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Publications

Since its foundation in 1873, the Société has used publishing as means to share knowledge of Jersey’s history, culture and environment. Our publishing output forms a key part of our educational purpose.

Library

The Lord Coutanche Library supports the work of the Société Jersiaise by collecting and preserving material relating to Jersey's history, prehistory and natural environment.

Photographic Archive

The Photographic Archive (SJPA) contains over 125,000 items dating from the mid-1840s to the present day. It is the Island’s principal collection of nineteenth and early twentieth-century photography

Field Archaeology

The Société Jersiaise archaeologist is privately funded by a generous benefactor, which is a wonderful gift, for which the Société Jersiaise are extremely grateful.
Blog Series

Ès Jèrriais, en Jèrriais: The Société Scholar who taught himself Jersey’s indigenous language
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The Polymath’s Journey
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Lithophilia: For the love of sound and stone
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The Philosophical Toy
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Rules & Reports

Architecture Section

Proposed house by architect Warwick Whitaker at Fauvic, for Mr Baker, 1958. Photo credit – Jersey Heritage Jeremy Percival continues his diligent research into architects

Millennium Fund Research Report

by Rory Hill, Société Jersiaise Millennium Scholar 28 October 2024 I am working on a project concerning the food parcels that were sent from Canada

Botany Section

We welcomed visiting botanists to the Island in October, and as is so often the case when we have visitors we found a plant that