FOLGER
LIBRARY
NEWSLETTER

Administered by the Trustees of Amherst College

FEBRUARY 1971 2.3

FRIENDS OF FOLGER FORMED
TO ENCOURAGE INTEREST IN LIBRARY

Formation of The Friends of the Folger Library, a group which will encourage wider interest in the Folger, has recently been announced by John J. Slocum, Chairman of the Friends Council and O.B. Hardison, Jr., Director of the Library. The purpose of the new group is to develop support for the many scholarly and cultural activities of the Folger and to enable its continued development as one of the world's major centers for British and Continental Renaissance studies.

The Folger is the last of the major research libraries in America to undertake the organization of a group of friends.

Development of The Friends of the Folger Library is being guided by an eight-member Council representing both scholarly and community interests. Chairman of the Council is John J. Slocum, special consultant to the Smithsonian Institution on its plans for the 1976 Bicentennial of the United States. A prominent Washingtonian who was once Secretary to New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, Slocum was with the United States Information Agency for 20 years. His last post before retiring was that of Cultural Affairs advisor with the Agency.

In a statement prepared at their annual meeting in Washington in Janaury, the Trustees of Amherst College, who administer the Folger, welcomed the founding of the Friends group. "The Library has long needed such an organization, both for the support of its programs and for the deepening of its contacts with the Washington, D.C. community," the Trustees' statement said in part. It continued: "It is particularly gratifying that the Friends organization has come into being at the present time, when there is widespread public concern over the place of the humanities in our educational system and in our culture generally. The Friends serve as visible evidence that the community ... takes pride in the Folger and is willing to share responsibility for encouraging its many activities."

Membership in The Friends of the Folger Library is by invitation. Initial solicitation will begin shortly.

Other members of the Council of the Friends group are: Robert Amory, Jr., a member of the Washington law firm of Corcoran, Foley, Youngman & Rowe; C. Stark Biddle, economist with the international division of the Office of Management and Budget; Sir Frank Francis, Director and Principal Librarian of the British Museum from 1959 to 1968; Dr. Mary Hyde (Mrs. Donald F. Hyde), president of the Shakespeare Association of America; Dr. Gordon N. Ray, professor of English at New York University and president of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation; Dr. Craig

R. Thompson, professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania; and William Willard Wirtz, Secretary of Labor from 1962 to 1968 and a Trustee of Amherst College. Dr. Hardison will act as Secretary of the Friends Council and Dr. Diana Lydia Bronte as Special Administrative Assistant.

The Folger Library has relied since its opening in 1932 on its original endowments from Henry Clay Folger and his wife. Emily Jordon Folger, funds which until recently have been sufficient for the building of the collection and the establishment of the Library as an orderly and usable instrument of scholarly research. Due to inflation and other factors, however, further development will depend on additional sources of support.

FOLGER THEATRE GROUP PICKS TWELFTH NIGHT

Richmond Crinkley, Director of Programs at the Library and director of the Folger Theatre Group, has announced that his next production will be Shakespeare's *Twelfth Night*. The play is scheduled to open April 3, with previews April 1 and 2, and will run until April 25. Performances will be Tuesdays through Saturdays at 8 and Sundays at 3 in the Folger Library Theatre.

Conceived as "a modern production with reference to Elizabethan practices," the Theatre Group's *Twelfth Night* will feature additional 16th and 17th-century lyrics set to new music, Elizabethan instruments, and a celebratory approach to the occasion of the play.

Among the innovations Crinkley plans are the doubling of the roles of Sebastian and Viola and the alternation of the part between two players, Lynne Pisciotta and Carter Cole. Louis Scheeder, who directed *Happy Days*, is co-directing *Twelfth Night* with Crinkley, and Mimi Salamanca, star of the Beckett play, will have the role of Feste. Other production staff members include Jack Hofssiss, assistant director; Donna Scheeder, choreographer; and Bill Danoff and Taffy Nivert, music.

*Twelfth Night* follows the Folger Theatre Group's successful production of Samuel Beckett's *Happy Days*, which was held over for an additional weekend of performances in February. Due to the difficulty of locating an actor to carry the lead role, *Coriolanus*, previously announced as the April production, will not be given.

Tickets for *Twelfth Night* are $3.50, and $2.50 for groups and students. For reservations phone 546-4986.

RECENT ACQUISITIONS NOTED

Each year the Folger records its purchases of rare and early printed books in its *Annual Report*, prepared for the January meeting of the Trustees. Excerpts from the acquisitions section of the report for 1969-70 are reprinted here:

The two early editions of the *New Testament* were added. The first is a miniature edition in contemporary binding of Coverdale’s version, probably printed in Antwerp about 1538 by G. Montanus. It is printed in red and black with a few small woodcuts in the text. Unfortunately, most early printings of the Scripture are defective or incomplete, and this is no exception. This version was apparently printed to be bound in two parts, if desired, and we have ‘part one’ only, extending to the end of the “Epistle to the Romans.” It also lacks four preliminary leaves. There is no other copy of this edition recorded in the United States. The second is *The New Testament in Englishe after the Greeke translation annexed wyth the translation of Erasmus in Latin*, 1550, printed in London by Thomas Gualtier. It is the fourth edition of the Tyndale version with the Latin text of Erasmus in a parallel column on each page. Ours is a very well-preserved copy and has early manuscript annotations. Also acquired was *The whole booke of Davids Psalms, both in prose and meeter, London, 1635*. It is an attractive, rather small book with a lovely contemporary needlework binding. On both the front and back covers is embroidered a lady in 17th-century costume surrounded by flowers and butterflies. The design of the back cover includes apples and a worm or serpent, and may represent Eve in the garden of Eden, which would excuse so ornate a binding on a religious book.

An English book printed on the Continent is Robert Browne’s *A booke which sheweth the life and manners of all true Christians*, 1582. It was written and printed at Middelburgh in the Netherlands, where Browne had fled with a group of followers in 1581. Browne is regarded as the founder of the Congregationalist sect, but his disciples were contemporarily known as “Brownists.” Only two books by Browne were ever printed. A royal proclamation was issued in 1583 against the circulation of his books, and a bookbinder was hanged for binding one of his books, and two men for selling them. It is no wonder his books are rare today—only microfilm copies are recorded in America.

Several new STC’s deal with law and government. The earliest is *The Abridgement of the Boke of Assises, lately pused over and corrected, and nowe newlye imprynted by Richard Tottle*, London, 1555 (STC 9606), recorded in four other copies. It bears the signature of Thomas Wotton, possibly sheriff of Kent in the years 1558 and 1579.

*Orders made and set downe by the Justices of Peace, at the Generall Sessions of the Peace, holden at Oxford the Xth of Januarie 1613*, is an exceedingly rare ephemera recorded in only the Crawford copy as listed in Steele’s Catalogue of Proclamations. Another rare proclamation is one dated July 18, 1629, *A proclamation for the better discovery and apprehension of those malefactors ... in the late insolent riots and murders committed in Fleetstreet ... the tenth of July* (STC 8933).

Of great bibliographical interest as well as rarity is *Catalogus universalis pro nundinis Francofurtensis autum-nalibus*, de Anno, 1619, or a catalogue of the books at the

Frankfurt bookfair in autumn, 1619. Much work remains to be done on the relations between English and Continental publishing before 1700, and lists of publications such as these provide much research information.

Early in the year we acquired another interesting bibliographical item by John Verneuil, sub-librarian of the Bodleian Library from 1618 until 1647. It is the second edition of *A nomenclator of such tracts and sermons as have beene printed, or translated into English upon any place, or booke of Holy Scripture. Now to be had in the most famous and publique library of Sr. Thomas Bodley in Oxford*, Oxford, printed by Henry Hall, 1642. The Folger already had the first edition published in 1637 of this checklist of Biblical commentaries in the Bodleian Library, and the second edition is not particularly rare, although our copy has the advantage of being interleaved with further additions in manuscript of books printed up to 1663. The information provided in the preface to the new edition is one of its most interesting features. It mentions that the first edition inspired several donors and well-wishers to furnish copies of books that were wanting, and which were now incorporated. It confirms the Bodleian’s early status as a copyright library with a critical remark directed at publishers. Verneuil states that the donors Burton, Kilby, Prestwich, and Wright “have beene more courteous than the Stationers of London, who by indenture are bound to give the Library a copy of every booke they print.” This book has very special appeal to a librarian, and the thought occurs that if libraries can inspire donors by doing subject checklists, they are well worth the effort, as well as being useful reference tools.

Many of the rare Wing items have great appeal because of the pithy, straightforward approach of their resounding titles. Among these are: *The baker and brewers warning-piece, or excellent orders to be observed, by such as shall be appointed to serve the markets with corn, meal, and other grain, for relief of the poor people*, London, 1662, and *The friendly monitor laying open the crying sins of cursing, swearing, drinking, gaming, detraction, and luxury of immodesty*, London, 1692.

