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RELIGION 1937-50

TC 47: 14 boxes

BOX 1: PRE-WAR OBSERVATION OF CHURCH SERVICES 1937-38. EARLY EFFECTS OF THE WAR ON RELIGIOUS ATTITUDES AND CHURCH ATTENDANCES

47/1/A:

Typed Report 'What the churches are doing in receiving areas' 12.11.39 (BA)

47/1/B:

Observations of church services 1937-39

47/1/C:

Interviews with London vicars on effect of war on church activities 1939-40 (BA)

47/1/D:

Interviews and observations of church services 1940

47/1/E:

Non-religious observers definitions of Sunday

47/1/F:

Church counts 1941

47/1/G:

Rosicrucians pamphlets

47/1/H:

Report of visit to headquarters of Jehovah's Witnesses and interview with member 1941 (CF)

Visit to Jehovah's Witnesses in Paddington 1946 (HS)

Pamphlets 1947

47/1/I:

Religious attitudes-report 20.1.41 (BW), indirects 1940-41 (CF, DH), diary extracts 1940

47/1/J:

Handwritten report on attitudes to new Archbishop of Canterbury 23.2.42 (DJB)

Observations at Canterbury Cathedral of the enthronement of the new Archbishop 23.2.42 (MS)

Press cuttings

Observations at St Paul's, service for China and service order 8.7.42 (CM)

47/1/K:

National days of prayer-observations, church counts, ephemera 1940-42

BOX 2: REPORTS, OBSERVATIONS, EPHEMERA ON LOCAL CHURCH ACTIVITIES. NOTES ON CHURCH ARCHITECTURE IN BOLTON 1937-43

47/2/A:

Church ephemera sent in by members of the panel-local activities 1940 (Poster No 107 removed to poster folder)

47/2/B:

Notes and sketches on architecture of Bolton churches 1937-38 (part of Worktown Project (1937-40), see separate Worktown papers handlist for further material on religion in Bolton)

Two catalogues of church furniture

47/2/C:

Observations in churches (LT, BA, LE, SS, WRL) 1939-40

47/2/D:

Miscellaneous reports of church events and activities 1941-43

BOX 3: RELIGION, ASTROLOGY, SUPERSTITION 1940-48

47/3/A:

Comments on meaning of the word 'crusade' (20 responses) 1940

47/3/B:

'Belief in the supernatural': Analysis of Directive Replies (BW) 15.5.42

Typed report 'Death and the supernatural' two copies

Typed report 'Astrology up to date'

Mass-Observation Bulletin 'Superstition' December 1941

Mass-Observation Bulletin 'The Unknown' June 1942

47/3/C:

Survey on belief in astrology and spiritualism-Informals, London 1946

47/3/D:

Handwritten report 'Common Beliefs, Superstition and Folk-lore' December 1948

Miscellaneous notes on astrology

Typed report "'Numbers"

47/3/E:

Puzzled People: Reviews and correspondence about sales and royalties 1947-48

47/3/F:

Religion and astrology: statistics, notes, analysis, printed ephemera, correspondence (HS) 1946

47/3/G:

Spiritualist and psychic publications 1946

Correspondence, samples of leaflets sent in response to enquiries

BOX 4: SURVEYS ON ATTITUDES TO RELIGION 1942-48

47/4/A:

Religious societies-QQ (DS) 1941

47/4/B:

Religious QQ: Effect of war on church going (house to house method). 150 replies, London 1941

47/4/C:

Diary quotes 1942

47/4/D:

Is there a God?: QQ and analysis, Camden Town (MM) 1946

47/4/E:

'The Church and You': Reprint of Part 1 and Part 2 Daily Graphic religion report 1948

47/4/F:

Church observations 1948-50

47/4/G:

Magazines, leaflets, publications 1948

47/4/H:

'Ulster Outlooks', by Tom Harrisson (reprint), June 1944

'Religious feeling', typed report (TH) 1944

BOX 5: RELIGION AND THE FORCES 1941-50

47/5/A:

Religion in the Forces: QQs, letters (response to LE) 1943

'The Chaplain to the Forces' (MS)

47/5/B:

Religion in the Forces: pamphlets, prayer books, publications

BOX 6 : ATTITUDES TO RELIGION: SPECIAL QQ TO MEMBERS OF VOLUNTEER PANEL 1943

47/6/A-E:

Attitudes to religion-replies to special QQ sent in by members of volunteer panel

BOX 7 : SPECIAL QQ TO TEACHERS: RELIGION IN SCHOOLS 1943

47/7/A:

Printed QQ-245 completed on role of religious instruction in education 1943

47/7/B, C:

Completed QQ from teachers (including members of volunteer panel who are teachers) 1943

47/7/D:

Analysis of QQ results

BOX 8: SALVATION ARMY 1942 AND 1946

47/8/A:

Indirects on Salvation Army-Bolton, Chester, London, (LB, MS, DH, CM, JA, TO, VT) August 1942

47/8/B:

Twelve point QQ on attitudes to Salvation Army, April 1946

47/8/C:

London QQ (LB, TT, ML, GST, JMK)

47/8/D:

Bristol QQ and indirects

47/8/E:

