Joseph Hunter’s life story published
Monday 1 January 2024 3:47 pm
One volume of the Hunter Archaeological Society Transactions dating back to our Centenary year 2012 has been published as Volume 26(2), just a bit late in 2023! The volume contains life stories of a number of people who have been formative in the Society, including Joseph Hunter and the extended Hunter family, as well as Charles Green, Walter Hall and Joseph Himsworth among many others. In Hunter’s story, Ruth Morgan and Martin Waller have attempted to capture the background to the changes in his life, the context in which he lived and how his life and work were influenced by contemporary events.
You can find copies in Sheffield Local Studies Library and Sheffield Archives, or purchase a copy on this site (see Publications).
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