Primary Sources
Imperial War Museum, London
Scrapbooks entitled ‘Ministry of Information’, kept by E. Embleton, 1939- 1946, containing various newspaper clippings (many unsourced and undated).
Collection of newspaper cuttings entitled ‘ATS Glamour Girl, History 1939-85’ by Abram Games OBE, RDI.
Selection of original posters
Mass Observation Archives, University of Sussex
Change No. 2, Home Propaganda for The Advertising Services Guild, [1942]
FR 1, ‘Channels of Publicity’, 11/10/39
FR 2, ‘Government Posters in Wartime’, October 1939
FR 74, ‘Grab, Grab, Grab’ poster, 16/04/40
FR 442, ‘Be Like Dad, Keep Mum’ slogan, October 1940
FR 800, ‘Gas mask posters’, 21/07/41
FR 853, ‘The Technique of Gallup Polls’, 30/08/41
FR 1020, ‘Reviews of Home Propaganda by M-O: from Art and Industry, Vol. 32’, January 1942
FR 2442, Directive and Bulletin: New Series No 4, Merry and Black: reactions to the ‘Black Widow’ poster on road safety, December 1946
TC, Posters: Box 1 ‘Government Poster Survey 1939’
| File A: | ‘Memos and Comments’ September – November 1939 | |
| File C: | ‘Government posters in wartime’ October 1939 | |
| File E: | ‘Extra information post-survey’ 1939-1940 |
Box 2: ‘Surveys of particular Government posters 1939-1941’
| File B: | ‘Keep it Dark’ poster survey’ October 1939 | |
| File C: | ‘Anti-gossip posters’ 1939-1940 | |
| File D: | ‘Grab, Grab, Grab poster’ April 1940 | |
| File E: | ‘Gas mask posters’ August 1941 | |
| File G: | ‘Miscellaneous’ 1941 |
Box 4: ‘Various poster surveys: Government and Commercial’ 1939-1943
| File A: | ‘Poster survey’ 1939-1943 | |
| File C: | ‘Red Army poster’ August 1941 |
Selection of original posters
Public Record Office, Kew (Now The National Archives)
Ministry of Information
INF 1/ Ministry of Information Files of Correspondence
INF 2/ Guard Books and Related Unregistered Papers
INF 3/ Ministry of Information Original Art Work
INF 13/ Posters and Publications (Selection)
Ministry of Agriculture
MAF 59/ Woman’s Land Army
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