IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0809 Ross Institute
Held at: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Title: Ross Institute and the Hospital for Tropical Diseases
Date(s): 1876-1980s
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: c 40 boxes
Name of creator(s): Ross Institute and the Hospital for Tropical Diseases
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Ross Institute and Hospital for Tropical Diseases was opened in 1926 on Putney Heath by the Prince of Wales in recognition of the work of Sir Ronald Ross (1857-1932), malariologist. The main focus of the Institute was the study of the nature and treatment, propagation and prevention of tropical disease. Due to financial problems arising after Ross' death in 1932, the Institute was incorporated into the London School in 1934, eventually to become the School's Department of Tropical Hygiene.
The hospital became the Ross Ward of the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in central London. The Institute added new dimensions to the School's existing departments and brought with it wide-ranging interests in overseas industries from Indian tea plantations to Anglo-Iranian oil companies who requested advice from the Institute on public health and disease prevention for staff in the tropics. The School has undergone several reorganisations since the 1950s which has resulted in the Institute losing its separate identity through its absorption by the School.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Ross Institute and the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, 1876-1980s, comprise material relating to the establishment and administration of the Institute; collection of published papers and articles relating to tropical disease; photographs; Ross Institute Advisory Committee and the India Branch.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Arranged into nine series.
Conditions governing access:
This collection is open for consultation. Please contact the Archivist to arrange an appointment. All researchers must complete and sign a user registration form which signifies their agreement to abide by the archive rules. All researchers are required to provide proof of identity bearing your signature (for example, a passport or debit card) when registering. Please see website for further information at www.lshtm.ac.uk/library/archives.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Photocopies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Archivist.
Physical characteristics:
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ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Unknown
ALLIED MATERIALS
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Related material:
The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine archives hold many additional collections which relate to the Ross Institute.
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Victoria Killick, LSHTM Archivist and edited by Samantha Velumyl, AIM25 cataloguer.
Sources: Prevention and Cure. The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, A 20th Century Quest for Global Public Health Lise Wilkinson and Anne Hardy (2001).
Date(s) of descriptions: February 2008