*Hell broke loose; or, the notorious design of the wicked Ranters discovered on Sunday last at Black-Fryers, London, 1651*, recounts the doings of one of the extreme Antinomian sects. A woodcut shows the leader Mr. Vaughan and three of his female proselytes dancing with hands waving high in the air—presumably singing one of three “audacious and abominable songs” such as “Tory-rory-Betty and the like.” This pamphlet was printed while Vaughan was in jail after having raced through the streets “from Black-Fryers to Saint Paul’s Church-yard, in his holland shirt, without doublet or breeches, a treble cap ... and white shooes and stockings.” Such was religious ecstacy.

*Some pitty on the poor; or, a way how poor people may be supplied with labour and relief, without begging; particularly intended for the town of Marlborough in the County of Wilts*, by Thomas Laurence, circa 1655, suggests that the townspeople set aside work for times of want such as “wood clearing, threshing, hedging, gardening, digging, weeding, gathering herbs, or any work.” Times have greatly changed since then.

We received three new Erasmus titles. A thick quarto New Testament, *Novi Testamenti*, Basel, Froben, 1523, has at the end the “Precatio Dominica” or Lord’s Prayer arranged in

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seven parts by Erasmus, each section illustrated by a woodcut. An early edition of the *De copia verborum*, Hagenau, 1519, a treatise on Latin composition for the use of students at Saint Paul's School, contains Erasmus's dedication to John Colet of London which appeared in the original of 1512, his letter dated 1514 to Matthew Schurer, the Strassburg printer, and at the end correspondence with Jakob Wimpheling, the German humanist. Another work dealing with the education of the young is the *Libellus novus et elegans de pueris statim ac liberaliter instuendis*, with other works, printed in Antwerp by Michael Hillenius Hoostraten, in October, 1529, one month later than the first printing by Froben in Basel. It is an attractively printed small quarto with a woodcut title-page border and initial letters.

A rare romance in prose and verse is *Historia di due Amanti*, Milan, 1518, a tale of two lovers named Euralio and Lucretia. It is the Italian translation by Alessandro Braccio of the *De duobus amantibus* of Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini, later Pope Pius II. This work was published in English translation in 1560 and there were two other English editions in 1596 and 1639. It is similar to tales known to Shakespeare and used by him as source material. Apparently only one other copy of this Italian translation is known.

## FOLGER CATALOGS SCHEDULED FOR PRESS

The Catalog of Printed Books of the Folger Shakespeare Library is scheduled to go to press in March, with publication slated for late June. 386,000 cards are reproduced, 21 cards to a page, in the 28-volume set, which is being published by G.K. Hall & Co. The 47,300-card, three volume Catalog of Manuscripts in the Folger Shakespeare Library will follow shortly.

Price for the complete *Catalog of Printed Books* is $1845 in the U.S. and $2029.50 elsewhere. The *Catalog of Manuscripts* will sell for $198 and $217.80. Inquiries and orders should be directed to the publisher at 70 Lincoln Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02111.

## FILM ON CHAUCER SCHEDULED

A public showing of a film on life in England at the time of Chaucer is scheduled at the Library on Thursday, March 4 at 3:30 p.m. Entitled "'From Every Shires Ende': The World of Chaucer's Pilgrims," the film traces the route of the Canterbury travellers and records some of the sights they would have passed in their journey across the country.

The film was made in England in 1968 by Naomi Diamond, who researched and wrote the script, and Mary Kirby, who did the filming and editing, with the aid of a grant from the American Association of University Women. Musical backgrounds were provided by various medieval consorts under the direction of Mary Remnant, a musicologist on the faculty of the University of London, and John McCarthy, leader of the Ambrosian Singers, a British choral group.

The film is narrated by Robert Lang, an actor with England's National Theatre.

As part of the program on March 4th Miss Diamond, currently a special research consultant at the Folger, will give a brief talk about making the film. There is no admission charge.

## STAFF ACTIVITIES

O.B. Hardison, Jr., Director of the Folger, and Richard J. Schoeck, Acting Director of Research Activities, attended the annual meeting of the Renaissance Society of America in New York in January. Dr. Hardison is a member of the executive committee of the society. Hardison spoke in February at the University of Pennsylvania and at Amherst College. With Philip A. Knachel, Associate Director, he went to the Clark Library at the University of California at Los Angeles for another in a series of meetings of the Rare Book Libraries Conference on Facsimiles. . .Dr. Knachel will give a paper on "Facsimile Publication and the Research Library" on March 13 at the Third International Congress on Repography in London. After visits to libraries in England and France, Knachel will begin a five-month sabbatical leave April 1. He will do research at the Bibliothèque Nationale on various topics associated with the Fronde. . .Richmond Crinkley, Director of Programs, led a seminar on Shakespeare on film at the New York convention of the Modern Language Association in December. With Dr. Hardison, Dr. Crinkley addressed a luncheon meeting of the National Democratic Women's Club in Washington in January. On February 18 he gave a talk on modern American theatre as part of a cultural information program at the United States Information Agency. . .Dr. Schoeck and Dorothy E. Mason, Reference Librarian, are the authors of an article "On More's Dialogue Concerning Heresies (1529)" in the December, 1970 issue of *Moreana*. Laetitia Yeandle, curator of manuscripts, attended a seminar on "The Medieval Manuscript Tradition" on January 23 at the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto. . .Horace Groves, head of the photography department, was awarded the Library's Virginia LaMar Book Prize at the annual staff Christmas party in December. Established by an anonymous friend of Miss LaMar, Executive Secretary of the Folger at the time of her death in 1968, the prize recognizes a member of the Folger staff who had made a significant contribution to learning or to the advancement of the Library. Mr. Groves has been on the staff since 1939. Previous recipients of the award were Margaret Martin Korsch, Reference Assistant, and Dorothy E. Mason, Reference Librarian. . .Betty Ann Kane, Programs Assistant, spoke about the Library's academic and cultural activities at a meeting of the International Visitors Service Council in December, and represented the Library at a conference on international visitors held by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State.

## AMHERST GROUP WILL PRESENT RICHARD II

The Amherst College Masquers, a student group under the direction of Walter Boughton, will present four performances of Shakespeare's *Richard II* at the Folger Theatre on Friday, Saturday and Monday evenings March 19, 20 and 22 at 8 p.m. and on Sunday, March 21 at 3 p.m. The appearance of the Amherst group is especially significant in that the first—and until this fall, the only—full-scale dramatic production on the Folger stage was a week-long run of *Julius Caesar* presented by the Amherst College Masquers in 1949.

Tickets for *Richard II* may be reserved through the Folger Theatre box office, 546-4986.

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FOLGER CALENDAR

FEBRUARY

21 Poetry Reading. Primus St. John. 4 p.m.

28 Poetry Reading. John Hopper and Robert Brotherson. 4 p.m.

MARCH

4 Film. "From Every Shires Ende." 3:30 p.m.

7 Poetry Reading. Edward Weismiller. 4 p.m.

7 Concert. Michel Podolski and Christiane Van Acker. 8 p.m.

12 Lecture. "Louis XIV: An Appraisal." John B. Wolf. 8 p.m.

17 Poetry Reading. Richard Murphy and Ted Hughes. 8 p.m.

19 *Richard II*. The Amherst Masquers. 8 p.m.

20 *Richard II*. 8 p.m.

21 *Richard II*. 3 p.m.

22 *Richard II*. 8 p.m.

APRIL

1 *Twelfth Night*. Folger Theatre Group. Through April 25. Dark Mondays.

SHAKESPEARE WEEK

Three Lectures by Ronald Watkins

19 The Conditions of Performance and Their Influence on Shakespeare's Method of Writing. 5 p.m.

20 The Actor's Task in Interpreting Shakespeare's Text. 5 p.m.

21 The Method in Practice: The Storm Scenes in *King Lear*. 5 p.m.

23 An Approach to *Twelfth Night*. Lecture by Richmond Crinkley. 10 a.m.

24 Shakespeare in Production: A Symposium. With Brian Parker, Richard Schechner, Trevor Nunn; Roger Stevens, moderator.

*All events are open to the public.*

Between September 15 and April 15 the Exhibit Hall of the Folger is open to visitors on its winter schedule: Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The Reading Room is open to qualified scholars from 8:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

Tours of the Folger Library Exhibition Hall and Elizabethan Theatre for school classes and other interested groups may be had on weekdays between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. by prior arrangement with Jean Baxter, Registrar.

The Folger Library is at 201 East Capitol Street, Washington, D. C. 20003, between 2nd and 3rd Streets, S.E. Telephone (202) 546-4800.

The current show in the Folger's main Exhibition Hall, "A Century of Dissent in England: 1558-1650," continues until mid-April. A new exhibition on the position of women in England and on the Continent during the Renaissance is planned for the spring and summer months.

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DECEMBER 1970 2.2

MANY GIVE TO FOLGER

One of the sources of the Folger's ever-growing collection of rare and modern books is the presentation of gifts to the Library by well-wishers, friends, scholars and readers. A random year-end review of some recently accessioned gifts shows donations from distant lands, scholarly works on a diversity of subjects, and books based on research done at the Folger.

