diff --git a/app/static/js/forms/create-contribution-form.js b/app/static/js/forms/create-contribution-form.js
index 68003796..4474ff89 100644
--- a/app/static/js/forms/create-contribution-form.js
+++ b/app/static/js/forms/create-contribution-form.js
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 Forms.CreateContributionForm = class CreateContributionForm extends Forms.BaseForm {
-  static autoInit() {
-    let createContributionFormElements = document.querySelectorAll('.create-contribution-form');
-    for (let createContributionFormElement of createContributionFormElements) {
-      new Forms.CreateContributionForm(createContributionFormElement);
-    }
-  }
+  static htmlClass = 'create-contribution-form';
 
   constructor(formElement) {
     super(formElement);
diff --git a/app/static/js/forms/create-corpus-file-form.js b/app/static/js/forms/create-corpus-file-form.js
index 6cbc8a3a..beec4ee2 100644
--- a/app/static/js/forms/create-corpus-file-form.js
+++ b/app/static/js/forms/create-corpus-file-form.js
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 Forms.CreateCorpusFileForm = class CreateCorpusFileForm extends Forms.BaseForm {
-  static autoInit() {
-    let createCorpusFileFormElements = document.querySelectorAll('.create-corpus-file-form');
-    for (let createCorpusFileFormElement of createCorpusFileFormElements) {
-      new Forms.CreateCorpusFileForm(createCorpusFileFormElement);
-    }
-  }
+  static htmlClass = 'create-corpus-file-form';
 
   constructor(formElement) {
     super(formElement);
diff --git a/app/static/js/forms/create-job-form.js b/app/static/js/forms/create-job-form.js
index 0ee64e3a..6e6c7c01 100644
--- a/app/static/js/forms/create-job-form.js
+++ b/app/static/js/forms/create-job-form.js
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 Forms.CreateJobForm = class CreateJobForm extends Forms.BaseForm {
-  static autoInit() {
-    let createJobFormElements = document.querySelectorAll('.create-job-form');
-    for (let createJobFormElement of createJobFormElements) {
-      new Forms.CreateJobForm(createJobFormElement);
-    }
-  }
+  static htmlClass = 'create-job-form';
 
   constructor(formElement) {
     super(formElement);
diff --git a/app/static/js/forms/index.js b/app/static/js/forms/index.js
index b3bd9224..0e7529f6 100644
--- a/app/static/js/forms/index.js
+++ b/app/static/js/forms/index.js
@@ -3,15 +3,22 @@ var Forms = {};
 Forms.autoInit = () => {
   for (let propertyName in Forms) {
     let property = Forms[propertyName];
-    // Call the autoInit method of all properties that are subclasses of Forms.BaseForm
+    // Call autoInit of all properties that are subclasses of Forms.BaseForm.
+    // This does not include Forms.BaseForm itself.
     if (property.prototype instanceof Forms.BaseForm) {
-      property.autoInit();
+      // Check if the static htmlClass property is defined.
+      if (property.htmlClass === undefined) {return;}
+      // Gather all HTML elements that have the `this.htmlClass` class
+      // and do not have the no-autoinit class.
+      let formElements = document.querySelectorAll(`.${property.htmlClass}:not(.no-autoinit)`);
+      // Create an instance of this class for each form element.
+      for (let formElement of formElements) {new property(formElement);}
     }
   }
 };
 
 Forms.BaseForm = class BaseForm {
-  static autoInit() {throw 'Not implemented';}
+  static htmlClass;
 
   constructor(formElement) {
     this.formElement = formElement;
diff --git a/app/static/js/resource-displays/corpus-display.js b/app/static/js/resource-displays/corpus-display.js
index f68977c7..906b17ac 100644
--- a/app/static/js/resource-displays/corpus-display.js
+++ b/app/static/js/resource-displays/corpus-display.js
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 ResourceDisplays.CorpusDisplay = class CorpusDisplay extends ResourceDisplays.BaseDisplay {
+  static htmlClass = 'corpus-display';
+
   constructor(displayElement) {
     super(displayElement);
     this.corpusId = displayElement.dataset.corpusId;
diff --git a/app/static/js/resource-displays/index.js b/app/static/js/resource-displays/index.js
index 75c68987..4f52860a 100644
--- a/app/static/js/resource-displays/index.js
+++ b/app/static/js/resource-displays/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,28 @@
 var ResourceDisplays = {};
 
