Record Number: 31795

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Meeting held at Frensham, Northcourt Avenue, 13.xii.40
Howard R. Smith in the chair.

1. An apology for absence was read from Mr. & Mrs. Joselyn.

2. Minutes of last meeting were read & signed.

[...]

4. Mrs. Pollard read a letter from Elizabeth Alexander telling of a very unfortunate accident which had befallen our late secretary. Mrs. Pollard was asked, when writing, to convey to the Alexanders our sympathy and hopes for a very speedy recovery.

[...]

6. Typed lists of books suggested for this year’s reading were handed round an F. E. Pollard made a few brief explanatory remarks about each book. Some doubt was expressed regarding the number of books to be purchased this year in view of our depleted numbers, but a brief journey into the realms of the higher mathematics soon satisfied everyone that if we counted our single members separately instead of in pairs, 12 books would provide one per house per month. [...]

[...]


[Signed by] A. B. Dilks
10.2.41'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

13 Dec 1940

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

city: Reading
county: Berkshire
specific address: Frensham, Northcourt Avenue

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reading Group:

Members of the XII Book Club

Age:

Unknown

Gender:

Unknown

Date of Birth:

n/a

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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Violet Clough, Muriel Stevens and F. E. Pollard

Title:

Typed lists of books proposed for purchase by the XII Book Club

Genre:

Ephemera, Booklists

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Typescript

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

reading group

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Source Information:

Record ID:

31795

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Victor Alexander

Title:

XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 4 (1938-1943)

Location:

private collection

Call No:

n/a

Page/Folio:

82–86

Additional Information:

n/a

Citation:

Victor Alexander, XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 4 (1938-1943), private collection, 82–86, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=31795, accessed: 28 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

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).