Folger Shakespeare Library
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The Folger Shakespeare Library is an independent research library on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., United States. It has the world's largest collection of the printed works of William Shakespeare,
The Folger Shakespeare Library reading room with one of Shakespeare's First Folios in the foreground
Henry Clay Folger
Emily Jordan Folger
Paul Philippe Cret's original designs for the east facade of the Folger Shakespeare Library, early 1930s
Emily Jordan Folger
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Emily Jordan Folger was the co-founder of the Folger Shakespeare Library alongside her husband Henry Clay Folger. During her husband's lifetime, she assisted him in building the world's largest collec
Folger Shakespeare Library
…materials from the early modern period (1500–1750) in Britain and Europe. The library was established by Henry Clay Folger in association with his wife, Emily Jordan Folger. It opened in 1932, two years after his death. The library offers advanced scholarly programs and national outreach to K–12 classroom teachers on…
Folger, in the Folger Shakespeare Library's Founders' Room, wearing Julia Marlowe's Portia costume, 1932