This digitised material is free to access, but contains information or visuals that may:<ul><li>include personal details of living individuals</li><li>be upsetting or distressing</li><li>be explicit or graphic</li><li>include objects and images of objects decontextualised in a way that is offensive to the originating culture.</li></ul>By viewing this material, we ask that you use the content lawfully, ethically and responsibly under the conditions set out in our <a href="https://wellcomecollection.cdn.prismic.io/wellcomecollection/d4817da5-c71a-4151-81c4-83e39ad4f5b3_Wellcome+Collection_Access+Policy_Aug+2020.pdf">Access Policy</a>.

Scottish Mental Survey

Galleries and Reading Room

Library

Shop

Café

Due to essential system maintenance, online requesting will be unavailable from 9pm until midnight on Tuesday 21 April. You can still search the catalogue as usual. We apologise for any inconvenience.

We're running paid user research studies to improve Wellcome Collection online

Take part in research

Papers relating to the Scottish Mental Survey including the following:

Newsletters of the Scottish Council for Research in Education, Nov 1968 and May 1969
Tables relating to migrants and non-migrants, 1975
Correspondence predominantly between David Glass and James Maxwell relating to the follow-up surveys and publications, 2 May 1962 - 28 Mar 1975
Proposal for Inquiry into Differential Fertility for Intelligence by James Maxwell, Feb 1966
Suggestions for a future mental survey, 2 Nov 1959
1947 Survey Follow-up reports, May 1958 - Feb 1964
Report on Follow-up on 1932 Scottish Survey, with text and tables, Dec 1968

Content advisory

Scottish Mental Survey

Licence and re-use