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Original Shakespeare Second Folio Donated to UNC Library
William A. Whitaker of New York City donated an original second folio of Shakespeare to the University of North Carolina. The gift enriches the UNC Library with a rare edition and related English literary materials from James Saxon Childers.
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North Carolina
Friends of the Library
William A. Whitaker
New York City
Whitaker
Winiston-Salem
Robert Allot
Shakespeare
Martin Droeshout
William Shakespeare
London
Cotes
St. Paul's Church-yard
University
Hardin Craig
New York
Gribbel
Philadelphia
Ole
Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
James Saxon Childers
Childers
Red Acres
Bynum
N. C
James’ Saxon Childers
Richard Wellington
John Austin
Clarendon Press
Sir Sidney Lee
H. Staunton
Methuen
Oxford
Nicholas Rowe
Alexander Pope
Thomas Hamner
Edmond Malone
George Coffin Taylor
Harding Craig
Craig
England
United States
Stratford-on-Avon