Record Number: 31543
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Meeting held at Gower Cottage, Elm Road. 12.12.42
Harry Stevens in the Chair
[...]
2. The minutes of the last meeting were read & signed.
[...]
4. The treasurer reported on our financial year showing a balance in hand of [gap
left to be filled in]
[...]
[signed as a true record by the chair of the following meeting] S A Reynolds
25/1/43'
1900-1945
Date:25 Jan 1943
Country:England
Timeevening
Place:city: Reading
county: Berkshire
specific address: 64, Northcourt Avenue
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:1863
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Chartered accountant with own practice
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
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Minutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 12 Dec 1942
Genre:Minutes
Form of Text:Manuscript: Notebook
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenancereading group
Source Information:
Record ID:31543
Source:Manuscript
Author:Margaret Dilks
Title:XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 4 (1938-1943)
Location:private collection
Call No:n/a
Page/Folio:139–41
Additional Information:
Margaret Dilks was secretary to the XII Book Club from 1940 to 1970. It is inferred from this, and from the handwriting, that she was the author of this set of minutes.
Citation:
Margaret Dilks, XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 4 (1938-1943), private collection, 139–41, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=31543, accessed: 18 July 2024
Additional Comments:
This is the reading, possibly brief and cursory, implied by the Chair's act of signing the minutes. It probably followed immediately after listening to the public reading of the minutes by the Secretary.
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).