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.

NHM-WP01.002.065    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Wallace William Greenell, Wallace Annie née Mitten, ? Eleanor?  1895.10.04   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 4 Oct 1895, re bills from Violet's dressmaker and dentist; instructions for obtaining a copy of the County History of Lancashire; death of Crumpet, a family cat, and the fate of her kittens; A. R. Wallace's article on language published, leading article on it in the "Daily Chronicle"; regards to Eleanor; Ma's (Annie Mitten) health; Violet's brother William still at Govan. Place: Dorset England Notes: The article referred to is "The Expressiveness of Speech, or Mouth-Gesture as a Factor in the Origin of Language", Fortnightly Review 58, (n.s, 64, o.s.) 528-43, 1 Oct 1895.

NHM-WP01.002.067    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, ? Eleanor?, Wallace William Greenell  1896.02.08   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 8 Feb 1896 re bacon sent by Eleanor. Place: Dorset England

NHM-WP01.002.069    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Doveton Frank Bassett, Tolstoy Leo, Muir J, Besant Walter,  1896.03.18   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 18 Mar 1896, re Galton's work on visualisation; Violet's preference for snails over orchids; her Literary Society; Tolstoy's letter in the previous day's "Chronicle"; books, recommends J Muir and Besant; visiting poet (Doveton). Place: Dorset England

NHM-WP01.002.071    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Wallace Annie née Mitten, Wallace William Greenell, ? Eleanor?  1896.05.26   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 26 May 1896, re Violet's proposed trip to Switzerland, relative merits of chalets, hotels and possible itineraries; flowers in garden; sending Zoo tickets; regards to Eleanor. Place: Dorset England Switzerland

NHM-WP01.002.073    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Wallace Annie née Mitten, Musson S C  1896.06.13   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 13 Jun 1896 re accommodation and itinerary on her proposed trip to Switzerland, with details from a letter by Mr Musson including his address at Villeneuve; Lumt? the cat has had kittens. Place: Dorset England

NHM-WP01.002.075    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Dawson Julia Mrs, Fisher Arabella Burton (née Buckley)  1896.10.18   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet from Parkstone, Dorset 18 Oct 1896, re books and the "Clarion"; chess; Violet's new bicycle; Mrs Fisher's new book; beetles and snails; explanation of the movement of a free pendulum relative to the movement of the earth with suggestions for classroom experiment; Mrs Julia Dawson of the "Clarion". Place: Dorset England

NHM-WP01.002.077    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Poulton Sir Edward Bagnall, Burrell Percy, Darwin Charles Robert  1896.11.27   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 27 Nov 1896, re his voluminous correspondence, Percy Burell; lime tree blight; gas leak in house; new patent fire mantel; Professor Poulton and proposed statue of Darwin in Oxford; Violet's salary. Place: Dorset England

NHM-WP01.002.079    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Wallace William Greenell, Nansen ?  1896.12.02   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 2 Dec 1896, re request from her brother William for aid to an unemployed schoolmaster; gardening; orchids; MS demanded by Violet sent; articles by Nansen sent. Place: Dorset England Notes: Triangular tear in centre of first page.

NHM-WP01.002.081    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Wallace William Greenell, MacAlpine G A  1897.01.24   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 24 Jan 1897, sending her birthday greetings; and re her brother William and Mac sailing (for America?) from Liverpool on March 3rd. Place: Dorset England

NHM-WP01.002.083    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Bates Henry Walter, Besant Annie née Morris, Sharpe J W, Webb Miss,  1892.02.21   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 21 Feb 1892, re the conjunction of Venus and Jupiter (diagram enclosed -see WP1/2/84); death of (Henry Walter) Bates; chess games with Miss West, Mr Pocock and Mr Linton; visit by the Sharpes and Mrs Besant; Mrs Besant's lectures; Miss Webb; plays Hamlet and Henry VIII. Place: Dorset England Notes: Date originally read as 1897, but Bates died in 1892 and date on enclosed sketch is clearly 1892. Annotated in pencil in an unknown hand (or possibly A. R. Wallace's) "Mrs Besant". Enclosure: sketch diagram of relative positions of Earth, Venus and Jupiter in Feb 1892. Separately entered as record WP1/2/84

