"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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Literature Articles
Othello, Henry Folger, & Capt. John Robinson
"Thank you for sending this copy of your blog about the connection between the Folgers and Captain Robinson. I enjoyed reading it, and their interaction is a delightful one, clearly appreciated by...
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 II
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...
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.
Introduction to a Slightly Modified Theme: Postcards in the (home) archive
The thematic series I started Aug. 12, 2019, “Postcards in the Folger Archives,” has come to a pause.
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