Record Number: 20298
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I spent hours, days, in the great Reading Room of the Mitchell Library. Young as I was, in my ragged shorts, frayed jersey and ill-fitting jacket, incongruous among the sleek, well-nourished university students, I became so familiar to the staff that they dubbed me, in kindly fashion, "the young professor". One day, perhaps as a piece of sympathetic magic, I looked up Einstein's massive entry in "Who's Who" and copied it out word for word, his universities, degrees, honorary doctorates, publications. I kept that transcript pasted into an exercise book, a talisman'.
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 3 Apr 1926 and 3 Apr 1929
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:city: Glasgow
specific address: Mitchell Library reading room
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Child (0-17)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:3 Apr 1916
Socio-Economic Group:Labourer (non-agricultural)
Occupation:n/a
Religion:Jewish
Country of Origin:England (of Lithuanian ancestry)
Country of Experience:Scotland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Who's Who
Genre:Biography, Science, Reference / General works
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceread in situ
read at Mitchell Library
Source Information:
Record ID:20298
Source:Ralph Glasser
Editor:n/a
Title:Growing up in the Gorbals
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1986
Vol:n/a
Page:28-9
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Ralph Glasser, Growing up in the Gorbals (London, 1986), p. 28-9, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=20298, accessed: 20 April 2024
Additional Comments:
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