Hunter, Herbert (agricultural historian)

The Herbert Hunter collection contains:

• degree certificates for Herbert Hunter 1924-1925
• printed appeal leaflets published in Cambridge during the General Strike 1926
• contract of employment 1934
• correspondence regarding Hunter’s proposed visit to Russia 1939
• papers regarding Herbert Hunter’s proposed appointment as Agricultural attache at the British Embassy, Moscow 1942-1944
• papers relating to the National Institute of Agricultural Botany 1952-1956
• obituaries of Herbert Hunter 1959
• letters of sympathy received following the death of Herbert Hunter 1959-1960
• biographical accounts of Herbert Hunter [1950’s]-1977
• biographical accounts compiled by Herbert Hunter concerning colleagues and acquaintances 1920-1956
• papers relating to the presentation of the papers of Dr Herbert Hunter to the Institute of Agricultural History 1977
• correspondence from W S Gosset concerning research 1909-1910
• correspondence regarding Hunter’s responsibility for developing the barley variety Spratt-Archer 1927
• correspondence between Hunter and E S Beaven 1926-1941
• correspondence with Hans Halbaek 1951-1952
• correspondence from Vilho Pesola 1952
• research notebooks and papers 1898-1957
• newspaper cuttings and extracts 1920-1959
• typescript translaion of On the Genetic Nature of Winter and Spring Barieties of Plants by N I Vavilox and E S Kouznetsov [1920s]
• collection of Hunter’s published works and manuscripts 1924 -1952
• offprints of works by Hunter 1938-1957
• typescripts for lectures 1944-1959
• letter from PR Colegate, NIAB to Miss M Hunter regarding bibliography of papers by Hunter 1976

More information

• A full description is available on our online database.
• A full handlist for the collection can be found here.