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Collection Connections: 'The East Indian' by Brinda Charry
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Collection Connections: 'The East Indian' by Brinda Charry

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Su Fang Ng

Su Fang Ng revisits her May 2024 presentation on Brinda Charry’s The East Indian.

A ‘declineing time’? The final illnesses of Constance and Elizabeth Lucy
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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.

“According to the scrip”: Shakespeare’s text from cue scripts to promptbooks and beyond
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“According to the scrip”: Shakespeare’s text from cue scripts to promptbooks and beyond

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Brittany N. Williams

Brittany N. Williams looks at cue scripts and their importance to actors in Shakespeare’s time.

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

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

Collection Connections: 'Homegoing' by Yaa Gyasi, Pt. 2
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Collection Connections: 'Homegoing' by Yaa Gyasi, Pt. 2

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Ivie Orobaton

Ivie Orobaton revisits her February 2024 presentation on Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing, the second of a two-part series.

Collection Connections: 'Homegoing' by Yaa Gyasi
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Collection Connections: 'Homegoing' by Yaa Gyasi

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Ivie Orobaton

Ivie Orobaton revisits her February 2024 presentation on Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing, the first of a two-part series.

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”
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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.

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