Our most #ColourfulArchives are definitely our HIV/AIDS collections. Many countries used eye catching colours on badges and posters when raising awareness of preventative measures which should be taken. #Archive30

This World War II recipe leaflet from our Nutrition Collection can tell you all the wonderful things you can do with a herring!🎣 #ArchiveFoodAndDrink #Archive30

We've recently catalogued material from the LSHTM Contemporary Arts Programme between 2000-2005. Its aim was to commission works that fit with the themes of the School & the architecture of the building. Learn more here: bit.ly/3SMs37H #ArchiveCollection #Archive30

For #HiddenHistories here is a blog post which includes an amazing poem by Parise Carmichael-Murphy which is their response to the Roads to Africa film on an expedition to East Africa in 1930s bit.ly/3TXyoMo #Archive30

Bill Gates visited the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in October 2016 to meet with researchers and peruse some archival items. His Diet Coke can, whilst not officially accessioned into our Archive, has been in our office ever since. #UnusualArchives #Archives30

In 1916 the Shakespeare Hut opened on the grounds of what is now LSHTM’s Keppel Street site. It was a YMCA hut created as a 'home away from home' for Anzac soldiers to rest, recover and be entertained when they were on leave during WWI. #ArchiveBuildings #Archive30

Our #SomethingBig and very heavy is this MADAS calculator. MADAS is derived from the initial letters of Multiplication, Automatic Division, Addition, & Subtraction. This one was used by Professor Jenny Roberts and we believe dates from 1950s-60s. #Archive30

For #ArchiveAnimals, here are some feline friends from LSHTM School photos in 1911 and 1913 🐱 #Archive30

Where would we be without conservators? For starters we wouldn’t have these wonderful custom-made storage boxes to keep Sir Patrick Manson’s mosquito box and Sir Ronald Ross’s set of malarial blood slides safe! #ConservationWin #Archive30

Fantastic to see the Library bustling with Research Degree students showing off posters about the incredible projects they’ve been doing - clearly the culmination of some very passionate & dedicated work. Well done to everyone who has submitted an entry to this and good luck 🤞

For #ArchiveTravel we have this travel wallet belonging to Sir Ronald Ross, who proved that malaria was transmitted by mosquitoes in 1897. The wallet contains tickets and maps from various research and delegate trips. 🎫🗺️ #Archive30

Our #SomethingSmall is this disease carrying snail, shown here in the LSHTM Snail Laboratory in 1951 by Professor J.J.C. Buckley to a group of students. Behind him you can see small aquariums full of snails which were used for research. 🐌🔍 #Archive30

LSHTM specialises in the research of public health and tropical medicine, so #HealthArchives are our favourite kind of archives! Here's a 1947 photograph of Miss Wall nurturing mosquito larvae in the insectary by feeding them crumbled dog biscuits. #Archive30

For #SomethingScary we have these photographs of Major H.S. Leeson's research assistants doing some inadvisable snake handling during a 1936 expedition to Tanzania to study Anopheles funestus. 🐍 #Archive30

Jerry Morris (1910–2009) researched the relationship between exercise & heart disease. He found that drivers of double decker buses had higher rates of cardiovascular disease than conductors who climbed the stairs. Learn more: bit.ly/3scdCtd #SportArchives #Archive30

This 1940's press cutting from our Nutrition collection features some of the best #ArchiveAdvice you'll ever receive... 🍪 #Archive30

Our staff and student photographs are definitely a #PopularItem. From 1901 until the 1930s, a class photograph was taken during each new session. The images show the changing demographics within the School. #Archive30

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 ♥️

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

📚Discover the Historical Collection. We take a look at W. Wylde's "The Inspection of Meat" and learn how tainted meats helped spark public health crises in the 19th century Britain. Check out them book plates! 📚 blogs.lshtm.ac.uk/library/2024/0…