NHM-WP01.002.085    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Wallace William Greenell, MacAlpine G A, Stevenson Robert Louis Balfour  1897.03.25   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 25 Mar 1897, re letters from her brother William; coughs and colds; Stevenson's "New Arabian Nights". Place: Boston Massachusetts USA Dorset England

NHM-WP01.002.087    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Wallace William Greenell, MacAlpine G A, Sharpe J W, Fisher Arabella Burton (née Buckley), Greck Madame  1897.04.09   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 9 Apr 1897, re the "Brotherhood"; news from her brother William in New York; poem relevant to situation in Crete and Greece sent to the "Clarion" by A. R. Wallace; book going slowly; Mrs Fisher; the Sharpes, Madame Greck. Place: Dorset England Notes: Annotated in blue pencil in an unknown hand "Poem".

NHM-WP01.002.089    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Schreiner Olive Emilie Albertina  1897.05.04   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 4 May 1897, re ms of her article on playgrounds for poor children, possibly suitable for "Contemporary Review"; Olive Schreiner in the "Fortnightly"; A. R. Wallace's article on "Gorge of the Aar" in the "Fortnightly"; chapter on Phrenology for book finished. Place: Dorset England

NHM-WP01.002.091    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, ? Stead Mr  1897.07.06   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 6 Jul 1897, re visit to Lynton and Ilfracombe; her brother William's letters; visits from naturalists, socialists, a phrenologist and Mr Stead; Stead's book of photographic portraits. Place: Dorset England

NHM-WP01.002.093    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Wallace William Greenell, Blatchford Robert ("Nunquam"), Cartwel ?, Rousseau Jean Jacques,  1897.09.30   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 30 Sep 1897, re book on educational reformers including Rousseau; "Brotherhood"; Nunquam and Cartwel in the "Clarion"; news from her brother William in America; her salary and career, possibility of (renting?) Walker's house for use as a kindergarten; Corfe View house; holidays in Switzerland. Place: Dorset England Switzerland

NHM-WP01.002.095    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Wallace William Greenell, Brett ?, ? Dunn  1897.10.22   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 22 Oct 1897, re bird behaviour; Violet's expenses and dental treatment; news from her brother William in America; books; "The Arena", A. R. Wallace, Dr Brett and General Dunn buying orchids; anti-vaccination chapter finished, considering publishing as a separate paper. Place: Dorset England Notes: Annotated in blue pencil in an unknown hand "(Big?) orchid"

NHM-WP01.002.097    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, ? Eleanor?  1897.12.11   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 11 Dec 1897 re sending moss and flowers; finishing vaccination paper and diagrams; Eleanor's plans for Christmas. Place: Dorset England

NHM-WP01.002.099    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet  [1896.04.00]   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset Monday morning Apr? 1896? re trains and route to Parkstone from Waterloo; her brother William and the Clarion Cycling Club at Bakewell. Place: Dorset England Notes: Originally dated Dec? 1897? because of position in bundle, but William was in America in November 1897 (See WP1/2/96) and cycling in Bakewell in or about April, 1896. (See WP1/2/70)

NHM-WP01.002.101    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Wallace William Greenell, Wallace Annie née Mitten, Wallace Mary Née Webster, Fisher Arabella Burton (née Buckley), Bellamy Edward  1898.01.23   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 23 Jan 1898, with birthday greetings; re Violet's salary; hopes Vaccination book out in a few days, problem with diagrams; "Century" ("The Wonderful Century") MS finished, proof reader needed, Mrs Fisher's suggestions for poetical chapter headings; Mrs Fisher's (eyesight?); Bellamy's "Equality"; letter from Mrs Wallace of Stockton (Violet's aunt Mary) re Violet's brother William; William's letters. Place: Dorset England Denver Colorado Stockton California USA

NHM-WP01.002.103    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Wallace William Greenell  1898.02.04   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 4 Feb 1898 re letter from her brother William; Violet's career and salary. Place: Dorset England Germany

NHM-WP01.002.105    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Wallace William Greenell, Longfellow , Mott Frederick Thompson, Chant Mr, Longfellow Henry Wadsworth, Fisher Arabella Burton (née Buckley)  1898.02.22   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 22 Feb 1898 re her (move to?) London and resignation from current job; "The Wonderful Century", verses and mottos wanted for chapter headings, Longfellow, Mr Mott; design wanted for cover; Mr Chant? to read proofs; Mrs Fisher; Eucalyptus in garden damaged by snow; book on vaccination and letter from her brother William sent last week. Place: Dorset England

