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Ferraris 2, Galllarate, Italy, J(Busa Archive #613). 47 53 57 67 83 100 viii List of Illustrations Figure 4.1 CAAL (“lab”), via G. Figure 3.2 Roberto Busa demonstrates literary data processing at the IBM Pavilion, World’s Fair (Expo 58), September 3, 1958, Brussels (Busa Archive #127).

Participants include Victor Yannitelli, S.J., L.P. Figure 3.1 Demo of the methods of literary data processing at IBM World Headquarters, JPaul Tasman reading from Varia Specimina Concordantiarum to Francis Cardinal Spellman, while Roberto Busa and Thomas J. Figure 2.3 Advertisement, “Oracle on 57th Street,” Saturday Evening Post, Decem(author’s copy). Figure 2.2 Chief Operator Elizabeth (“Betsy”) Stewart at the console of the IBM SSEC, IBM World Headquarters, 1948 (IBM Archives). Figure 2.1 Roberto Busa at the console of the IBM 705 EDPM, IBM World Headquarters, New York, 1958 (IBM Archives). of IBM, November 1949 27 2 Oracle on 57th Street 52 The IBM SSEC Large-scale Calculator, Representations of Computing, and the Role of the Adjacent Possible, 1948–1952 3 The Mother of All Humanities Computing Demos The First Public Demo of Busa’s and Tasman’s Punched-Card Method of “Literary Data Processing,” J4 Centers of Activity 107 The Founding of CAAL, the First Literary Data Processing Center in Gallarate, Italy, 1954–1956 80 vi 5 Table of Contents Computing Philology 139 The Dead Sea Scrolls Project, “A Quality Leap and New Dimensions,” 1957–1959 Works Cited Index 174 180 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FIGURES Figure 1.1 Roberto Busa examines a punched card at CAAL, Casa Sironi, Gallarate, Italy, June 1956 (Busa Archive #25). and the Emergence of Humanities Computing vii 1 1 Priest Walks into the CEO’s Office The Meeting between Father Roberto Busa, S.J. P98.32.U6J66 2016 006.3’5-dc23 2015035949 ISBN: 978-7-4 (hbk) ISBN: 978-1-8 (ebk) Typeset in Bembo by diacriTech, Chennai TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Illustrations Introduction Roberto Busa, S.J. Text processing (Computer science)-History-20th century. Humanities-Research-United States-Data processing-History- 20th century. Computational linguistics-Research-Italy-History-20th century. Computational linguistics-Research-United States-History-20th century. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. Roberto Busa, S.J., and the emergence of humanities computing : the priest and the punched cards / Steven E. Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication Data Jones, Steven E. Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe.

No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Jones to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Jones First published 2016 by Routledge 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017 and by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2016 Taylor & Francis The right of Steven E. This page intentionally left blank RobeRto busa, s.J., and the emeRgence of humanities computing The Priest and the Punched Cards Steven E. His most recent book, The Emergence of the Digital Humanities, highlights his specialties in textual studies and digital humanities. He was a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the CUNY Graduate Center Advanced Research Consortium in 2014-2015 and a recipient of the Keats-Shelley Association Distinguished Scholar award in 2013. Jones is Professor of English and Director of the Center for Textual Studies and Digital Humanities at Loyola University Chicago. He examines relationships between the layers of hardware, software, human agents, culture, and history, and answers the question of how specific technologies afford and even constrain cultural practices, including in this case the academic research agendas of humanities computing and, later, digital humanities. Using Busa’s own papers, recently accessioned in Milan, as well as IBM archives and other sources, Jones illuminates this DH origin story. Cover.indd 1 02/03/16 10:06 PM RobeRto busa, s.J., and the emeRgence of humanities computing It’s the founding myth of humanities computing and digital humanities: In 1949, the Italian Jesuit scholar, Roberto Busa, S.J., persuaded IBM to offer technical and financial support for the mechanized creation of a massive lemmatized concordance to the works of St.

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