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The Collation

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Notes for future reference
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Notes for future reference

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Erin Blake

Do you ever leave notes to your self, to come back to later? Folger catalogers have a long history of doing this, as Erin Blake explains.

Changes they are a comin'! (They're here!)
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Changes they are a comin'! (They're here!)

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The Collation
How to ask a reference question
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How to ask a reference question

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Abbie Weinberg
“What manner o’ thing is your crocodile?”: February 2023
Bar graph with blue bars for August-December 2022. It is titled
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“What manner o’ thing is your crocodile?”: February 2023

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The Collation
“To the right Wor[shipfu]ll and my very louinge freinde the Lady Powell …”: A 17th Century Letter Collection
hand written letter in english secretary hand; text as quoted above
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“To the right Wor[shipfu]ll and my very louinge freinde the Lady Powell …”: A 17th Century Letter Collection

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William Davis

The first part of a series of posts examining the Powell family letters.

The problems with adapting Coriolanus, and why we should try anyway
A black and white woodcut with one man in the foreground and another in the background but the scene is mainly dominated by tall structures and the sweep of scenery behind them
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The problems with adapting Coriolanus, and why we should try anyway

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Mallika Kavadi
Corpse Medicine
A two page spread of a handwritten recipe book.
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Corpse Medicine

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Bradley J. Irish
A Bill of Lading and a Merchant of London (and of Venice)
A photo of the front and back of a golden coin. Both front and back seem to a depict holy figures with text around the edges.
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A Bill of Lading and a Merchant of London (and of Venice)

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Jonathan Sawday
A Master Tailor’s Manual
An image of a single page of a book with a small block of text on the left in Spanish and an image of three men, two sewing and one using a compass and a ruler.
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A Master Tailor’s Manual

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Abner Aldarondo
Seasons' Greetings
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Seasons' Greetings

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The Collation
Postcards in the (home) archive 1944-1945
A postcard depicting the exterior of the Folger Shakespeare Library
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Postcards in the (home) archive 1944-1945

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Stephen H. Grant
Recipes for Survival
A two-page spread of a handwritten recipe book.
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Recipes for Survival

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Hannah Baker Saltmarsh
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