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	Henry Clay Folger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Henry Clay Folger (1857-1930) was president of Standard Oil Company, a collector of Shakespeareana, and founder of the Folger Shakespeare Library.
		Henry Clay Folger was born in New York City on June 18, 1857 to Henry C. and Eliza J. (Clark) Folger.
		Folger was a trustee of the Hamilton Trust Company, Brooklyn, New York; and a director of Seaboard National Bank in New York.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Henry_Clay_Folger (255 words)

	Folger Shakespeare Library - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The bulk of Folger's fortune was left in trust, with Amherst College as administrator, for the library.
		In addition to its scholarly mission, the Folger serves as a museum devoted to Shakespeare's life and times, as a center for the literary and performing arts, and as a resource for K-12 humanities educators.
		The privately endowed Folger Shakespeare Library continues to be administered by the Trustees of Amherst College.
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	Henry Clay Folger -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		U.S. lawyer and business executive Henry Clay Folger is remembered as the founder of the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. The library serves as a research center for the study of William Shakespeare, his contemporaries, Elizabethan society and culture, and 16th- and 17th-century British drama, literature, and history.
		The greatest collections are in the Folger Shakespeare Library, in Washington, D.C.; the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, in San Marino, Calif.; the British Museum, in London, England; and the Bodleian Library,...
		Henry Clay Frick was born in West Overton, Pa., on Dec. 19, 1849.
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	Folger Shakespeare Library
		Henry Clay Folger, a millionaire Standard Oil executive, devoted a great deal of his life to the acquisition of the largest collection of Shakespearean materials in the world.
		Folger purchased the land where the library stands today a parcel at a time, and he acquired the entire property by 1928.
		Folger died two weeks after the cornerstone was laid in 1930.
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	Shakespeare in Europe: Balz Engler: Shakespeare, Washington, Lincoln: The Folger Library and the American appropriation ...
		The Folgers also left a substantial endowment for the further development of their project, for the expansion of its holdings, for exhibitions based on them, for educational and academic programs and cultural events.
		Folger explained: "Of course we mean the memorial to be a testimonial, rather than something serious" (*7) --i.e.
		Folger desired to see specimens of their collections displayed in a Gallery recalling the period rooms of our museums, and, further, they thought that the scholars who were to work in the Library would feel most at home in surroundings reminiscent of the England of the XVIth or XVIIth centuries.
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	RootsWeb Message Boards - Message [ Clarke ]
		HENRY CLAY FOLGER is a native of Stokes County, North Carolina, a son of Jethro S. and Mary (Barnard) Folger, and a grandson of Latham and Matilda (Worth) Folger, and Asa and Hulda (Macy) Barnard.
		Henry C. Folger was reared on a farm in the wilds of early Indiana, and obtained a thorough knowledge of pioneer life, his early years being spent in assisting his father clear and improve a heavily-timbered farm.
		Folger was married September 29, 1852, to Miss Emily Coffin, daughter of Dr. William and Eunice (Worth) Coffin.
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	Folger Shakespeare Library \| Museum/Attraction Review \| Washington, D.C. \| Frommers.com
		A decade later, Amherst student Henry Clay Folger was profoundly affected by a lecture Emerson gave similarly extolling the bard.
		Folger purchased an inexpensive set of Shakespeare's plays and went on to amass the world's largest (by far) collection of the bard's works, today housed in the Folger Shakespeare Library.
		By 1930, when Folger and his wife, Emily, laid the cornerstone of a building to house the collection, it comprised 93,000 books, 50,000 prints and engravings, and thousands of manuscripts.
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	CNN.com - Shadow of Shakespeare and history at the Folger - September 4, 2000
		During a 1991 visit, Queen Elizabeth II came face to face at the Folger with a portrait of her distant cousin, Elizabeth I, the British monarch of Shakespeare's times.
		Folger, who was to become president and chairman of the Standard Oil Co., paid 25 cents for a ticket to hear Emerson speak.
		Folger's passionate study of Shakespeare and determination to create the definitive collection of the bard's works grew parallel to his business success.
	archives.cnn.com /2000/books/news/09/04/capital.shakespeare.ap (1015 words)

	SLA Student Chapter - University of WI Madison SLIS
		Folger made his fortune as President of Standard Oil of New York in the late nineteenth century.
		As an institution, the Folger is politically neutral; we welcome all scholars of the early modern period.
		The Folger is also a museum devoted to Shakespeare's legacy, a lively center for the literary and performing arts, and a center for the revitalization of humanities education in our schools.
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	The Medieval Lyric - Performers
		The Folger Consort, ensemble in residence at the Folger Shakespeare Library, presents music from the twelfth through twentieth centuries, specializing in medieval and Renaissance music, with the aid of a wonderful variety of talented guest artists.
		Established in 1932 by Henry Clay Folger and hiswife Emily Jordan Folger, the Folger Library is an independent research facility.
		The Folger sponsors exhibitions from the collection and many programs in the Elizabethan Theatre that bring there sources of the library to the public.
	www.mtholyoke.edu /acad/medst/medieval_lyric/performers.html (191 words)

