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RECONSTRUCTION 1941-43
TC 2: 3 boxes
BOX 1: RECONSTRUCTION 1941-42
2/1/A: Survey on reconstruction-September 1941
Questionnaire on reconstruction, planning regionalism, New Deal, social security
Interviews held in Cricklewood, Hendon, Bloomsbury and Euston
2/1/B: Survey on reconstruction-September 1941
Report of results. Additional reports. Indirect comments
2/1/C: Results of M-O directive, September 1941
Report on response of Panel to questions on where they would like to live, 21.12.41. Tabulations of results
2/1/D: University of Manchester: Planning 1941
Two reports from the School of Architecture, Division of Town and County Planning (Research Group on Rural Planning). Letter 8.5.41
2/1/E: National Council of Social Service
Interview with Secretary, Major E Sandford Carter, 22.10.41. (Observer report)
Report paper (2) Community Centres and Associations Survey Group, 15.9.41. Consideration of new towns v housing estates and development of communities
2/1/F: West Midlands Group on Post War Reconstruction and Planning
Progress reports: April 1941; July 1941
Letter
2/1/G: Political and Economic Planning (PEP)
Papers, reports and correspondence 1941
2/1/H: A National Atlas for Britain 1939-40
Papers and reprints
2/1/I: Assorted extracts from books and newspapers on plannning 1941-42
(Includes Hansard)
2/1/J: Nuffield College Reconstruction Survey 1941
Memoranda Nos 1-17, excluding 3, 13, 16
Confidential papers on demographic, economic, historical and political aspects of reconstruction
2/1/K: Nuffield College Reconstruction Survey 1941
Progress reports Nos 1-6
Letters
2/1/L: British Association
Conference: 'Science and World Order', 26-28.9.41
Report from Observer 30.9.41
Letter from Solly Zuckerman to TH 3.10.41
2/1/M: Garden Cities and Town Planning Association
Conference at Oxford, 28.3.41-31.3.41
Programmes and revised programmes
List of delegates
Correspondence and booking arrangements
News cuttings
Papers for discussion
Notes
2/1/N: 1941 Committee
Handout
Report on Bedales Conference on reconstruction 25.9.41
2/1/O: Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) 1941-42
Correspondence
Report, Reconstruction Committee
2/1/P: 1940 Council (a council to promote the planning of the social environment)
Correspondence
Material relating to 'Living in Cities' exhibition
Reports on research
BOX 2: RECONSTRUCTION 1941-43
2/2/A:
"Inquest on the Planners"
Article by Richard Fitter (RF) (no date)
"Note on some current reconstruction surveys"
Article by Richard Fitter 7.4.41
"Present Position of Social and Economic Research"
Article by Richard Fitter (no date)
2/2/B: The Housing Centre
Invitation to meeting
Handout on the Centre
Report of lunch time meeting 14.10.41
2/2/C: Conference Reports/Policy Papers
Federal Union Conference 27.9.41
'Europe after the War': observer report
Bath Reconstruction Conference 9.9.41
Observer report
Association for Planning and Regional Reconstruction
"What makes a community ?" (paper)
National Parks Association of Great Britain
Policy statement 1941
2/2/D: M-O on Reconstruction
Reports:
- "Planning-for what?" 17.10.41
- "Field Work on Reconstruction" 13.10.41
- "M-O work on Reconstruction" (no date)
- "M-O's Housing Survey" 29.11.41
- "Ideas about jobs after the war"
- "Attitudes to Housing and Reconstruction" 4.9.41
2/2/E: Miscellaneous Correspondence 1941-42
2/2/F: M-O Questionnaires and Directives 1941
Drafts and final versions of reconstruction survey questions
2/2/G: British Association for the Advancement of Science
Conference: 'Scientific Problems in Post War Reconstruction', 20-21.3.42
Programme and discussion papers
2/2/H: Extracts from M-O Diaries 1942
Comments on reconstruction, Cripps, MOI films, Service pay
2/2/I: Maryport Post War Reconstruction Group
Report from local observer, February 1943
2/2/J: Special Questionnaire 1942
M-O study in London: What people hope for in the post war world
2/2/K: M-O Report on Reconstruction
Jobs, money, hopes, fears and expectations; Basis of political trends in the Army; Religion and the future
2/2/L: Reconstruction Survey 1942
Tabulation of results. (M-O)
BOX 3: MASS-OBSERVATION INVESTIGATIONS 1942
2/3/A: Reconstruction questionnaire 1942 File missing-February 1991
2/3/B: People's Homes 1942
Typed draft
2/3/C: Post War Questionnaire 1942
How people see London after the war (6 qs); Tabulations; Interviews
2/3/D: Reconstruction Survey 1942
Interviews in Bolton and Glasgow
File E: Reconstruction Survey 1942
Interviews in Chester, Somerset and Cardiff
File F: Reconstruction Survey 1942
Interviews in Fulham, Putney, Aylesbury, Surbiton, Holborn, Paddington, Islington
File G: Reconstruction Survey 1942
Interviews in St Pancras, Camden Town, Kilburn, Marylebone, Kings Cross, Hyde Park, Notting Hill