Ex Libris: Annotating Books from the William A. Clark Memorial LibraryMain MenuIntroductionIntroduction by Professor McClendon, with a map and a timeline of annotated books included in this course project.Student ProjectsMuriel C. McClendon7d0d078698cd80d923d8ef12ec1584c2cc8c35e2Jonathan Abraham1951edb1c10a4e0fd1d4c6055bc120deaec1ac3eLuis Alonso224e5f6e7a735c76336fa3dd876079621b634152David Perez Hernandezf35a4d075920538e1a642ce5ad79e60ad2cfad23Adam Jacobsendb1596193330f6ec27a260c3b1c0516e5b16e336Kyle Martinich969d84e3df940a458ce331be950dc44cb6cf190aArthur Ian Michiec975d52e0462a57a8b1be034c3b720b039744e53Pierce Monahan00718a49b8540237c348cef2d7e1bdf22cc5cafbCarson Turnerbe5a97c4b1fb2f144cd3788a6dd117d2485fe221Raymond Valdeze8c1ee8b19789548651d2769a9f2026c455c2f92
12021-04-28T14:52:14-07:00Student Projects28structured_gallery10773442021-06-03T17:07:46-07:00“Ex Libris” is a Scalar book project created by members of the UCLA History Department seminar, “Introduction to Original Scholarship in a Remote Setting: Exploring Collections at the Clark Library,” offered in Spring Quarter 2021. This seminar introduced students to methods of scholarly inquiry, with a focus on primary source materials. As a research team they applied tools and methods of comparative digital analysis to explore readers’ marks in the “Early Modern Annotated Books” collection of UCLA’s William Andrews Clark Library. Through collaborative study of marginalia and other, often overlooked, signs of active reading, they considered how minute details can serve inductively as evidence for interpreting much larger historical phenomena of the early modern English-speaking world, such as domestic life, politics, religion and witchcraft. Our work was guided and inspired by guest presenters during the quarter, and we culminated learning activities in a final digital project with multimedia essays representing selections from the Clark Library. We would like to acknowledge and thank Christopher Gilman, Jet Jacobs, Rebecca Fenning Marschall, Dawn Childress, Matt Johnson and Jimmy Zavala.