NHM-WP01.002.107    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Wallace William Greenell, Wallace Mary née Webster, Wallace May  1898.03.31   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 31 Mar 1898, re her proposal to bring a child to stay at Parkstone; instructions for packing goods for rail transport; proposed trip to Germany and learning the German language; letter from her brother William in Denver; aunt Wallace (Mary Wallace, wife of John) and cousin May coming (from America) for a month; joke about a child's view of God. Place: Denver Colorado USA Dorset England Germany

NHM-WP01.002.109    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Wallace Annie née Mitten  1898.06.08   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 8 Jun 1898, re Violet's expenses; oblique references to a letter, a photo and a lost key; A. R. Wallace's book ("The Wonderful Century") published today. Place: Dorset England

NHM-WP01.002.111    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Wallace William Greenell, Wallace Mary née Webster, Wallace May, Hicks ?, MacAlpine G A, Maclaren Ian, Watson John, Archer ? Mrs, Scott ? Mr  1898.08.13   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet from Parkstone, Dorset 13 Aug 1898, re her journey to Blankenhain, with detailed questions about accommodation, people and food; news from her brother William in America re Mac, Hicks, camping and travel in a covered waggon; Vaccination Bill in House of Lords, sending copy of report in the "Chronicle"; reviews of A. R. Wallace's book, letter from Ian Mclaren (John Watson?); visits from Mrs Archer and Mr Scott; the Wallaces (Violet's aunt Mary and cousin May) to visit. Place: America Dorset England Germany

NHM-WP01.002.113    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Wallace William Greenell, Wallace Annie née Mitten, Schulz ?, Tebb Mr., Dunn ? General, Dunn ? Mr  1898.09.08   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 8 Sep 1898, re fate of Ma's (Annie Wallace) letter and parcel; the Schulz's move from Blankenhain to Possneck; learning the German language; letter from her brother William (in America) re camping, hunting, and breakdown of waggon; A. R. Wallace's letter on vaccination in the "Parkstone Reminder" sent by Mr Tebb to several newspapers and printed in "The Times", copies to be distributed; visits by junior and senior Dunn families; the "Clarion"; the "Daily Chronicle" on victory at Khartoum. Place: America Dorset England Sudan

NHM-WP01.002.115    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Wallace William Greenell, Wallace Mary Née Webster, Dorey? William, De Rougemont Louis (Louis Grin), Beckett Ernest William Lord Grimthorpe, Chant Florence Miss  1898.10.13   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 13 Oct 1898, re sending letters; newspapers on De Rougemont; letter from her brother William in America; Californian edition by William Dorey? of "Omar Khayam" from Mrs Wallace of Stockton (Violet's aunt Mary) first edition of "Wonderful Century" , 2000 copies almost sold out, 1000 more to be printed; Lord Grimthorpe; photographic portraits of A. R. Wallace by Miss Chant, including one for an American magazine. Place: Dorset England

NHM-WP01.002.117    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Wallace William Greenell, Hudson William Henry, Geikie Sir Archibald, Spruce Richard, Ackland ? Mr  1898.12.01   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 1 Dec 1898, re a melancholy letter (from Germany?) from her; news of William in America; reading "On the face of the waters" and "The Red badge of courage"; visit from Mr Hudson who is staying with Dr Geikie, talks with him about insects, sense of direction in migrating birds, his article in "Saturday Review" on behaviour of young vipers; Mr Ackland; the "Clarion". Place: Dorset England Notes: Annotated in blue pencil in an unknown hand "W H Hudson"

NHM-WP01.002.119    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Wallace William Greenell, D'Arcy Miss  1899.01.23   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 23 Jan 1899, re her birthday; drainage work; visit from Miss D'Arcy; Swanley Gardening College and gardening as a profession for women; news of her brother William who has sent the mounted head of a deer; "Clarion" and "Chronicle". Place: California USA Dorset England

NHM-WP01.002.121    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet  1899.03.08   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 8 Mar 1899, re possibility of teaching posts for her in Cardiff or Oxted and school visits in Jena (Germany); sending her a copies of the "Humanitarian", an Anglo-Russian paper and a German psychical paper; writing an article on an Irish cooperative farm to illustrate socialism and an article for the "Fortnightly"; "Wonderful Century" not yet in German; comparison of the "Maha Bharata" and the "Iliad"; unidentifiable beetle; English tea. Place: Dorset England Germany Wales

