NHM-WP01.004.001    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace William Greenell, Wallace Violet Isabel?  [1879]   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his wife Annie from Waldron Edge, Croydon, Tuesday evening, annotated in pencil in an unknown hand "May 1879", re mild weather; son William's cough; visit from George Silk, playing chess, visiting Stevens to play billiards; primula japonicus; reaction of kitten to new surroundings; asks for a letter from Violet. Place: Croydon England Notes: RECORD MODIFIED 22/7/03, 22/8/03, 15/9/03. OLD REF. WP1/19/2/1 and later WP1/21/1. This letter when received was in a paper folder labelled in WGW's? hand "General - domestic &c" with one to William; these were almost certainly selected by or for James Marchant for use in writing "A. R. Wallace - Letters and Reminiscences" ( London 1916) and have been relocated.

NHM-WP07.041.[05]    Printed:    1879   Press cutting from "The Academy" 19 Apr 1879, p. 351-352, annotated at the top of p 352 in WGW's? hand "Article on Haeckel | Wallace", containing part two of a review by A. R. Wallace of an English translation (1879?) of Ernst Haeckel, "The Evolution of man: A popular exposition of the principle points of Human Ontogeny and Phylogeny"; 1 f.

NHM-WP07.055.[06]    Note:    1879   Ms on exercise book paper in A. R. Wallace's hand headed on first page " 'Reciprocity': A reply to Sir Louis Mallet, C.B." undated, last page[s] apparently missing; 4 folios, 4 numbered pages written on one side only.

NHM-WP07.053    Note:    1879?   Ms notes in A. R. Wallace's hand, on colour sense in and colours of animals, comprising: 1. Note headed "Colour sense (Mr Henry T Fincke [sic])". 2. Ms notes in A. R. Wallace's hand headed "Chapter IX ", listing page references with comments, beginning " p. 149 Butts. [butterflies?] & Humming Birds - most brilliant" . Notes: Both in very small writing on one side of paper only, sheets octavo size. Possibly notes for "Colour in Nature [review by A. R. Wallace of The Colour Sense, Its Origin and Development; An Essay in Comparative Psychology by Grant Allen, 1879]". Nature 19: 501-505 (3 April 1879: no. 492). (Smith: S304). Henry T Finck was the author of a letter to the Editor in the same volume, p. 340 (Feb 13, 1879) dated Berlin, 8 Feb, headlined "Intellect in Brutes".

NHM-WP06.004    Note:    1880--1881   Ms notes relating to and printed reviews of Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1880, "Island Life: Or, The Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras, Including a Revision and Attempted Solution of the Problem of Geological Climates". (Macmillan & Co., London, Oct. 1880; / Harper & Brothers, New York, 1881, and later editions and reprint(s).

NHM-WP07.041.[06]    Printed:    1880   Press cuttings from "The Academy" 23 Oct 1880, one section ( from p. 294?) headed "Science. | The Emotions and Senses of Insects" a review by A. R. Wallace of A H Swinton, "Insect variety: Its Propagation and Distribution…" (London? 1880?), folded , with halves (accidentally?) glued together at the bottom, continued on large cutting, p. 295 -296

NHM-WP02.006.003.03    Correspondence:   Myers F W H, Wallace William Greenell, Marchant Sir James  1881--1916   CC of a letter from W G Wallace (signed by him) to [James] Marchant, from Boscombe 8 Jun 1916, sending copies of letters given to WGW by Mrs Myers and asking that they not be published; Carbon copies of 18 letters, apparently re spiritualism from A. R. Wallace to F W H Myers 1881-1895, from Pen-y-bryn, St Peter's Rd. Croydon 30 Jan 1881, (1), Frith Hill Godalming 21 Dec 1883- 28 Jun 1888 (6), and Parkstone, Dorset, 22 Sep 1889 - 17 Nov 1895 (11), bundle annotated on back of last page in blue pencil in WGW's? Marchant's? hand "Copies A. R. Wallace letters to F W H Myers". Notes: In Large modern envelope labelled in R Wallace's hand "Correspondence with Myers Typed copies | Obits | Reciprocity Correspondence | Notes (for 'My Life'?)" with other papers (but no obits) - see old refs WP4/12, 13 & 14- when listed. Envelope discarded.