Oriental interest in Shakespeare is reflected in two gifts from India: *The Idea of Revenge in Shakespeare, with special reference to Hamlet* (Calcutta, 1969) by Jagannath Chakravorty of Jadavpur University, and *Sweet Silent Thought: A Critical Study of Shakespeare's Early and Late Comedies* (Kerala, 1966) by Dr. A. V. Varguhese. Professor Soji Iwasaki of Aichi Prefectural University, Japan, a Folger Fellow in 1969, presented offprints of two of his articles in Japanese literary journals: "Macbeth as a Case of Conscience." and "The Changing Ideas of Time and the Timeless in English Morality Plays."

Among European gifts are two from Sweden: "Is This the Promised End? Reflections on the Tragic Ending of *King Lear*," by Professor H. W. Donner of Uppsala, reprinted from *English Studies*, 1969, and *Performances Given at the Drottningholm Theatre from 1922* (Strägnäs, 1966) by Gustaf Willeström, presented by Mrs. Ingrid Arvidsson, Swedish cultural attache. From Veselin Kostic of the University of Belgrade, another former Folger Fellow, the Library received a copy of his book, *Spenser's Sources in Italian Poetry: A Study in Comparative Literature* (Belgrade, 1969). Luigi Firpo presented a copy of his edition of Erasmus' *Querimona Pacis*, entitled *Il lamento della pace, con un saggio su "Erasmo e l'arte"* (Turin, 1967). This edition contains a facsimile reprint of the Basle, 1517 Latin edition.

From England came several gifts related to the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the Shakespeare Jubilee organized by David Garrick in 1769. The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in Stratford-upon-Avon sent a collection of programs, tickets, playbills and similar material. Paul Vincze, sculptor, on a visit to Washington presented the Library with one of the official silver medallions he designed for the anniversary, which was held in Stratford in 1969. Among other gifts from England was a recent book by a former Fellow, Hugh F. Kearney, entitled *Scholars and Gentlemen: Universities and Society in Pre-Industrial Britain* (London, 1970).

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NEW EXHIBITION TRACES DISSENT

Pamphlets, books and documents recording both religious and political controversies are on display in "A Century of Dissent in England 1558-1650," a new major show in the Folger's Exhibition Hall. The exhibition gives examples of protest and attitudes toward dissent in England from the beginning of the Elizabethan Age to the formation of the Commonwealth.

A highlight of the exhibition is an Anglo-Norman version of Magna Carta written c. 1325. Sir Edward Coke's *Institutes of the Lawes of England* (Second Part, 1642), shown with the document, show how leaders of the Parliamentary opposition to the Stuarts' views of authority and obedience used Magna Carta to bolster their right to disagree. Coke's book is the first extensive commentary in English on Magna Carta.

Other sections of the exhibition examine the desire to differ raised by the Catholics, Puritans, and other sects, and protests surrounding the pursuit of leisure sports and attendance at the theatre. Selected literary allusions to dissent are also shown.

The entire exhibition, according to a descriptive brochure prepared for visitors, reminds one that dissent is not a new phenomenon but an issue with a long tradition and history. The century covered by the show is a crucial one in that history, a century with an immense literature of dissent that throws light upon both the thought and letters of the Renaissance and the contemporary scene.

TALK ON RABELAIS PLANNED

Bernard Weinberg, professor of Romance Languages at the University of Chicago, will present the fourth talk in the current Folger Lecture Series at 8 p.m. on December 11 in the Folger Theatre. Dr. Weinberg's topic is "Sources, Models, and Imitation in Rabelais." Professor Weinberg is the author of a number of books and articles on modern French poetry and literary theory, including *A History of Literary Criticism in the Italian Renaissance*, *The Art of Jean Racine*, and *The Limits of Symbolism*.

CHRISTMAS PLAY ANNOUNCED

As a special holiday program, Adventure Theatre, a community theatre group specializing in plays for children, will present two performances of Helen P. Avery's adaptation of Charles Dickens' *A Christmas Carol* at the Folger Theatre Saturday December 19 at 1 and 3 p.m. For tickets phone 546-4986.

From Colonel Charles E. Hammond came a watercolor
costume design by Dan Sayre Grossbeck, portraying Edna May
Oliver as Nurse in the MGM production of *Romeo and Juliet*,
1936. Another painting received was a small oil on wood by G.
Jones (c. 1864) of a scene from *The Merry Wives of Windsor*,
presented by Herbert Kleist. As the Library's own budget does
not often extend to objects of art, these gifts were very
welcome.

William Haller, an alumnus of Amherst College, Professor Emeritus of Barnard College, Honorary Folger Fellow and a noted Milton scholar, gave to the Library his working notes and the typescripts of his publications. These will be kept together and treated as a collection. In addition, Dr. Haller presented several scarce reference books.

Other gifts from friends of long standing included: Restoration Prose Fiction 1666-1700 (Lincoln, Nebraska, 1970) by Charles C. Mish; *The Englishman's Italian Books 1550-1700* (Philadelphia, 1969) by John L. Lievsay; *English Colonization of North America* (London, 1968) by Louis B. Wright, Director Emeritus; and *A Checklist of Manuscripts in the Library of Arthur A. Houghton, Jr.* (New York, 1969).

The Library received as a gift in 1970 only one early
printed book, the *Satyrae* of Decimus Junius Juvenalis,
annotated by Thomas Farnaby and printed in Amsterdam by
Jan Blaeu, 1650. It was presented by an anonymous donor.

A mention here of all recent gifts and donors would be
impossible. A complete list is published in the *Folger Library
Annual Report* each January. To all who have given to the
Folger and helped its collections keep pace, the Library
expresses its deep appreciation and gratitude.

"Escheape Market," from the new Folger Slide Set Life of Shakespeare II: Shakespeare's London.

NEW SLIDE SETS ANNOUNCED

Four new sets of slides are now available from the Folger's Sales Office. A major project of the Library in the field of educational materials, the slide sets represent the Folger's interest in sharing more widely selections from its vast collection of rare books, manuscripts, and art materials. Almost all of the slides present material in the Folger collections not previously reproduced, and thus not available before to the general public.

Each slide set contains an illustrated booklet from the
existing series of Folger Booklets on Tudor and Stuart
Civilization, twenty related slides, and a printed commentary.
Designed primarily for classroom use, the slide sets can
supplement the study of both Shakespeare and his theatre and
the history and culture of the Elizabethan Age.

The new titles are: "Robes and Furr'd Gowns:Costume in
the Age of Shakespeare;" "Life of Shakespeare I: The
Stratford Years" and "Life of Shakespeare II: Shakespeare's
London;" and "Sword, Pike, and Gun: The Renaissance Art of
War." A majority of the slides are in color. Black and white
illustrations were photographed on color film, so the tone of
the paper and ink in the original book is retained.

The slide sets were selected and prepared by Elaine W. Fowler,
Supervisor of Reading Room Services, and Horace Groves,
head of the Folger's photography department. Mrs. Fowler
also wrote the descriptive commentaries. Mr. Groves made all
of the original master slides.

Five additional sets will be available after January 1: "The Spanish Armada: God's Winds and Broadside Tactics;" "A Nest of Singing Birds: Music in Elizabethan England;" "Elizabeth I and the Government of England;" "Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Image of Italy;" and "Sea Dogs and Buccaneers: Tudor and Stuart Mariners."

The cost of each set, including booklet and commentary, is
$7.50, plus 25¢ handling charge on mail orders. A complete
list of slide sets, with order blank and titles of other pictorial
material available, may be had by writing to the Folger Sales
Office at the Library address. A new list of Folger Publications
is also available from the Office.

STAFF ACTIVITIES

'O.B. Hardison, Jr., Director of the Library, spoke at a symposium on the humanities at Elon College December 2. His talk was entitled "An Old Age is Out." Dr. Hardison also addressed the Capitol Hill Kiwanis Club November 19. His essay "Gregorian Easter Vespers and Early Liturgical Drama" was recently published in *The Medieval Drama and Its Claudelian Revival* by the Catholic University of America Press. On November 7 Associate Director Philip A. Knachel spoke about the Library's many programs before a session of the College English Association meeting at the convention of the South Atlantic Modern Language Association. Dr. Knachel represented the Folger at a meeting of the Conference on British Studies November 14 at Winterthur, Delaware. ... Richmond Crinkley, Director of Programs at the Library, gave a lecture, "American Experimental Theatre," November 4 to a seminar in drama and literature held by the State Department and the United States Information Agency for cultural attaches in American embassies in Europe and Africa. Dr. Crinkley and Michael Menaugh, author of the Folger Theatre Group's premiere production "Natural and Unnatural Acts," appeared on Metromedia's TV talk show Panorama November 2. Crinkley's book, *Walter Pater: Humanist*, will be published in December by the University of Kentucky Press. ... Richard J. Schoeck, Acting Director of Research Activities, chaired a session of the Editorial Conference, held annually at the University of Toronto, November 6. While there he gave a seminar for graduate students on the *Colloquies* of Erasmus. Dr. Schoeck continues as a member of the Board of Advisors of the Conference on British Studies' *Bibliographical Handbooks*. Recently he was elected a member of the editorial board of the *American Journal of Jurisprudence* and named one of the editors of the *Chaucer Variorum* to be published by the University of Oklahoma. ... Lilly Stone, Chief Cataloger, represented the Library at the inauguration of the new president of Wilson College, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, October 10. Miss Stone is a graduate of Wilson. ... D. Lydia Bronte, Special Administrative Assistant, was appointed a member of the SAMLA Committee on Private Foundations at the Committee's meeting in Washington November 5. Dr. Bronte spoke on "Science, Humanity, and the Future; or, How to Stop Dystopia Before It Starts" at the Greater Washington Junior Science and Humanities Symposium November 27. The symposium is co-sponsored by the U.S. Army, Georgetown University, and the Washington Junior Academy of Sciences.

