Heather Ruth WolfeFSA (born 1971[1]) is an American curator of manuscripts and archivist at the Folger Shakespeare Library.[2] A "Shakespeare detective", she has been noted for her research into the history of the Shakespeare coat of arms.[3][4][5] She headed "Shakespeare Documented", a project to make contemporary texts involving Shakespeare available online,[2][5] and is involved in the similar "Early Modern Manuscripts Online" (EMMO) project.[6][7]
At the Folger, her "Project Dustbunny" has yielded significant results from human cells gathered from 17th-century volumes.[3][8]
Wolfe, Heather; Maule, Jeremy; Axton, Marie (2001). Elizabeth Cary, Lady Falkland : life and letters. Cambridge [England]: RTM Publications. ISBN978-0866982726.
Wolfe, Heather; Stewart, Alan (2004). Letterwriting in Renaissance England. Washington, D.C.: Folger Shakespeare Library. ISBN978-0295985091.
Wolfe, Heather (2006). The literary career and legacy of Elizabeth Cary, 1613-1680. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN978-1403970169.
Trevilian, Thomas (2007). Wolfe, Heather (ed.). The Trevelyon Miscellany of 1608 : a facsimile of Folger Shakespeare Library MS V.b.232. Washington, D.C.: Folger Shakespeare Library. ISBN978-0295986593.