NHM-WP07.108.[03]    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel  1909.01.27--1909   Small envelope labelled in pencil in A. R. Wallace's? WGW's? hand "Womans Suffrage" and "B1" containing the above when listed.

NHM-WP07.111.[01]    Correspondence:   Brodribb C H  1911.12.29   Letter signed C H Brodribb to A. R. Wallace from "The Times" 29 Dec 1911 thanking him for his letter apparently re the Insurance Act. Notes: See also WP1/8/39, letter from W A Davidson on the subject Dec 1911. Smith: S691. Dr. Russel Wallace on Insurance Act [letter]. The Daily Chronicle (London) no. 15581: 4d (25 Jan 1912)

NHM-WP07.111.[03]    Printed:    1911.12.29--1912.01.25   "Dr Russel Wallace on Insurance Act", press cutting from "The Chronicle" letter to the Editor from A. R. Wallace on the Insurance Act, annotated with date in his hand. And "B1" in pencil. Notes: See also WP1/8/39, letter from W A Davidson on the subject Dec 1911. Smith: S691. Dr. Russel Wallace on Insurance Act [letter]. The Daily Chronicle (London) no. 15581: 4d (25 Jan 1912)

NHM-WP07.112.[02]    Draft:    1912.09.30--1912.10.03   "The nature and origin of life" corrected galley proof from Hazell, Watson & Viney, date stamped 30 Sep 1912, 3 sheets, annotated in blue on back of last "Origin of Life | Authors first Proof! And in pencil "A2" Notes: Letter and proof were in the same document wallet with other papers by and relating to short works by A. R. Wallace, when listed. The article mentions Dr Schafer so almost certainly the article published in "Everyman", a penny literary weekly begun in 1912 by J M Dent & Son, publishers of the book series of the same title. The first issue, for 12 [sic] October 1912, included a contribution from A. R. Wallace. Source: electronic finding aid for J. M. Dent & Sons records, at www.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/j/J.M.Dent_and_Sons.html. Smith: S700. The Origin of Life. A Reply to Dr. Schaefer. Everyman 1(1): 5-6 (18 [sic] Oct. 1912).

NHM-WP07.117    Printed:    1860.07.00--1860   "Note on the Habits of Scolytidae and Bostrichidae" by A. R. Wallace, offprint or page proofs pp. [1] -3, from the"Transactions of the Entomological Society" vol. V, N.S. part VI (July 1860) Notes: MISSING? This description was part of old record WP4/27 and was not found as a new record when checking the DB for errors after final listing, 3 Feb 2004. Ref. No. has been assigned at end of sequence as location of document is impossible to determine without physically going through boxes, which there is not time to do at this stage. Note made in Nov 2003 indicates it was moved to new series WP7 for listing; it was probably missed during numbering and should be somewhere there, probably inserted into another document.

NHM-WP08.001.007    Printed:    1898.12.00--1898   "Obituary notice of George Bentham" by J D Hooker, Dec 1898, reprint from the "Annals of Botany vol. XII (1898) with contents and index page of the journal inserted; annotated on cover in A. R. Wallace's? hand include "Flora Hongkongensis = Spruce Collection"

NHM-WP08.002.002    Printed:    1894.02.00--1894   Obituary of Richard Spruce by G. Stabler, print from the ["Journal of the] Botanical Society of Edinburgh" Feb 1894, pp 99-109, annotated on front in ink "To Dr A. R. Wallace F.R.S. with G. Stabler's compliments" with annotations in A. R. Wallace's hand in ink and some passages marked in blue pencil.

NHM-WP08.003.005    Correspondence:   Prain Sir David, Wallace Alfred Russel, Spruce Richard, Hooker Sir William Jackson, Borrer William  1908.11.16--1908   Form-letter or certificate in print and MS from the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew 16 Nov 1908 acknowledging receipt from Dr A R Wallace, OM, FRS of "8 volumes (bound) of Spruce's botanical Mss (Plantae Amazonicae, 2 vols.; Plantae Andinae, 2 vols.; Miscellaneous notes, journals etc., 2 vols.; memorandum book, containing his journal from Tar[a]poto [Tarapoto] to Baños). Also numerous original letters to Spruce from Sir W. J. Hooker and others; Rough notes for the Introduction to his large work on Hepaticae, etc.; and a complete series of letters from Spruce to W. Borrer, 1843-48." Signed by D. Prain (Director). Printed header show the Royal coat of arms above the words "Royal Botanic Gardens Kew" in large Italic? script. Place: Peru

