Westminster Diocesan Archives will be closed on Tuesday 16 July 2013 owing to a power cut caused by building works. This means that it will not be possible to use the reading room or contact us by phone. Emails should still work.
We hope that normal service will resume on Wednesday 17th.
Monday 15 July 2013
Tuesday 7 May 2013
'The World is Our House' Hereford Cathedral 21 June 2013
This conference is advertised on behalf of Hannah Thomas of Swansea University:
Information about the programme and booking is available on the conference blog here: http://worldisourhouse.blogspot.co.uk/
A Midsummer
symposium on international Jesuit culture, 1540–1700, with an evening concert of
early Jesuit music, to celebrate the re-evaluation of the Cwm Jesuit Library,
housed at Hereford Cathedral since 1679. The library, the largest
surviving seventeenth-century Jesuit missionary library in Britain, is
currently being analysed in depth as part of an exciting joint project between
Swansea University and Hereford Cathedral, funded by the UK Arts and Humanities
Research Council (AHRC). The study day will place the library within its larger
international context by exploring the rich and fascinating world of
seventeenth-century Jesuit culture.
The symposium and concert
have been made possible thanks to generous sponsorship from the Jesuit
Institute in London, the British Province of the Society of Jesus, and a donor
who wishes to remain anonymous.
Information about the programme and booking is available on the conference blog here: http://worldisourhouse.blogspot.co.uk/
Tuesday 2 April 2013
Payments and Donations Online
One unexpected Easter blessing has been the setting up of an online donations page for Westminster Diocesan Archives. Many thanks to the diocesan IT department and web developers who have helped set this up.
Unlike many archives in the UK, we receive no public money or external funding. Our running costs are supported entirely by the diocese and any donations that wellwishers are generous enough to make. We run on a tiny budget and any donations are a great help to ensure that we can stay open and free to researchers.
WDA Donations Page
We do charge for some services -photography (self service and orders) and paid research for those who are unable to visit in person. We are going to trial using the new donation system as a way of paying for these online. It will still be possible to pay by cash or cheque but this should make things much easier for our users from abroad.
Over the next few weeks, we'll be taking a look at our policies and charges for paid research and photography to make sure that they'll still work with the new system and that the charges are fair. Once this is done, they'll be up on the website.
Unlike many archives in the UK, we receive no public money or external funding. Our running costs are supported entirely by the diocese and any donations that wellwishers are generous enough to make. We run on a tiny budget and any donations are a great help to ensure that we can stay open and free to researchers.
WDA Donations Page
We do charge for some services -photography (self service and orders) and paid research for those who are unable to visit in person. We are going to trial using the new donation system as a way of paying for these online. It will still be possible to pay by cash or cheque but this should make things much easier for our users from abroad.
Over the next few weeks, we'll be taking a look at our policies and charges for paid research and photography to make sure that they'll still work with the new system and that the charges are fair. Once this is done, they'll be up on the website.