NHM-WP01.006    Correspondence:   Birch Frederick R, Wallace Alfred Russel  1899--1910   Letters from Fred Birch: Letters and postcards from Fred Birch to A. R. Wallace and an enclosed? photograph, comprising one letter from Liverpool 1899, 4 letters and 2 postcards from Brazil Jan-Dec 1910, 1 envelope annotated in A. R. Wallace's or WGW's hand and one 1899 photograph of Fred Birch. Frederick Birch lived in Liverpool as a young man and may have been born there. He apparently met A. R. Wallace some time in the 1890's and later emigrated with his wife to Brazil, where he worked as a professional collector of natural history specimens c. 1910. No other information about him has been found. Place: Brazil Liverpool England

NHM-WP02.006.005.06.[01]    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel  [1902--1916]   List of A. R. Wallace's correspondents by type with notes re some of A. R. Wallace's letters, undated, in William Greenell Wallace's hand; in columns on fourteen folios of lined paper; approximately eight hundred names in rough alphabetical order within the categories: "Separate packets of letters" "Scientists, Biological, Geographical &c", "Scientists, Physics & Mathematics &c" "Socialists, Spiritualists, Clergymen, Anti-Vacc, -Vivs &c", "Socialists Anti Vacc - Viv, Pol. Eco. Land" "Authors, Journalists, Poets, Artists" "Politicians &c., Statesmen" "Odd Celebrities" "Curious (Cranks &c)" and "Unclassified (Unknown)" with a section on the last page headed "short reminiscences received from" not present in the typed version; some pages numbered within category. Notes: Most folios of the ms are folded, some are single, pages written on one side only. The typed version was found in box three and inserted here. PJL 19/6/03

NHM-WP18.006    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel  [1902]--[1905]   Buff envelope 19cm x 13 cm, annotated on the top flap in blue pencil in A. R. Wallace's? WGW's? hand "Photo of self"; when listed contained a portrait of A. R. Wallace (see WP6/8/18) in a smaller envelope and unrelated photos and papers.

NHM-WP18.004.001    Correspondence:   Bates Ernest F, Bates Frederick, Bates Henry Walter, Janson Oliver Erichson, Wallace Alfred Russel  [1903]   Letter, apparently a rough draft, from Ernest F Bates to "Dear sir" (A. R. Wallace?) in reply to an enquiry made by the correspondent on behalf of a friend, undated and without address, with numerous corrections, on a sheet apparently torn from an exercise book, re the death of the writer's father (Frederick Bates?) on October 6th, his father's entomological work and books, and the possibility of the correspondent's friend obtaining information about his uncle's ( H W Bates?) papers from O E Janson.

NHM-WP01.001.124    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace William Greenell, Skeels E R S,  [1907]   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his son William, from Broadstone, Dorset, Friday (April 5 1907?) re visit to lawyer in Chancery Lane and asking William to reserve hotel rooms. Place: Dorset England Notes: On a small sheet of folded paper. Annotated in pencil in Mrs Richard Wallace's hand "April 5/07"

NHM-WP01.008.021    Correspondence:   Brierley Wynford  1908   Circular hand-made card "Life is a Spiral" from Wynford Brierley, congratulating A. R. Wallace on his Order of Merit, 9 Nov 1908

NHM-WP06.010.002    Correspondence:   Cavit Charles, Ashby Joseph  1911   Letter from Chas G Cavit to A. R. Wallace, from Marly, Argyll Road, Boscombe, 21 [Feb] 1911, annotated at the top in ink in A. R. Wallace's? hand "A Swedenborgian Review"; attached by paper tapes to pages 88-90 of "The New-Church Magazine", Feb 1911, containing a review by Joseph Ashby of A. R. Wallace's book "The World of Life" (London, Dec 1910). Place: Boscombe Dorset England

NHM-WP01.008.023    Correspondence:   Brooke ?H, Brooks Barbara  [1913]   Letter from Barbara Brooks, undated (Jan 1913?), from Kensington, London, to A. R. Wallace congratulating him on his 90th birthday. Place: London England

NHM-WP02.006.005.03    Correspondence:   Marchant Sir James  [1913--1915]   Undated unsigned rough note in pencil with "A.R.W's Letters to his family" written on one side in WGW's? hand, a note in James Marchant's hand on the other side " Not to copy. | I send them to ask you whether his answers are available? Would they have been long and intimate letters | J M" with the following written beneath this in WGW's? hand: "Dr B Hollander Dr Littledale Rollo Russell G W Barrett only ones likely". Both notes on this side have been crossed through. Notes: When listed this was included in a large modern (1995) envelope (destroyed) labelled in RW (And Mrs R Wallace's? ) hands "Typed letters A. R. Wallace to Violet and Will | Reminiscences of R B Rathbone | [Ditto] WG & VI for Marchants Book".

