Author, North Staffordshire Field Club, in 1875,[1] having previously published a short Annual Report for members.
[1] A history of the early years was published by R. Simms in 1886 as Coming of age of the North Staffordshire Naturalists' Field Club and Archaeological Society, 1865-1885: chronological history and bibliography of the Society.
A further extensive history, including that of the various specialist sections, can be found in the Club's special 1916 Jubilee year publication.
The annual Transactions were then titled North Staffordshire Field Club, Transactions and Annual Report (to 1960); this later became the North Staffordshire Journal of Field Studies (1961 to 1985) when the title ceased.
A further New Series of separate Transactions with section reports was produced in booklet form from 1970-2000.