"I am so glad we have resurrected Emily’s reputation — and added proof to the life-long value of Higher Education for American women." Amanda MeckeEmily Jordan was born in Ironton, Ohio on May 15,...
Happy Birthday, Emily Jordan Folger
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Amherst Articles
Henry Clay Folger and Emily Jordan Folger receive honorary degrees from Amherst College
One hundred and seven years ago, in 1914, Henry Folger received an honorary Doctorate of Letters from Amherst College. The citation read: “Henry Clay Folger, a graduate of this college in 1879,...
Henry Clay Folger’s Deltiological Profile, Part I
While on business trips out west in 1910, Standard Oil Co. executive Henry Folger sends postcards to his wife. The messages are hilarious!
Shakespeare Collector Emily Jordan Folger and First Lady Grace Goodhue Coolidge
Emily Folger née Jordan was a bluestocking: an educated, intellectual woman with a scholarly bent. In 1875, she followed her two sisters to Vassar College.
Happy Birthday, Henry Clay Folger!
Here are three things to remember about Henry Clay Folger on his 164th birthday, June 18, 2021.
Shall we take the ferry to Nantucket to visit the Folger Shakespeare Library?
Reading the Washington Post with horror! Deciding where to build the Folger Shakespeare Library. WIN a FREE book!
From Bangs to Maggs: Folger Fourth Folios
In 1889, 10 years after he graduated from Amherst College and 84 years before I did, Henry Folger walked “with fear and trepidation” into the foremost book auction house in America, Bangs and Co. on...
Picture Postcards of France II
I ended Picture Postcards of France I by promising the next deltiological stop in France would be Brittany. I lied. La Bretagne will have to wait. Because January 2021 will be one of the most devastating and trying months in our nation’s history, I thought some humor might help a wee bit.
Queen Elizabeth’s Corsets
In October 1931, armored trucks left Brooklyn––where Shakespeare collectors Henry and Emily Folger had lived––for a night ride to Washington DC. Security guards packed Colt .45 pistols, riot guns,...
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