A treasure housed in a part of the St. Xavier's College building on Park Street, above the main Chapel.
The library contains a collection of 17,663 volumes of books and periodicals.
A Minor Archives division on St. Xavier's College and the Jesuits and Christian mission in India, particularly West Bengal.
Goethals News Bulletin Vol. XXII No.4 October-December,
Servant Leadership - the Most Purposeful Way
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Plates & Maps, Periodicals, Mission Documents
500 Yrs Old Books. Bibliography, G Directory 1998,
Archives
A Minor Archives division on St. Xavier's College and the Jesuits and Christian mission in India, particularly West Bengal.
A large collection of unique artifacts.
Oldest books from 16th century.
Oil Painting of P. Goethals S.J.
Beautiful cover.
The Goethals Indian Library and Research Society
The treasure was inherited by the Jesuit Fathers of St. Xavier's in 1908 from the then Archbishop of Calcutta, Paul Goethals, S.J. Archbishop Goethals, a Belgian who was Archbishop of Calcutta from 1886 to 1901, donated to the Jesuit Fathers his precious collection of books with the expectation that they be preserved as a separate library.
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Goethals Indian Library & Research Society
St. Xavier's College
30 Mother Teresa Sarani
(30 Park Street)
Kolkata - 700 016
Phone: 0091 33 2280 1919
email: goethalscal@gmail.com
