Rebecca Somerset
Work in Progress 1
A new series in which the archives team shares what they have been doing over the last few months.
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Blog Posts
Read about our latest news, collection highlights, and reflections.
Rebecca Somerset
- Mar 6
- 9 min
World Book Day: Our Recent Reviews
The Archive team reflect on work related books that they have recently read.
Volunteer
- Nov 30, 2023
- 5 min
Calendaring the letters of William Strickland SJ, Procurator of the Suppression
In this blog post volunteer Claire reflects on her project to calendar the letters of Fr William Strickland SJ, written during and...
Rebecca Somerset
- Sep 29, 2023
- 6 min
A visit to assess the Jesuit Guyana Archives
Archivist Rebecca reflects on a visit to assess the Jesuit archive material in Guyana.
Lucy Vinten
- May 31, 2023
- 7 min
A Catholic translation of Bede’s History
This blogpost discusses Thomas Stapleton’s 1656 translation of Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English People. It looks at...
Rebecca Somerset
- Nov 8, 2022
- 3 min
Celebrating Jubilees
This blog considers the importance of celebrating jubilees in light of recent and upcoming anniversaries.
Rebecca Somerset
- Jan 6, 2022
- 4 min
New Year Hopes
At this time of year, we often take time to reflect on the year just gone and set goals for the year ahead. Each of the Archives team...
Rebecca Somerset
- Dec 10, 2021
- 6 min
Planning a Move: 10 Lessons learnt
A post that explores lessons learnt from preparing for extensive building work in an Archive with collections sent offsite.
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