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Record Number: 30170


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Meeting held at Cintra Avenue
22.IV.1938
1. minutes of last read & approved.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

22 Apr 1938

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

city: Reading
county: Berkshire
specific address: 22, Cintra 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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Unidentified member of the XII Book club

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

n/a

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:

Victor Alexander

Title:

Minutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 14 Mar 1938

Genre:

Minutes

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Notebook

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

reading group


Source Information:

Record ID:

30170

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

n/a

Title:

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

Location:

private collection

Call No:

n/a

Page/Folio:

8

Additional Information:

Although Victor Alexander was secretary to the XII Book Club from 1931 to 1940, the handwriting shows that he was not the author of these minutes

Citation:

Unidentified member of the XII Book club, XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 4 (1938-1943), private collection, 8, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30170, accessed: 25 April 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).

   
   
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