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"BRITAIN CAN MAKE IT"; EXHIBITION SEPTEMBER 1946
TC26: 5 boxes
KEY
BCMI = "Britain Can Make It"
CID = Council of Industrial Design
QQ = Questionnaire
BOX 1: INTRODUCTIONS AND CONCLUSIONS TO THE M-O REPORT; MISCELLANEOUS
26/1/A: Introduction/conclusions of the M-O report
Typed plan for investigation on BCMI by M-O for The Council for Industrial Design, 8.10.46 (TH, BW)
Various stages of the final report, including Design Quiz conclusions and extract from the Social Survey, 63, of August 1945 (Oct-Nov 1946)
26/1/B: Pamphlets and leaflets re BCMI exhibition
Leaflet: The Council of Industrial Design, what it is
Pamphlet: The Council of Industrial Design, First Annual Report 1945-46
Leaflet: Notice for the Guidance of Manufacturers, issued by CID re BCMI
Pamphlet: Designers' Names and Display Notes
Catalogue & supplement of exhibition
3 maps of exhibition
2 exhibition Guides (photocopies available in Resource boxes)
Children's leaflet for the exhibition
Pamphlet: Design Quiz (photocopies available in Resource boxes)
Pamphlet: Design Centres
Pamphlet: Furnishing Fabrics (photocopies available in Resource boxes)
Front cover from Design 46
Loose leaved pamphlet: Notes for the Press on the Furnished Rooms (CID)
The Britain Can Make It Exhibition, 'worksheet' which opens out. HMSO. (photocopies available in Resource boxes)
26/1/C: Miscellaneous
Photograph of Time Chart, percentage of total time in exhibition spent in each section (+ copy)
Graphical analysis of the group composition of the visiting public on a weekend and a weekday
Special Report by Nella Last, visit to BCMI 15.11.46
Handwritten list of schools attending BCMI, 12.11.46, draft of letter to be sent to each school
Press cuttings re BCMI, New Statesman 28.9.46, News Chronicle 30.9.46, The Times 4.10.46, copy of Times draft letter from FC Hooper; typed memo from TH
Correspondence between M-O and Stuart Advertising Agency Limited, April-June 1948, some relating to BCMI
BOX 2 : QUESTIONNAIRES A, B & C; COUNTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS
File of Photographs by Michael Wickham
22 black and white photographs of the BCMI queue. (with some duplicates and copies)
26/2/A: Photographs
14 black and white photographs of some of the exhibits in the BCMI exhibition (CID)
26/2/B: General Public Questionnaire (Provincial)
Handwritten replies, 14.10.46-6.11.46; London (BW, MN); Dagenham (IP, IPG); Portsmouth (NT); Nottingham (EG); Birmingham (MM)
Analysis, handwritten, of some of the figures, 7.11.46, London (DB)
Typed analysis of figures
26/2/C: Questionnaire B
Asked before entering the exhibition
Typed quotes; typed analysis of the questions; analysis sheets
26/2/D: Questionnaire C
Asked before people join the queue
Handwritten replies, 16.10.46 (IP, IPG)
Typed and handwritten analysis
26/2/E:
Handwritten counts of people entering BCMI, 15-16.10.46 (BW, HS, TT, RF)
BOX 3 : QUESTIONNAIRE D
26/3/A:
2 copies of the Questionnaire, typed, 25.10.46
Typed extracts from QQ
Sample of results for first 100, typed
Analysis of QQ, typed and handwritten
Copies of QQ not used, handwritten, 25.10.46 (RF)
Copies of pilot QQ 22.10.46 (TT)
26/3/B:
Handwritten QQ Nos. 19-27; 51-66; 100-235; 251-270 23.10.46-5.11.46 (RF, IP, BW, LB, TT, HS, IT, ML, PG)
Note: Observers and dates are the same for Files B, C, D & E
26/3/C:
QQ Nos. 300-434, handwritten replies
See File B for observers and dates
26/3/D:
QQ Nos. 501-525; 551-565; 600-615; 675-736; 752-764; 800-810. Handwritten replies
See File B for observers and dates
26/3/E:
Nos. 901-1095, handwritten replies
See File B for observers and dates
BOX 4 : OBSERVATIONS, FOLLOWS ETC IN SECTIONS 1-22 OF BCMI
26/4/A:
Typed observations and overheards, 4-25.10.46 (IPG, TT, ML, YT, DS)
NB. The material contained in Files A to F (Sections 1-22) has been sorted in Sections rather than as complete follows. Therefore the dates and observers named above in 26/3/B should be noted throughout
26/4/B:
Section 1 & 2
26/4/C:
Section 3
26/4/D:
Section 4, 5 & 6
26/4/E:
Section 7
26/4/F:
Sections 8-22
26/4/G:
Follows which have not been sorted into Sections but which show a complete follow through the exhibition by an observer, 4-29.10.46
26/4/H:
Typed observations on books and pictures displayed in the exhibition, 15.10.46
26/4/I & J:
Handwritten material, observations, follows and overheards, most of which is contained in the typed material above
BOX 5 : SECOND PART OF M-O INVESTIGATION: DIRECT QUESTIONING IN 8 OF THE SECTIONS. DIARY OF 'S FAMILY'
26/5/A:
Typed instructions to observers. Impressions of the areas studied, handwritten
26/5/B:
Pottery section: overheards, observations and informal interviews, 4-11.11.46 typed and handwritten (TT, ML)
26/5/C:
Glass ware section: overheards, follows and informal interviews, handwritten 5-6.11.46 (MIQ, IPG, BW)
Typed report 9.12.46 (M-O)
26/5/D:
Domestic Appliances Section; overheards, follows and informal interviews, handwritten 5-7.11.46 (MIQ, BW)
26/5/E:
Soft Furnishing section; follows, overheards and informal interviews, handwritten 12.11.46-4.12.46 (LB, HS, BW)
26/5/F:
Utility Furniture section; follows, overheards and informal interviews, handwritten and typed, 5-20.11.46 (HS, ML, BW, TT)
26/5/G:
Non-Utility Furniture section; follows, overheards and informal interviews, handwritten, 4-19.11.46 (HS, BW, IPG)
26/5/H:
Birth of an Egg-Cup; follows, overheards and informal interviews, handwritten and typed, 11.11.46-20.1.46 (LB, IPS)
26/5/I:
Furnished rooms section; follows, overheards and informal interviews, handwritten and typed, 23.10.46-10.11.46 (TT, IP, IPG, YT)
26/5/J:
Typed letters of request to interview people in their homes and the subsequent interviews. Typed and handwritten, Nov 1946 (TT, IPG, ML)
26/5/K:
Correspondence between M-O and Judith Henderson re 'S Family'
Typed notes on 'S Family'
Typed report of 'S Family''s visit to "Britain Can Make It" exhibition 15.11.46
Handwritten notes on the 'S Family' house
Typed diary of 'S Family', 2.12.46 - 24.4.47
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