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Read about our latest news, collection highlights, and reflections.
Rebecca Somerset
Sep 29, 20236 min read
A visit to assess the Jesuit Guyana Archives
Archivist Rebecca reflects on a visit to assess the Jesuit archive material in Guyana.
Mary Allen
Jan 14, 20194 min read
Rupununi Mission, Guyana
A look at the foundation of the Jesuit Rupununi Mission using sources from the Archives.
Sally Kent
Mar 5, 20183 min read
Fr James Etheridge Arrives in Guyana
Account of the establishment of a Jesuit mission in Guyana in 1857.
Sally Kent
Aug 27, 20175 min read
Evelyn Waugh in Guyana
In the winter of 1932-1933 Waugh had travelled to the interior of British Guiana (as it was then known) and Brazil.
Lucy Vinten
Apr 9, 20174 min read
Jesuit Missionaries' Dictionaries and Vocabularies
On 15 April 1755, Dr Johnson published his Dictionary of the English Language. In the previous 150 years over 20 English dictionaries had...
Mary Allen
Feb 18, 20152 min read
Cary-Elwes' photograph collection
Short reflection on the Jesuit Cary-Elwes photography of his work as a missionary in Guyana.
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