NHM-WP09.002.001    Note:    1863.08.00?--1863?   Text in A. R. Wallace's hand of a lecture, titled on front cover "Lecture 1. | On the climate & Vegetation of the Tropics" with pencilled annotation "Linn. Trans. vol. XXII | Pitcher Plants" below title in his hand; lined notebook approx 22.5 x 17.5 cm , fifty-three numbered pages with notes on the Pitcher plant inserted between pp. 18 and 19 and numbered tags (slide or diagram numbers?) glued to some pages; undated, possibly 1863 when he lectured at the BAAS meeting in August and September (Shermer, p. 153). Notes: Plain paper cover sewn to pages which appear to be from a school- style notebook; cover very stained and torn at the edges; inserted notes on the pitcher plant are on a smaller sheet, perhaps a form or invitation folded over a cotton thread and glued together at the edges, print and some handwriting are visible inside; other pages in fair condition.

NHM-WP09.002.003    Note:    1863.09.00?--1863?   Text in A. R. Wallace's hand of a lecture titled on the front cover "Lecture 3. | On the Races of Man in the Malay Archipelago" and the pencilled annotation in A. R. Wallace's hand "Capt Cook's Voyages, King of Tahiti Papuan | Phot. of Siamese"; lined notebook approx 22.5 x 17.5 cm; forty-seven numbered pages with text continued onto the inside back cover; undated, (BAAS, Sep 1863?); part of a printed market share list, torn, glued to the bottom of the last page. Place: Netherlands Indies Notes: Plain paper cover sewn to pages which appear to be from a school-style notebook; cover very stained and torn at the edges; inside pages in fair condition. No numbered tags pasted onto pages in this book.

NHM-WP10.002.[01]    Printed:    1870.01.00   Physical Geography No 1 Examination paper. A. Configuration of the earth.1 folio print, undated, with annotations including, at the top, "1st Proof Mar 1/70".

NHM-WP11.003.[01]    Printed:    1909.02.12   "Charles Darwin | (by H. N. Braislford)" press cutting re Darwin from "The Daily News", 12 Feb 1909.

NHM-WP11.003.[03]    Printed:    1909.02.12   "Two Notable Centenaries | Darwin and Lincoln" press cutting from "The Daily News" 12 Feb 1909 " memoirs with no byline of both men including photo of the statue at the NHM of Darwin seated.

NHM-WP11.006    Correspondence:   Darwin Charles Robert, University of Cambridge  1909.06.24   Telegram (two sheets) from the vice-chancellor, Cambridge University postmarked Broadstone 24 Jun 1909 to A. R. Wallace regretting his inability to be present and congratulating him on his share in Darwin's work. Place: Cambridge England Notes: Enclosed inside front cover of Order of Proceedings when listed.

NHM-WP12.003.001    Correspondence:   Pascoe Francis Polkinghorne  [1913].07.15   Letter to Mr Wallace (WGW?) from F. P Pascoe, from 12 Newborough Rd Acton, London July 15 (no year - 1913?) saying that he encloses a paper which might interest him. Notes: If by Francis Pascoe d 1893 the letter must be to A. R. Wallace, but probably from Pascoe's son, written to WGW and enclosed in envelope dated [1913?] addressed in the same hand: see WP12/3/2. Letter and envelope were in separate document wallets when listed but in context and given hand almost certainly belong together. The paper originally enclosed with the letter may be "Catalogue of Zygopinae" one copy of which was in the same wallet as the letter when listed.

NHM-WP12.003.004    Printed:    1859.02.00--1859   Pascoe, Francis P, "On New Genera and Species of Longicorn Coleoptera. Part IV", from the Transactions of the Entomological Society, vol. V, N.S., part I. (Feb 1859). Undated reprint, 50 pages; including descriptions of beetles collected by A. R. Wallace in the Aru islands. Place: Aru Islands Netherlands Indies

NHM-WP12.003.008    Printed:    1871.03.00--1871   Pascoe, Francis P, "Catalogue of Zygopinae, a subfamily of Curculonidae, found by Mr. Wallace in the Eastern Archipelago", reprint from the Annals and Magazine of Natural History for March 1871, 34 pages plus plates XV and XVI from S.4, vol. 7. Notes: See WP12/3/7; another copy.

