First Mark Twain, then Levi-Strauss and now Dr. Hume - I've heard the irish
blessing of being in heaven an hour before the devil knows you're dead - but
it must be a sign of respect, admiration, and a form of homage to read of
your own passing,  Sincerest best wishes to Dr. Hume and three cheers from
the wee people

kev

On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 10:37 AM, Tonia Deetz <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Noel is still with us, very much so! He is well and living in Virginia with
> his wife Carol.
>
> Tonia Deetz Rock
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Giovanna Vitelli <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Wed, Aug 4, 2010 10:11 am
> Subject: Re: Autobiography of Ivor Noel Hume
>
>
> Conrad,
> I happen to have a reference from a 1927 issue of "Old Time New England"
> (17:140), quoting at length from the "Boston Gazette" of October 28, 1746,
> on Pope's Night Celebrations between 5th and 6th November, talking about
> yearly problems with rowdiness, and warning that the authorities would
> crack
> down on that year's proceedings.
>
> Best,
> Giovanna
>
> PS: INH sadly is no longer with us.
>
>
> Giovanna Vitelli, PhD, RPA
> CELAT Postdoctoral Fellow  / Chercheure postdoctorale
> Université Laval
> 1030 Avenue des Sciences Humaines
> Québec G1V 0A6
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Conrad
> Bladey
> Sent: 04 August 2010 09:30
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Autobiography of Ivor Noel Hume
>
> Thanks for this heads up. I worked most weekends of four years for the
> Guildhall Museum London at which he had become a legend. One of my
> inspirations.
> Does INH have a contact. I have a research interest related closely to
> an article he did on Guy Fawkes Celebrations/bonfire. It is important
> for me to contact him
> -or anyone else intereested in archelogical pattern recognition for
> seasonal, calendar custom celebrations such as Fawkes and Bonfire.
> (Popes day in the USA).
>
> Anyone know if in Boston any evidence for the november 5 celebrations
> has been located. There was much burned pagentry and effigies involved
> over a significant period and this would have been both rural and urban.
>
> Conrad
>
> somerwell wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>>
>> Last evening I had the chance to read through Noel Hume's newly
>>
> released
> autobiography titled:
>
>>
>> A Passion for the Past: The Odyssey of a Transatlantic Archaeologist.
>>
>> The book is published by The University of Virginia Press and is
>>
> available
> on Amazon.com at a discount.
>
>>
>> It is a wonderful read from one of the true pioneers in the field of
>>
> historical archaeology and the progenitor of so many successful careers.
>  As
> with all of Noel's works, the prose is entertaining, informative, and
> inspirational.
>
>>
>> From the Amazon website:
>>>
>>
>> "Noël Hume is a household name. This book should be a professional
>>
> classic,
> to be read alongside other memoirs like those of Graham Clark, Glyn Daniel,
> Gertrude Caton-Thompson, and Mortimer Wheeler. The childhood narrative is
> an
> astonishing memoir of loneliness written without a trace of self-pity. The
> book goes on to reveal how Noël Hume and his wife Audrey helped create the
> colonial heritage of Virginia with their judicious blending of solid
> archaeology and Anglo-American diplomacy." -- Carmel Schrire, Rutgers
> University, author of Digging through Darkness: Chronicles of an
> Archaeologist.
>
>>
>>
>>
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