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Record 29512

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Meeting held at 30 Northcourt Avenue: 16. X. 31. Ethel C. Stevens in the chair. 1 Minutes of last were read[...].
Century: 1900-1945
Date: 16 Oct 1931
Country: England
Time: evening
Place: city: Reading
county: Berkshire
specific address: 30, Northcourt Avenue
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader:Victor Alexander
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 1887
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: n/a
Religion: Quaker or associated with the Friends
Country of origin: n/a
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
Members of the XII Book Club
Additional comments: It is assumed that it was Victor Alexander, as secretary of the club, who read out the minutes of the previous meeting

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Victor Alexander
Title: Minutes of meeting of the XII Book Club held 16 September 1931
Genre: Minutes
Form of Text: Manuscript: Notebook
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: reading group

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 29512  
  Source - Manuscript
  Author: Victor Alexander
  Title: XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 3 (1931-1938)
  Location: private collection
  Call no: n/a
  Page/folio: 11-12

Citation: Victor Alexander, XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 3 (1931-1938) private collection, p. 11-12, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=29512, accessed: 25 April 2024

Additional comments:

Material by kind permission of the XII Book Club. For further information and permission to quote this source, contact the Reading Experience Database (http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/contacts.php).

 

 

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