NHM-WP01.002.011    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Wallace Eliza, Wallace William Greenell, Benson Mrs  1890.05.19   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 19 May 1890 re spring flowers; family affairs; Vaccination Commission; exam papers. Place: Dorset England Croydon

NHM-WP01.002.013    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Marshall J W, Huxley Thomas Henry  1890.06.14   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 14 Jun 1890 re marking exam papers; writing address for L.N.(Land Nationalisation) Society; Violet's studies; local walks. Place: Dorset England Swanage Studland Godalming Surrey

NHM-WP01.002.015    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Boole Mrs, Sharpe J W, Wallace William Greenell, Wallace Annie née Mitten  1890.12.11   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 11 Dec 1890 re family illness and illness of Mr Sharpe; Violet's expenses; house alterations; arrival of medal and cheque from Royal Society. Place: Dorset England

NHM-WP01.002.019    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Wallace Annie née Mitten, Baker Mr, Evans Mrs, Sharpe J W, Pascoe Mr?  1891.02.16   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 16 Feb 1891 re Covent Garden market, Natural History Museum and Kew gardens as sources of garden plants; alterations to house; Mr Sharpe's health; Mr Pascoe's "Museum" at Westbourne Park. Place: Dorset England Witley Surrey Notes: Annotated in pencil in an unknown hand "Alterations to Corfe View"

NHM-WP01.002.021    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Nichols ?  1891.05.10   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 10 May 1891 re Violet attending a (public political?) demonstration, labour conditions, the eight hour day, wages; gardening; neighbours. Place: Dorset England Notes: Annotated in an unknown hand "Labour". This letter is published in Marchant, James, 1916, "A. R. Wallace Letters and Reminiscences", vol. 2, p. 156 and it is possible that the hand is Marchant's.

NHM-WP01.002.025    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Wallace William Greenell, Wallace Annie née Mitten, Macdonald Miss  1892.04.03   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 3 Apr 1892 re house at Godalming; family; Violet's order for pair of hedgehogs; bookbinding costs; horses; A. R. Wallace's review of Pampas book; new medal. Place: Dorset England

NHM-WP01.002.027    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Wallace William Greenell, Jekyll Gertrude, Silk George C, Chapman & Hall , Sims Frances née Wallace, Michaelis Madame, Hayward Arthur  1892.05.20   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 20 May 1892 re gardening; writing; examining; Geographical medal; (Linnean Society) medal; family. Place: Dorset England Notes: Annotated in pencil in an unknown hand "V.G."

NHM-WP01.002.029    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Spencer Herbert, Dyer Sir William Turner Thiselton-, Britten Hardinge Mrs, Hall Marshall- Mrs, Baker Mr, Bennett Mr?, Wallace Eliza,  1892.07.03   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 3 Jul 1892 re land nationalisation meeting; visit to Kew gardens; reading proofs of "Australasia"; article for "Natural Science"; Violet's career; lecture by Mrs Britten; family. Place: Dorset England

NHM-WP01.002.031    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Coombe? Mrs, Lund Mr  [1893].05.16   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 16 May (1893?) re Violet's career; loss of a parcel of books sent by rail. Place: Dorset England Notes: Annotated in blue pencil "1892" with the "2" crossed through and "3" written above in lead pencil

NHM-WP01.002.033    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Hope Mrs, Iselin Mrs  1893.06.28   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 28 Jun 1893 re attempts to let house; Violet's expenses; flora and fauna of Chee Tor and Chee Dale; Deepdale. Place: Dorset England Cumbria

NHM-WP01.002.035    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Iselin Mrs, Travers Miss, Allman Dr  1893.07.05   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 5 Jul 1893 re letting house and proposed holiday in the Lake district; her brother William's new lodgings in Newcastle-on-Tyne; loss of the ship "Victoria", Violet's expenses. Place: Dorset England Tyne and Wear

NHM-WP01.002.037    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Wallace William Greenell, Pritt Mrs, Benson Mrs  1893.07.23   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Ambleside, 23 July (1893: see WP1/2/36) describing walks around Ambleside; visit to Mrs Pritt. Place: Cumbria England

NHM-WP01.002.039    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Kelly Mr, Usherwood ?, King Miss, Pocock Misses, Brindley Mrs, Horns Misses  1893.10.08   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 8 Oct 1893 re Violet's career; local friends; A. R. Wallace's lecture at Parkstone Institute on "The Colours of Animals"; the "Nineteenth Century"; conservative journalism and the coal strike; articles in progress on glacial lakes. Place: Dorset England

NHM-WP01.002.041    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Coombe? Mrs  1893.10.31   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 31 Oct 1893 re Violet's club visits, her request for moss and peacock feathers; building and stocking of garden pond; delay of publication of article. Place: Dorset England

NHM-WP01.002.043    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Wallace William Greenell, Bird Isabella Lucy, Hughes Mr, Seller Mr  1893.11.26   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 26 Nov 1893 re Violet's career and writing; Lake Tahoe; books read; shipwrecks in recent storm; garden pond; broken boiler; death of Mr Seller. Place: Dorset England

NHM-WP01.002.045    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Mitten William, Mitten Rose, Besant Annie née Morris, Somerset Lady Henry, Jennings ?  1894.02.19   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 19 Feb 1894 re Violet's bank book missing in post; Jennings's death from typhoid fever; visit by Grandpa and Rose (William Mitten and his daughter); letter re (Annie) Besant in "The Woman's Signal"; tea and chess meetings begun; A. R. Wallace writing a "very radical" article for a book. Place: Dorset England

