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Blog Posts
Read about our latest news, collection highlights, and reflections.


Cataloguing 'The Month'
The cataloguing of The Month – a monthly publication owned and operated by the British Province of the Society of Jesus from 1865 until...
Alex Van Goethem
Aug 12, 20195 min read


Caring for Glass Plate Negatives
Back in March 2018 Lorraine Finch, a photograph conservator, gave the archive team some valuable training on identifying different...
Rebecca Somerset
Jul 15, 20195 min read


Fr Cyril Martindale SJ
One of the Archive’s most recently completed cataloguing projects is the collection of personal papers of one of the Society’s most...
Alex Van Goethem
Jun 3, 20193 min read


Cataloguing Relics
In this blog post Jonathan Roche, a PhD student who undertook work experience in the Archives, gives an account of his work cataloguing...
Work Experience Placement
Apr 8, 20196 min read

Catholic Social Guild Summer School, 1927
During the month of September the Archives closes to visitors and does not deal with remote enquiries (unless it is an urgent matter)....
Rebecca Somerset
Sep 24, 20184 min read

Two Years as Archives Assistant
To date, the Archives have supported two part-time Archives Assistants, with the aim of helping prospective archivists into the...
Lucy Vinten
Jul 30, 20185 min read


Making sense of a complex collection
A blog exploring the reality of cataloguing a complex collection bearing in mind the taught archive theory.
Lucy Vinten
Jan 15, 20183 min read

Personal papers of Thomas Corbishley SJ (1903-1976)
One of the Archives’ most recent cataloguing projects is the fascinating collection of personal papers of Fr Thomas Corbishley SJ...
Sally Kent
Jan 1, 20183 min read
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