Centre for Sexual and Reproductive Health Research

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0809 Sexual Health
Held at	: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/library/archives/ ›
Full title	: Centre for Sexual and Reproductive Health Research
Date(s)	: 1980s-1990s
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 55 boxes and c 700 posters
Name of creator(s)	: Centre for Sexual and Reproductive Health Research

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Centre for Sexual and Reproductive Health Research forms part of Department of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of The Centre for Sexual and Reproductive Health Research comprise posters and ephemera relating to sexual and reproductive health, and evaluation and campaign material, 1980s-1990s. Posters notably concern AIDS prevention and originate from countries across Europe including Norway, Greece, Switzerland and UK. Posters use strong imagery including condoms and syringes to illustrate the importance of sexual health, for example a Swedish poster includes an image of man and woman with condoms as halos, the caption reads 'Var din egen skyddsangel' or 'Be your own guardian angel'. Ephemera includes badges, bags, leaflets and tapes and videos from various countries concerning AIDS and sexual health campaigns.

Evaluation and campaign material relates to work carried out in 1980s and 1990s concerning AIDS and notably includes pamphlets and leaflets from campaigns carried out across Europe, AIDS Strategic Monitor publications and surveys and research collated by various market research companies. The material was presumably collected from and hence relates to Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, Netherlands, Poland, Austria, Italy, Luxemburg, UK, Germany, Belgium, Denmark, France, Ireland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Norway and Greece.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
Austrian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Flemish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Swiss, Ukrainian and Welsh.

System of arrangement:

Posters are arranged in original order and evaluations and campaign papers are arranged separately by each European country.

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.

Finding aids:

An Access database documenting posters and ephemera can be accessed at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Transferred from Centre for Sexual and Reproductive Health Research in 2004 and 2005.

Allied Materials

Related material:

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Compiled by Samantha Velumyl, AIM25 cataloguer.

Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
February 2008