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Hi everyone!
I would offer to be involved - it's a fascinating idea and May 12 has the added personal significance for me as my birthday - however I don't quite fit the criteria as I'm an Australian University student! I'm writing my Honours thesis on the dream diaries kept in the Second World War, and have found being part of this mailing list has made me feel connected to all of those who have been, and those who are now involved in the Mass-Observation Community in some small way.
I hope to visit the archive in your summer and feel the weight of history in the flesh - I've only been able to access documents through miscrofilm and the online database thus far, and look forward to possibly meeting those of you who work with the archive on a daily basis.
Happy writing for May 12!
Melissa-Kelly Franklin
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Subject: [MASSOBS] Call for one-day diaries - 12th May 2010
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Would you keep a one-day diary for Mass Observation on Wednesday 12th May
2010?
In 1937, Mass Observation called for people from all parts of the UK to
record everything they did and thought from when they woke up in the
morning to when they went to sleep at night on 12th May. The resulting
diaries provide a wonderful glimpse into the everyday lives of all sorts of
people in the late 1930s. They are stored, with many other diaries and
papers, at the Mass Observation Archive at the University of Sussex.
As it happened 12th May 1937 was the day of George VI's Coronation and many
people wrote about being involved in this national event. May 12th 2010 is
likely to be quite an ordinary day but we would still like to have your
diaries.
Write as much as you can about what you do, who you meet, what you talk
about, what you eat and drink, what you buy or sell, what you are working
on, the places you visit, the people you meet, the things you read, see and
hear around you and of course what you yourself think.
Anyone from any part of the UK whatever your age or background is welcome
to send us a diary but it must be in electronic form!
How to take part:
- Diaries should be no more than 750 words
- Diaries MUST be in electronic form - emails or email attachments
- You should include a brief self portrait: your age, where you live, who
you live with - if anyone, your present job or occupation if you are
working and any other information that you think is important to record. We
need this as background to your diary
- If 12th May was a typical day for you please say so. If not, please say
why it wasn't. Any reflections on the day and on how you felt while keeping
the diary always welcome
- So that we can add your diary to the rest of the Archive for the future,
please include the statement below at the end of your diary (not within the
750 word limit). If you don't attach this statement, we won't be able to
keep your diary or make it part of the Archive.
"I donate my 12th May diary to the Mass Observation Archive. I consent to
it being made publicly available as part of the Archive and to it being
reproduced in full or in part on the MOA website, on other websites and in
publications as approved by the Mass Observation Archive Trustees".
To submit you diary email to: [log in to unmask]
We can't thank you personally for your diary but keep an eye on
www.massobs.org.uk for news of the project.
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/
http://www.massobs.org.uk/index.htm
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