Skip to main content
All 487 posts on

Folger Collections

David and Eva Garricks’ Villa at Hampton: Shakespeare in the Landscape
Informal portrait of David and Eva Maria Garrick. David is sitting in a chair at a small writing table. He is leaning his cheek on his right hand, which also holds a quill. Eva is standing behind the chair playfully reaching for the quill, as if to pull it out of David's hand.
Collation

David and Eva Garricks’ Villa at Hampton: Shakespeare in the Landscape

Posted
Author
Kasie Alt

Folger Fellow Kasie Alt explores Eva Maria Garrick’s role in the landscaping of their Hampton estate.

Silence
Collation

Silence

Posted
Author
Campbell Hannan

Former Folger-Dumbarton fellow Campbell Hannan examines archival silences and what we can and must do to reveal them.

The Royal Arctic Theatre and HMS Resolute
Collation

The Royal Arctic Theatre and HMS Resolute

Posted
Author
Julie Swierczek

During the seemingly-endless heat waves of summer, I am drawn to reading about polar exploration. A few years ago I mentioned to a Folger colleague that I had just finished reading Alfred Lansing’s Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage, and they replied,…

FAST FACTS about our FAST ACCS (early modern manuscript edition)
Collation

FAST FACTS about our FAST ACCS (early modern manuscript edition)

Posted
Author
Heather Wolfe

Curator of Manuscript, Heather Wolfe, shows off some of the recent manuscript acquisitions.

A Game at Chess: Popularity and Controversy
Collation

A Game at Chess: Popularity and Controversy

Posted
Author
Abner Aldarondo

Dumbarton Oaks fellow, Abner Aldarondo, discusses Thomas Middleton’s popular, but controversial play, A Game at Chess.

Collection Connections:
'The Daughter of Time' by Josephine Tey
Folger Spotlight

Collection Connections:
'The Daughter of Time' by Josephine Tey

Posted
Author
Katherine Schaap Williams

We revisit the June 2023 presentation by Dr. Katherine Schaap Williams on Richard III and Josephine Tey’s novel, The Daughter of Time.

Philanthropy and Torture: Linking Workhouses and Plantations
An engraving of a woman spinning.
Collation

Philanthropy and Torture: Linking Workhouses and Plantations

Posted
Author
Justin Roberts

Folger Fellow Justin Roberts explores the appearance of torture instruments in 17th century workhouses.

A 17th Century Letter Collection, Part 3: Farming in Early Modern England, 1630-1632
A section of a handwritten letter
Collation

A 17th Century Letter Collection, Part 3: Farming in Early Modern England, 1630-1632

Posted
Author
William Davis

A final look at the Powell family letters.

Printing plays in Mexico
Collation

Printing plays in Mexico

Posted
Author
Abner Aldarondo

Dumbarton Oaks fellow Abner Aldarondo explores a book in the Folger Collection that gathers together six plays printed in Mexico City in the 1830s.

Experiences of Captivity in the Books of John Smith
Collation

Experiences of Captivity in the Books of John Smith

Posted
Author
Adrian Finucane

Folger Fellow Adrian Finucane explores issues of captivity in John Smith’s writing.

"What’s in a name?" That which we call [primitive] by any other word...
Collation

"What’s in a name?" That which we call [primitive] by any other word...

Posted
Author
Eva Rocha

Artist Eva Rocha’s multimedia work investigates processes of dehumanization and in this post she looks at early colonial depictions of “Original Peoples”.

A 17th Century Letter Collection, Part 2: Travelling Around Early Modern England, 1630-1632
Image of sealed letter with text transcribed above. A wax seal is visible at the top of the packet.
Collation

A 17th Century Letter Collection, Part 2: Travelling Around Early Modern England, 1630-1632

Posted
Author
William Davis

A continued look at the Powell family letters.

1 4 5 6 7 8 52