Record Number: 30535
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Meeting held at Gower Cottage 16th December 1944
Muriel Stevens in the chair.
1. The minutes of the last meeting were read & signed.
[...]
6. The treasurer presented his report and the accounts though not audited, were
approved.
[...]
10. To conclude the evening Howard Smith read from Christmas Garland by Max
Beerbohm, a parody of G. K. Chesterton.
[signed as a true record by] S A Reynolds 27/1/45'
1900-1945
Date:16 Dec 1944
Country:England
Timeevening
Place:city: Reading
county: Berkshire
specific address: Gower Cottage, Elm Road
(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:Female
Date of Birth:1912
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
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 the XII Book Club
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Minutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 21 Nov 1944
Genre:Minutes
Form of Text:Manuscript: Notebook
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenancereading group
Source Information:
Record ID:30535
Source:Manuscript
Author:Margaret Dilks
Title:XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 5 (1944-1952)
Location:private collection
Call No:n/a
Page/Folio:25-28
Additional Information:
Margaret Dilks was secretary to the XII Book Club from 1940 to 1970. It is inferred from this, and from the handwriting, that she was the author of this set of minutes.
Citation:
Margaret Dilks, XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 5 (1944-1952), private collection, 25-28, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30535, accessed: 14 May 2024
Additional Comments:
It is assumed that it was Margaret Dilks, 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).