SECOND POETRY SERIES SET

Following up on an initial successful program last year, the Folger will present a series of six readings of modern poetry again this winter. Jane Cooper begins the new series on January 17 at 4 p.m. in the Folger Theatre.

Poets in the second series come from New York, Washington, the west coast and England. A broad spectrum of style and subject is represented in the selections from their own works that each will read.

Jane Cooper has taught poetry and creative writing at Sarah Lawrence College since 1950. She was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1960-61, the Lamont Poetry Prize in 1968 for her first book *The Weather of Six Mornings*, and an award

from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1970. She has also recorded her poetry for the archives of the Library of Congress.

Following Miss Cooper on February 10 at 8 p.m. is a program devoted to a number of poets who have published in *Voyages*, a Washington-based literary magazine. William Claire, editor of *Voyages*, will introduce the readers, who will include Jim DenBoer, winner of the first International Poetry Forum at the University of Pittsburgh for his book *Learning the Way*. DenBoer, from California, is in Washington working for the upcoming White House Conference on Children and Youth.

The last four readings in the series feature Primus St. John on February 21; poets from *Works* magazine on February 28; Edward Weismiller on March 7; and Richard Murphy and Ted Hughes, British poets, on March 17.

THEATRE GROUP TO GIVE BECKETT PLAY

*Happy Days*, a two-character drama by Nobel Prize-winner Samuel Beckett, is the next scheduled production of the Folger Theatre Group. In cooperation with Open Stage, a project of the department of speech and drama at American University and Dumbarton United Methodist Church, Georgetown. *Happy Days* will have a pre-Folger run at Dumbarton Church for two weeks beginning January 14. The play comes to the stage of the Folger Theatre for two more weeks on January 28.

According to Richmond Crinkley, director of the Folger Theatre Group, *Happy Days* is one of the most interesting although infrequently performed of Beckett's plays. The role of Winnie, a woman buried in a sandhill and musing upon existence, carries the weight of the entire play, and is a great challenge for an actress. Her husband, Willie, intervenes just enough to give the play a thought-provoking and controversial ending.

Mimi Salamanca will play Winnie. She has performed in New York and in Washington at Arena Stage and Theatre Lobby. Louis Scheeder, who has had experience directing at Theatre Lobby and the Washington Theater Club, will direct *Happy Days*.

The Folger Theatre Group's two previous productions continue to make news. *Dionysus Wants You!* Dr. Crinkley's rock-musical adaptation of *The Bacchae* presented in August and September, will be performed by groups at San Joaquin College, Stockton, California in December and the University of Wisconsin at Green Bay in February. Crinkley will give a talk on the origins of the play at San Joaquin during the production. *Natural and Unnatural Acts*, a new play about Lord Byron presented in October and November, will be produced in England at the Arts Theatre at Ipswich. A London production in 1971 is under consideration.

Over 5500 people have seen the first two productions of the Folger Theatre Group, including a number of high school and college drama groups. Seminars with members of the cast and production staff were held for the student groups after performances. Similar sessions may be arranged for groups attending *Happy Days*.

Tickets for *Happy Days* and the remaining productions are $3.50. Group discounts are available. For information and reservations phone 546-4986.

FOLGER CALENDAR

DECEMBER

11 *"Sources, Models, and Imitation in Rabelais."
Lecture by Bernard Weinberg. 8 p.m.

20 Christmas Concert by The Sine Nomine Singers. 4 p.m.

JANUARY

14 *Happy Days* by the Folger Theatre Group opens at Dumbarton United Methodist Church. 8 p.m. Thursday through Sunday until January 24.

15 *"Seventeenth-Century English Book Illustration."* Lecture by Philip Hofer. 8 p.m.

17 *Poetry Reading. Jane Cooper. 4 p.m.*

28 *Happy Days* opens at Folger Theatre 8 p.m. Thursday through Sunday until February 7.

FEBRUARY

10 *Poetry Reading. Poets from *Voyages*. 8 p.m.*

12 *"Petrarch's Laura: The Convolutions of a Humanistic Mind."* Lecture by Aldo Bernardo.
*Open to the public.*

The Library and Exhibit Hall will be closed for the following holidays: Christmas, December 24 at noon and all day December 25 and 26; New Year's January 1 and 2, 1971; and Washington's Birthday, February 15.

HOLLAR COLLECTION ENLARGED

Almost simultaneously with the publication by the Library of *Wenceslaus Hollar: Delineator of His Time*, the Folger has acquired an additional set of engravings by the Czech artist-engraver.

The set, known as "The Four Seasons," shows women in costumes appropriate to each season of the year. The women hold fruits and flowers of spring and autumn in two of the prints. The prints for "Spring" and "Summer" also provide a glimpse of English landscape through an open window.

Previously the Folger owned a copy of only one of the illustrations in the set, "Winter," pictured the October issue of the *Newsletter* and reproduced in Katherine Van Eerde's study of Hollar.

The prints, dated 1641, are particularly valuable for the wealth of costume detail they provide. At the bottom of each print there is a descriptive verse in Latin and English.

The complete set of prints of "The Four Seasons," which are in exceptionally fine condition, were found in Holland by Elizabeth Niemyer, Acquisitions Librarian, during a European buying trip in October. They join a large collection of Hollar material relating to 17th-century England already in the Folger.

BOOK ILLUSTRATION TO BE DISCUSSED

"Seventeenth-Century English Book Illustration" is the subject of a lecture on January 15 at 8 p.m. in the Folger Theatre by Philip Hofer. Slides will accompany his talk. Mr. Hofer is founder and curator of the department of printing and graphic arts at the Houghton Library, Harvard University and is considered one of the foremost authorities in the field. A book collector himself, he has directed the collection of early illustrated books at Harvard since 1938. He has published *Edward Lear as a Landscape Draughtsman*.

*The Folger Library Newsletter* is published five times a year – in October, December, February, April and June – at the Folger Shakespeare Library. Persons and institutions wishing to receive the *Newsletter* should address requests to Newsletter, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D. C. 20003. Betty Ann Kane, Editor.

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NEWSLETTER

OCTOBER 1970 2.1

THREE SEMINARS PLANNED
FOR NEW FOLGER INSTITUTE

Three seminars will be taught at the Folger during the 1971 spring semester. The seminars are the first to be offered by the newly established Folger Institute of Renaissance and 18th-Century Studies.

A joint venture of the Folger and American and George Washington Universities, the aim of the Institute is to promote scholarship in the Renaissance and 18th century. It will do this through the seminars, which will be run as symposia of scholars oriented toward common research interests rather than as formal graduate courses, and through the opportunities provided by the Library for contact with other readers and scholarly events. The Library is the physical center for the Institute, and all participants enrolled in Institute seminars will be granted access to the Folger collections. Seminar leadership will be provided by the Washington, D. C. Consortium of Universities, the Folger staff, and distinguished scholars from outside the Washington area.

The 1971 seminars, scheduled to run from early February to late May, are:

**Renaissance Musicology from Text to Performance.** Focusing on one Renaissance text, perhaps the *Tancredi e Clorinda* of Monteverdi, the seminar will study its musicological sources and work towards a public performance. Seminar leader is Michel Podolski, Luthiste de la Société Belge de Musicologie and Président du Centre International des Études de la Musique Ancienne. M. Podolski will also be a Consultant in Musicology at the Folger in the spring.

**Renaissance Intellectual History.** The seminar will examine themes within the general area of Renaissance intellectual history, selected on the basis of the interests and research activities of participants. Topics many include literary criticism, philosophy and religion, literary genres, and education and learning. The inter-relationship and continuity of ideas will be stressed. Leader is Calvin D. Linton, professor of English and Dean, Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, George Washington University.

