On this international #MuseumsDay we'd like to give a big shout out to our wonderful colleagues in SOAS Gallery. They've got loads going on - have a look: soas.ac.uk/visit/soas-gal… Brunei Gallery SOAS exhibitions

This pretty blue flower (labelled as 'Commelyna madagascarica, Clarke Nifinakanga') was documented in 1880 by botanist Richard Baron #EYAScience digital.soas.ac.uk/RB00000013/000…

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This #DrawingDay we would like to share this framed pencil drawing of Sir Edward Denison Ross, Professor of Persian and first Director of SOAS (1916-1937). We hold his papers - find out more here: ow.ly/bbKK50RzhI4./R…

This carved ancestral stone was photographed in 1920 by anthropologist and SOAS academic, JP Mills. He studied the Naga people in India for 40 years - find out more here: library.soas.ac.uk./Collection/PP_MS_58/CollectionDescription#tabnav #EYAScience

This book of animals, plants and stones, ʻAjāyib al-dunyā, published 1865 in Lucknow covers topics such as zoology, botany, precious stones and minerala #EYAScience
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This Middle Eastern text, Khawāṣṣ al-ḥayawān, (author unknown) decribes the beneficial properties (manāfi’) of the parts of animals #Zoology #EYAScience

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It is #WorlDonkeyDay ! This photo (c. 1880), titled 'Suez Donkey Boys' is from the Oswald collection. A tea merchant in China, Oswald traveled often, documenting his travels through his photography. ow.ly/kakw50Rzh74

This book, Bastubicāra, by Rāmagati Nyāẏaratna, 1831-1894 published in 1865 focuses on natural science #EYAScience

This image is from A Narrative of an expedition into the interior of Africa, by the River Niger. Published in 1837, this volume tells the story of a scientific expedition in 1833 #EYAScience ow.ly/xTK150RnUjb

An agricultural chemist and teacher, Liao Hongying (1905-1998) met her husband Derek Bryan while he was working in China. Moving with him to Britain, Liao dedicated her life to furthering understanding of China. #EYAScience
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This beautiful begonia or 'Bignonia articulata Fahana' is from an album of botantical drawings by Richard Baron documenting the flora of Madagascar c.1880 #EYAScience ow.ly/Smgr50RnTB9

In celebration of May Day or #InternationalWorkersDay we are highlighting the archive of the Movement for Colonial Freedom and its successor Liberation available to researchers at Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library. ow.ly/Km1Q50QYMuL

Archives are our collective memory. Primary sources give first-hand accounts of events and the impact of these on people who might otherwise not be mentioned in the history books
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This beautiful fan was presented by Henry Puyi, the last Emperor of China to his tutor, Sir Reginald Johnson c.1930 #PopularItem #Archive30

#FutureArchives are increasingly likely to be digital. We are in the process of choosing a new digital asset management and preservation system to help us store and facilitate access to these #Archive30

Every year we welcome c.2000 visitors. These include (UK and international) students, academics, family historians, private researchers and amateur historians. Our archivists are on hand to offer advice for those new to using special collections. #ArchivesForAll #Archive30

This idyllic image of a canal in Kerala was taken in 1947 by anthropologist Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf. Running inland near the coast of the Arabian sea, these were an important means of transport, especially for coconut husks #EYANature

There's loads of great #ArchiveAdvice on our webpages, including subject and regional guides, as well as links to sources outside SOAS which may be of interest to our users. #Archive30 Or email us: [email protected] ow.ly/wYsZ50RiRMu

We hold a number of collections relating to businesses or business people: The China Association, Chinese Maritime Customs, Guthrie & Co, JS&S, Mackinnon to name a few ow.ly/c1Tp50RePYR./S… #BusinessArchives #Archive30