Overview
Pollokshields is an area in the south side of Glasgow. (For more information on this area, see Gerald Blaikie’s article, ‘Pollokshields, Glasgow. Origins & History‘ on the ScotCities website). Members of this society were most likely part of the congregation of the Pollokshields Parish Church. (For more information about this church, see ‘Shields Road‘ on The Glasgow Story website).
There is little currently known about this society. The only evidence we have to date comes from the syllabi of another literary group, the Queen’s Park U. P. Church Young Men’s Institute, which list the date on which the Pollokshields Parish Church Literary Society was scheduled to participate in a joint debates with them (see below).
Date of Existence
1901?-?
Source of Information
1. (Listed as having a joint debate with the Queen’s Park U. P. Church Young Men’s Institute on 18 January 1904: ‘Syllabus’, 1903-1904, Queen’s Park U. P. Church Young Men’s Literary Institute (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 16 January 1905: ‘Syllabus’, 1904-1905, Queen’s Park U. P. Church Young Men’s Literary Institute (Glasgow City Archives, Mitchell Library, Glasgow, Queen’s Park, St. George’s UP, UF Church, Literary Institute syllabus, 1875-1912)
Repository
Glasgow City Archives
Reference Number
CH3/1471/45
Additional Notes
See also Queen’s Park, St. George’s UP, UK Church Literary Institute with whom this society held a joint debate.