**The World of Erasmus.** Selected texts and problems in Erasmus will be studied. A number of visiting scholars, including Richard S. Sylvester, professor of English at Yale, and J. K. McConica, Princeton Institute for Advanced Studies, are scheduled to conduct sessions on special topics. The continuing seminar leader is Richard J. Schoeck, Acting Director of Research Activities at the Folger and Coordinating Editor of the *Collected Works* of Erasmus (Toronto).

*(Continued on page 2.)*

SHAKESPEARE STUDIES INCREASE
AMONG SCHOLARS AT LIBRARY

Shakespeare studies continue to be popular with readers at the Folger. A survey of readers' research topics over the past five years shows that the number of readers engaged in Shakespeare studies has averaged between 12% and 16% of the total in any given year, with both total and percentage on the rise.

Last year's total includes 10 scholars at work on critical and textual portions of the new variorum edition of Shakespeare.

<table><thead><tr><td>Year</td><td>Total Readers</td><td>Number Working on Shakespeare Projects</td><td>%</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1965-66</td><td>394</td><td>50</td><td>12%</td></tr><tr><td>1966-67</td><td>373</td><td>55</td><td>14%</td></tr><tr><td>1967-68</td><td>394</td><td>58</td><td>15%</td></tr><tr><td>1968-69</td><td>428</td><td>68</td><td>13%</td></tr><tr><td>1969-70</td><td>475</td><td>76</td><td>16%</td></tr></tbody></table>

Among those receiving Library support for their research the proportions are higher. Of the 48 Folger Fellows named in fiscal 1969-70 to work at the Library during the past academic year, 13, or 28%, were concerned with Shakespeare topics. Among the 1969-70 Senior Fellows, who receive major grants for long-term projects, four out of five were working on Shakespeare.

ROOSE-EVANS TO TALK ON THEATRE

"Theatre of the Imagination" is the subject of a talk by James Roosevelt scheduled for October 26 at 8 p.m. in the Folger Theatre. Roosevelt is active in experimental theatre in England, where he is director of the Hampstead Theatre Club and Stage II. The public is invited to his talk.

As a convenience to all those interested in the many activities at the Folger Library, a complete listing of Folger Programs for the 1970-71 academic year is included in a clip-and-save schedule on page 4 of this issue of the *Newsletter*. Notices of upcoming events, as well as of any new programs, will continue to be announced in future issues.

Participants in the seminars should be well advanced in their work towards the Ph.D. Preference will be given to students at the cooperating and consortium universities, with consideration given to other qualified applicants if space exists. Students may register at the appropriate time at American or George Washington Universities or through Jean Baxter, Folger Registrar. There is a $10 registration fee.

HOLLAR PRINTS PUBLISHED

The Library's most recent publication is *Wenceslaus Hollar, Delineator of His Time*, by Katherine S. Van Eerde, professor of history at Muhlenberg College. The book studies the life and work of Wenceslaus Hollar, a 17th-century engraver who adopted England as his home after being exiled from Bohemia.

An industrious worker, Hollar produced nearly 3,000 prints. His many engravings and drawings of England and its people provide an irreplaceable view of that country before and after the Restoration.

Hollar recorded such important events as Laud's trial, Strafford's execution, and the Great Fire of London. He engraved portraits of Charles I, Milton, Hobbes and Dugdale. His remarkable maps are clear, detailed, exact and descriptive, and he made innumerable prints of everyday scenes, events, people, costumes, architecture and animals. Many of the prints which are most representative of his work have been included in the book.

Facts about Hollar are scarce, but Mrs. Van Eerde has skillfully used the artist's own works to fill out the framework of what is known. She has produced a refreshing, authoritative account of his career.

*Wenceslaus Hollar* may be obtained directly from the University Press of Virginia, Box 3608, University Station, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903. Price is $15. A complete list of Folger publications may be obtained from the Library's Publications Office.

Above, A woman as Hiems, Winter and, below, View of Parliament House from the river, from *Wenceslaus Hollar, Delineator of His Time*.

Cinitatis Weltmonasteriensis pars...

Parliament House

the Hall

The Abby

## FOLGER REPRESENTATIVES

Folger staff members had a busy summer and fall representing the Library on many fronts. Director O. B. Hardison addressed the Hollins College Writers Conference in June. Conference topic was "Shakespeare on Film"... In July he hosted a reception at the Library for North Carolina Congressmen and their staffs. Late August found Dr. Hardison in England, presiding at a session of the week-long Shakespeare Conference, Stratford-upon-Avon. Then he spent a week in London talking to British friends of the Folger... Dr. Hardison's September schedule included a lecture at Slippery Rock State College in Pennsylvania, and meetings of the Board of Trustees of the University of Detroit and the American Council of Learned Societies Committee on Research Libraries. October 16-17 he will be at a meeting of the executive council of the Modern Language Association.

Both Dr. Hardison and Philip A. Knachel, Associate Director, attended the Conference on the Future of Independent, Privately-Supported Research Libraries, sponsored by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in Brookline, Massachusetts, September 30-October 1, and the Rare Book Libraries Conference on Facsimiles at the Newberry Library in Chicago, October 24. Dr. Knachel also will go to the regional meeting of the American Society for 18th-Century Studies October 31-November 1 at West Virginia University.

Richard J. Schoeck, Acting Director of Research Activities, read a paper, "Common Law and Canon Law in their Relation to Thomas More," at a symposium on More sponsored by the Anglo-American Associates at St. John's University, Jamaica, New York, October 9-10. Dr. Hardison moderated a discussion of "St. Thomas More's Tower Works" at the same symposium.

The Folger's new theatre program was described to area audiences by Richmond Crinkley, Director of Programs, in interviews on several television and radio shows this summer. Dr. Crinkley also spoke about the role of a non-academic educational institution in theatre at the convention of the American Educational Theatre Association in Washington in August. A tour and reception for convention delegates was held at the Library. Dr. Crinkley will talk about Byron, hero of the Folger Theatre Group's current production, at a seminar at the Corcoran Gallery of Art November 18.

## STAFF EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES

The Folger is represented on two new periodicals of interest to Renaissance scholars. Dr. Schoeck is directing the first issue of "Erasmus in English," a newsletter to be published at Toronto as part of the *Collected Works* of Erasmus. Number One will appear in November, and the newsletter will appear at least once a year thereafter. To be put on the mailing list write the University of Toronto Press, Toronto 5, Canada.

Dr. Hardison is a member of the editorial board of *The English Literary Renaissance*, soon to be issued by the Graduate School and Department of English, University of Massachusetts, and the new Renaissance Bibliography Center at the University of New Hampshire. Published three times a year, *ELR* will include articles, critical editions of rare books and manuscripts and annotated bibliographies commissioned by the Center. Dr. Hardison has contributed an article to a

symposium on the achievement of Philip Sidney to be published in the second issue. To order *ELR* write Business Manager, *ELR*, 262 Bartlett Hall, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01002.

Dr. Hardison has also recently published "The Place of Averroes' Commentary on the *Poetics* in the History of Medieval Criticism" in *Medieval and Renaissance Studies* (Proceedings of the Southeastern Institute of Medieval and Renaissance Studies) No. 4 (Summer, 1968).

## LIBRARY ACCEPTS THEATRE ARCHIVES

The Folger has become the archivist for the Washington Theater Club, a professional theatre now celebrating its 10th anniversary season. Formal announcement of the arrangement was made by Library Director O. B. Hardison, Jr. at a reception at the Folger honoring the Theater Club September 21.

At the reception Hazel Wentworth, Founding Director of WTC, presented the Library with a scrapbook of mementos from WTC's early days. The complete collection the Library is receiving includes posters, programs, newspaper clippings, stage designs and photographs. Among them are the records of a staging of *The Tempest* in 1965 at WTC's old O Street Theatre.

At the heart of the archives is a series of marked promptbooks used in preparing previous Theater Club productions. Preservation of the promptbooks at the Folger will make it possible to study important plays that were first produced at the Theater Club.

In accepting the WTC collection on behalf of the Library, Richmond Crinkley, Director of Programs, noted that the Folger has always had an interest in the contemporary stage. Henry Clay Folger, founder of the Library, had an active interest in the theatre of his own day. Folger kept a comprehensive collection of materials on Shakespeare and the American stage in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, which he left the Library along with his great collection of rare books and materials from the Renaissance. Thus, in addition to housing the world's largest collection of Shakespearean items, the Folger has such theatre finds as costumes used by Edwin Booth, promptbooks used by J. M. Barrie, and a series of playbills and stage drawings from several prominent New York theatres. All have been useful to scholars investigating various aspects of theatre history.

The WTC collection is an extension of the Library's present holdings in stage history and production. The archives will be catalogued and kept up to date. They will be made available to qualified researchers in the Library's Reading Room, on the same basis as the rest of the Library's theatre history collection.

## BOWERS TO TALK ON TEXTS

Fredson Bowers, chairman of the department of English at the University of Virginia, will speak at the Folger on November 20 on "Editing Texts: The Question of Authority." Bowers, a noted scholar in the field of textual editing, is the author of *On Editing Shakespeare and Elizabethan Dramatists, Textual and Literary Criticism*, and other books and articles. His talk, at 8 p.m. in the Library's Theatre, is the third lecture in the Folger's 1970-71 series.

