March 10, 2025, by Bethan

On trial: Mass Observation Project

We are pleased to bring you trial access to the Mass Observation Project 1981-2009 from Adam Matthew.

This collection consists of the directives (questionnaires) sent out by Mass Observation between 1980 and 2010 and the thousands of responses to them from the hundreds of Mass Observers.

Addressing topics such as the Falklands War, clothing, attitudes to the USA, reading and television habits, morality and religion, and Britain’s relations with Europe, the directives and responses are an essential resource for anyone interested in late-twentieth and early twenty-first-century British social history.

Broad themes covered include:

• current events
• friends and family
• the home
• leisure
• politics
• society
• culture and the media
• work
• finance and the economy
• new technology

The trial runs until 5th April 2025

Do let us know what you think. Please send your feedback to the Libraries Collections team: collections@nottingham.ac.uk

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