Record Number: 28097

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Under the caption "Pacifist Beats Churchill in Glasgow U. Election", it told me that on the previous day Dick Sheppard had been chosen as Lord Rector, polling 538 votes to Churchill's 281.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

24 Oct 1937

Country:

USA

Time

n/a

Place:

other location: On a train travelling to St Louis, MO.

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Vera Brittain

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

29 Dec 1893

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

USA

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Article entitled "Pacifist Beats Churchill in Glasgow U. Election", in the Chicago Sunday Tribune (24 October 1937)

Genre:

Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

24 October 1937

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28097

Source:

Print

Author:

Vera Brittain

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Testament of Experience

Place of Publication:

Great Britain

Date of Publication:

1980

Vol:

n/a

Page:

185

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Vera Brittain, Testament of Experience (Great Britain, 1980), p. 185, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=28097, accessed: 19 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None