Overview
Clifton is an area just to the west of Charing Cross. Not a great deal is currently known about this society, which was composed of both men and women. However, their (members’?) location near the West End, along with the press notices on the opening address for the session — being a ticketed formal dinner in the Queen’s Rooms (Buchanan Street) — suggests that this society was probably a middle-class group with at least a moderately-sized number of members.
Date of Existence
1861?-?
Source of Information
1. ‘Clifton Literary Society’, Glasgow Herald, 19 October 1864, p. 2;
2. ‘Clifton Literary Society’, Glasgow Herald, 22 October 1864, p. 8;
3. Clifton Literary Society, The third annual feed of the Clifton Literary Society … 15th April, 1864 ([Glasgow], [1864]) (UGSC)
Repository
Mitchell Library (Glasgow Herald)
National Library of Scotland (Glasgow Herald)
University of Glasgow Special Collections (UGSC)
Reference Number
Sp Coll Mu22-f.2 (UGSC)
Additional Notes
The Mitchell Library and National Library of Scotland have copies of the Glasgow Herald on microfilm as well as hard copies (consult online catalogues for further details). Digitised copies are available through the British Newspaper Archive: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/.