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Paper Trades
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Paper Trades

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Caroline Duroselle-Melish

Thank you for your insightful comments on our Crocodile Mystery, which I enjoyed reading as usual. My heartfelt thanks also to Andrew Hare, Supervisory East Asian Painting Conservator, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, the Smithsonian’s National…

Collection Connections: 'We That Are Young'
Ink illustration of Lear and Cordelia
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Collection Connections: 'We That Are Young'

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Rachel B. Dankert, Learning and Engagement Librarian, shares items she presented on September 2, 2021 as an introduction to ‘We That Are Young’ by Preti Taneja.

The Production of Whiteness in the Anglo-French Match (1625)
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The Production of Whiteness in the Anglo-French Match (1625)

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Mira Assaf Kafantaris

A guest post by Mira Assaf Kafantaris Meghan Markle’s incorporation into the British monarchy, and her subsequent departure from it, has thrown into high relief the ideologies of whiteness at the heart of royal European traditions. Even though the symbolism…

Collection Connections: 'The Last True Poets of the Sea' by Julia Drake
Photograph of a gold ring with blue stone and inscription in the band
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Collection Connections: 'The Last True Poets of the Sea' by Julia Drake

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emma poltrack

Dr. Emma Poltrack shares items she presented on August 5, 2021 as an introduction to ‘The Last True Poets of the Sea’ by Julia Drake.

An Experiment in Following a Worm Through a Folded Letter
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An Experiment in Following a Worm Through a Folded Letter

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William Davis

A guest post by William Davis Folger staff have long been interested in folding early modern letters for mailing. It comes up periodically when someone finds a letter with unusual folds. Both Heather Wolfe and Erin Blake have written Collation…

The Pirates of H.M.S. Pinafore
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The Pirates of H.M.S. Pinafore

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Rachel B. Dankert

The mystery man in the Crocodile Mystery image is the Englishman W.S. (William Schwenck) Gilbert, the librettist and playwright, in costume as King Claudius. Gilbert, along with composer Arthur Seymour Sullivan, created during the 19th century some of the most…

A Conservation Intern’s Observations on STC 2608
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A Conservation Intern’s Observations on STC 2608

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Kevin Cilurzo

A guest post by Kevin Cilurzo (with particular thanks to Adrienne Bell) For a conservator, to disbind and rebind a book is a rare chance to study and understand its binding structure. With broken sewing and loose detached leaves, Folger…

Reading Anatomy Texts Like Poetry (and why we should do it more often)
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Reading Anatomy Texts Like Poetry (and why we should do it more often)

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Whitney Sperrazza

A guest post by Whitney Sperrazza Thomas Bartholin, Bartholinus anatomy (London, 1668), page 76. Folger B977, image from Luna. When we look at this page from Thomas Bartholin’s 1668 anatomy text (Folger B977), it’s easy to think of it as…

Decoding Early Modern Gossip
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Decoding Early Modern Gossip

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Alicia Petersen

A guest post by Alicia Petersen What comes to mind when you think of a coded letter? Political intrigue? Espionage? As the Folger Shakespeare Library’s 2014-5 exhibition Decoding the Renaissance: 500 Years of Codes and Ciphers highlighted, these guesses are…

Expurgation with decoration: type ornaments as replacement text
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Expurgation with decoration: type ornaments as replacement text

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Erin Blake

Thanks for the great comments on last week’s Crocodile Mystery. Everyone scores ten points, with full marks going to the two commenters who correctly identified the publication.Plus a happy-face sticker on Philip’s comment for the tongue-in-cheek description of the apparent…

New Acquisition: Photographs of an early 20th-century production of Hamlet in Japan
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New Acquisition: Photographs of an early 20th-century production of Hamlet in Japan

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Elizabeth DeBold

Welcome to a new regular series here on The Collation! Curatorial staff will be writing short pieces focusing on new acquisitions, hopefully giving our readers a glimpse into how we’re building our collections. Today, I’m excited to share a small…

Collection Connections: 'Sweet Sorrow' by David Nicholls
Cover of a 1896 advertising pamphlet for bicycles featuring a portrait of Shakespeare
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Collection Connections: 'Sweet Sorrow' by David Nicholls

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emma poltrack

Dr. Emma Poltrack shares items she presented on June 3, 2021 as an introduction to Sweet Sorrow by David Nicholls.

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