The Collation
Research and Exploration at the Folger
The Collation is a gathering of useful information and observations from Folger staff and researchers. Read more about this blog
"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.
Beyond a Cure for Plague
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
How Henry Folger acquired a David Garrick letter in our collection
Interview and excerpt: Jessica Goethals, Margherita Costa, Diva of the Baroque Court
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
Heather Wolfe discovers the true intentions behind Jane Skipwith’s marmalade box
Remembering Laetitia Yeandle, Curator of Manuscripts (1930-2024)
Heather Wolfe remembers Laetitia’s influence on scholars and staff, as a curator, paleographer, editor, and friend.
Who Cares about Care?
Fellow Zachary Dorner explores how labor, medical care, and class interacted in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Puzzling Through a Stage Direction in Love’s Labor’s Lost
Fellow Elizabeth Zeman Kolkovich explores what a stage direction about Blackamoors might mean.
Our new digital collections site is here!
Announcing the launch of our new digital collections site!
“To re-back, or not to re-back”
Book and Paper Conservator Rachel Bissonnette gives a look behind the scenes at the conservation work done on one of our collection’s books.
Flamboyant Plants
Artistic Research Fellow Amy Reid explores the queer history and meaning of plants using the Folger collection in an audiovisual project.
Surveying the Bird’s-Eye View
Fellow Mark Rosen explores the Folger’s collection from a bird’s-eye view.