Overview
There is very little currently known about this society. The only information we have to date comes from the Glasgow Post Office directory. From this, we know that it was the Glasgow branch of The Poetry Society that was based in central London (this might possibly be the organisation of the same name that was founded in 1909 and is still running today; see The Poetry Society):
‘The Poetry Society. Glasgow Centre. Central Office, Clun House, Surrey Street, Strand, W.C. Local Headquarters, 15 Blythswood Drive, W. […] Founded, as the Poetry Recital Society, to promote a more general recognition and appreciation of Poetry by encouraging the public and private reading of it, and developing the “art of speaking verse.”‘
(‘The Poetry Society’, ‘Educational Institutions’, Post Office Glasgow Directory for 1912-1913… (Glasgow: Aird & Coghill, 1912), p. 1818)
Date of Existence
1912?-?
Source of Information
‘The Poetry Society’, ‘Educational Institutions’, Post Office Glasgow Directory for 1912-1913… (Glasgow: Aird & Coghill, 1912), p. 1818
Repository
Mitchell Library
National Library of Scotland
Reference Number
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Additional Notes
The Glasgow Post Office directories are available at the Mitchell Library and the National Library of Scotland. Digitised copies are available through the NLS website: https://www.nls.uk/family-history/directories/post-office/index.cfm?place=Glasgow