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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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Inaugural Société bursary supports major marine monitoring project
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Royal visits to Jersey

June 26, 2024
3:56 pm

Landing of Queen Victoria in Victoria Harbour, Jersey, on the 3d September 1846

In July, King Charles III and Queen Camilla will visit Jersey.

This is the opportunity to take a look in the archives of the Lord Coutanche Library and to rediscover past royal visits to the Island, through books, pamphlets, ephemera, prints, and newspapers.

Here are some examples.

Queen Victoria in 1846

Triumphal Arch in Gloucester Street

The Cortège of Her Majesty passing the Royal Square, on the 3rd of September 1846

Arrival of Her Majesty at Mount Orgueil

Lieutenant-Colonel Dixon, R.E. presenting the visitor’s book to Her Majesty

Chronique de Jersey, 2 septembre 1846

Chronique de Jersey, 5 septembre 1846

King George V and Queen Mary in 1921

Chronique de Jersey, 13 juillet 1921

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh in 1957

Chronique de Jersey, 27 juillet 1957

Lunchtime Talks 2024

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President’s Report

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