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Known internationally for its preeminent collections of Shakespearean and Elizabethan writings, the Folger Shakespeare Library is also a center for research on virtually every aspect of social, cultural, and political life from the medieval period to the mid-eighteenth century. The Folger holds the largest collection outside Britain of early English books, with about 50,000 volumes from the period 1475-1700 and 30,000 eighteenth-century imprints. Its early Continental imprint collection of 35,000 volumes includes 450 incunables, a 2,000-volume Reformation collection, and significant holdings in French and Dutch political pamphlets.

The manuscript collection, which numbers 55,000, is especially strong in early correspondence and commonplace books and is extended by such microfilm holdings as the State Papers Domestic from Edward VI through Charles I and papers from the Cecil, Loseley, Harleian, and Lansdowne collections. In secondary materials, the Library holds approximately 100,000 titles. Fellows also have easy access to the Library of Congress. Three NEH fellowships carrying stipends of up to $40,000 are available for 2008-2009.

Application deadline: November 1, 2007

Contact:
Gail Kern Paster, Director
Folger Shakespeare Library
201 East Capitol Street, S.E.
Washington, D.C. 20003
Telephone: 202/675-0348
E-Mail: cbrobeck@folger.edu
Website: http://www.folger.edu/