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Title:
Brian Jackson Collection, 1962-1983

Subject Categories:
General - Education
Political behaviour and attitudes - Politics
Child development and child rearing - Social stratification and groupings
Family life and marriage - Social stratification and groupings
Community and urban studies - Society and culture

Depositor(s):
Jackson, B., Institute of Community Studies

Principal Investigator(s):
Jackson, B., Institute of Community Studies

Abstract:
This collection comprises the papers of Brian Jackson who researched and campaigned in the field of education and childcare from the 1960s until his death in 1983. The material is collated into 85 boxes containing papers, diaries, reports, correspondence, press cuttings, publications, audio recordings and a small quantity of original qualitative research. The material is arranged under the headings: working class community; fatherhood; under-fives (childminding); the Open University; education and mass media; ethnicity and world affairs; Socialist martyrs. In total there are over 65,000 pages of material in the collection.


Main Topics:
Children; child-care; childminding; education; socialism; race relations; social class; working class; class differentiation; class consciousness; community life; adult education; corporal punishment; Open University; family life; child-birth; parenthood; fatherhood; motherhood; local government; broadcasting; telephone help lines; sociology; universities.

Coverage:
Time Period Covered: 1962-1983
Dates of Fieldwork: 1962-1983
Country: United Kingdom
Spatial Units: No spatial unit
Observation Units: Families/households; Institutions/organisations
Kind of Data: Textual data; Structured interview questionnaires; Personal documents; Press clippings; Correspondence; Audio recordings; Publications and drafts.

Universe Sampled:
Location of Units of Observation:National
Population:Research material

Methodology:
Time Dimensions: Cross-sectional (one-time) study
Sampling Procedures: No sampling (total universe)
Method of Data Collection: Diaries; Compilation or synthesis of existing material; Audio recording
Weighting: Not applicable

Language(s) of Written Materials:
Study Description: English
Study Documentation: English

Access:
Access Conditions: Host archive conditions apply
Availability: These data are available from a service other than ESDS, UK Data Archive - National Social Policy and Social Change Archive. Albert Sloman Library Special Collections, University of Essex. Contact ESDS Qualidata, UK Data Archive, in the first instance.
Contact: Help desk: qualidata@esds.ac.uk

Copyright:
Copyright University of Essex

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