Record Number: 30123
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Meeting held at 70 Northcourt Avenue: 14. 12. 37
[...]
4. The Book list committee then submitted a list of twelve books with various alternatives. With
one exception the original twelve were accepted by the Club[...].'
1900-1945
Date:14 Dec 1937
Country:England
Timeevening
Place:city: Reading
county: Berkshire
specific address: 70, Northcourt Avenue
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reading Group: 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
Text Being Read:
Author:[A committee of the XII Book Club]
Title:[List of books suggested for purchase by the XII Book Club]
Genre:Lists, Committee papers
Form of Text:Manuscript: Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenancereading group
Source Information:
Record ID:30123
Source:Manuscript
Author:Victor Alexander
Title:XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 3 (1931-1938)
Location:private collection
Call No:n/a
Page/Folio:200–3
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, 200–3, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30123, accessed: 18 May 2024
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).