FOLGER LIBRARY
PROGRAMS
1970-71

LECTURE SERIES

September 18: Renaissance Explanations of Violence
John Hale, *Professor-Elect of Italian, University College, London*

October 26, 8 p.m.: **Theatre of the Imagination**
James Roosevelt, *Director, Hampstead Theatre Club and Stagg II*

November 20: Editing Texts: The Question of Authority
Fredson Bowers, *Professor of English, University of Virginia*

December 11: Sources, Models and Imitation in Rabelais
Bernard Weinberg, *Professor of Romance Languages, University of Chicago*

January 15: 17th-Century Book Illustration
Philip Hofer, *Houghton Library, Harvard University*

February 12: *Petrarch's Laura: The Convolusions of a Humanistic Mind*
Aldo Bernardo, *Co-Director, Center for Medieval and Early Renaissance Studies, Harpur College*

March 12: The Problems of a Biographer of Louis XIV
John B. Wolf, *Professor of History, University of Illinois at Chicago Circle*

May 7: Early Musical Manuscripts at the Shakespeare Birthplace Library
Gustave Reese, *Professor of Music, New York University with an a cappella performance of the music*

SHAKESPEARE WEEK

April 18-23

Shakespeare in His Own Playhouse

April 19: The Conditions of Performance and Their Influence on Shakespeare's Method of Writing

April 20: The Actor's Task in Interpreting Shakespeare's Text

April 21: The Method in Practice: The Storm Scenes in *King Lear*

Three lectures by Ronald Watkins, *Harrow School, England*

Brian Parker, *Professor of English, Trinity College, Toronto*

Richard Schechner, *Director of The Performance Group*

Trevor Nunn, *Co-Director, Royal Shakespeare Company*

Roger Stevens, *Chairman, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Moderator*

FOLGER THEATER GROUP

Performances Thursdays through Sundays 8 p.m. $3.50
546-4986

October 22-November 15: *Natural and Unnatural Acts*, a new play about Lord Byron, by Michael Menaugh

January 14-24: Dumbarton Methodist Church

January 28-February 7: Folger Theatre, *Happy Days*, by Samuel Beckett. With Mimi Salamanca

April 1-25: *Coriolanus*, by William Shakespeare

May 13-June 6: *The Promise*, by Russian playwright Aleksei Arbuzov

CHRISTMAS CONCERT

December 20, 4 p.m.: The Sine Nomine Singers

POETRY READINGS

contemporary poets reading their own works

January 17: Jane Cooper, 4 p.m.

February 10: *Voyages*, 8 p.m.

February 21: Primus St. John, 4 p.m.

February 28: *Works*, 4 p.m.

March 7: Edward Weismiller, 4 p.m.

March 17: Richard Murphy and Ted Hughes, 8 p.m.

EXHIBITS

November-April: *Dissent in the Renaissance*, Exhibit Hall

October 20-November 30: *Imaginary Beings, Drawings and collages by Pamelia de Gaines, Theatre Lobby*

January 12-February 28: *Sculpture* by Una Hanbury, Theatre Lobby

SEMINARS

Spring Semester Enrollment limited

Renaissance Musicology From Text to Performance. Leader, Michel Podolski.

Renaissance Intellectual History. Leader, Calvin D. Linton.

The World of Erasmus. Leader, Richard J. Schoeck.

Unless otherwise noted, all events are in the Folger Library Theatre, 201 East Capitol Street, S.E., and are open to the public.
Information 546-4800.

FOLGER THEATRE GROUP PICKS
FOUR PLAYS FOR FIRST SEASON

The newly formed Folger Theatre Group has announced the schedule for its 1970-71 premier season. After a pre-season production of the rock musical *Dionysus Wants You!* at neighboring St. Mark's Church in August and September, the Group opens on the Folger Theatre stage October 22 with *Natural and Unnatural Acts*, a new play about Lord Byron.

Written by British actor Michael Menaugh, *Natural and Unnatural Acts* traces the poet's life through a series of vignettes in which he encounters key characters and through the narrative commentary of his contemporary Hobhouse. Menaugh did some of the research for the play at the Folger last year, using the Library's collection of Byron materials.

One focus of that collection is Byron's battle with the literary critics and theatre managers of his day. Included among the Folger's documents are a printed letter from Byron to the lessee of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, protesting "the injustice and illegality of his conduct, in representing Lord Byron's Tragedy of *Marino Faliero*" (1821); early editions of some of Byron's plays; a critical speech which he presented to the management of the Drury Lane Theatre in 1812; a monody on the death of dramatist Richard Brinsley Sheridan to be spoken at the Theatre in 1816; and the first American edition of his satirical poem, *English Bards and Scotch Reviewers* (Philadelphia, 1811).

A manuscript commonplace book, in which Byron copied poems he admired and wrote scenic descriptions, is a highlight of the Folger's collection. The book will be on exhibit during the run of *Natural and Unnatural Acts*.

The other plays the Folger Theatre Group will present are *Happy Days*, a two-character play by Samuel Beckett, opening January 14; Shakespeare's *Coriolanus*, opening April 1; and *The Promise*, a contemporary Russian play, opening May 13. Each will run for four weeks on Thursday through Sunday evenings. Except for the first two weeks of *Happy Days*, all will be presented on the Folger's replica Elizabethan stage.

The formation of the Folger Theatre Group and the return of live performance to the Folger stage was greeted editorially this summer by the *Washington Post* as a fine effort "to entertain us in the spirit of the bard." For its pre-season production of *Dionysus Wants You!* the group received praise for its "stunning assurance" from *Post* drama critic Richard Coe. Director of the Group is Richmond Crinkley, Director of Programs at the Folger.

Tickets for *Natural and Unnatural Acts* and the rest of the season are now on sale at $3.50 single and $11 for a subscription for all four plays. Subscribers will have a free choice of dates for each play. Group rates are also available. Call 546-4986 for information and reservations.

ART IN THEATRE LOBBY

A series of exhibits of the work of Washington area artists is being planned for the lobby of the Folger Theatre. A change of show will coincide with each production of the Folger Theatre Group, so theatre patrons may see the whole series. The first show is entitled "Imaginary Beings," and features pen and ink, jesso and collage representations of mythological creatures by Pamelia de Gaines. The exhibit will continue through November. It may also be seen by visitors during the Library's regular public hours, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Saturday.

FELLOWSHIPS ANNOUNCED

Thirteen new Folger Fellows were named at a June meeting of the Folger Fellowship Committee. The Fellows and their areas of research are:

Mary Ellen Bowden, graduate student, Yale University – dissertation on professional astrologers in England from 1550 to 1700.

Thomas H. Clancy, S.J., Loyola University, New Orleans – continuation of Allison and Rogers, *Catalogie of Catholic Books... 1558-1640*, through the Wing period.

Herbert R. Coursen, Jr., Bowdoin College – Shakespeare's use of the Eucharist as a pattern in his plays.

Robert M. Cummings, Glascow University – literary neoclassicism in 16th-century England.

Marcelle Gindre, Faculté des Lettres de Besançon, France – a study of the comedies of Beaumont and Fletcher.

Jean M. Humez, graduate student, Yale University – travel grant for dissertation on the English epigrams of Sir John Harington and Ben Jonson.

Donald R. Kelley, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton – biography of François Hotman (1523-1590).

Ruth E. McGugan, University of Illinois – new variorum edition of *Henry VI, Parts 2 and 3*.

David D. Mann, Miami (Ohio) University – an edition of the complete poems of William Congreve.

Przemyskaw Mroczkowski, S.N.D., Institute of English Philology, Krakow, Poland – the gnostic basis of Shakespeare's philosophy.

Sister Anne M. O'Donnell, graduate student, Yale University – a critical edition of the 1534 English translation of Erasmus' *Enchiridion*.

C. J. L. Price, University of Swansea, Wales – research for a book, *Drama and Society in the Eighteenth Century*.

Paul L. Rose, St. John's University, Jamaica, New York – a book on the place of mathematics in Renaissance culture in Italy, France, England and Germany.

Professors McGugan and Rose are Senior Fellows for the academic year 1971-72.

Two Senior Fellows and two Dissertation Year Fellows were previously named by the Fellowship Committee to work at the Library this fall. They are:

Mladen Engelsfeld, University of Zagreb, Senior Fellow – Renaissance drama.

Shirley Strum Kenny, Catholic University, Senior Fellow – editing the complete works of George Farquhar, including eight plays, a discourse on comedy, a novella, some poems and some published letters.

Phyllis K. Leffler, Ph.D. candidate, Ohio State University, Dissertation Year – a study of the works of French historians during the reign of Louis XIV.

Steven J. Willett, Ph.D. candidate, University of California at San Diego, Dissertation Year – a study of the structural and ethical implications of Spenser's set pieces in *The Faerie Queene*.

