Evidence: | Meeting held at 30, Northcourt Avenue: 15.XI.32 Ethel C. Stevens in the Chair. 1. Minutes of last read and approved
5. The Secretary then performed the invidious task of putting the dozen books favoured by the Selection Committee before the Meeting.
The other seeded books then underwent their ordeal and the subsidiary list was read a first time.
Nevertheless twelve books emerged with no less than 11 votes apiece. They are: They were defeated R. Macaulay 8/6 E. T. Alexander |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | 15 Nov 1932 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | evening | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Reading county: Berkshire specific address: 30, Northcourt Avenue |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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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. |
Author: | Victor Alexander |
Title: | [Minutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 13 October 1932] |
Genre: | Minutes |
Form of Text: | Manuscript: Notebook |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | reading group |
Record ID: | 29607 | |
Source - | Manuscript | |
Author: | Victor Alexander | |
Title: | XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 3 (1931-1938) | |
Location: | private collection | |
Call no: | n/a | |
Page/folio: | 49-51 |
Citation: | Victor Alexander, XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 3 (1931-1938) private collection, p. 49-51, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=29607, accessed: 24 April 2024 |
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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