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Rebecca Somerset

A visit to assess the Jesuit Guyana Archives

Archivist Rebecca reflects on a visit to assess the Jesuit archive material in Guyana.

Rebecca Somerset

Barbados and the Parish of St Francis of Assisi

On 28 July 2020 the parish of St Francis of Assisi in Barbados was handed over to the local diocese after Michael Barrow SJ celebrated...

Mary Allen

Rupununi Mission, Guyana

A look at the foundation of the Jesuit Rupununi Mission using sources from the Archives.

Sally Kent

Fr James Etheridge Arrives in Guyana

Account of the establishment of a Jesuit mission in Guyana in 1857.

Volunteer

A Volunteer's Tale

Tuesday 5 December is International Volunteer Day, an international observance designated by the United Nations in 1985 that offers an...

Sally Kent

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.

Work Experience Placement

Work Experience in the Archives

This week's blog post has been guest-written by work experience student, Natasha Wilkinson. Hello! My name is Natasha Wilkinson, I am 16...

Lucy Vinten

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...