Extracts from results of QQ

47/8/F:

QQ analysis (PV)

BOX 9: OBSERVATIONS OF LOCAL CHURCH ACTIVITIES 1948. DIRECTIVE EXTRACTS ON ATTITUDES TO RELIGION 1947

47/9/A:

Typed extracts from Directive on religion, May 1947

47/9/B:

Observations of church services carried out by members of volunteer panel, including local church publications, March 1948

BOX 10: CHURCH ATTENDANCE 1948-49

47/10/A, A1:

Printed QQ: 40 completed QQ for clergy on church attendance, Spring 1948

Printed QQ: 290 completed QQ for congregation on church attendance, Spring 1948

47/10/B:

Church Survey 5/3, Immanuel Church Streatham. 50 replies to QQ and instructions for interviewers (LB, BS, JPS) 1949

47/10/C:

Church Survey 5/3: 100 replies to QQ and instructions for interviewers October 1948

47/10/D:

Report on Church Survey, quotes from church attendance QQ for congregation

Report and quotes from church attendance QQ for clergy 1948

47/10/E:

Church Survey: Report, QQ, analysis sheets 1948

47/10/F:

Church Survey: Interview with clergy (JPS) 1948

List of books on modern church architecture

List of churches

Church pamphlets 1948

Report of exhibition "What a local church is doing", Paddington Chapel, Marylebone Road, London Wl (LB) October 1948

BOX 11: CHURCH ATTENDANCE 1948-49

47/11/A:

Church Survey: correspondence, plan of survey, April-June 1940

47/11/B:

Contemporary church going-reprints of a series of articles in British Weekly by Mass-Observation (2 copies) January, February 1949

47/11/C:

Church Survey: QQ, coding and analysis sheets 1948

47/11/D:

Church Survey: Mass-Observation machine percentage sheets and analysis sheets September 1948

BOX 12: SURVEY ON EDUCATION AND RELIGION 1948

47/12/A:

Education and Religion Survey 09/1: QQ (70 responses) 1948

47/12/B:

Education and Religion Survey: extracts and analysis

47/12/C:

Education and Religion Survey: Analysis sheets, quotes, instructions to interviewees, coding and questions

Draft QQ for Daily Graphic Survey 29.6.48

47/12/D:

Computer card rejects

47/12/E:

Religion Surveys: correspondence about Mass-Observation's surveys on the church relating to publications, reprints, projected surveys 1944

BOX 13: AIMS IN LIFE SURVEY 1944

47/13/A:

Typed report on proposed Aims in Life survey 19.10.44

Handwritten report on Pilot survey 16.10.44

Typed draft QQ and handwritten draft QQ

Typed report on questions and format of QQ (LB) 14.9.44

Typed instructions for observers on routine of survey

47/13/B:

52 typed and handwritten responses to Pilot QQ-interviews, London (GST, LB, NA, MH) September-October 1944

Typed note on response to Pilot QQ

47/13/C:

Typed instructions for second Pilot QQ (house to house) and draft QQ. 11.10.44

22 typed and handwritten responses to QQ, London (GST, NA, CG, MH) October 1944

47/13/D:

Typed list of main organisations in Hammersmith (GST) 26.9.44

Typed and handwritten street index for Hammersmith (NA)

Handwritten notes on population of Hammersmith

47/13/E:

Typed report on preliminary inquiry concerning religion in Hammersmith (GST) 18-22.9.44

Typed instructions for interviews with clergy and youth leaders 5.12.44

9 typed and handwritten interviews with clergy, Hammersmith (GST, NA) December 1944

2 typed observations of church notices and ephemera (GST) December 1944

47/13/F:

Typed list of youth organisations in Hammersmith

Typed and handwritten responses to random street QQ on youth organisations in Hammersmith (GST, NA) September-October 1944

Handwritten report on visit to Hammersmith YWCA (NA) 19.10.44

Handwritten indirects on staff of Hammersmith YMCA/YWCA (NA) 19.10.44

Typed and handwritten interviews with youth leaders in Hammersmith (LB, MH, RL) December 1944

47/13/G-K:

240 typed and handwritten responses to Aims in Life QQ (house to house)-printed form for basic information on organised and unorganised activities, second sheet-answers to QQ, Hammersmith (GST, LB, NA, RL) October 1944-January 1945

BOX 14: AIMS IN LIFE SURVEY

47/14/A:

250 responses to QQ-printed form with interview written on back, Hammersmith (NA, GST, MH, LB, RL) October-December 1944

47/14/B:

200 typed and handwritten responses to QQ without printed form, Hammersmith (NA, LB, RL) October-November 1944

47/14/C:

Handwritten indirects on young people-aims in life (MH) 8.12.44

Typed and handwritten indirects on life after death, London (NA, GST) December 1944-January 1945

Typed indirects on religion (LB) 28.8.44

Overheard on bus (GST) 20.12.44

47/14/D:

Typed extracts from QQ

47/14/E:

Analysis of QQ-typed list of categories and anlysis sheets (JF) November 1944

Analysis of Directive question on aims in life-August Directive 1944

Mass-Observation Studies 1937-55

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