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Dear Jisc-mailers,
Here is the latest news from the Mass Observation Archive:
SPRING 2008 DIRECTIVE NOW READY FOR RESEARCH
"You and the NHS in 2008" & "Your Life Line"
Ten years ago, the Mass Observers were sent a Directive on the National
Health Service. To complement the material collected, and to reflect on the
60th anniversary of the NHS, Part 1 of the spring 2008 Directive asked the
Mass Observers to write about their experiences of health and social care
over the past decade.
Part 2 of the Directive asked the MO correspondents to look back on their
own lives by drawing their "life line" marked up with key events. The
Observers were told to be as detailed as they wished and were left to
decide how to format their response.
The responses to the spring 2008 Directive can be consulted by making an
appointment to visit us in the Special Collections department of the
Library at the University of Sussex
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/library/speccoll/
CELEBRATING SANDRA
Last year, the MOA's Trustees opened a fund to celebrate the life of Sandra
Koa Wing (The Mass Observation Archive's first Development Officer) and her
contribution to the work of Mass Observation. Many of you kindly donated to
the fund. Nearly £4000 was raised and the money was used to commission two
local artists to design a pair of seats which are now located in the
reception area of Special Collections. Photographs of the seats can be
found on the Mass Observation website:
http://www.massobs.org.uk/latest_news.html
ANGUS CALDER
As many of you know, Angus Calder, author of The People's War, died at the
beginning of this month. Dorothy has written her memories of Angus on the
MO website:
http://www.massobs.org.uk/angus
NELLA LAST'S PEACE
The sequel to Nella Last's War is now available to pre-order through
Amazon.co.uk.
Edited by Robert and Patricia Malcolmson, Nella Last's Peace, picks up
where the first book left off. It is 1945 and the war has just ended. Nella
is still a housewife living in Barrow-in-Furness and still faithfully
sending in her diaries to the Mass Observation office in London. Nella
records daily events and writes her hopes and fears for the post-war world.
The book will be published on 2nd October 2008. The Mass Observation
Archive participates in Amazon's associates' scheme. To pre-order Nella
Last's Peace and support the Mass Observation Archive, please follow this
link:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1846680743?ie=UTF8&tag=massobser-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1846680743
FRIENDS AND ANNUAL REPORT
The Friends form for 2008-9 and the most recent Annual Report can be
downloaded from our website.
For the Friends form please follow this link:
http://www.massobs.org.uk/becoming_a_friend.htm
For the Annual Report click:
http://www.massobs.org.uk/annual_report.htm
That is all for now.
Best wishes,
Jessica Scantlebury
Jessica Scantlebury,
Special Collections,
The Library, University of Sussex,
BRIGHTON BN1 9QL, UK
Tel. +44 (0) 1273 678157
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http://www.sussex.ac.uk/library/speccoll/
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