NHM-WP12.011    Printed:    1889.09.23--1889.11.17   "Theories of Heredity" by E B Poulton, printed pamphlet, 14 pp and diagram, annotated on the front cover in Poulton's hand "With the Author's kind regards | Nov 17/1889".

NHM-WP12.021    Printed:    1905.08.10   "On Drawings of fishes of the Rio Negro", by C. Tate Regan, Reprint from the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1905, vol. I., pp 189-190.

NHM-WP12.028    Printed:    1908.08.00   "Florissant; a Miocene Pompeii" by T D A Cockerell, reprint from The Popular Science Monthly, vol. LXXIV , Aug 1908 Notes: Cover loose, front and back pages stained

NHM-WP12.031    Printed:    1910.12.08   "Evolution | Darwinian and Spencerian | The Herbert Spencer Lecture…by Raphael Meldola F.R.S" Printed pamphlet with dark blue cover, pp [3] - 39 with Appendix p. [40] containing extracts from letters by A. R. Wallace and J D Hooker, both 1910; Clarendon Press Oxford 1910, dedicated in ink on the title page "To Dr. A. R. Wallace, O.M. from his friend & disciple the lecturer. Dec. 10/10" and annotated in pencil in A. R. Wallace's hand.

NHM-WP12.034    Printed:    1914.01   "The Biologist's Problem" by T D A Cockerell, reprinted from "Popular Science Monthly" Jan 1914 Notes: From Colorado. No annotations or dedication - may have been sent before Cockerell knew of A. R. Wallace's death in Nov 1913, or sent to WGW

NHM-WP13.001.002    Printed:    1871.11.00--1871   Printed pamphlet by A. R. Wallace titled "Reply to Mr. Hampden's Charges against Mr. Wallace" London, November 1871. 8 pages. Copy 1 of 4. Place: London England Norfolk

NHM-WP13.001.004    Printed:    1871.11.00--1871   Printed pamphlet by A. R. Wallace titled "Reply to Mr. Hampden's Charges against Mr. Wallace" London, November 1871. 8 pages. Copy 3 of 4. Place: London England Norfolk

NHM-WP13.001.006    Printed:    1885.08.00--1885   Printed pamphlet. 1 folio, headed "Second issue of 500 | To A.R. Wallace, of Nutwood Cottage, Frith Hill, Godalming, Surrey", by John Hampden, Balham (London) August 1885, charging A. R. Wallace with cheating in their (1870) wager re the curvature of the earth. Annotated in the front left margin in (John Hampden's?) hand "These are being [presently] circulated among all the clergy, magistrates, journalists, and private families in the county of Surrey. J. H". Place: Godalming Surrey England Notes: The initials at the end of the annotation could be J.W. (J H Walsh?) J.H. (John Hampden) or J.M., but the writing appears to be John Hampden's. The pamphlet is described in box list as "Hampden's Accusation."

NHM-WP13.001.012    Printed:    1885.08.18   Printed pamphlet. 1 folio, headed "To A.R. Wallace, of Nutwood Cottage, Frith Hill, Godalming, Surrey", by John Hampden, Balham (London) August 1885, charging A. R. Wallace with cheating in their (1870) wager re the curvature of the earth. Annotated in ink in the bottom right corner on the first page "RW 18.8.85"; two minor corrections in pencil on the second page. Place: Godalming Surrey England Notes: Found in box 3 with unrelated papers and inserted here. See WP13/1/6 for another copy.

NHM-WP13.001.015    Correspondence:   Hampden John  1885.07.25--1885   Letter from John Hampden to A. R. Wallace's cook, from Balham, 22 Jul 1885 Notes: Formerly in an unlabelled wallet of miscellaneous unrelated papers

NHM-WP14.001.002    Printed:    1901.06.08   Cutting from the "Daily News" (London) dated in A. R. Wallace's hand August 6th 1901, of a letter to the editor from Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, from Beaulieu, Hants, 4 Aug 1901 headlined "Fox-hunting near Cairo. | Trespass and Assault. | An Extraordinary Incident" re an incident involving regiments of the Cairo army garrison being assaulted by Blunt's servants while fox-hunting on his property near Cairo in his absence, supporting his servants action and deploring the behaviour of the 11th Hussars. The reverse shows items including a reports on the Earl's Court Exhibition and part of the latest mail and steamship news. Place: Egypt

