Record Number: 29695
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Meeting held at Broomfield, Cressingham Rd., 14.XI.33.
George H. S. Burrow in the chair
1. Minutes of last read & approved
2. [...]At the close of the meeting three unhappy pedagogues crept into a corner of the
Broomfield drawing room
[...]
4. The Chairman & Secretary made a count of the votes cast by ballot to fill the vacant places in
our membership. A number of attrative names had been before the club and the voting brought
Margaret L. Lloyd and Mrs Goadby to the head of the poll. These ladies were duly invited and
both have gladly accepted their invitation and agreed to join the Club.
[...]
6. A statement of the accounts was read showing the Club to have £2.9.0 in hand.'
1900-1945
Date:14 Nov 1933
Country:England
Timeevening
Place:city: Reading
county: Berkshire
specific address: Broomfield, Cressingham Road
location in dwelling: Drawing room
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: 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
Members of the XII Book Club
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Minutes of meeting of the XII Book Club held 7 October 1933
Genre:Minutes
Form of Text:Manuscript: Notebook
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenancereading group
Source Information:
Record ID:29695
Source:Manuscript
Author:Victor Alexander
Title:XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 3 (1931-1938)
Location:private collection
Call No:n/a
Page/Folio:n/a
Additional Information:
Victor Alexander was secretary to the XII Book Club from 1931 to 1940. It is inferred from this that he was the author of this set of minutes.
Citation:
Victor Alexander, XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 3 (1931-1938), private collection, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29695, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
It is assumed that it was Victor Alexander, as secretary of the club, who read out the minutes of the previous meeting.
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).