NHM-WP02.004    Note:    1882--[1889]   Honours, Awards and Membership Certificates: Certificates of membership of societies and papers related to honorary degrees and awards. See also letters re award of Order of Merit WP1/8/72 and 73, and references in letters from A. R. Wallace to William and Violet Wallace in WP1/1 and WP1/2.

NHM-WP07.052.[03]    Note:    1882   Note on a sheet of lined exercise-book paper in A. R. Wallace's hand headed "Copy of Memorandum by the Director of Naval Ordnance 1882 (letter from the Admiralty, 22/6/1882);

NHM-WP17.004    Photo:    1882--1887   Six sepia photographs of landscape in the United States, mounted on board; four captioned "Taber Photo, San Francisco", one by C H James, 1882 and one without photographer or source. Some of these were reproduced in volume 2 of "My Life" by A. R. Wallace, in his description of his travels in America in 1886 and 1887. Notes: Reference codes have been added on the backs in pencil in square brackets. The photographs were enclosed in a brown cardboard folder with the label "Westcots" crossed through in blue pencil next to "Doveshill" faintly visible in blue pencil: destroyed 28 Jan 2004. P J Lucas

NHM-WP06.006.008    Note:    [1883--1900]   Notes, folder cover, photos and proof sheets annotated in A. R. Wallace's and other hands, of black and white images, most approx. 13 cm x 9 cm, illustrating 'Affinities and Origin of the Australian and Polynesian Races' in A. R. Wallace, "Studies Scientific and Social", (London 1900) vol. 1, Ch.XXI, pp. 461-496, figs 72-89, comprising (fig. numbers and attributions as given in the publication): 1. Notes in A. R. Wallace's hand listing dates, titles and figure numbers of publications on Cambodia and Indo-China, beginning "Voyage au Cambodge", in ink and pencil on both sides of a T. Fisher Unwin compliment slip; some entries are upside-down in relation to others and some are crossed through. 2. Proof, photographic head and upper torso image of an Australian native man, bearded, with cicatrices on his chest, facing camera; fig. 72, attributed to the Anthropological Institute 3. Proof, photographic head and shoulders image of a native woman from Queensland, Australia; in profile facing to viewer's left, wearing several bead necklaces, cicatrised upper arms, short woolly hair; fig. 73, attributed to the Anthropological Institute 4. Proof, photographic head and upper torso image of an old bearded Australian native man of the Arunta tribe, with very hairy upper arms, chest and back, facing to viewer's right; fig. 74, attributed to Professor Spencer. 5. Proof, photographic image of an old bearded Aino (sic, Ainu) man, naked to the waist, with hairy upper arms, seated with back to camera on rush matting? which he appears to be weaving; fig. 75, from Hitchcock's "Aino's of Japan" by permission Smithsonian Institute. 6. Proof, photographic image of a family group of the Arunta tribe, Central Australia, showing two women, a man and three children seated outside a wurly (native shelter); fig. 76, attributed to Professor Spencer. 7. Proof, woodcut or engraving of Cambodian temple ruins featuring two carved human heads, surrounded by jungle; fig. 77, from Ferguson's "Architecture". 8. Proof, woodcut or engraving of temple of Baioñ, Cambodia, with multiple spires featuring carved human heads; fig 78, from Garnier's Atlas. (F A Garnier, Paris 1862?) 9. Proof, woodcut or engraving of temple of Baioñ, Cambodia, with multiple spires featuring carved human heads; fig 78 as above, annotations include "duplicate" and "We will instruct the printers to bring out the temple by overlaying when printing". 10. Photo apparently of a book page containing a woodcut or engraving of the temple of Baioñ, Cambodia headed "Cambodge" and captioned "Ruines du Baion. Monument aux [12] Tours"; sepia, mounted on card printed on the margin "Florence Chant | The Studio, Parkstone"; reproduced as fig 78. 11. Proof, woodcut or engraving of two bearded Cambodian men, one young and one old, head and upper torso, facing viewer, naked to the waist, each resting his left hand on his right forearm; fig. 79, captioned "Modern Cambodians or Khmers", attributed to J Moura, "Royaume de Cambodia". (Paris 1883) 12. Proof, woodcut or engraving annotated in A. R. Wallace's? hand "Duplicate", showing images of two bearded Cambodian men both naked to the waist; fig 79 as above.13. Photo mounted on card numbered in ink "2" and printed "Florence Chant | The Studio | Parkstone", apparently of a book page, showing images of head and torso of two bearded Cambodian men both naked to the waist. The portrait of the young man is captioned in french "Cambodgien. Phot. de M. Gzell" and the old "Un Médecin cambodgien. Phot. de M. Gzell." and two lines of text in french above the pictures have been crossed through in ink. Reproduced as fig 79, as above. 