	GoCityKids \| The Folger Shakespeare Library
		The Folger Shakespeare Library is an independent research library established by founders Henry Clay Folger and his wife, Emily Jordan Folger, in 1932 as a gift to the American people.
		magnet for scholars from around the globe, the Folger is home to the world's largest collection of Shakespeare's printed works, as well as magnificent collections of other rare Renaissance books and manuscripts on all disciplines - history and politics, theology and exploration, law and the arts.
		The Folger is also a renowned center for the revitalization of humanities education through pre-college programs for students and teachers.
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		The 17th century Ashbourne Portrait, held by the Folger, had been identified since its discovery in the 19th century as the Earl of Oxford, the Lord Mayor of London or Shakespeare, in what would be only the third proven likeness of the Bard in existence.
		Among the boldest of the forgers, Ireland, as a 17-year-old in 1794-95, forged a cache of Shakespearean manuscripts and correspondence to please his father.
		Among the papers held by the Folger are diary entries that have him admitting to his sense of shame in old age.
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	Henry Clay -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Clay was twice the unsuccessful Whig candidate for president (1832, 1844).
		More results on "Henry Clay" when you join.
		The statesman Henry Clay imported some Herefords to the United States as early as 1817.
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	A Quintessence of Dust (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Bible, first examined by the author in January 1992, was included in the Folger's Collection of Fine Bindings from February - September 1992.
		Folger curators responsible for cataloging marginal notations of historic significance, unaware of the annotations until brought to their attention in January 1992, expressed surprise and great interest on learning of the nature of the annotations.
		Laetitia Yeandle, curator of rare manuscripts, asked about the need to test the ink to pin down the date of the annotations, expressed her opinion that the inks used by the annotator were unlikely to be other than 16th century.
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	Henry Clay Folger, 1857-1930. American industrialist and collector
		Folger’s connection with Standard Oil companies, beginning in 1879, continued until his retirement 49 years later as chairman of the board of the New York company.
		He was an enthusiastic student of Shakespeare during his college days and became a discerning collector.
		Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930. American industrialist and collector
	library.wustl.edu /units/spec/manuscripts/mlc/folger/folger.html (141 words)

	Analysis and Treatment Using a Video Microscopy System (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		It is the conservator's aim to address three fundamental issues with respect to the conservation of an artifact: determining the most appropriate method of treatment, acheiving the best results, and documenting the processes thoroughly.
		The watercolor and gouache painting, acquired by Henry Clay Folger in 1904, measures 19.5 x 14 cm and is solidly adhered to a quarter-cut oak board (Figure 1).
		It was also at this stage that a detail of the original artist's technique was revealed: two contiguous areas of loss expose the vellum support beneath, as well as a red pigment that was commonly used by artists for preparatory sketches.
	aic.stanford.edu /conspec/bpg/annual/v14/bp14-01.html (1828 words)

	Insight on the News: Preservationists turn over new leaves in old books - Folger Shakespeare Library
		The Folger Shakespeare Library, located in Washington, is actually administered by Amherst College, the alma mater of founder Henry Clay Folger, and it houses more than the collected works of the Bard.
		But the Folger's collection is a handled collection, and the conservators marshal state-of-the-art equipment to keep word and page whole.
		The Folger was the first to employ the "Stealth Sucker," for example -- a high-pressure vacuum that removes stains.
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	AC Library: Friends, Folger Fellowships
		These two fellowships will be held for two weeks in January at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. The Folger is the premier research library in the country, and possibly the world, for the study of Shakespeare and the English Renaissance.
		But it also possesses collections both broad and deep for research in European culture and history from the early fifteenth century to the end of the eighteenth century—with sizable resources pertaining also to the New World in the latter half of that period.
		If you are interested in applying for an Amherst College Undergraduate Folger Fellowship, speak to the faculty member who can best help you formulate a project that would benefit from your residence at the Folger.
	www.amherst.edu /library/friends/folgerfellow.html (527 words)

	Shakespeare Fellowship Discussion Boards: Favorites: Minerva and Shakespeare
		The echoing marble hallways are overseen by dancing nymphs and hard-working peasants and representations of Minerva, and stand as a reminder of an America -- perhaps always only an ideal; and yet a worthy one -- united in its study of literature, history, philosophy and science rather than of Britney Spears and Gwyneth Paltrow.
		This library, unlike its neighbor, is a tribute more to flourishing capitalism than to democracy per se: like many of Washington's most enticing corners, it was the philanthropic gift from the wealthy to the public, made in the early part of the 20th century.
		By the time of World War I, the Folgers were scouting for a site for their library and chose the land next to the Library of Congress; and in 1928 Congress passed a resolution allowing the library's construction.
	www.shakespearefellowship.org /ubbthreads/showthreaded.php/Cat/0/Number/12416/page (419 words)

