Record Number: 29953

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Meeting held at St. Swithin’s, Shepherd’s Lane : 22.XI.35
    the Secretary in the Chair.
1. Minutes of last read and approved.

[...]

3. A statement of accounts was then read, showing the Club to be in a sound financial position.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

22 Nov 1935

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

city: Reading
county: Berkshire
specific address: St. Swithin’s Shepherd’s Lane

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:

Reader:

Elizabeth T. Alexander

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

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:

Elizabeth T. Alexander

Title:

[A statement of accounts of the XII Book Club in October 1935]

Genre:

Financial statements, Accounts

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

reading group

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Source Information:

Record ID:

29953

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Victor Alexander

Title:

XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 3 (1931-1938)

Location:

private collection

Call No:

n/a

Page/Folio:

154

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, 154, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29953, accessed: 19 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

It is assumed that it was Elizabeth Alexander, as treasurer of the club, who read the statement of accounts.
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).