Record Number: 29487
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[...].
1900-1945
Date:19 Dec 1930
Country:England
Timeevening
Place:city: Reading
county: Berkshire
specific address: 30 Northcourt Avenue
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: 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
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Minutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 25 November 1930
Genre:Minutes
Form of Text:Manuscript: Unknown, Notebook
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenancereading group
Source Information:
Record ID:29487
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 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=29487, accessed: 14 May 2024
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).