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How the "Mastiffs" reached the Folger
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How the "Mastiffs" reached the Folger

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Sarah Hovde

In June 1878, the novelist Anthony Trollope and a dozen of his friends boarded the yacht “Mastiff” in Scotland for its maiden voyage, a trip to Iceland. They stayed just over a week, but the episode provided Trollope with enough…

Battling over 18th-century rights to Shakespeare
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Battling over 18th-century rights to Shakespeare

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Carrie Smith

In working on the Shakespeare Collection NEH grant-funded project for the past year, I have learned more than I ever imagined possible regarding the history of eighteenth-century publishing, particularly the “Shakespeare copyrights” and ownership disputes between booksellers. The feud between…

Cataloging and preserving the Shakespeare collection
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Cataloging and preserving the Shakespeare collection

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Carrie Smith

Cataloging and Preserving the Shakespeare Collection is a three-year project at the Folger Shakespeare Library funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Catalogers are working to create and upgrade definitive records for the Folger’s more…