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.Muriel C. McClendon7d0d078698cd80d923d8ef12ec1584c2cc8c35e2Jonathan Abraham1951edb1c10a4e0fd1d4c6055bc120deaec1ac3eLuis Alonso224e5f6e7a735c76336fa3dd876079621b634152David Perez Hernandezf35a4d075920538e1a642ce5ad79e60ad2cfad23Adam Jacobsendb1596193330f6ec27a260c3b1c0516e5b16e336Kyle Martinich969d84e3df940a458ce331be950dc44cb6cf190aArthur Ian Michiec975d52e0462a57a8b1be034c3b720b039744e53Pierce Monahan00718a49b8540237c348cef2d7e1bdf22cc5cafbCarson Turnerbe5a97c4b1fb2f144cd3788a6dd117d2485fe221Raymond Valdeze8c1ee8b19789548651d2769a9f2026c455c2f92
About the Course & Student Projects
12021-04-28T14:52:14-07:00Muriel C. McClendon7d0d078698cd80d923d8ef12ec1584c2cc8c35e23911624structured_gallery2021-06-02T14:10:11-07:00Christopher Gilman1985b99a2acd541caa12a10c3ebf6896565283ab“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. Scalar, a web-based platform that was developed at the University of Southern California, allows users to create interactive, multi-media online publications. Users can assemble media from different sources and bring them together on a single Scalar page with an accompanying essay. What follows is the result of their research in the William Andrews Clark digitized annotated book collections and other media resources. This seminar introduced to methods of scholarly inquiry, with a focus on primary source materials. As a research team we will apply 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, we will learn 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 will be guided and inspired by guest presenters during the quarter, and we will culminate learning activities in a final digital project with multimedia essays representing selections from the Clark Library. This course would not have been possible without the contributions of Christopher Gilman, Jet Jacobs, Rebecca Fenning Marschall, Dawn Childress, Matt Johnson and Jimmy Zavala.
12021-04-29T15:57:52-07:00Jonathan Abraham1951edb1c10a4e0fd1d4c6055bc120deaec1ac3eExamination of the history of Christians and Protestants in the 17th Century35The History of Christians and Protestants and their perspective on Mercy and Truthplain2021-06-02T14:12:56-07:00Christopher Gilman1985b99a2acd541caa12a10c3ebf6896565283ab
12021-04-29T15:55:04-07:00Kyle Martinich969d84e3df940a458ce331be950dc44cb6cf190aContextualizing Leviathan: A Historical Look of Hobbes' Impact to Seventeenth Century England and Beyond56Leviathan is an extraordinary fictional sea monster originating from the Bible, one that Thomas Hobbes uses as a metaphor to describe an ideal and powerful sovereign state. The imperium of both the fictional creature and Hobbes' described state matches the magnitude that Hobbes' book impacted European thought and history. The observed text is a product of this impact.plain2021-06-01T12:48:24-07:00Christopher Gilman1985b99a2acd541caa12a10c3ebf6896565283ab
12021-04-29T15:55:24-07:00Luis Alonso224e5f6e7a735c76336fa3dd876079621b634152A Description the Importance of Preservation65The Workes of John Boys gives insight into the ideas of a priest during the the late 1600s. It is thanks to the annotations and the preservations of the book that we are able to look to make connections to other readings around the same era.plain2021-06-02T13:59:13-07:00Christopher Gilman1985b99a2acd541caa12a10c3ebf6896565283ab
12021-04-29T15:55:16-07:00Pierce Monahan00718a49b8540237c348cef2d7e1bdf22cc5cafbAnglican Preeminence in 17th-Century England: Supremacy at the Expense of Britain's Catholic Subjects71Written at the peak of anti-Catholic sentiment in Europe, A Plain, but Full Exposition of the Catechism of the Church of England and its annotations showcase English society’s efforts to bolster Anglican authority in the British Isles.plain2021-06-01T21:22:42-07:00Pierce Monahan00718a49b8540237c348cef2d7e1bdf22cc5cafb
12021-04-29T15:55:11-07:00Raymond Valdeze8c1ee8b19789548651d2769a9f2026c455c2f92The Red and the Black: Manuscript Annotations on Sandys' A Paraphrase upon the Song of Solomon.21Annotations by an unknown reader in a 1642 edition of A paraphrase upon the Song of Solomon. Annotations consist of underlining in red pencil, bracketing in pencil, and markings along margins and throughout text as well as a one ink correction, a note written in shorthand, a pencil note written sideways, and pencil notes supplying different translations. Condition: Bound in 19th or 20th centuryplain2021-06-02T12:48:29-07:00Raymond Valdeze8c1ee8b19789548651d2769a9f2026c455c2f92
12021-04-29T15:54:17-07:00David Perez Hernandezf35a4d075920538e1a642ce5ad79e60ad2cfad23Protestantism in England: Surviving throughout the 16th and 17th centuries59The Printing Press was instrumental in the spread of Protestantism in England, exemplified by the history of a Press owned by a French refugee and his help in spreading the words of Martin Lutherplain2021-06-01T12:50:16-07:00Christopher Gilman1985b99a2acd541caa12a10c3ebf6896565283ab
12021-04-29T15:55:36-07:00Adam Jacobsendb1596193330f6ec27a260c3b1c0516e5b16e336Finding Gold in the Flowers: Rebellious Formatting As Well As Content54The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce, at first glance, may not seem to be an historically significant piece of literature, but its simple structure and critical content serve as a reflection of English culture during its civil war. It is for this reason the original text must be preserved.plain2021-05-31T22:09:44-07:00Adam Jacobsendb1596193330f6ec27a260c3b1c0516e5b16e336
12021-05-12T16:38:44-07:00Carson Turnerbe5a97c4b1fb2f144cd3788a6dd117d2485fe221Exploration of the French Counter-Revolutionary: A Pan-European Issue36Jacques Mallet du Pan's Dangers Which Threaten Europe provides powerful context for counter-revolutionary thought during the French Revolution. Additionally, its placement within a circulating library in London sparks discussion on the involvement of all social classes in the development of early modern Europe.plain2021-06-01T16:11:49-07:00Carson Turnerbe5a97c4b1fb2f144cd3788a6dd117d2485fe221
12021-04-29T15:55:09-07:00Arthur Ian Michiec975d52e0462a57a8b1be034c3b720b039744e53Pipe of Indulgence76Written during the peak of British Colonialism on the North American continent, this page reflects the cultural impact of colonial cash crops on English society and how England used laws to inspire a controlled flow of American goods.plain2021-06-02T15:17:27-07:00Christopher Gilman1985b99a2acd541caa12a10c3ebf6896565283ab
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