Lily McKee High School Fellowship (Folger Shakespeare Library)
A spring fellowship for DC-metro-area high school students to conduct original literary research at the Folger Shakespeare Library, using its rare books, manuscripts, and digital collections under guidance from Folger scholars, centered on a different Shakespeare play each year.
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