14. Proof, woodcut or engraving showing two Cambodian sculptures of crowned human heads (of Buddha?), one full face and one in profile; fig 80, captioned "Sculptures from the Ruined Cities", from J Moura, "Rouyame de Cambodia" (Paris, 1883) 15. Proof, annotated in A. R. Wallace's? hand "Duplicate", woodcut or engraving showing two sculptures of crowned human heads (of Buddha?) from Cambodia; fig 80 as above 16. Photo mounted on card numbered in ink "3" and printed "Florence Chant | The Studio | Parkstone", apparently of a book page showing images of four sculptures, two crossed through. Two, of crowned human heads (of Buddha?) from Cambodia, reproduced as fig 80, as above. 17. Proof, oval photographic image showing head and upper torso of an old bearded Aino man facing the camera, wearing a printed robe; fig. 81, from Hitchcock's "Aino's of Japan". 18. Proof, black and white photographic image showing two long-haired Veddah men wearing only loin-cloths, both looking to the right of the viewer, standing near a large tree; one aiming a bow and arrow, the other holding an axe.; fig 82, "from a photograph." 19. Proof, black and white photographic image showing three long-haired Veddah men wearing only loin-cloths standing facing the camera against a background of trees and vines; two bearded, one holding a spear and one a staff, the other, beardless, carrying a club which rests against his chest and shoulder; fig. 83, "from a photograph." 20 Proof, black and white photographic image showing a Veddah man with short dark beard and moustache, wearing only a loin-cloth and holding a bow and arrow across his body; standing in front of a cracked clay wall and facing the camera; fig. 84, "from a photograph." 21 Proof, black and white photographic image showing head and naked upper torso of an Australian native man of the Arunta tribe, bearded, with cicatrised chest, wearing rope bracelets on upper arms, facing camera; fig. 85, attributed Professor Spencer. 22. Proof, black and white photographic image showing two old bearded Australian native men seated on the ground in front of a tree stump with multiple trunks and grass matting shade platform, displaying a collection of Churingas ("bull roarers"); fig. 86, attributed Professor Spencer. 23. Proof, duplicate of item 22 above; annotations include "Men making 'Troras"' ("Men ... 'Troras' " crossed through) and "churinga, sacred implements or bull- roarers". 24. Proof, black and white photographic image showing head and naked upper torso of a young Australian native man of Northern Australia with short beard and head-dress of white feathers or leaves, cicatrised chest, wearing bracelets on upper arms; fig. 87, attributed Admiral Maclear. 25. Proof, black and white photographic image showing head and naked upper torso of a young Australian native woman of the Arunta tribe with cicatrised stomach, wearing a three-stranded headband, facing camera, carrying a young child on her shoulders; fig. 88, attributed Professor Spencer. 26. Proof, black and white photographic image showing head and naked upper torso of a young Australian native woman of the Arunta tribe, in profile looking to the viewer's right; fig. 89, attributed Professor Spencer.27. Cover made from pages of a lined notebook, labelled in pencil in A. R. Wallace's? WGW's? hand "Duplicates | Illustrations for Origin of Australians" with "Illustrations . . . Australians" crossed through; found in original box 2 with some other proof illustrations from "Studies Scientific and Social" but empty when found. Place: Australia Japan Notes: 'Affinities and Origin of the Australian and Polynesian Races' was first published in "Australasia" in "Stanford's Compendium of Geography and Travel" (London 1879, with subsequent editions up to 1893) -see Smith S720. Most proofs are dirty and have inky fingerprints on them. Item 27 could probably be discarded.

BL-Add.Mss46415-46417    Draft:    1885--1888   Autograph draft for "Darwinism" (1889). Vols. II-IV (ff. 279, 269, 316). 'Darwinism', published April 1889. According to a note on 46415, f. 1, the work was written between the end of 1885 and November 1888. Autograph, apparently sent to the printer although some alterations and additions are found in the printed text. Preface, index, etc., wanting. Paginated first by Wallace in chapters, excluding a flyleaf to each chapter and then by the printer in two series, viz.: 46415, f. 1- 46417, f. 66, 1- 602, and 46417, ff. 65-316, 1-245.

