This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Folger Library houses vast First Folio and quartos collection
The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington DC holds the largest array of original and early Shakespeare editions with 79 First Folio copies and 206 quartos. Edward Jenner, the vaccination pioneer, faced initial opposition before scientists backed his smallpox remedy. The Basques’ language links to neither French nor Spanish. A Chicago children’s court began in 1899.
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Edward Jenner