NHM-WP01.002.123    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Pease Mr  1899.06.29   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 29 Jun 1899, re her new teaching post, with detailed advice on a formal agreement re salary and conditions to be drawn up by Mr Pease, and advising her to leave if this is not done; sending some frogbit and Villarsin. Place: Dorset England

NHM-WP01.002.125    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Wallace William Greenell, Carter Mr  1900.03.12   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 12 Mar 1900, re Carter's Estates, possibility of buying a new house suitable for use as a dwelling and a school, her brother William's investigation of houses in Cranleigh,Horsham and Basingstoke; Mr Carter' s purchase of a large farm near Oxford and his plans to build a model settlement or small garden city on it, including public access to wild land. Place: Dorset England

NHM-WP01.002.127    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Paterson ?, Wimborne  1901.10.25   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 25 Oct 1901 re purchase of land at Broadstone, interview with Lord Wimborne's agent Mr Paterson, and detailed description of site, vegetation and views over Poole Harbour, the Purbeck hills and Old Harry Rocks; Violet's visit at half-term and possibility of looking at land for Miss B... (and Violet?) at Fordingbridge. Place: Dorset England Hampshire

NHM-WP01.002.129    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Curtis Percy  1902.05.25   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 25 May 1902, re visits to Broadstone several times a week, planting of water-lilies in (Broadstone?) garden pond, progress of building cellar, furnace, and fireplace, "Monogram" for front chimney; merits of different types of wood panel, details to be arranged with Mr Curtis Senior. Place: Dorset England

NHM-WP01.002.131    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, ? Eleanor?, Macmillan & Co , Lodge Sir Oliver, Shaw George Bernard, Kropotkin Peter Alexeivich Prince, Haeckel Ernst, Fisher Arabella Burton (née Buckley), ? Reginald  1905.12.31   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 31 Dec 1905, re Eleanor's postal address; progress of drainage work; Macmillan's magazines "Temple Bar" and "Macmillans"; Oliver Lodge on Shaw's "Major Barbara" in the "Clarion"; Kropotkin on the Russian people; book criticising Haeckel; regards to Mrs Fisher; letter sent to Reggie. Place: Dorset England

NHM-WP01.003    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel  1893--1904   Wallace Family Correspondence 1835-1893: Letters, 1835-1893, to and from A R Wallace and other members of his family and friends, with related papers. Letters 1835-1869 were filed together when listed in a ring binder with a contents list in an unknown hand (WGW's?) headed "Old letters to and from A. R. Wallace and other members of his family". Some undated letters and fragments which were at the back of the binder are not included in this contents list. The list is preceded by notes on A. R. Wallace's whereabouts at various dates. Correspondents include H W Bates, G Silk, Richard Spruce and members of Wallace's family. Letters are arranged by date except for a few later letters found among apparently unrelated papers, which have been added out of sequence at the end of the list. Place: Amazon Malaya Notes: The Contents list is of 58 letters, 1835-1869, on 3 folios each written on one side only in an unknown hand. Each letter in the Contents list is numbered and gives author, correspondent and month and year date. They are in chronological order with the exception of one outlier at the end of the list. Some undated letters and fragments which were at the back of the binder are not included in this contents list. Almost all letters have markings (underlining, brackets, or deletions) mostly in blue pencil, possibly by A. R. Wallace but possibly by his son or daughter, by James Marchant, or another. Because these are so common they have not been noted except where apparently related to annotations or where deletion obscures text.When acquired by the NHM these papers were in a maroon "Perry & Co" brand cardboard spring binder 28cm x 23.5 cm, with letters in individual (glassine?) envelopes.There were also loose notes made by NHM staff who have handled the material (personal information from Emma Bennett, assistant Librarian, General Library, Nov. 2002). Individual letters and pages have been removed from the album and placed in acid-free melinex folders or envelopes for protection. NB THE LARGEST FOUND IS NOT BIG ENOUGH FOR ALL UNFOLDED LETTERS. Some of the letters are in extremely poor condition, torn, with sections missing, dirty and foxed. The folios on which the contents are listed are brittle and foxed. Loose notes have been destroyed but as an aid to the staff who wrote them replaced with the same text written on acid free paper. The contents are also noted in the records of the pieces to which they refer. I recommend destruction of the album and glassine envelopes, as of virtually no historical value. The album is lined with an extremely acidic, brittle cardboard and the glassine envelopes are dirty and in most cases too small to hold the unfolded letters. At present they are in the large grey phase box labelled in pencil "WP1/3, together with the disbound letters. P J Lucas, 17/12/02 .Notes associated with the letters were written by Emma Bennett, assistant librarian NHM (identified by her) except in one case where a note was written by Sandra Knapp, botanist, NHM, author of "Footsteps in the Forest", on Wallace. Her hand was also identified by Emma. PJL 19/12/02. RECORD MODIFIED 13/10/03: A separate acid free envelope of papers was inserted between the album covers and is labelled "Listed as ' 6 sheets of notes relating to Darwin comments on island life'. Possibly by Darwin?". This is in fact seven folios of comments on A. R. Wallace's "Island Life" in Charles Darwin's hand; it has been relocated to Papers re publications: books by A. R. Wallace: 'Island Life': WP6/4 in new series WP6.

