I hope this is the correct place to post this, but for my History class I need to do a research study on a topic of our own choice. It is for 20% of the overall marks.
For my research study, I picked the V-1 rocket and how it affected London. I already have one secondary source for it and I wouldn't mind getting a primary source also for it. Any help is appreciated :)
Whether it will prove useful for you I'm not sure, but Mass Observation Online may be a useful source for the impact of the V1 on the public. Mass Observation was essentially a social research project, founded by a group of anthropologists and journalists in 1937. Ostensibly, its aim was to observe and study the everyday lives of the British public from the late 1930s to the 1960s. Everything from private conversations to diary entries was monitored by teams of observers and paid private investigators. Market research, social research and mass surveillance all at once. Its credibility as a source of information could be questioned; after all, this was not the easiest information to procure, and some have questioned the scope and motivation of these 'observers'. But it did nevertheless manage to acquire a good amount of evidence for how the British public were going about their lives and responding to the conditions of war. A portion of the database has subsequently been digitised.
Source: http://www.massobs.org.uk/about/history-of-mo
So to give you an example, I searched for 'rocket' in the Mass Observation Online database, and one of the first results was a June 1944 report by one observer (no name given), entitled 'Morale in June 1944'. It pertains to the impact of the flying bombs:
"Soon after the invasion the Germans started sending pilotless planes over London, and these produced a profound reaction. People were more affected than by the blitz, and there was a good deal of spontaneous evacuation from London."
Source: http://www.massobservation.amdigital.co.uk/Documents/Images/FileReport-2130/1
Of course these are general observations, but it'd be interesting to compare them to the diary entries they have on there.
This might be a good starting point for your primary sources, if you're focusing on the psychological impact of the V1. Entries should be downloadable as PDFs. Access might be limited to subscription or institutional access only. If you can't get access, let me know and I'll pull some relevant PDFs off there for you.
EDIT: Source clarification and grammar
Also, I forgot to mention I am from Ireland so I'm not too sure if I can get these archives from public libraries