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Mass Observation - Recording everyday life in Britain

Staff and trustees

Staff at the Mass Observation archive
Staff at the Mass Observation Archive

Staff

Director

Dorothy Sheridan, MBE
Dorothy has worked with the Mass Observation Archive since 1974. She has published a number of books based on the material, including Among You Taking Notes: the Wartime Diary of Naomi Mitchison (Gollancz 1985), Wartime Women: a Mass Observation Anthology (Heinemann 1990) and Writing Ourselves: Mass Observation and Literacy Practices, (Hampton Press, 2000) with Brian Street and David Bloome.

MO assistant

Jessica Scantlebury

Special Collections staff

These staff are also involved in supporting the Mass Observation Archive:
Fiona Courage (Special Collections manager)
Karen Watson (Senior archive assistant)
Donna Hetherington (Archive assistant)

Trustees

Patron

Lord Briggs

Trustees

Ms Elizabeth Dunn
Prof Ruth Finnegan
Ms Kitty Inglis
Dr Claire Langhamer
Mr Jamie Muir
Prof Brian Street