	Frick, Henry Clay -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		He entered the Carnegie Steel Company in 1882 and became a rival of Carnegie for control of the company.
		More results on "Frick, Henry Clay" when you join.
		The art, spanning the history of Western art from the Middle Ages to the late 19th century, was amassed by the industrialist Henry Clay Frick (1849–1919) under the guidance of the art dealer Joseph Duveen and the English art critic Roger Fry.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9311339?tocId=9311339 (761 words)

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		His compilation of the Harry Elkins Widener Collection, given to Harvard University by Widener's widow, attracted the attention and business of such collectors as Henry E. Huntington, Henry Clay Folger and J. Morgan.
		Henry P. McIlhenny (1910-1986), was an active presence at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in the mid-20th century.
		He was a curator from 1939 to 1964, and became Chairman of the Museum Board in 1976.
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	Table of contents for An annotated catalogue of the music manuscripts in the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Folger Shakespeare Library, B3887 (source no. 18), Henry Bowman, Songs, for One, Two, and Three Voyces to the Thorow-Bass.
		Folger Shakespeare Library, M2002.H13 M9 Cage folio (source no. 42), front pastedown, bookplates of John William Hobbs and William Hayman Cummings.
		Folger Shakespeare Library, Uncatalogued Music Collection, Black Boxes, Shakespeare MS Music E-V (see source no. 167), item no. 11, the beginning of Joseph Haydn, 'She never told her Love', in the hand ofJohann Elssler.
	www.loc.gov /catdir/toc/ecip0515/2005019275.html (619 words)

	Folger Theatre :washingtonpost.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		This small, 250-seat theater was built inside the Folger Shakespeare Library as a replica of an inn-yard theater of Shakespeare's time, with "Juliet windows" on the stage and painted timber construction decorated with animals and Tudor roses.
		In addition to Folger Theatre productions, the Folger stage is also host to two of the nation;s finest literary series, Folger Poetry and PEN/Faulkner, and the library's early music ensemeble, the Folger Consort.
		Home to the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the Folger Shakespeare Library is a major center for scholary research and a lively venue for exhibitions, cultural programs, and the performing arts.
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	Search Results for Henry V (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		ANGUS BOWMER THEATRE Henry V The Man Who Came to Dinner The Night of the Iguana Force of Nature The Trojan Women ELIZABETHAN THEATRE Hamlet Twelfth Night The Taming of the Shrew THE BLACK SWAN Wit Crumbs From the Table of Joy Stop Kiss Prince Hal.
		The Life of King Henry the V by William Shakespeare with annotations from the Encyclopedia of the Self.
		Speech of Henry V. What has happened before: King Henry V. went with his army to France because the French King does not agree to his claim to an inheritance of French territory.
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	Folger Shakespeare Library & Theatre, Washington DC Sightseeing-Travel Attractions-Must See Washington DC
		Its history is intrinsically linked to that of its founders, Henry Clay Folger and his wife, Emily Jordan Folger, who established the Library in 1932 as a gift to the American people.
		A magnet for scholars from around the globe, the Folger is home to the world’s largest collection of Shakespeare’s printed works, as well as magnificent collections of other rare Renaissance books and manuscripts on all disciplines—history and politics, theology and exploration, law and the arts.
		Because the city was built from scratch, Washington's regular town plan is easy to grasp.
	www.mustseewashingtondc.com /attractions/folger-shakespeare-library.html (424 words)

	Commonweal: Fred Allen On Cape Cod. - 'Writing New England: An Anthology from the Puritans to the Present' - book review
		For example, "The Examined Self" moves from John Cotton, through Henry Adams, to Elizabeth Bishop and Dorothy West (the last represented by a chapter from her autobiographical narrative about growing up in Boston's middle-class fl community).
		In his introduction Delbanco more than once invokes Henry Adams (pages from whose Education describe his memorable walk to school with his grandfather are included in the "Education" section) by way of noting qualities of "New England nature"--self-criticism, chastisement, resistance--that have characterized its writers.
		William H. Pritchard is the Henry Clay Folger Professor of English at Amherst College.
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		Appraisals were also made for over 20 law firms and for collections acquired by the New York Public Library.
		Also appraisal materials from the 1930s for the collections relating to Abraham Lincoln offered to the Library of Congress and of the library of Henry C. Folger.
		Entries include appraisal materials for the Herndon-Weik Lincoln collection purchased by the Library of Congress in the 1930s and the Library of Henry Clay Folger, which became the foundation of the Folger Shakespeare Library.
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