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Record Number: 29457


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Meeting held at 30 Northcourt Avenue    Dec 19th 1930
Miss E. C. Stevens in the chair
Min 1 Minutes of last Meeting approved
[...]
7 After refreshments a Symposium was opened by Miss D. Brain who took the standpoint of a Salvationist lass giving a moving description of that outlook & experience, E. B. Castle following with a thoughtful setting out of the Position of the Scientist[.] C. E. Stansfield put before us the viewpoint of a Revolutionary of the masses & R. H. Robson racily endeavoured[?] to convert us to the views of a Blue Blooded Aristocrat. There followed a keen & amusing discussion which perhaps centred too much on the Aristocrat & his doings[...].'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

19 Dec 1930

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

city: Reading
county: Berkshire
specific address: 30 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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Reginald H. Robson

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1887

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:

Reginald H. Robson

Title:

[Contribution to a symposium: the position of the scientist]

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Social Science

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

29457

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Howard Smith

Title:

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

Location:

private collection

Call No:

n/a

Page/Folio:

213–214

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, 213–214, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29457, accessed: 13 May 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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