Record Number: 31145
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'After tea, K. [Katharine Cook] & I went up in the side car & spent some time with Wallace. He was reading out of the Sunday School Times ... Most incoherent. K brought him flowers and fruit.
Century:1900-1945
Date:20 Jun 1916
Country:Uganda
Timeevening: After tea
Place:city: near Kampala
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Unknown/NA
Probably a merchant.
n/a
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:n/a
Country of Experience:Uganda
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
Albert and Katharine Cook.
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Sunday School Times
Genre:Other religious
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:31145
Source:Manuscript
Author:Albert Ruskin Cook
Title:Diary 1916
Location:Wellcome Library, London
Call No:PP/COO/G31
Page/Folio:n/a
Additional Information:
Diary entry, 20 June 1916.
Citation:
Albert Ruskin Cook, Diary 1916, Wellcome Library, London, PP/COO/G31, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=31145, accessed: 01 June 2024
Additional Comments:
"Wallace," who is otherwise unidentified in the diary, was a member of the British merchant community in Uganda who evidently suffered a mental breakdown in early 1916.
