Record Number: 29439

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Meeting held at 70 Northcourt Avenue    28th October 1930
C.E. Stansfield in the chair
1. Minutes of last time read and approved
[...]
3. For the next meeting the Club accepted the kind offer of hospitality made by Mrs Castle when the meeting would vote in new Books, the following to act as a committee [...] E. B. Castle Miss Brain and H. R. Smith.
4 For the following meeting it was decided to have a symposium with E. B. Castle R. H. Robson and V. W. Alexander as a Committee. The Club accepted the kind offer of hospitality made by Miss E. C. Stevens.
5 The Books were then auctioned by the Secretary as list overleaf.
6 After refreshments the Club settled down with many giggles to a general Knowlege paper attached, For (the answering of) which 40 minutes was allowed. The correction of the papers caused much discussion & amusement The total of marks gainable was 85 & Mr Mitchell a visitor[?] came out first with 43 H.M. Wallis came next with 39 1/2 & E B Castle third with 38 1/2. Mrs Alexander proved herself the leading lady with a score of 31.

Result of Book Auction 28/10/30
High Wind in Jamaica    H. M. Wallis 5/-
Henry the VIIIth    V. W. Alexander    8/6
Alice Meynell    Miss E. C. Stevens    8/6
Tarka the Otter    Geo Burrow    3/6
English Tradition in Education    E. B. Castle 8/-
Magellan    do    7/3
Studies in Literature    Miss D. Brain    6/9
Peep Show of the Port of London    S. A. Reynolds    6/-
[?] Around us    C. E. Stansfield    10/6
C. E. Montague    H. M. Wallis 8/9
Waters of Africa    Mrs Alexander    6/6
Good Companion    Mrs D. Brain    7/9
[total]        4/7/-
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Century:

1900-1945

Date:

28 Oct 1930

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

city: Reading
county: Berkshire
specific address: 70 Northcourt 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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Howard Smith

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1860

Socio-Economic Group:

n/a

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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Howard Smith

Title:

Minutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 1 October 1930

Genre:

Minutes

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Unknown, Notebook

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

reading group

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Source Information:

Record ID:

29439

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Howard Smith

Title:

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

Location:

private collection

Call No:

n/a

Page/Folio:

208–210

Additional Information:

Additional Information: Howard Smith was secretary to the XII Book Club 1923-1931. It is inferred from this, and from the handwriting, that he was the author of this set of minutes.

Citation:

Howard Smith, XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 2 (1915-31), private collection, 208–210, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29439, accessed: 14 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

It is assumed that it was Howard Smith, as secretary of the club, who read out the minutes of the previous meeting.
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).