Overview
John Street is located in the heart of Glasgow’s city centre. Members of this society were most likely part of the congregation of the John Street U. P. Church. (For more information about this church, see ‘John Street UP Church‘ on The Glasgow Story website).
There is little currently known about this society. The only evidence we have comes from the syllabus of another literary group, the Queen’s Park U. P. Church Young Men’s Institute, which lists the dates in various years on which the John Street society was scheduled to participate in a joint debate with them (see below).
Date of Existence
1875-?
Source of Information
1. (Listed as having a joint debate with the Queen’s Park U. P. Church Young Men’s Institute on 30 November 1875 and on 29 February 1876: ‘Syllabus — 1875-1876’, Queen’s Park U. P. Church Young Men’s Literary Institute, Session 1875-1876 (Glasgow City Archives, Mitchell Library, Glasgow, Queen’s Park, St. George’s UP, UF Church, Literary Institute syllabus, 1875-1912);
2. (Listed as having a joint debate with the Queen’s Park U. P. Church Young Men’s Institute on 30 October 1877 and on 22 January 1878: ‘Syllabus — 1877-1878’, Queen’s Park U. P. Church Young Men’s Literary Institute, Session 1875-1876 (Glasgow City Archives, Mitchell Library, Glasgow, Queen’s Park, St. George’s UP, UF Church, Literary Institute syllabus, 1875-1912)
Repository
Glasgow City Archives
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