Folger Collections
The Meaning of Mining from Agricola to Zárate
Fellow Anita Raychawdhuri explores how mining was imagined in the Early Modern world by examining images and tales of colonial Peru.
Ovid, Shakespeare, and 'The Latinist' (Part Two)
The second part of the opening conversation between emma poltrack and Dr. Will Tosh as part of the June 2024 discussion of Mark Prins’s The Latinist.
Ovid, Shakespeare, and 'The Latinist' (Part One)
We revisit the opening conversation between emma poltrack and Dr. Will Tosh as part of the June 2024 discussion of Mark Prins’s The Latinist.
Better than a Pound of Sorrow: Antidotes for Melancholy in Early Modern England
Fellow Andrés Gattinoni looks at Early Modern collections of music and jokes intended to cure melancholy.
Two versions of Thomas Cromwell's very urgent letter conveying Henry VIII's impatience over his impending marriage to Anne of Cleves
A suggested solution to May’s Folger Mystery about two almost identical letters regarding Henry VIII’s marriage to Anne of Cleves in the Folger’s Collection.
Collection Connections: 'The East Indian' by Brinda Charry
Su Fang Ng revisits her May 2024 presentation on Brinda Charry’s The East Indian.
A ‘declineing time’? The final illnesses of Constance and Elizabeth Lucy
Folger Fellow Emma Marshall explores the history of the women of the Lucy family.
“According to the scrip”: Shakespeare’s text from cue scripts to promptbooks and beyond
Brittany N. Williams looks at cue scripts and their importance to actors in Shakespeare’s time.
Beyond a Cure for Plague
Fellow Kathleen Miller explores the Early Modern use of plague cures to treat more than one type of illness
Charles T. Grilley and the Garrick letter
How Henry Folger acquired a David Garrick letter in our collection
Marmalade boxes, Lenten fasts, and love
Heather Wolfe discovers the true intentions behind Jane Skipwith’s marmalade box
Collection Connections: 'Homegoing' by Yaa Gyasi, Pt. 2
Ivie Orobaton revisits her February 2024 presentation on Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing, the second of a two-part series.