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Record Number: 29376


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Meeting held at 9 Denmark Road
Thursday, May 8th 1930
F. E. Pollard in the chair
The minutes of last meeting were approved'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

8 May 1930

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

city: Reading
county: Berkshire
specific address: 9 Denmark Road

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:

Francis Pollard

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

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 XII Book Club


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

[by an unidentified member of the XII Book Club]

Title:

Minutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 8 May 1930

Genre:

Minutes

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Notebook

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

reading group


Source Information:

Record ID:

29376

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

n/a

Title:

XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 2 (1915-31)

Location:

private collection

Call No:

n/a

Page/Folio:

pp. 202–203

Additional Information:

The regular secretary, who would have taken the minutes of this meeting was absent

Citation:

[these pages written by an unidentified member of the XII Book Club], XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 2 (1915-31), private collection, pp. 202–203, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29376, accessed: 19 May 2024


Additional Comments:

It is assumed that an unidentified member, acting as secretary, read out the minutes of the last meeting. Francis Pollard chaired this meeting and is taken to be a listener. Nevertheless it is possible that it was he who read them out.
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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