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Record Number: 31001


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'M. [Marjorie Cook, A. R. Cook's daughter] still has a high temp. — 104.1 in aft. Began to give Citrated milk. She enjoyed me reading to her "The man at the gate" and The Impregnable City.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

30 Nov 1915

Country:

Uganda

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Makindye, near Kampala

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:

Listener:

Margaret Ellen Cook

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

24 Apr 1906

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Child

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

Uganda

Country of Experience:

Uganda

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

unknown unknown

Title:

The Man at the Gate

Genre:

Other religious

Form of Text:

Print: BookManuscript: Telegraph cable

Publication Details

From the Scottish "Monthly Visitor", 1913?

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

31001

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Albert Ruskin Cook

Title:

Diary 1915

Location:

Wellcome Library, London

Call No:

PP/COO/G30

Page/Folio:

n/a

Additional Information:

Diary entry, 30 November 1915.

Citation:

Albert Ruskin Cook, Diary 1915, Wellcome Library, London, PP/COO/G30, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=31001, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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