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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

Our new digital collections site is here!
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Our new digital collections site is here!

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Emily Wahl

Announcing the launch of our new digital collections site!

“To re-back, or not to re-back”
Two photos of a spine of a book laid on top of each other. Both have an exposed spine but the bottom image has a endcap at the top of the spine and thin paper has been laid over the exposed edges of the paper.
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“To re-back, or not to re-back”

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Rachel Bissonnette

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
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Flamboyant Plants

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Amy Reid

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
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Surveying the Bird’s-Eye View

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Mark Rosen

Fellow Mark Rosen explores the Folger’s collection from a bird’s-eye view.

Mariam Rising: A Short Closet Play by Jay Eddy
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Mariam Rising: A Short Closet Play by Jay Eddy

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Jay Eddy

Folger artistic fellow Jay Eddy presents a closet play combining early modern drama with current events.

The Jew of Malta and Empire
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The Jew of Malta and Empire

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Philip Goldfarb Styrt

Fellow Philip Goldfarb Styrt uses Marlowe’s play to examine how early modern drama portrayed the problems of empire.

Race B4 Race Seminar 4: What We’re Reading and Why
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Race B4 Race Seminar 4: What We’re Reading and Why

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Kavita Mudan Finn

In the fourth post of the series, a member of the Race Before Race Mentorship Network discuss what they’re reading and thinking about in their monthly Reading Group.

Of Actors, Playwrights, and Porcupines
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Of Actors, Playwrights, and Porcupines

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Corinne Bayerl

Folger fellow Corinne Bayerl explores the bestiary deployed in polemics about theatre across Europe.

Interview and excerpt: Joseph Mansky, Libels and Theater in Shakespeare’s England: Publics, Politics, Performance
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Interview and excerpt: Joseph Mansky, Libels and Theater in Shakespeare’s England: Publics, Politics, Performance

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The Collation

An interview with Dr. Joseph Mansky and an excerpt from his 2023 book Libels and Theater in Shakespeare’s England: Publics, Politics, Performance.

Race B4 Race Seminar 3: What We’re Reading and Why
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Race B4 Race Seminar 3: What We’re Reading and Why

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Kavita Mudan Finn

In the third post of the series, a member of the Race Before Race Mentorship Network discuss what they’re reading and thinking about in their monthly Reading Group.

Acquiring the Vincent First Folio: A Bibliophilic Drama in Two Parts (Part 2)
Written receipt for the purchase of the First Folio. There is a red postal stamp.
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Acquiring the Vincent First Folio: A Bibliophilic Drama in Two Parts (Part 2)

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Sara Schliep

Part 2 of the thrilling story about how Henry Folger acquired the Vincent-Sibthrop copy of the First Folio.

Acquiring the Vincent First Folio: A Bibliophilic Drama in Two Parts (Part 1)
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Acquiring the Vincent First Folio: A Bibliophilic Drama in Two Parts (Part 1)

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Sara Schliep

Did you ever wonder how Henry Folger acquired the copy of the First Folio that he considered “the most precious book in the world”? Wonder no more. Join Folger Archivist Sara Schliep on a two-part saga spanning over a decade and an ocean, both literal and figurative. Here is part 1 of the tale.

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