NHM-WP01.003.002    Draft:    undated   Folded folio apparently from an exercise book, with the following text on one side in ink, apparently in A. R. Wallace's hand: "My Malayan Letters to H.W. Bates", annotated in pencil in another hand: "(6) | Copy all | All copied". "Copy all" is crossed through and "all copied" ticked. On the other side of the sheet is written, apparently in a different hand "Early letters to & from A.R. Wallace &c &c".

NHM-WP01.003.004    Correspondence:   Wallace Mary Anne, Draper Miss, Greenell John, Wilson Thomas, Wilson? Martha  1835.08.12   Letter from Mary Anne Wallace (signed with illegible initials) to Miss Draper, from Hertford, 12 Aug 1835, re Mr Wilson's financial difficulties, consequent loss of legacies owed to the Wallace children, and opinion that Miss Draper's father, as the co-executor of John Greenell's will, may be liable to pay them; stoppage of interest payments, pressing debts; asking Miss Draper to intercede, her father being ill. Place: England Hertford Hertfordshire Notes: No in contents list: 2. Annotated in ink possibly in A. R. Wallace's hand "Letter from Mrs. Wallace to Miss Draper (August 1835) about Mr Wilson's bankruptcy & Mr Draper's joint Executorship under Mr John Greenell's Will". The ink annotations are over and mostly obscuring earlier pencilled annotations with apparently similar text which includes question marks.

NHM-WP01.003.006    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace John, Wallace William G, Hill Sir Rowland, Wright Samuel, Frost John,  1840.01.11   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his brother John, from Kington, 11 Jan 1840, re the Penny Post, including a poem on the subject; John's membership of the Literary Society; Chartist trials at Monmouth; description of lodgings and Mr and Mrs Wright. Place: England Kington Herefordshire and Worcester Notes: Letter no in contents list: 4

NHM-WP01.003.008    Correspondence:   Wallace Thomas Vere, Sims Frances née Wallace  1841.06.[24]   Letter from her father T V Wallace, to Fanny (Frances Wallace) from Hoddesdon, 24? Jun 1841, wishing her a happy birthday. Place: England Hoddesdon Hertfordshire Notes: Letter no in contents list: 6. Seal present. Edge and internal tears. Date may be "21st".

NHM-WP01.003.010    Correspondence:   Wallace William G, Sims Frances née Wallace  1844.08.08   Letter from W G (William George?) Wallace to Fanny (Frances Wallace) from Neath, 8 Aug 1844 re his new lodgings and hope for work; asking after friends in Hertford; wishing her a pleasant voyage and advising her to get some creosote for toothache. Place: Neath Glamorganshire Wales Notes: Letter no in contents list: 8

NHM-WP01.003.012    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Bates Henry Walter, Dilwyn Mr,  1846.05.03   Letter from A. R. Wallace to H Bates, from Neath, 3 May 1846, re coleoptera specimens wanted from Bates's list, specimens he has available for exchange; sending a tracing of a map showing Crymlin (Crymlyn) Burrows, geology and plants there; Neath and Swansea valleys including a small ink sketch; plans to collect in Swansea area; Dilwyn's catalogue of Swansea coleoptera; entomological pins and microscopes. Place: Neath Glamorganshire Swansea Wales Notes: Letter no in contents list: 10. List gives year incorrectly as 1845. 2 folios each in separate melinex pocket.