Folger Shakespeare Library

Folger Shakespeare Library, institution in Washington, D.C. possessing the world's largest collection of Shakespeariana, including 79 first folios, and a host of material on the Tudor and Stuart periods. Opened in 1932, the collection was assembled initially by U.S. philanthropist Henry Clay Folger (1857–1930) and his wife, Emily Jordan Folger (1858–1936).