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DREAMS 1937-48

TC 28: 1 box only

Note on Dream Material

Mass-Observation obtained virtually all its material about dreams from members of its voluntary Panel. The material in this box could, therefore, be almost as appropriately filed within the Directive Reply sequence. In fact, dream diaries written by Panel members do appear in the 1939 Directive Reply Sequence (July-September) and again in 1940. However, I decided to follow Mass-Observation's own pattern and retain some of the dream material as a Topic Collection, especially as a good deal of the contents of these files are not original papers but typed extracts taken by M-O from the Directive Replies. Nevertheless, readers should not consult this box without also viewing the relevant section on microfilm

DW

November 1980

BOX 1: DREAMS 1937-48

28/1/A: Dream and Dominant Image Reports 1937: Men

Small number of detailed reports from the Panel describing images that have interested or attracted them

28/1/B: Dream and Dominant Image Reports 1937: Women

Small number of detailed reports from the Panel describing images that have interested or attracted them

28/1/C: Dreams from Day Surveys 1937

Typed extracts of dream reports taken from Panel members accounts of how they spent the 12 September (men and women)

Notes made by Charles Madge listing significant or recurring images in this material

Also includes 1 dream recorded in 1938

28/1/D: Analysis of dreams 1939

Letter from Tom Harrisson to Dr RA MacDonald, 2.11.39, about the task of analysing dreams sent in by the M-O Panel

Extracts (typed) of Panel members' dreams

Analysis of the dreams by Dr RA MacDonald

Lists of dream contributors

Some reports of dreams in Panel members' own handwriting

28/1/E: Dream Diaries Sept-Nov 1939 (Men)

Typed extracts from dream reports with war themes. Arranged alphabetically by surname

28/1/F: Dream Diaries Sept-Nov 1939 (Women)

Typed extracts from dream reports with war themes. Arranged alphabetically by surname

28/1/G: Nella Last's dreams 1939-43

Handwritten reports from female member of Panel. Other dreams sent in by her are filed with the typed extracts in File F

28/1/H: Naomi Mitchison's dreams 1939-42

Typed reports sent in by Mrs Mitchison together with an explanatory note written in 1976. Further extracts in File F

28/1/I: War Dreams 1940

Further reports from Panel

28/1/J: Dreams 1941-42

Further reports from Panel

28/1/K: Dreams 1944-45

Further reports from Panel, including miscellaneous dream recorded from 1905 by Panel member

28/1/L: Hallucination study 1947-48

Correspondence: Mass-Observation with The Society for Psychical Research, in particular with the Research Officer, Dr West

Correspondence: Mass-Observation HQ with the Panel about their experiences of hallucinations for the study

Lists of Panel members who were asked to cooperate

Bulletin on results of the study

Ts article by DJ West "The results of a recent 'Mass Observation' questionnaire on Hallucinations"

Letters requesting copies of article in Society's Journal

Mass-Observation Studies 1937-55

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