Online resources

This section provides information about accessing the Archive and secondary sources online.

Mass Observation Online

Find out about accessing material collected by the first phase of Mass Observation online.

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View selected responses to the Mass Observation Project from the 1980s

This resource provides information about the writing behaviours of individual MOP writers.

Download recordings of Mass Observation lectures

Learn more about Mass Observation by reading articles from our Occasional Paper series

Read responses to the 2012 Directive on the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, 2012

RT @BBCArchive: #OTD 1968: "Don't give me that bloody new money 'cos I don't want it!" The first two decimal coins, the ten pence piece and…

RT @drjennings: Should say a little more about our study... it is based on social diaries from the @MassObsArchive going back to 1945 and s…

In 1937 MO sought to understand rituals and ceremonies. Here are some notes about #StGeorge taken from Frazer’s The… https://t.co/kKOxkYNKDG