The 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 ...

99 Words and Phrases Coined by Shakespeare

Wichita Art Museum Trail Walk Path

Truth Will Out • Salad Days •Send Packing • Knock Knock! Who's There? • What The Dickens • Wear My Heart Upon My Sleeve • Bated Breath • The Game Is Up • Love ...

Shakespeare's Head

Built by publisher John Carter in 1772 to house the printing press of the Providence Gazette, the post office and a bookshop as well as Carter's growing family, this is one of the oldest three-story structures in Providence. So named ...

The Women of Shakespeare

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Emma Marble Muir (1873–1959)

Rita Wells Hill (1901–1985)

Janaloo Hill Hough (1939–2005)

Emma Marble Muir arrived at the mining town of Shakespeare in 1882. She and her daughter, Rita Wells Muir, learned to appreciate and preserve the town's history. Rita and her husband ...

Shakespeare

Located at the north end of the Pyramid Mountains, near the old stage stop at Mexican Springs, Shakespeare was first known as Pyramid Station. Later named Ralston, a diamond swindle caused its collapse in 1874. The town was revived as ...