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A year in blog posts
2020 was, to say the least, a strange year for everybody, thanks to the global pandemic. For the British Jesuit Archives it meant closing...

Mary Allen
Jan 4, 20214 min read


The Archives in Numbers
This year, 20 October marks World Statistics Day, a day to highlight the importance of data for informed decision-making. The United...

Mary Allen
Oct 12, 20201 min read


A Book Through Time
Book provenance is an area of research into the history of individual books and of libraries, focusing on who owned which books, and what...

Lucy Vinten
Sep 28, 20206 min read


Lockdown: What We've Been Doing
Working from home is tricky for archivists. The archive is shut, the material we work with is inaccessible. We can't bring a couple of...

Lucy Vinten
May 25, 20206 min read


Festive Favourites
It is that joyful time of year once again, and here at the Archives we are feeling particularly festive. We have decided to usher in the...
Alex Van Goethem
Dec 16, 20193 min read


Work experience in the Jesuits in Britain Archives
This week’s blog post has been written by our most recent work experience student, Evangeline Mills. Read on to find out what she did and...
Work Experience Placement
Nov 4, 20194 min read


Work Experience in the Province Archives
Earlier in the summer, recent graduate Michael Daniel carried out a two-week work experience placement at the Jesuits in Britain...
Work Experience Placement
Sep 9, 20195 min read


Cataloguing Antiquarian Books
In this blog post, volunteer Lucy tells us about the fascinating process of cataloguing our historically important antiquarian book...

Lucy Vinten
Jan 28, 20194 min read
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