Emma Marshall

Folger Fellow Emma Marshall explores the history of the women of the Lucy family.

“The Problem of the Theatre”
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“The Problem of the Theatre”

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emma poltrack

A brief history of Folger Theatre.

There's the Short and the Long 'ſ/f'
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There's the Short and the Long 'ſ/f'

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KM Fikes

Artistic Fellow Krysten Fikes explores the long ‘s’ in the context of her project on Black American Ebonics and Elizabethan English.

Card catalog holder-opener
Catalog cards held open in drawer by a clear plastic wedge
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Card catalog holder-opener

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Erin Blake

Erin Blake explains how to use a mystery object when examining the card catalog.

"What manner o’ thing is your crocodile?": April 2024
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"What manner o’ thing is your crocodile?": April 2024

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The Collation

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.

Beyond a Cure for Plague
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Beyond a Cure for Plague

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Kathleen Miller

Fellow Kathleen Miller explores the Early Modern use of plague cures to treat more than one type of illness

Charles T. Grilley and the Garrick letter
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Charles T. Grilley and the Garrick letter

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Erin Blake

How Henry Folger acquired a David Garrick letter in our collection

Interview and excerpt: Jessica Goethals, Margherita Costa, Diva of the Baroque Court
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Interview and excerpt: Jessica Goethals, Margherita Costa, Diva of the Baroque Court

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Jessica Goethals

An interview with Dr. Jessica Goethals and an excerpt from her 2023 book Margherita Costa, Diva of the Baroque Court.

Marmalade boxes, Lenten fasts, and love
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Marmalade boxes, Lenten fasts, and love

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Heather Wolfe

Heather Wolfe discovers the true intentions behind Jane Skipwith’s marmalade box

Remembering Laetitia Yeandle, Curator of Manuscripts (1930-2024)
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Remembering Laetitia Yeandle, Curator of Manuscripts (1930-2024)

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Heather Wolfe

Heather Wolfe remembers Laetitia’s influence on scholars and staff, as a curator, paleographer, editor, and friend.

Who Cares about Care?
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Who Cares about Care?

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Zachary Dorner

Fellow Zachary Dorner explores how labor, medical care, and class interacted in the 17th and 18th centuries.

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