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Early Shakespeare films: scripts, stars, and souvenirs
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Early Shakespeare films: scripts, stars, and souvenirs

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These recent additions to the Folger collection relate to a range of early Shakespeare films that represented important firsts, won awards, and witnessed the transition from silent films to “talkies.”

Imagining an 18th century Jane Doe
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Imagining an 18th century Jane Doe

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Heather Wolfe

A fake woman with fake initials and a fake seal? What is going on with these early 18th century affidavits? Curator of Manuscripts Heather Wolfe explores burials, bureaucracy, and “ritualized compliance” in this post about two recent acquisitions.

Shakespeare treasures, up for adoption
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Shakespeare treasures, up for adoption

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A 1957 Taming of the Shrew with beautiful lithographs. Song lyrics from 1769 extolling the goblet carved from a mulberry tree supposedly planted by Shakespeare. These and other recent additions to the Folger Shakespeare Library collection will be up for…

Acquisitions Night: February 5, 2015
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Acquisitions Night: February 5, 2015

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Erin Blake

Got your tickets yet? Acquisitions Night is just over a week away! This once-a-year event directly supports the growth of the collection by giving people the chance to “adopt” selected items acquired over the past year—that is, reimburse the purchase price to the library so…

Acquiring and adopting books
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Acquiring and adopting books

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Melissa Cook

Each year around this time, the Folger hosts Acquisitions Night benefiting the Library’s Acquisitions program. Showcasing some of the most interesting, beautiful, and rare items we’ve purchased for the collection in the past year, the event invites donors to “adopt” selected…

The road to Acquisitions Night 2012
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The road to Acquisitions Night 2012

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Erin Blake

This Thursday is Acquisitions Night, the annual benefit to support Folger collections. It’s something of a three-ring circus: buffet dinner in the Great Hall, conservation demonstrations at one end of the Paster Reading Room, and—in the center ring—dozens of newly-acquired…