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Record Number: 30119

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Meeting held at 70 Northcourt Avenue: 14. 12. 37

C. E. Stansfield in the Chair.

1. Minutes of last read and approved

2. It should have been mentioned in last meeting�s minutes that the Secretary was asked to write to Dorothy Brain and to Edgar & Mignon Castle acknowledging their letters of resignation. [...] This was duly done and all three offered their best wishes for the Club�s happy continuance.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

14 Dec 1937

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Reading
county: Berkshire

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Edgar Castle

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1897

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Schoolmaster, Headmaster of Leighton Park; subsequently Professor of Education at Hull, then Visiting Professor at Makerere

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Victor Alexander

Title:

[letter acknowledging receipt of letter of resignation from the XII Book Club]

Genre:

Letter

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Letter, Notebook

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

30119

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Victor Alexander

Title:

XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 3 (1931-1938)

Location:

private collection

Call No:

n/a

Page/Folio:

200�3

Additional Information:

Victor Alexander was secretary to the XII Book Club from 1931 to 1940. It is inferred from this that he was the author of this set of minutes.

Citation:

Victor Alexander, XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 3 (1931-1938), private collection, 200�3, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30119, accessed: 04 February 2026

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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).