NHM-WP01.002.047    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, ? Eleanor?, Mitten Rose, Myers F W H, Myers Mrs, Sidgwick Henry, Sidgwick Eleanor Mildred  1894.03.20   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 20 Mar 1894 re Violet's expenses; visit to Cambridge; Mrs Myer's photography; A. R. Wallace suffering from asthma and bronchitis; Aunt Rose's (Rose Mitten) health; "Merrie England"; daffodils at Lytchett. Place: Dorset England

NHM-WP01.002.049    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Wallace William Greenell, Forbes Henry Ogg, Carter Mr, Panton Mr, Hall Marshall-, Reid Clement, Sharpe J W  1894.06.01   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 1 Jun 1894 re marking examination papers; news from her brother William; proposed joint visit by Violet and William; books read; travels of H O Forbes; chess meetings Place: Dorset England

NHM-WP01.002.051    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Wallace William Greenell, Wallace Annie née Mitten  1894.07.08   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 8 Jul 1894 re trip to Devon, ferns magnificent; letter from her brother William who is on holiday, plans for both to visit Parkstone; itinerary of Violet's planned trip to Switzerland and Italy. Place: Devonshire Dorset England Italy Switzerland

NHM-WP01.002.053    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Wallace William Greenell, Reid Clement, Wigglesworth, Wigglesworth ? Mrs née Higgins  1894.09.25   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 25 Sep 1894 re the delights of Switzerland; visit by Dr and Mrs Wigglesworth, daughter of H H Higgins, from Liverpool, Dr W recently stabbed by a patient at the lunatic asylum, description of incident and surgery on his severed carotid artery; alpine plants collected for A. R. Wallace by Clement Reid delayed in post and some dead; A. R. Wallace writing an article on "some Darwinian heresies" for the "Fortnightly" and about to write another on "The expressiveness of speech"; plans to view Mars with his telescope; William (Violet's brother) back in Newcastle. Place: Dorset England

NHM-WP01.002.055    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Wallace Annie née Mitten, Wallace William Greenell, Wallace John  1894.11.05   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 5 Nov 1894 re sending insect specimens, shells, Natal spider and its nest, and a live beetle to Violet for teaching purposes; Miss Heath; books for Violet's exams; plans for her "K.G." (kindergarten?), selling "Nutwood" impossible as it brings in £50 a year, income and housing for the family after his death; bad news from California of A. R. Wallace's brother (John) who has cancer, A. R. Wallace suspects vaccination the cause; A. R. Wallace's eyesight. Place: Dorset England

NHM-WP01.002.057    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Wallace Annie née Mitten, Macdonald Miss, ? Maclachlan Mrs., Maclachlan Hamish, Mitten Mrs William, Reid Clement, Harris Frank  1894.12.14   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 14 Dec 1894, re visit by Mrs Maclachlan and small son Hamish; Miss Macdonald expected; kindergarten books; gardening; completion of article on language; Harris leaving the "Fortnightly", opinion of new editor; Violet should visit orchid nursery John Rowan & Co at Garston near Liverpool; Ma (Annie Wallace) going to Hurst for her mother's (Mrs Mitten) golden wedding celebrations; considering asking Clement Reid to Christmas dinner. Place: Dorset England

NHM-WP01.002.059    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Wallace William Greenell, Blatchford Robert ("Nunquam"), Evans Mrs, ? Maclachlan Mrs., Maclachlan Hamish, Mott Frederick Thompson, Fisher Dr  1885.01.31   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 31 Jan 1895 re winter weather; (travel) bags for Violet and her brother William; William going to Glasgow on another job; A. R. Wallace's "Evolution" article part-published this month, his article on language due out in three months or more; the Evans's business failing; Violet's final exams and career prospects as a kindergarten teacher; planned chess match, Poole and Parkstone against Bournemouth; sending copy of the "R of R" with interesting articles on "Merry England" and Mr Blatchford; Mrs Maclachlan and Hamish returning to Hindhead; A. R. Wallace's answer to Mr Mott's enigma; death of Dr Fisher. Place: Dorset England Notes: Annotated at the top in blue pencil in an unknown hand: "Riddle".

NHM-WP01.002.061    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Macdonald Miss,  1895.03.07   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 7 Mar 1895, re sending crocus (bulbs) and a lily, with instructions for planting and care; will send snakes soon; arrangements for Violet's final exams, suggesting Miss MacDonald might substitute for her at the Kindergarten for six weeks; cost of a glass prism; purchase of book "Portraits & Autographs" (of 100 men). Place: Dorset England

NHM-WP01.002.063    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Wallace Annie née Mitten, Mitten Bessie, ? Eleanor?  1895.06.02   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 2 Jun 1895, re examination meetings and reports, choosing orchids at Witley; gift of Barmah (Burma?) orchids; gardening; her brother William's plans and Violet's proposed walking tour; possibility of Aunt Bessie (Bessie Mitten) and Ma (Annie Wallace) taking a Polytechnic tour to Switzerland; sending a copy of his address on the unemployed; sending £5 towards cost of Violet's fees and lodgings; proposed excursion near Blandford with the Bournemouth Botanic Club; remembrances to Eleanor. Place: Bournemouth Dorset England Switzerland Notes: The Address referred to is "Suggestions for solving the problems of the unemployed, etc. etc.", Presidential address read at the fourteenth annual meeting of the Land-Nationalisation Society, 8 April 1895. LNS Tract No 64 (London 1895) 1-20.