+ResourceDisplays.autoInit = () => {
+  console.log('ResourceDisplays.autoInit');
+  for (let propertyName in ResourceDisplays) {
+    let property = ResourceDisplays[propertyName];
+    // Call autoInit of all properties that are subclasses of `ResourceDisplays.BaseDisplay`.
+    // This does not include `ResourceDisplays.BaseDisplay` itself.
+    if (property.prototype instanceof ResourceDisplays.BaseDisplay) {
+      console.log(property);
+      // Check if the static `htmlClass` property is defined.
+      if (property.htmlClass === undefined) {return;}
+      // Gather all HTML elements that have the `this.htmlClass` class
+      // and do not have the `no-autoinit` class.
+      let displayElements = document.querySelectorAll(`.${property.htmlClass}:not(.no-autoinit)`);
+      console.log(displayElements);
+      // Create an instance of this class for each display element.
+      for (let displayElement of displayElements) {new property(displayElement);}
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 ResourceDisplays.BaseDisplay = class BaseDisplay {
+  static htmlClass;
+
   constructor(displayElement) {
     this.displayElement = displayElement;
     this.userId = this.displayElement.dataset.userId;
diff --git a/app/static/js/resource-displays/job-display.js b/app/static/js/resource-displays/job-display.js
index d52f0b0e..4ab370e2 100644
--- a/app/static/js/resource-displays/job-display.js
+++ b/app/static/js/resource-displays/job-display.js
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 ResourceDisplays.JobDisplay = class JobDisplay extends ResourceDisplays.BaseDisplay {
+  static htmlClass = 'job-display';
+
   constructor(displayElement) {
     super(displayElement);
     this.jobId = this.displayElement.dataset.jobId;
diff --git a/app/templates/_scripts.html.j2 b/app/templates/_scripts.html.j2
index de457973..6213e3df 100644
--- a/app/templates/_scripts.html.j2
+++ b/app/templates/_scripts.html.j2
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@
     document.querySelectorAll('#nav-more-dropdown-trigger'),
     {alignment: 'right', constrainWidth: false, coverTrigger: false}
   );
+  ResourceDisplays.autoInit();
   ResourceList.autoInit();
   Forms.autoInit();
 
diff --git a/app/templates/corpora/corpus.html.j2 b/app/templates/corpora/corpus.html.j2
index 7539f420..b6e600b9 100644
--- a/app/templates/corpora/corpus.html.j2
+++ b/app/templates/corpora/corpus.html.j2
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 {% block page_content %}
 <div class="container">
-  <div class="row" data-corpus-id="{{ corpus.hashid }}" data-user-id="{{ corpus.user.hashid }}" id="corpus-display">
+  <div class="row corpus-display" data-corpus-id="{{ corpus.hashid }}" data-user-id="{{ corpus.user.hashid }}">
     <div class="col s12">
       <h1>{{ corpus.title }}</h1>
     </div>
@@ -237,8 +237,6 @@
 {% block scripts %}
 {{ super() }}
 <script>
-let corpusDisplay = new ResourceDisplays.CorpusDisplay(document.querySelector('#corpus-display'));
-
 {# {% if current_user.is_following_corpus(corpus) %}
   let unfollowRequestElement = document.querySelector('.action-button[data-action="unfollow-request"]');
   unfollowRequestElement.addEventListener('click', () => {
diff --git a/app/templates/jobs/job.html.j2 b/app/templates/jobs/job.html.j2
index b7b16bfb..7fad7bcb 100644
--- a/app/templates/jobs/job.html.j2
+++ b/app/templates/jobs/job.html.j2
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 {% block page_content %}
 <div class="container">
   <div class="row">
-    <div class="col s12" data-job-id="{{ job.hashid }}" data-user-id="{{ job.user.hashid }}" id="job-display">
+    <div class="col s12 job-display" data-job-id="{{ job.hashid }}" data-user-id="{{ job.user.hashid }}">
       <div class="row">
         <div class="col s8 m9 l10">
           <h1 id="title"><i style="font-size: inherit;" class="nopaque-icons service-icons" data-service="{{ job.service }}"></i> <span class="job-title"></span></h1>
@@ -150,7 +150,6 @@
 {% block scripts %}
 {{ super() }}
 <script>
-  let jobDisplay = new ResourceDisplays.JobDisplay(document.querySelector('#job-display'));
   let deleteJobRequestElement = document.querySelector('#delete-job-request');
   let restartJobRequestElement = document.querySelector('#restart-job-request');
   deleteJobRequestElement.addEventListener('click', (event) => {