Evidence: | 'Meeting held at Whinfell, Upper Redlands Rd. 23.10.’37 Alfred Rawlings in the Chair 1. The Secretary asked permission to reserve the reading of some of the minutes until after the literary part of the programme had been taken, as these minutes would bear directly upon the discussion which would necessarily follow as to the future of the Club. This permission was given and the other minutes were then read and approved. 2. Victor Alexander then gave a brief account of the career of William Fryer Harvey, followed by an appreciation and review of “We were Seven” which he had previously written for the Bootham Magazine. 3. Helen Rawlings read several of Harvey’s poems from the volume “Laughter and Ghosts[”]. 4. Elizabeth T. Alexander read a chapter from “Caprimulgus”. 5. Frank Pollard read “August Heat” from Midnight House. 6. Janet Rawlings read “Patience” from Quaker Byways. 7. Charles E. Stansfield read two more poems from “Laughter and Ghosts” 8. Howard R. Smith read “The Tortoise” from Midnight House. 9. The Secretary then read the minutes referring to last time’s discussion on the Club’s future, and also two letters of resignation. These were from Edgar and Mignon Castle and from Dorothy Brain. 10. Discussion then followed.' |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | 23 Oct 1937 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | evening | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Reading county: Berkshire specific address: Whinfell, Upper Redlands Road |
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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 meeting of the XII Book Club (those not relating to the future of the club) 14 September 1937] |
Genre: | Minutes |
Form of Text: | Manuscript: Notebook |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | reading group |
Record ID: | 30097 | |
Source - | Manuscript | |
Author: | Victor Alexander | |
Title: | XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 3 (1931-1938) | |
Location: | private collection | |
Call no: | n/a | |
Page/folio: | 194–8 |
Citation: | Victor Alexander, XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 3 (1931-1938) private collection, p. 194–8, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=30097, accessed: 18 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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