Conservation & Digitisation

Blog Posts

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

Mary Allen

Winter scenes at Heythrop College

After the recent fall in temperatures, we thought we would revisit one of our favourite collections: the Heythrop College negatives. The...

Mary Allen

Oversize Plan Collection Conserved

The Archives holds a substantial collection of oversize plans and documents. These include architectural plans and drawings of Jesuit...

Mary Allen

Architectural Plans of the Holy Name Church, Manchester

In May this year, the Archives took delivery of over 200 architectural plans and drawings of the Holy Name Church in Manchester. The...

Rebecca Somerset

Caring for Glass Plate Negatives

Back in March 2018 Lorraine Finch, a photograph conservator, gave the archive team some valuable training on identifying different...

Lucy Vinten

What to do when Disaster Strikes

As in most professions, it is important for archivists to keep up with their professional development in order to be up to date with...

Mary Allen

Thinking About Audio-visual Material

The purpose of the Jesuit in Britain Archives is to collect, preserve and make available records concerning the Jesuits in Britain. This...

Rebecca Somerset

St Henry Morse SJ portrait

Short description of acquisition and conservation treatment of a portrait of the Jesuit St Henry Morse.

Mihaela Repina

The Cake that Changed the Temple at Manresa, Roehampton

How a cake changed a temple