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Record 28097

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

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, workmates)
 n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

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

 

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/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28097, accessed: 25 April 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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