We pick up from the series of picture postcards Henry Folger sent to his wife Emily in Brooklyn during his Standard Oil Company business trips to western states in 1910. The Truckee River flows...
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On the trail of Folgers (or is it Folger’s?) Coffee
Some of us more than others pay attention to punctuation: Folgers or Folger’s? However, we all recognize a rhyme when we hear it: The best part of waking upIs Folgers in your cup! My first major...
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!
Henry Folger never knew of the First Folio that surfaced in France this year
In forty years of book collecting, Henry Clay Folger managed to collect eighty-two of the 800 or so First Folios containing thirty-six Shakespeare plays compiled by two of the Bard’s actor friends,...
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.
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