NHM-WP14.001.004    Printed:    1908.10.09?   Cutting from "The Daily News" 9 Oct 190[8?] re allotments, smallholdings and self-sufficiency; Salvation Army's view. Notes: Found loose in original box 2 when listed. The Salvation Army began a smallholding scheme at Boxted in 1908: Source: http://www.boxted.org.uk/

NHM-WP14.001.006    Printed:    1910.04.21?   Cutting from " The Daily News", undated, [1910?] "Love and Humour | Mark Twain's Gentle Side", an obituary or memoir of Twain (Samuel Lanhorne Clemens) Place: USA Notes: Found loose in original box 2 when listed. Clemens died 21 April 1910.

NHM-WP14.002.002    Printed:    1887.10.24   Cutting from "The Times " (London) 24 Oct 1887 with part of a report on Pullman sleeping cars on trains in America, annotated a the top in A. R. Wallace's? hand "Pullman Cars". The reverse consists of Police reports from Mansion House and Bow Street (London, magistrates courts). Place: England USA

NHM-WP14.002.007    Printed:    1887.02.24   Cutting from "The Post", Washington, 24 Feb 1887, headlined "The New Labor Party. | Its principles outlined in a concise platform." The headline has been marked in red pencil. The reverse includes advertisements and a report on a Pensions Bill. Place: USA

NHM-WP14.002.013    Printed:    1887.01.00?   Undated (Jan 1887?) cutting from a (New York?) newspaper headlined "The Blizzard. | Thirty-five below Zero in Central New York" reporting on cold weather with Fahrenheit minimum temperatures registered in January at various locations in New York and Massachusetts including the Mohawk Valley, Hudson, Boston and Springfield. The reverse show parts of advertisements for houses in New York. Place: USA

NHM-WP14.002.019    Printed:    1887.02.06   Press cutting from the Washington "Post" Sunday Feb 6 1887, headlined "Important Trifles", reporting on society affairs including a piece which has been marked in blue pencil, on A. R. Wallace. Place: USA Notes: Enclosed in envelope labelled in A. R. Wallace's? WGW's? hand "interesting extracts America 1886-7" when listed.

NHM-WP14.002.021    Printed:    1887.02.05?   Press cutting from an untitled Washington D.C. newspaper Feb? 5, 1887 headlined "Society. | Reception to Prof. Wallace." reporting on a reception at the residence of Stilson Hutchins, with guest list. Place: USA Notes: Enclosed in envelope labelled in A. R. Wallace's? WGW's? hand "interesting extracts America 1886-7" when listed.

NHM-WP14.002.025    Printed:    1887.03.17   Cutting, unnamed Pennsylvania? paper 17 Mar 1887 headlined "Multiplex Personality" re the phenomenon of split personalities, with details of a Pennsylvania case and others and of scientific investigators. Place: USA

NHM-WP15.001.001    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Harvey William Henry, Hooker Sir Joseph Dalton  1853.05.23   Letter from W H H (William Harvey), to Hook. fil. (Joseph Hooker) from TCD (Trinity College, Dublin) date stamped 23 May 1853; full text is: My dear Hook. fil. | I find these Hepaticae among the New Zealand Greenosperms [sic] which I have just finished. | Send them to Mitten, that's a good kitten! | Yours Affy W.H.H. Place: Dublin Ireland New Zealand Notes: Found with Wallace family correspondence (WP1/3) but not entered in ms contents list. See letter from W B Turrill to W G Wallace from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 22 Apr 1948, Old Ref WP1/3/65, identifying this letter.

NHM-WP15.001.003    Correspondence:   Mitten William, Wallace Annie née Mitten, ? Sally, ? Lizzy  1896.08.09   Letter from William Mitten to his daughter (Annie W?) from Hurstpierpoint, 9 Aug 1896, re her journey (to Switzerland?) arrival and planting of flowers from her, the identity and growing conditions of plants including pulsatilla, campanula, anemone vernalis, anemone baldensis, and plants found around Zermatt, the Rhone glacier and Wengern, asking her to collect seeds of any dandelion-like plants and purple vetch; visit by aunts Sally and Lizzy; new local burial grounds. Place: Hurstpierpoint West Sussex Switzerland Notes: When first listed this was in a brown cardboard box in the form of a book, titled "Letters" on spine, containing miscellaneous apparently unrelated letters and photos; it seems more appropriate here.