NHM-WP13.001.013    Printed:    1885   Printed pamphlet (part?), undated, on the Flat Earth wager, 1 f headed on one side "The Most Startling Topic of the Day!" and on the other "The Following is addressed to a Member of the Royal Geographical Society … What is a Swindler?…" Notes: Formerly in unlabelled wallet of miscellaneous unrelated papers

NHM-WP17.006    Photo:    1885--1890   "The Arena Gallery of Eminent Thinkers"; pale blue (grey on with dirt on the outside but true colour shows on the folds) embossed paper folder so titled in decorative print (possibly by hand) with black ribbon tie, enclosing 40 loose leafed printed portrait photographs of eminent people with their autographs, including A. R. Wallace; with contents page listing portraits by name and number within the categories Poets, Clergymen, Women, Young American Writers, Men of Letters and Scientists and Philosophers, published by the Arena Publishing Co, Boston, Mass. (USA), undated; all apparently present but not in numerical order; portrait of A. R. Wallace aged about 60 is on top followed by Charles Darwin in old age. Notes: Date based on dates of some of the "Young American Writers", born c, 1860s and apparently aged mid-twenties or thirties in portraits, and apparent age of A. R. Wallace in portrait.

NHM-WP01.005    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel  1886--1887   Letters from the USA and Canada: 37 letters and one postscript from A. R. Wallace to his wife Annie, children William and Violet, father-in-law William Mitten and sister Fanny (Mrs Sims) from the USA, 1886-1887, some with original envelopes, one with enclosed press cuttings; sketch map of Niagara Falls probably an enclosure to a letter to Violet; 5 small envelopes of press cuttings from American and Canadian Newspapers, and one rough note. Many letters and press cuttings contain passages underlined or marked in red or blue pencil. Place: USA Canada Notes: Pieces were out of date sequence but with no obvious logical arrangement and have been placed in date order. Letters have been briefly listed but NOT yet all read for content . The letters were wrapped in part of a 1916 envelope addressed to WGW and a torn sheet of paper partly printed with local council minutes, both annotated; these have been transferred to more appropriate series. See also WP14/2, press cuttings from North American papers.

