ARSI
Archivum Romanum Societatis Iesu - ARSI
The Archives of the House of the Superior GeneralPresentation
On the grounds of the Jesuit General Curia in Rome is located the Archives building housing ARSI which is the archives of the central government for the worldwide Society of Jesus (founded 1540).
Daily Schedule
Yearly Schedule Dates when Archivio is closed in 2019-2020 (Dates are inclusive).
ARSI should reopen on Monday 21st September if the conditions related to the medical emergency for coronavirus will allow it. Initially the capacity will be limited to 8 scholars upon reservation. Reservations will be accepted from 1st September 2020.
Access
Each year at the first visit to ARSI, the researcher must register and provide a proof of identity, and a letter of recommendation.
Every day, morning and evening, the researcher must sign the register.
Those using manuscript material must have the competence to read the documents provided. Staff will provide only limited assistance.
Restrictions:
No access to documents later than 10 February 1939 (the death of Pope Pius XI).
Contact details
Postal address:
ARSI
Borgo S. Spirito 4
00193 Roma
Italy
Entrance:
Borgo S. Spirito 8
Telephone: (39) 06-69868 641
Email: arsi-seg@sjcuria.org
Links
Website of Archives of Jesuit Provinces
- Archiv der Osterreichischen Province der Gesellschaft Jesu [Austria] https://jesuiten.at/provinzarchiv/
- Archivo de la Provincia de Bolivia [Bolivia] http://www.jesuitas.org.bo/obras/archivo-historico-de-la-compania-de-jesus-en-bolivia/
- Archives des Jésuites au Canada, Montréal [Canada] http://archivesjesuites.ca/en/
- Archivo de la Provincia de Chile [Chile] https://www.jesuitas.cl/la-compania-de-jesus/archivo-de-la-provincia/
- Archivio storico della Provincia EUM [EUM - Italy] https://archiviostorico.gesuiti.it/
- Jesuit Archives of the former provinces BSE, NER and BML and of the Region ELC [European Low Countries (ELC)] https://www.jezuieten.org/wie-we-zijn/geschiedenis/archieven
- Archives jésuites de France (France)https://www.jesuites.com/contact/bureaux-archives-jesuites/
- Archiv der Deutschen Provinz der Jesuiten, München [Germany] http://www.jesuiten.org/wir-jesuiten/geschichte/provinzarchiv.html
- Jezsuita Levéltár és Rendtörténeti Könyvtár, Budapest [Hungary] http://leveltar.jezsuita.hu/
- Irish Jesuit Archive [Ireland] http://www.jesuitarchives.ie/
- Jesuit Madurai Province Archives [Madurai] http://archivesj.in/
- Archivo de la Provincia del Perú [Peru] http://archivo.jesuitas.pe/
- Archives of the Philippine Province of the Society of Jesus (APP-SJ) [Philippine] https://www.phjesuits.org/portal/the-jesuits/jesuit-archives/
- Archiwum Prowincji [Poland] http://krakow.jezuici.pl/archiwum/
- Archivos de España de la Compañía de Jesús [Spain] https://jesuitas.es/es/archivo-historico
- Jesuiten Bibliothek und Archiv der Schweizer Provinz, Zürich [Switzerland] http://www.jesuitenbibliothek.ch/provinzarchiv.html
- Archivum Britannicum Societatis Iesu: ABSI [United Kingdom] http://www.jesuit.org.uk/archives-jesuits-britain
- Jesuit Archives and Research Center, St. Louis [USA] http://jesuitarchives.org/
- Archives of the Maryland Province, Georgetown University [USA - Maryland] https://www.library.georgetown.edu/special-collections/archives
Website of other Jesuit Archives
- Archivum Romanum Societatis Iesu http://www.sjweb.info/arsi
- Historical Archives of the Pontifical Gregorian University https://archiviopug.org/
Useful links
- The Portal to Jesuit Studies https://jesuitportal.bc.edu/
- KU Leuven KADOC DOCUMENTATION AND RESEARCH CENTER ON RELIGION CULTURE AND SOCIETY https://kadoc.kuleuven.be/english
- The Jesuit Science Network http://jesuitscience.net/ (a digital prosopography on Jesuit scholars in the early modern sciences, encompassing the period between the foundation of the Society of Jesus in 1540 and the first few decades after its suppression in 1773. It provides free access to an extensive collection of biographical information on early modern Jesuits in the sciences along with their contemporary contacts)
Digitalization projects
- Monumenta Historica Societatis Iesu http://www.sjweb.info/arsi/en/publications/ihsi/monumenta/
- DICCIONARIO HISTÓRICO - DE LA COMPANIA DE JESUS http://www.sjweb.info/arsi/documents/DHSI_complete.pdf
- Entire Jesuit Bibliography https://archive.org/details/Jesuit-Bibliography
- Woodstock Letters http://cdm.slu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/woodstock