Books+ Search Results

Mass observation online [British social history, 1937-1972, from the University of Sussex]

Title
Mass observation online [electronic resource] : [British social history, 1937-1972, from the University of Sussex].
Published
Marlborough, England : Adam Matthew Digital, [2007]-
Physical Description
1 online resource
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Last updated May 2011 (Update II)
Title from home page (viewed 10 Sept. 2011)
Subtitle from header of content pages.
Mass-Observation Archive, University of Sussex
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
Mass Observation was a pioneering social research organisation founded in 1937 to record everyday life in Britain. This online resource contains primary material gathered by Mass Observation from 1937-1955, including diaries and questionnaires sent in by its panel of volunteers, and research gathered by paid investigators in the form of File reports and Topic collections. The collection includes works by Mass Observation founders Tom Harrisson, Charles Madge and Humphrey Jennings, and photographer Humphrey Spender, as well as contributions by long-term volunteer panellists Nella Last and Naomi Mitchison.
Variant and related titles
Mass observation online.
Format
Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 11, 2023
Contents
File reports, 1937-1972
Topic collections, 1938-1965
Worktown collection, 1937-1940
Worktown photos
Publications
Diaries 1939-1945
Day surveys, 1937-1938
Directive replies, 1939-1945.
Also listed under
Citation

Available from:

Loading holdings.
Unable to load. Retry?
Loading holdings...
Unable to load. Retry?