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Rachel B. Dankert

is an Adjunct Lecturer for the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign School of Information. Over a decade of special collections librarianship allows her to share her passion for this work with early career practitioners. She was the Learning and Engagement Librarian at the Folger Shakespeare Library from 2018-2022.
Summertime in the Folger collection: Sunshine, youth, and harvest
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Summertime in the Folger collection: Sunshine, youth, and harvest

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Slip into the Folger collection with me and connect with sweltering people from summers past in their quest to beat the heat or rhapsodize summer’s charms.

Folger Collections related to Dramatic Performance
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Folger Collections related to Dramatic Performance

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Owen Williams Rachel B. Dankert

In hopes that we can help theater historians discover more about relevant Folger holdings through their own explorations, we have created this post on “named” collections at the Folger that relate to actors, dramatic performance, and the texts used by…

A New Era: The Folger Now Uses Aeon!
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A New Era: The Folger Now Uses Aeon!

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Arrive at the Folger and grab a locker. Check in at the Registrar desk. Find that perfect spot in the Reading Room—not too cold, with just the right amount of light. Say hello to the wonderful staff and pick up…

The Folger as a Collection of Collections
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The Folger as a Collection of Collections

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Owen Williams Rachel B. Dankert

The next time a scholar of early modern Europe tells you that they don’t look to the Folger as their research home because they don’t work on Shakespeare, you might gently suggest that there are other parts of the Folger’s…

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