Gems of the Collection

On Tuesday 30^th October we will be running our Gems of the Collection event in association with the Sanitation Exhibition.

The event will be in the Manson Foyer from 12-2pm and will showcase some key sanitation material from within our archival collection. This includes various publications, reports and images from the papers of notable figures:

Andrew Balfour (1873-1931)

Photographs illustrating reports on medical and sanitary matters in Mauritius 1921

Report on the sanitation of Port Louis, 1921

Catalogue of his collection of lantern slides on Bermuda

 

 

Hygiene: a manual of personal and public health 



Arthur Newsholme (1857-1943)

The relation of vital statistics to sanitary reform

Moral aspects of social hygiene

The study of hygiene in elementary schools

 

Ronald Ross (1857-1932)

Photos of Ross and Panama

Sanitation rules for Europeans in the Tropics by Ross in the Sanitary Record

Handwritten draft of a proposed Imperial Institute of Tropical Medicine and Sanitation

J H Burton (1809-1881)

and Edwin Chadwick (1800-1890)

Papers of Sir Edwin Chadwick, which comprise of copies of letters from Chadwick to John Hill Burton on public health matters, 1840-1851

There will be many other items on display, including a selection of texts from our rare book collection. By providing a hands-on session we hope to provide an insight into the diversity of our collections whilst promoting the school’s rich history.

Please come along and visit us, if you have any further queries please contact us at: archive@lshtm.ac.uk