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The Anderson (Surfaceman) Club (fl 1913)

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Dates

  • Existence: fl 1913

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Third Anniversary Address to the Alexander Anderson 'Surfaceman' Club, c 1913

 Item — Box CLX-A-345
Identifier: Coll-1848/19-0061
Scope and Contents This is a notebook containing the third Anniversary Address to the Alexander Anderson 'Surfaceman' Club. It is not dated but internal evidence points to 1913. The speaker is not identified but is presumably the S. M. Murray of Edinburgh, whose name is in pencil at the beginning of the notebook. The speaker is, in fact, a last-minute stand-in, who apologizes for not having known Anderson personally, briefly sketches his life, then describes his poetic themes with copious quotation. It's not,...
Dates: c 1913