Folgerpedia

Founded on 9 July 2014, Folgerpedia is the Folger Shakespeare Library's collaboratively-edited, search-based encyclopedia of all things "Folger." Content of the articles has been contributed by various departments within the institution, as well as Folger readers and other scholars. The articles address each topic as it relates to the Folger and the Folger collection. There is a variety of article types that can be found on Folgerpedia, including: lists; how tos; and encyclopedic entries concerning items in the collection, Shakespeare's works and characters, and his works in performance.

To read more about Folgerpedia, read the Folger research blog, The Collation.

Folgerpedia began in 2014, and runs on the MediaWiki platform (the same software as Wikipedia). See the Manual of Style for information about how to name and structure articles. Please read through the contributor policy before editing. To receive editing permissions, please email bard2@folger.edu.

Design

Folgerpedia was designed by Andru Vallance, contracted by Yaron Koren of WikiWorks in collaboration with representatives from the Folger's Online Strategy Council. The font is Adobe Garamond Pro from Typekit. The main background color is #efeee9, the header and footer background is #ffffff, and the message box background is #f3f2ee.