STATE PROVISION FOR SOCIAL NEED
Series Three: Papers from the Mass-Observation Archive at the University of Sussex

Part 1: Topic Collections on Social Welfare and the Beveridge Report, 1939-1949

Mass-Observation was a pioneering social research organisation whose papers provide insights into the cultural and social history of Britain from 1937 to 1965. 
This material focuses on the Beveridge Report Surveys, 1942-1947, which provide grass-roots opinions concerning the Welfare State.

Part 1 also includes material from the Topic Collections on:

• Post-War Hopes, 1944.
• Health, 1939-49, and Family Planning, 1944-49.
• Adult & Higher Education.
• Day Nurseries.
• Public Administration and Social Services in Wartime.
• Post-War Reconstruction.

This collection is also cross-listed as Part 4 of the Mass Observation Archive.