NHM-WP06.006.010    Photo:    [1886--1887]   Eight sepia photographic prints enclosed between two pieces of grey card, one labelled in pencil in A. R. Wallace's? hand "Photos | N. American Museum specimens", two of which are reproduced in 'American Museums', in A. R. Wallace, "Studies Scientific and Social", (London 1900) vol. 2, Ch. 2, ; showing cased specimens of animals, birds and sponges displayed at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts USA c.1886/87, comprising: 1. Sepia photographic print approximately 12cm square, showing a museum interior containing two glass display cases of stuffed animal specimens including deer, a beaver, hares and a bear. The cases partly obscures the words "European Fauna" on the wall behind them. The print is annotated on the back in pencil in A. R. Wallace's? and possibly another hand " 16602 | Chap 2 | Vol 2 | 3.5/8 " wide | 32055" and upside down relative to this "4"; reproduced as fig. fig. 4, p. 33 "European Fauna" in 'American Museums', in A. R. Wallace, "Studies Scientific and Social", (London 1900) vol. 2, Ch. 2. 2. Sepia photographic print 16 cm x 15 cm with two torn pieces of sticking-paper on the upper back corners; showing a museum interior with part of a lower floor and surrounding narrow upper gallery containing stuffed specimens of animals including kangaroos, deer, an armadillo and alpacas in glass cases labelled "Class of Mammals", upper gallery containing a case of Australian mammals, floor of upper gallery partly obscuring the words "South American Fauna" on the wall of the lower gallery; reproduced as fig. 3, p. 29 "South American Fauna" in 'American Museums', in A. R. Wallace, "Studies Scientific and Social", (London 1900) vol. 2, Ch. 2. 3. Sepia photographic print 23.5 cm x 19 cm showing a large series of small stuffed birds (hummingbirds) in a glass Museum case, placed with outstretched wings in 19 horizontal rows of about 12 specimens per row. Annotated on the back in pencil an unknown hand "Museum of Comparative zoology Harvard University | South American Room | Trochilidae". 4. Sepia photographic print 23.5 cm x 19 cm showing stuffed specimens of seals including a California sea lion in a glass museum case, with part of a case of sea-shells visible in the lower left corner. Annotated on the back in pencil in an unknown hand "Museum of Comparative zoology Harvard University | Pacific Room". 5. Sepia photographic print 23.5 cm x 19 cm showing a glass museum case labelled "African" containing stuffed specimens of African mammals including a lion, a leopard, a hyena and small cats. Annotated on the back in pencil in an unknown hand "Museum of Comparative zoology Harvard University | African Room". 6. Sepia photographic print 23.5 cm x 19 cm showing a museum interior and five glass and wood display cases containing specimens including shells and sponges, some in spirit bottles. The case closest to the viewer is labelled on the glass "Atlantic Fauna" and the words "Alcyonoid Polyps Sponges" are also visible. The print is annotated on the back in an unknown hand "Museum of Comparative zoology Harvard University | Atlantic Room". 7. Sepia photographic print 23.5 cm x 19 cm showing a glass museum case containing stuffed specimens of birds including a turkey and two other large birds on the floor of the case and four horizontal shelves containing birds (including chicks) in decreasing order of size from top to bottom. Part of an adjoining case of wading birds is visible on the right. The print is annotated in pencil in an unknown hand "Museum of Comparative zoology Harvard University | North American Room". 8. Sepia photographic print 23.5 cm x 19 cm showing stuffed specimens of monkeys and small cats in natural poses in a glass museum case, with the back legs of a tiger and leopard? visible on the left. Annotated on the back in pencil in an unknown hand "Museum of Comparative zoology Harvard University | Indo-Asiatic Room". Place: Cambridge Massachusetts USA Notes: Dated on the basis that A. R. Wallace visited Harvard University Museum in the USA in November 1886; "American Museums" was first published in "Fortnightly Review", Sep and Oct 1887. Several letters from A. R. Wallace to his family from America mention the Museums (see particularly WP1/5/12, 19 Dec 1886 and Raby 2002, ch. 12 n. 21).

NHM-WP14    Printed:    1886--1910   Press Cuttings c1886-1910: Miscellaneous press cuttings apparently collected by A. R. Wallace, many with annotations in his hand. WP14/1 1891-1910 and undated Press cuttings on various topics. WP14/2 c1886-1887? Press cuttings from North American papers. Notes: See also other press cuttings throughout the collection, including enclosures to letters in correspondence series WP1, letters to editors in WP12 and book reviews of and by Wallace in publications and related papers, WP6 and WP7.

NHM-WP14.002.018    Printed:    1886?--1887   Four marked or annotated press cuttings from American newspapers including "The Washington Post", three 1887 and one undated (1886?) with reports of A. R. Wallace's visit to America; in envelope labelled in A. R. Wallace's? WGW's? hand "Interesting Newspaper extracts. | America 1886-7"; enclosures are separately recorded; see WP14/2/19-22. Place: USA Notes: Found loose in Box 2 and added here when listing. P J Lucas 9/6/03

NHM-WP17.004.003    Photo:    1886?--1886?   View of high distant cliffs with a narrow central waterfall, pine woods and a stream in the foreground. Captioned " B 1049. Virgin Tears, 3,000 Feet. Yosemite Valley. Taber Photo., San Francisco." Sepia photographic print approximately 19 cm x 24 cm, mounted on slightly larger card. Annotated on the front lower edge in A. R. Wallace's? hand " 3 1/2 [inches] " with an arrow pointing to the right; and on the back in pencil in an unknown hand "057 | 16280" Place: California USA Notes: Reproduced in A. R. Wallace's "Studies Scientific and Social" (1900) vol. 1 fig. 4, p. 8. Date based on the year that A. R. Wallace was in the USA.

NHM-WP17.004.005    Photo:    1886?--1886?   View of a high rocky peak with pine woods and a river in the foreground. (Yosemite National Park, California USA). Captioned "B 2592. Sentinel Rock, 3.068 ft. (looking up the Valley.) Taber Photo., San Francisco." Sepia photographic print approximately 19 cm x 24 cm, mounted on slightly larger card. Annotated on the back in an unknown hand "057 | 16278". Place: California USA Notes: Reproduced in A. R. Wallace's "Studies Scientific and Social" (1900) vol. 1 fig. 3, p. 8. Date based on the year that A. R. Wallace was in the USA.

