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The Archives of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
London
Joined November 2010
For any archival enquiries, please email: archives@lshtm.ac.uk. View our online catalogue: Visit our website for more information:
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RT @UKNatArcSector: We’re delighted to announce the latest three recipients of our Research and Innovation Grants!. Congratulations to @Dev….
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The final theme of @explorearchives Focus Week is #EYAYourArchive. We love showcasing our collections and sharing the history of public health with people. ♥️
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For the theme of #EYAAnimals, here are some four-legged friends from LSHTM staff and student photographs in 1904 and 1911 🐶🐱
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For #EYAFamily, we have 'Family Meals and Catering - A Cookery Booklet for Housewives' from our Nutrition collection. It was published in c.1940 by the British Medical Association. Thursday's menu is stewed tripe and onions, steamed plum duff and savoury rice.
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For #EYADisco we have this Health Education Authority magazine cover from 1989. It was designed to give advice about safe sex to a young audience. You can find it in our AIDS Social History Programme collection, which was created by a research group at LSHTM from 1988-1994.
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The LSHTM seal is based on a Sicilian coin struck in 466 BC. It shows two Greek gods associated with health - Apollo, the god of prophecy, music and medicine, and his sister Artemis, goddess of hunting, chastity, childbirth and healing. #EYAMythology
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For the theme of #EYAFashion we have these fetching hats & bags from our Centre for Sexual & Reproductive Health collection. They were collected during the 1980s-90s from HIV promotion campaigns in Norway and Belgium as part of the European Commission 'Concerted Action' project.
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For #EYAHuge here are some sizeable termite hills! These photographs are from our Dr Donald Minter (1928-2017) collection. Minter did research in Kenya in 1956 into whether termite hills acted as breeding grounds for sandflies.
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For #EYAHeroes, we have the smallpox vaccine!.In 1796, Edward Jenner (1749-1823) used cowpox material to create immunity to smallpox. The vaccine was a 20th-century marvel that led to the eradication of smallpox in 1980.
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We're taking part in @explorearchives focus week. For today's theme of #EYADecision here is a poster from when LSHTM decided to go smoke free in 1992.🚭
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RT @ihr_history: Remember, remember the 5th November … is History Day! Only one week until #HistDay24 and we can’t wait to welcome you to S….
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RT @LSHTMhistory: Join us on Thursday for the first seminar in our series on medical history in Africa: .'Empire, race, and medical achieve….
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Happy 125th birthday to LSHTM!🎉.The School opened on 2nd October 1899 with 27 students enrolled and one course: the Diploma in Tropical Medicine & Health. Learn more about the origins of the School here:
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RT @LSHTM: October is UK #BlackHistoryMonth. Find out how LSHTM is #decolonising its collections, through our Decolonising the Archive Prin….
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New blog post to welcome the new LSHTM students, find out about the students from 100 years ago in the Class of 1924 blog:
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RT @LSHTMlibrary: New academic year, new snazzy canteen & social space here at Keppel Street! 🙌. Introducing the newly-opened Pumphandle So….
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RT @LSHTMlibrary: 📚Discover the Historical Collection. We take a look at W. Wylde's "The Inspection of Meat" and learn how tainted meats h….
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Today is VE Day. Here's a photograph of nurses from Allied Services who were undertaking a short course at LSHTM in January 1942. #VEDay
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We've really enjoyed taking part in this years #Archive30! .The final theme is #WhyArchives. We think that ensuring LSHTM's story and the history of public health is remembered is one of the most rewarding parts of our job ♥️
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