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POST WAR HOPES: BRITISH LEGION (ESSAY) COMPETITION 1944

TC 40: 1 box only

40/1/A: Essays

Subject: "My Ideas and Hopes for Post War Conditions/ How the British Legion can help me to realise them/Post War Planning and Reconstruction";

27 essays, handwritten and typewritten, from men in the Forces, various parts of UK, March 1944

40/1/B: Essays

Subject: "My Ideas and Hopes for Post War Conditions/ How the British Legion can help me to realise them/Post War Planning and Reconstruction"

plus 1 acknowledgement, typewritten cc from Secretary, Public Relations Committee, British Legion HQ, London

26 essays, February-April 1944

40/1/C: Essays

Subject: "My Ideas and Hopes for Post War Conditions/How the British Legion can help me to realise them/Post War Planning and Reconstruction"

plus 1 acknowledgement from British Legion HQ, London

10 essays, inc. 1 sent from RAF base in Ceylon

40/1/D:

Essays

Subject: "My Ideas and Hopes for Post War Conditions/How the British Legion can help me to realise them/Post War Planning and Reconstruction"

plus 1 acknowledgement from British Legion HQ, London

24 essays

Analysis sheets

2 typewritten ccs-3 pages, analysis of total entries for Essay Competition, showing emphasis of interest and main trends of opinion under following group headings:

  • Ethical
  • National Affairs
  • International Relationships
  • British Legion

and percentage of emphasis in relation to:

  • Employment
  • wages and pensions
  • British Legion
  • Education
  • Housing
  • Health
  • Politics and Economics
  • Ethical
  • International relationships
  • Industry
  • Trade and Commerce
  • Town and Country Planning
  • Agriculture
  • Public Utilities

Mass-Observation Studies 1937-55

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