While digitising Letters and Notices, volunteer Eleanor discovered Fr Aloysius Cortie, a Jesuit priest and astronomer. By tracing his appearances in the publication, this piece follows his development from student to teacher and researcher, highlighting his scientific work, travels, and reflections on religion and science, as well as the value of the publication as a historical source.

In this blog post, we share highlights from our latest intern’s placement, during which they carried out digitisation and indexing. Their focus on the Jesuit Missions magazine led to interesting discoveries, including the influence of editor Peter Low SJ.

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

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

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

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

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

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