Folger Fellowships are awarded for both short and long term study at the Library. The next deadline for applications is February 15, 1971. Inquiries should be addressed to Fellowships, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D. C. 20003.

## DOCENTS COMPLETE TRAINING

The first group of Folger volunteers completed a four-session training course on October 15. The Library is now able to provide pre-arranged tours of the Exhibit Hall and Theatre on a regular schedule, led by volunteer docents.

The preparation which the docents received included an orientation session on the history and function of the Folger, presented by Director O.B. Hardison, a sample tour, and a look behind the scenes at the accessioning, cataloging, book-binding and reading room operations of the Library. Background reading on both the Library and Shakespeare's plays and theatre was assigned, and discussions of teaching techniques were held.

The talks the docents will provide are planned primarily for high school classes. Schools and other groups may arrange a tour by calling Jean Baxter, Registrar, at 546-4800.

A second course to train additional docents will begin shortly. Women in the Washington area interested in serving as volunteers should contact Mrs. Baxter. Besides a continuing need for docents, there are opportunities for service in the Theatre and other programs.

## TRAVELING EXHIBITS AVAILABLE

Again this year the Folger is offering a total of 11 traveling exhibits to schools, colleges, universities, libraries and museums. The exhibits are loaned free of charge, except for the shipping costs, for three- or four-week periods.

The basis of all the exhibits is a selection of pamphlets, prints and photographs relating to Shakespeare, Tudor and Stuart England and the Library. Three of the exhibits contain rare books—a set of four Shakespeare Folios and two Quartos in one, and a single play extracted from a Folio and a Quarto in the other two. These valuable materials are loaned to exhibitors who can provide a fireproof building, locked display cases and a safe or vault for overnight storage. The eight other exhibits require simply glass-protected bulletin boards or cases for display.

The Folger exhibits were originally assembled in 1964 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth. In the past six years they have been seen at hundreds of schools and other places all over the country.

For further information and to arrange for the visit of a traveling exhibit write to Betty Ann Kane, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C. 20003. The exhibits with original material are reserved many months in advance; the others are more readily available.

Between September 15 and April 15 the Exhibit Hall of the Folger is open to visitors on its winter schedule: Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The Exhibit Hall will be closed on Sundays and evenings except during special events — lectures, concerts, plays and the like — as announced.

The Library and Exhibit Hall will be closed for the following holidays: Thanksgiving Day, November 26; Christmas, December 24 at noon and all day December 25 and 26; New Year's January 1 and 2, 1971.

The Folger Library is at 201 East Capitol Street, Washington, D. C. 20003, between 2nd and 3rd Streets, S. E. Telephone (202) 546-4800.

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July 3, 1973

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KISSINGER, HENRY A.

For Immediate Release

January, 1971

"The Military Establishment: Its Impacts on American Society," ($10.00) a Twentieth Century Fund Study, by Adam Yarmolinsky, with research assistance from a team of analysts and scholars, explores the Pentagon's far-reaching influence in non-military areas, the implications of that influence, and the ambivalent attitude of the American public toward the military. It will be published by Harper & Row on February 3.

Although the defense establishment is no longer expanding, the study finds, its size and pervasiveness are likely to remain so great that it cannot be effectively controlled without the development of countervailing power in civilian institutions.

Yarmolinsky asserts that as the military has grown, its role has become gradually enmeshed in traditional civilian roles. "We are now all quasi-civilians in a quasi-military, quasi-civilian, society," according to Yarmolinsky.

The two year study was financed by the Twentieth Century Fund, a non-profit research organization. The Yarmolinsky project was part of the Fund's continuing commitment to publish scholarly analyses of current institutions and issues.

The book examines America's willingness in recent years to accept military priorities and to commit national resources to defense rather than domestic needs. It explores military involvement in revolution and counterrevolution abroad, and the grave implications of increased use of federal troops in domestic disorders.

It investigates the political impact of the military on the other branches of government, and, through its enormous public relations apparatus, on the general public. It examines the economic impact of the military on defense industry and on the economy in general, its accelerating effect on social mobility (which turns out to be unrelated to vocational training), its influence on universities and research institutions, and its relations with the media.

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It discusses the effects of the military on the nation's value system, increasing the polarization between Right and Left; the differences between military and civilian concepts of justice, the growth of organized anti-war dissent within the military, and the complex and ambivalent reactions of the military establishment to the rising winds of change.

This new Twentieth Century Fund study ends with a note of warning: "The public must watch and check the reach of the military as it appears to threaten the effectiveness of countervailing groups. . . It must refrain from undermining civilian control by calling on the military to intervene. . . If the United States is to avoid becoming a militarized society, the public and its civilian representatives must retain the ultimate right of decision on such central issues as counter-revolution and insurgency, war and peace."

Adam Yarmolinsky, lawyer and educator, served as Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense and Deputy Assistant for International Affairs in the Kennedy-Johnson Administration, where he was also Deputy Director of the Presidential Task Force that prepared the anti-poverty legislation.

"If you care about America and mankind, read this book."

--Ramsey Clark

"Americans concerned with the role of our defense establishment should read 'The Military Establishment.' Combining his practical experience with scholarly appraisal, Mr. Yarmolinsky gives a remarkably clear analysis of the place of the military and militarism in our national life. This book is a major contribution for thoughtful citizens and scholars alike."

--Averell Harriman

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KISSINGER, HENRY A.

3038 N STREET
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20007

14 August 1973

Dear Henry,

I was horrified this morning to read in the TIMES that certain Congressmen are questioning the loyalty of Helmut Sonnenfeldt. As you perhaps know, I worked closely with him when he was in the State Department and am utterly convinced of his loyalty and objectivity.

Please let me know if there is anything you think I can do to help him deal with these unjustified attacks. It's appalling to me to think that McCarthyism is again raising its ugly head.

I am at Haywire, but my office in Washington will always know where to get hold of me.

Dictated by telephone

BY HAND
The Honorable Henry Kissinger
The White House
Washington, D.C.

RECEIVED
AUG 17 1973

CENTRAL FILS

GENERAL

FGG-11-1/1 KISSINGER, HENRY A.

KISSINGER, HENRY A./H

HARRIS, KENNETH

4 December, 1972.

Dr Henry Kissinger,
The White House,
Washington D.C.
United States of America.

Dear Dr Kissinger,

While fully appreciating how preoccupied you are with out-
standingly important affairs of State, I am taking the liberty
of referring to the brief conversation we had at Mrs Wisner's
house in Washington, on 29 October, when I asked you about
the possibility of you doing a long, in-depth interview with
me on television for the B.B.C. You were able to re-call that
I first raised the question of such an interview with you at
a party given by Kay Graham in January, 1971. Your response
on 29 October was: "Let's discuss it after the Election".

As I mentioned to you, the interview would not seek information
about day to day facts of the various diplomatic negotiations
which you have conducted and may be conducting at the time of
the putative interview. The object of the exercise would be
to hear you talking in more general terms about the problems
which the Government of the United States faces both at home and
abroad in performing its role as the most powerful nation in
the free world. The working title might be: "Power in a
Democracy", and I would hope that we could touch on many aspects
of this, including, for instance, the relations between Govern-
ment and the Press, which was an interesting topic of conversation
at Mrs Wisner's.

If you agree to do such an interview, I would recommend that
after we had met to discuss it before hand, when I had submitted
a list of questions for your consideration, and we had time to
plan the shape and content of the programme, we recorded
it by means of film cameras, so that we could stop and re-start
as often as you found convenient. We would then be able to
edit it if you felt that there were parts of it that ought not
be transmitted. You could be furnished with a transcript, and
you would be consulted in advance of any programme going out.

cont/....

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The B.B.C. would take a transmission with great pleasure, running anything up to ninety minutes. If we were to aim at such an unprecedented length, we would have to allow for two to three hours filming, depending on your assessment of your availability, to allow for any editing, or re-takes you might wish to have done. The B.B.C. would, of course, make the programme available throughout the world.

I know that there is a long queue of people who would give y a great deal for the opportunity of being able to interview you. In the past, I know, you have been approached by various departments of the B.B.C. I am presuming to continue to solicit you because I have been fortunate enough to be allowed to specialise in lengthy B.B.C. interviews which are regarded as of a historical rather than a journalistic nature, and I feel that perhaps you might feel this kind of communication more appropriate in your circumstances. I did such an interview with Mr Kosygin in 1967, and have done others with leading British statesmen over the last five years. Eighteen months ago, I did similar in-depth interviews with Dean Acheson, Averrell Harriman and Kay Graham. I had the honour of doing a 10,000 word similar interview, printed, however, for The Observer, of whose editorial staff I am a member, four years ago with President Nixon. This was arranged by Mr Herb Klein, who, I am sure, would vouch for me. The projected B.B.C. interview would not have anything to do with The Observer, or any other newspaper. Though the B.B.C. would want to reprint it in their weekly journal, "The Listener".

