The Historic Virginia Peninsula
Newport News, Virginia: Virginia Peninsula Association of Commerce, 1935. near fine. Item #105
From the estate of Williamsburg’s late chief archaeologist Ivor Noel Hume. The Historic Virginia Peninsula issued in 1935 by the Virginia Peninsula Association of Commerce. 18”x16” parallel folded to standard brochure size. Lithographed in USA. Patent no. 2001235. The first brochure produced by the newly consolidated association. In April of 1935, under the leadership of Lloyd Noland, Sr., the business organizations, under various names of Newport News, Hampton, Phoebus, Warwick, Williamsburg, James City County, York County, and Elizabeth City County consolidated to form the Virginia Peninsula Association of Commerce. A very sharp ex library copy of an early Virginia tourist brochure.
Ivor Noel Hume (1927-2017) is considered the father of historical archaeology in America. He served as the chief archaeologist of Colonial Williamsburg from 1957-1987. He was the author of more than 20 books and innumerable professional articles. Hume was born in London and studied at Framlingham and St. Lawrence Colleges. He served in the British Army during World War II before pursuing a career in archaeology. He came to American in 1957 after nearly 10 years on the staff at the Guildhall Museum in London. Throughout his long career he established the importance of archaeology in describing the social and economic life of those who left behind the artifacts uncovered. In America, Hume is credited with discovering one of the earliest English colonial settlements at Wolstenholme Town. What we know today about the life of the early British colonies in America is because of Hume’s tireless efforts to tell the story of it’s inhabitants.
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