NHM-WP15.001.005    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Mitten William, Wallace William Greenell  1897.07.21   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his father-in-law William Mitten, from Parkstone, Dorset, 21 Jul 1897, re sending Jamaica and Singapore moss; plants in flower in A. R. Wallace's pond and garden, letters from son William, who is working on a railway (in America?); purchase of land by the Parish (at Hurstpierpoint?); convolvulus. Place: Dorset England Jamaica USA Singapore Malaya Notes: When first listed this was were in a brown cardboard box in the form of a book, titled "Letters" on spine, containing miscellaneous apparently unrelated letters and photos; it seems more appropriate here.

NHM-WP15.002.001    Printed:    1892.01.26   Reid, Clement, "On the natural history of isolated ponds" reprinted from the Transactions of the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society, vol. V, pp. 273-286, read 26 Jan 1892. Annotated in ink on the cover "W. Mitten, Esq ALS from the author". Place: Norfolk England

NHM-WP15.002.003    Printed:    1893.08.00   Reid, Clement, "A fossiliferous pleistocene deposit at Stone, on the Hampshire coast" reprinted from the Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society for August 1893, vol. XLIX pp. (326)-328. Place: England Hampshire Notes: Almost certainly sent to William Mitten by the author. No cover.

NHM-WP15.002.009    Printed:    1897.02.00   Reid, Clement, "Supplementary note (February, 1897) on the worked-flints from Blashenwell, near Corfe Castle" reprinted? from the Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club, 1897? Notes: Almost certainly sent to William Mitten by the author (see WP15/2/5 and WP15/1/4) and may originally have been enclosed with WP15/2/6.

NHM-WP15.002.011    Printed:    1897.08.00   Reid, Clement, "Pleistocene plants from Casewick, Shacklewell, and Grays" reprinted from the Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society for August 1897, vol. LIII, pp. (463)-464. Place: England Essex Lincolnshire Middlesex Notes: Almost certainly sent to William Mitten

NHM-WP15.002.013    Printed:    1898.06.00   Reid, Clement, "Further contributions to the geological history of the British flora" reprinted from the Annals of Botany, vol. XII, no XLVI, June 1898. Annotated in ink on the cover "W. Mitten, Esq (letters missing at tear) with the writer's kind regards" and in pencil in another hand "28 Jermyn St London S W". Place: Britain

NHM-WP15.002.016    Printed:    1895.07.03   Kirk, T, "The displacement of species in New Zealand" reprinted from Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, vol. XXVIII, 1896. Presidential address to the Wellington Philosophical Society, 3 Jul 1895. 27 pages. Annotated "from the author" in ink on the cover under a section which has been cut out (some words possibly missing) and in ink in a different? hand on the title page "William Mitten Esq. A.L.S. &c". Place: New Zealand

NHM-WP15.002.018    Printed:    1894.03.28   Notice, reprint or proof, 8 pages uncut, "Linnean Society of New South Wales. Abstract of Proceedings, March 28th, 1894" including a report on the annual general meeting of March 28, 1894 chaired by professor T W E David, lists of office bearers, papers read at the monthly meeting on the same date, donations received, and exhibits. Place: Australia Notes: Almost certainly sent to William Mitten.

NHM-WP15.002.020    Printed:    1894.05.30   Notice or reprint, 8 pages, "Linnean Society of New South Wales. Abstract of Proceedings, May 30th 1894" including a report on the monthly meeting of May 30th 1894 chaired by professor T W E David, papers read and exhibits. Place: Australia Notes: Almost certainly sent to William Mitten

NHM-WP15.003.001    Printed:    1906.10.00   Obituary of William Mitten by W Botting Hemsley, reprinted from the Journal of Botany, October 1906. Includes photographic portrait of Mitten standing, bearded, wearing a tweed suit and velvet smoking cap, holding a plant and magnifying glass, with a rose hedge in the background.

NHM-WP15.004    Note:    1904.07.00   Ephemera associated or apparently associated with William Mitten comprising a plant specimen and a postcard view of land near Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex

NHM-WP16.001.001    Correspondence:   Admiralty the, Benham Ernest E  1934.02.15--1934   Letter to William Greenell Wallace from the Admiralty, London 15 Feb 1934; signed Ernest E Benham. Place: London England