I am going to be in Washington in any case from 1st January, well into that month, and I know that the B.B.C. would send a camera crew and director over for a few days if they thought there was a good chance of doing an interview. If diplomatic developments - quite apart from your own attitude to the idea of an interview - make an interview at that time undesirable, we would, of course, come over later in the year, at any time you suggested, only a few days notice being necessary.

It would be a personal and professional privilege to interview you. But, more important, I think it would be an exceptional, and possibly corrective, contribution to responsible thinking working title.

Yours sincerely,

Kenneth Harris.
C.C.
Dr Henry Kissinger,
c/o The American Embassy,
No. 2, Avenue Gabriel,
Paris 8.
France.

THE OBSERVER

The Observer Limited, 160 Queen Victoria Street, London EC4V 4DA
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4 December, 1972.

Dear Dr Kissinger,

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I know that there is a long queue of people who would give a great deal for the opportunity of being able to interview you. In the past, I know, you have been approached by various departments of the B.B.C. I am presuming to continue to solicit you because I have been fortunate enough to be allowed to specialise in lengthy B.B.C. interviews which are regarded as of a historical rather than a journalistic nature, and I feel that perhaps you might feel this kind of communication more appropriate in your circumstances. I did such an interview with Mr Kosygin in 1967, and have done others with leading British statesmen over the last five years. Eighteen months ago, I did similar in-depth interviews with Dean Acheson, Averrell Harriman and Kay Graham. I had the honour of doing a 10,000 word similar interview, printed, however, for The Observer, of whose editorial staff I am a member, four years ago with President Nixon. This was arranged by Mr Herb Klein, who, I am sure, would vouch for me. The projected B.B.C. interview would not have anything to do with The Observer, or any other newspaper. Though the B.B.C. would want to reprint it in their weekly journal, "The Listener".

It would be a personal and professional privilege to interview you. But, more important, I think it would be an exceptional, and possibly corrective, contribution to responsible thinking throughout the free world about the subject indicated in the working title.

Yours sincerely,
Kenneth Harris

KISSINGER, HENRY A. /H

April 13, 1971

Dear Mr. Harris:

I want to apologize for the inexcusable delay in responding to your
inquiry.

Mr. Kissinger has read your letters and asked me to tell you that
his only contact with Upton Sinclair was in the latter's capacity as
a potential contributor to Confluence. The 1952 note to Sinclair
(which I am returning as you requested) was in fact signed by
Mr. Kissinger's secretary on his behalf. At his request I also
looked through his personal files, some of which are in Washington
and some of which are still in Cambridge, and was not able to find
any additional correspondence with Sinclair.

Thus I am afraid there is little basis for attributing to Sinclair
any great influence on Mr. Kissinger's life and point of view.

I hope this information is helpful to you. If you locate any addi-
tional items of their correspondence in the Sinclair papers and
have questions about them, please let me know. I promise to reply
more promptly.

Mr. Leon A. Harris, Jr.
2100 Maxwell Lane
Bloomington, Indiana 47401

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Bloomington, Indiana 47401
S100 Maxwell Lane
Mr. Leon V. Harris, Jr.

National Security Council
Staff Vastant
Peter W. Hodges

Sincerely,

more brombly.

the following items of their correspondence in the夹sics papers and
I hope this information is helpful to you. If you locate any addi-
tional items of their correspondence in the夹sics papers and

any great influence on Mr. Klausinger's life and point of view.

Thus I am straid there is little help for attributing to夹sics

any additional correspondence with夹sics.

looked through file personal files, some of which are in Washington

Mr. Klausinger's secretary on his desk. At his request I also

a potential contributor to Confluence. The 1985 note to夹sics

his only contact with Upton夹sics was in the latter's capacity as

Mr. Klausinger has read your letters and asked me to tell you that

indirectly.

I want to apologize for the inexcusable delay in replying to your

indirectly.

Dear Mr. Harris:

April 13, 1971

KISSINGER, HENRY W. [H]

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CONFLUENCE
AN INTERNATIONAL FORUM

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HENRY A. KISSINGER, Editor
STEPHEN R. GRAUBARD, Assistant Editor

PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE
HARVARD SUMMER SCHOOL
OF ARTS AND SCIENCES AND OF EDUCATION

WILLIAM Y. ELLIOTT, Director

December 8, 1952

Mr. Upton Sinclair
R #2
Corona, California

Dear Mr. Sinclair:

Thank you very much for your letter of
November 12 and for the enclosed address which I
found very interesting. I will keep it on file
in the hope that it may possibly be published in
some future issue of CONFLUENCE.

The fourth issue of our magazine will
be out on December 10, at which time I hope that
you will let us have the benefit of your comments
or suggestions.

HAK:bd

Sinclair Mss.
Manuscripts Department, Lilly Library
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana

U.S.-Soviet bridge

gets trade-and-security support

CSM

Sept. 16, 1972

Kissinger keeps 'lines
open to St. Petersburg'

By Joseph C. Harsch

Henry Kissinger is just back from another trip; this time to Moscow, and those who would understand its deeper meaning should get out their history books and read up on the foreign policies of Dr. Kissinger's most admired predecessor in foreign policy, Prince Otto von Bismarck.

Bismarck, throughout his enormously successful career as the builder and manager of the German Empire, preached and practiced one cardinal rule. It was to "keep the lines open to St. Petersburg" — then the capital of the czars.

Bismarck never for an instant let himself get out of touch with the leadership of the Russian state. His ambitions were primarily in the West. Hence he could keep peace with Russia at no loss to his projects. But more than that, he knew that the new German Empire he was building could not afford to get caught in a two-front war. Therefore, he was careful to avoid the kind of friction between Germany and Russia that would alarm and arouse the Russians.

The Kaiser forgot

Europe started down the slope into World War I when Kaiser Wilhelm dropped Bismarck as the pilot, took over the management of German foreign affairs, and forgot about the vital importance of keeping open those lines of communication to St. Petersburg.

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No one in Washington knows all the details of that phase of history any better than does Henry Kissinger. He is a student and deep admirer of Bismarck's diplomacy. To him, Bismarck's birthday is as important as is Beethoven's to Schroeder in the "Peanuts" comic strip. Dr. Kissinger observes Bismarck's birthday.

And that explains why Dr. Kissinger travels to a lot of places, but always back to Moscow.

He has unleashed China to put pressure on the Askin flank of Russia. And that long-overdue maneuver has already brought dividends in Europe and the Middle East. The change in Russia's attitude toward those two areas since announcement of the Nixon visit to China continues to be the hallmark of these times.

SALT and trade

It is the most prominent feature of the new world that was opened up by the American opening to China. But Dr. Kissinger tries to make up to Russia in other ways for the restraint he put on Russia by his opening to China.

First came a softening of the American position on nuclear weapons. Dr. Kissinger's first important move was to open the way to the SALT talks by substituting "sufficiency" for "superiority" as the slogan dominating American weapons policies.

His second major move was to open up before the Russians the prospect of obtaining in the United States the credit, the trade, and the technical aid they must have if Russia is to be pulled up out of its economic and technological morass. Economically, Russia has come pretty close to a breakdown. A disastrous harvest this year is one manifestation. The United States could help.

The results are beginning to appear. The grain deal has been announced. The next step, apparently, will be to lift old trade embargoes and restrictions placed on Russia during the "cold war." Russia is to be admitted to "most-favored-nation" treatment. There is talk of allowing several American corporations to open offices in Moscow.

Bismarck would approve. This is keeping the lines open to the leaders of the Russian state. It is doing those things that in time can wash away the reasons the Russian leadership has for so long assumed that Washington was bent on the ultimate destruction of the Soviet regime.

Russian hostility toward the United States has been based on the Russian assumption of American hostility toward Russia. Suspicion has been fed by suspicion. Dr. Kissinger is trying to break that old vicious circle by helping Russia to get what Russia needs most—an economic revival. Bismarck encouraged German technicians to go to Russia. Dr. Kissinger, it seems, will soon be doing the same with American technicians.

Counterpoise fine, if—!

In Dr. Kissinger's new world it is right and proper to use China as a counterpoise to Russia, provided those lines to Russia are kept open and the Russians are given compensation for the use of China against them. They have reason to fear China if China is to forge ahead economically, as it seems to be doing, while Russia declines economically.

But Russia can keep up its end in competition with China if it does get an infusion of new Western technology and some modern skill in industrial and economic development.

The pattern is very Bismarckian.

CHIEF EDITORIAL WRITER
THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
ONE NORWAY ST., BOSTON 15

September 27, 1972

Dear Henry:

What! Don't you really celebrate
Bismarck's birthday? I have long
cherished the thought of your doing
it.

As for my pieces being "thoughtful."
I appreciate your saying so. They
would be better informed if I had a
chance to chat a few things over with
you.

I'll be in Washington on October 4
and 5 and the morning of the 6th.
If you had any spare time would you
let me know through The Christian
Science Monitor Bureau in Washington?

Dr. Henry A. Kissinger
The White House
Washington