James D Folger

Folger Library, Two Decades of Growth

• Author(s): Louis B. Wright

• Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1978-07
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• Publisher: Associated University Presse

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Department of Labor, National Labor Relations Board, National Mediation Board, National Railroad Adjustment Board, Railroad Retirement Board

• Author(s): United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1947
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• Publisher: Unknown

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Manifold Greatness

• Author(s): Helen Dale Moore, Julian Reid

• Categories: History

• Type: Book
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• Published: 2011
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• Publisher: Unknown

Published on the occasion of two exhibitions, held in 2011 at the Bodleian Library and the Folger Shakespeare Library respectively, celebrating the 400th centenary of the publication of the King James Bible.

Collecting Shakespeare

• Author(s): Stephen H. Grant

• Categories: Antiques & Collectibles

• Type: Book
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• Published: 2014-04-26
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• Publisher: JHU Press

The first biography of Henry and Emily Folger, who acquired the largest and finest collection of Shakespeare in the world. In Collecting Shakespeare, Stephen H. Grant recounts the American success story of Henry and Emily Folger. Shortly after marrying in 1885, the Folgers started buying, cataloging, and storing all manner of items about Shakespeare and his era. Emily earned a master's degree in Shakespeare studies. The frugal couple worked passionately as a tight-knit team during the Gilded Age, financing their hobby with the fortune Henry earned as president of Standard Oil Company of New York, where he was a trusted associate of John D. Rockefeller Sr. While a number of American universit...

The Ladd Family

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1890
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• Publisher: Unknown

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