Folger Institute

Fellow Douglas Clark delves into the contents of the previously overlooked manuscript, Thomas Grocer’s Banquet of Sweetmeats.

In a continuation of a series, a member of the RaceB4Race Mentorship Network discusses what they’re reading and thinking about in their monthly Reading Group.

Artistic Fellow Leah Hampton showcases the Folger’s collection of Early Modern bar tokens

Folger fellow Amy Cooper explores the relationship between memory and the doodles of faces, dragons, and people in the margins of books.

Fellow Vanessa Corredera examines the use of color in adaptations of Measure for Measure

Fellow Anita Raychawdhuri explores how mining was imagined in the Early Modern world by examining images and tales of colonial Peru.

We take a look at how research happens at the Folger, from Folger Institute fellowships to the chairs in our Reading Room.

Fellow Andrés Gattinoni looks at Early Modern collections of music and jokes intended to cure melancholy.

Folger Fellow Emma Marshall explores the history of the women of the Lucy family.

Fellow Kathleen Miller explores the Early Modern use of plague cures to treat more than one type of illness

An interview with Dr. Jessica Goethals and an excerpt from her 2023 book Margherita Costa, Diva of the Baroque Court.