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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