NHM-WP16.001.070    Correspondence:   Williams James Leon, Wallace Alfred Russel  1913?--1913   Undated (c.1913?) draft letter in pencil in A. R. Wallace's? hand on 4 folios of exercise book paper, to "Dear Sir" re variation and natural selection, beginning "It is not easy to make the ordinary reader understand such as question as to variation as you put to me…" unsigned and with corrections; possibly to J Leon Williams (See WP16/1/69) about July 1913; enclosed when listed in an envelope postmarked 25 Jun 1913 addressed to W G Wallace (A. R. Wallace's son William) annotated on the back in pencil in WGW's hand "To J Leon? Williams (Biol)" together with a stamped envelope with a return address: WP16/1/69 (2 and 3) Notes: The hand in which the draft is written may be WGW acting as amanuensis though in my opinion it is A. R. Wallace's. Both are very similar - see WGW's ms sketch of his Father's life, in WP2/4, written on the same type of paper. Broken at folds and acidic; empty envelope addresses to Williams was partly sealed when examined but easily unstuck, probably pressure of folding sealed it.

NHM-WP16.002    Correspondence:   Wallace William Greenell, Wallace Violet Isabel  1915?--1951   Correspondence c.1915 -1951 between William and Violet Wallace and various societies and museums re gifts of A. R. Wallace letters and artefacts, in white paper folder annotated on the front in ink in WGW's hand "Letters & Acknowledgments relating to gifts to various museums & societies." Correspondents include the British Museum, BMNH, Pitt Rivers Museum, the Linnean Society, the Royal Society, Royal Geographical Society and Royal Botanic Gardens Kew; a number have copies or draft replies in WGW's hand on the back. Papers have been arranged in alphabetical order by correspondent and then by date, apparently the order created by William Greenell Wallace, though some letters from the British Museum found loose have been inserted. Notes: WP16/2/15A, missed in sorting, has been so numbered because associated with the previous record, rather than moving it out of sequence to the end of the list. PJL 26/1/04

NHM-WP02.006.005.04    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel  [1916]   Brown envelope approximately 25cm X 20cm, used as outer wrapping for bundled letters written by A. R. Wallace from USA and Canada as delivered for listing. A wide strip has been torn away from the front, which is divided into four squares in blue pencil, annotated in an unknown hand "Registered" and addressed to W G Wallace, Esq, Old Orchard, Broadst (Broadstone) Dor (Dorset). Part of the address is missing at the tear. Of three postmarks on the front two are illegible; one is Wimb[orne] (Wimborne?) 10 Jul (1916?). Beneath the postmarks is an annotation in pencil in WGW's? hand : " A. R. Wallace's U.S.A. letters | Copied Aug/15". Place: Wimborne Dorset England

NHM-WP01.001.139    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace William Greenell  undated   Paper label attached to part of a cardboard wine-glass box. "Letters from A. R. Wallace to his son W.G. Wallace June 1889-June 1911. And 2 post cards", is written on it in ink in Mrs Richard Wallace's hand. The label is 14cm x 10cm, with decoration showing an otter and butterfly among bulrushes, World Wildlife Fund (UK) Trading Ltd logo and text, all printed in green on cream paper. The remainder of the box, which contained the letters listed in WP1/1 when the collection was delivered to the Museum, was an unsuitable, acidic container, judged to have no historical value, and has been destroyed. nil Notes: The number 139 was accidentally omitted when numbering the letters so has been assigned to this piece for convenience.

NHM-WP01.006.008    Correspondence:   Birch Frederick R, Wallace Alfred Russel, Scofield ?, Reiche Eugenis?, Cotton Sir Arthur Thomas, New Age The  undated   Brown envelope, very torn and brittle, annotated in A. R. Wallace's or WGW's? hand "Fred. Birch's latest letters (to Dec?1910.)" which contained the letters and postcards from Fred Birch to A. R. Wallace from Brazil, 1899 and 1910, when received at the NHM. Notes: Included because of the annotation but could probably be destroyed. PJL March 2003.

NHM-WP15.004.002    Correspondence:   Mitten William, Booker J  undated   Postcard; undated black and white /sepia photo showing a divided driveway and iron barred gate with a distant view of wooded fields; captioned in white "Cowdray. Hurstpierpoint | J. Booker Series"; possibly view from or of the grounds of Cowdray House, the country seat of Lord Cowdray; there is no writing on the reverse. Place: Hurstpierpoint West Sussex Notes: Placed in this series because of the address, presumably near the Mitten house; with a small collection of apparently unrelated photos and postcards of varying dates, (all old ref WP2/51) when listed.

NHM-WP18.018    Correspondence:   Casey? A Bertie Miss  undated   Empty envelope addressed in A. R. Wallace's? WGW's? hand to Miss A. Bertie [C] Casey. Lantosca, Madeira Road Upr. Parkstone Dorset , stamped, postmark illegible, stamp on back flap "Park's Press Photography Agency Ltd., 80 Fleet Street London EC"; Paper label on front, crossed out, of W. A. Sims & co, Process engraving, 98 Fleet St. Notes: See unidentified poem on paper headed "Lantosca", WP18/19