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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
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