Jesuit Books and Libraries in Europe, 1540s-1770s
The European Jesuit Libraries Provenance Project
This is the largest census of books owned by European Jesuit institutions prior to the suppression. It includes both texts currently held in libraries and information from pre-1773 inventories, and is an ongoing project created by Kathleen Comerford (Georgia Southern University).
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The EJLPP depends not only on libraries willing to share their collections, but on student interns. Our tenth assistant, Baoxin Lau (BA student), completed her semester with us in Spring 2021! Since then, we've had four more students, including the prize-winning Mady Bullard (see the About Us section for more), who is currently pursuing a degree in Library and Information Studies at Valdosta State. Students have created and maintained the Digital Commons site, worked on biographies for Jesuit authors, and helped me create the lists of women printers. I'm so proud of the work they all have done, and grateful to Georgia Southern for its support of student and faculty research.
Team AY 2022-2023
My name is Zaccheus Mckibbens and I am a junior here at Georgia Southern University majoring in history. This school year I will be interning with Dr. Comerford and others doing research into European Jesuit institutions. My job will be cataloging authors and women printers who contributed to the publishing of works. I hope to provide exceptional work and gain favorable skills from this opportunity.
Zach's skill in German was an invaluable help for the project of mapping women printworkers. We now have a large number of names added to RootsMagic and can analyze networks. Data visualizations coming soon! Thank you, Zach.