NHM-WP07.042.[05]    Printed:    1887   Press cuttings from "The Independent" 17 Mar 1887 p. 11 of A review by A. R. Wallace of E D Copes, "The Origin of the Fittest: Essays on Evolution" (New York, 1887), some passages marked in red and blue pencil, partly pasted onto two sheets of red-lined blue paper;

NHM-WP14.002.014    Printed:    1887   Undated (1887?) cutting from an (American?) newspaper headlined "A slight exaggeration", a joke allegedly quoting a begging letter received at the Paris Bureau de Bienfaisance. The reverse shows part of a (joke?) on the subject of Judges, Congress, and the prohibition of alcohol. Place: USA

NHM-WP09.001    Note:    1887?--1894?   Ms and printed lists including titles and some locations, dates and payments made for public lectures given by A. R. Wallace.

NHM-WP09.005.001    Note:    1887?   Ms in A. R. Wallace's hand headed "If a man die shall he live again" , 35 numbered lined folios of writing pad, enclosed in blue and buff pad cover but loose; buff side of cover is annotated faintly in red pencil in A. R. Wallace's? hand "Lectures on Spiritualism".

NHM-WP14.002.004    Printed:    1887?   Undated press cutting c.1887? with no title or headline, (from a New York paper?) containing three short amusing anecdotes on human behaviour, two by "Burdette" reprinted from the "Brooklyn Eagle" and one with no by-line from the "Boston Beacon". The reverse contains part of reports on bills introduced and passed including one relating to Brooklyn Bridge (New York City). Place: USA

NHM-WP14.002.009    Printed:    1887?   Undated (1887?) cutting from a (Denver, Colorado?) newspaper of a cartoon showing the head of a black boy wearing a hat with three chickens tucked into the band and the caption "Injured Innocence". The reverse shows part of a what is apparently a report on a religious conference, mentioning the Denver journal "Inter Ocean" and the Swedenborgian Church. Place: USA

NHM-WP14.002.011    Printed:    1887?   Undated (1887?) cutting from a (San Francisco?) newspaper headlined "Digest of Game Laws of California" giving dates on which various types of game can legally be shot. The reverse shows part of two advertisements for San Francisco hotels. Place: USA

NHM-WP14.002.015    Printed:    1887?   Undated (1887?) cutting from an (American?) paper with an item headed "The 'Possum" reprinted from the "Chicago Herald", with an anecdote (or joke) in dialect about an old Negro man buying an opossum. The reverse shows part of a story (obituary?) about an American (diplomat?) in China and India. Place: USA

NHM-WP14.002.026    Printed:    1887?   Cutting , Feb 4, no year date, (1887?) headlined on one side "Montreal's Big Carnival" with a report on the other side of A. R. Wallace's stay in Washington DC and plans for lectures. Place: Canada

NHM-WP05.001    Printed:    1888--1892   Reports of the Land Nationalisation Society 1888-1892, 2 printed pamphlets with some annotations in A. R. Wallace's hand; contents include a list headed by A. R. Wallace, President, of office-bearers and council members, and the Society's constitution and rules.

NHM-WP09.004.001    Note:    1888   MS notes in an envelope labelled in A. R. Wallace's? hand in pencil "A2" and in ink "Lecture Notes | Colours of Animals | Darwen, Newcastle, Altrincham Bowdon 1888" and in pencil "(not include Nunnery)", containing 24 folios of ms notes in A. R. Wallace's hand on the cause and uses of colouration in animals, with references to numbered lantern slides. There appear to be notes for two lectures. The first 11 folios deal mainly or solely with protective colouration and are numbered sequentially from 2-13, including a folio numbered "8 & 9". In several cases (earlier?) numbers have been crossed out and replaced. The next 13 folios consist of a page titled "Lecture III | Warning Colours & Mimicry" followed by pages numbered sequentially 2 to 13. Place: England Notes removed from envelope in order to relax the crease along the fold, both notes and envelope put into an acid-free paper folder. Envelope torn and foxed, pages foxed.

NHM-WP17.016.[02]    Printed:    1888--1888   Two pages each approximately 24.5 cm x 15.5 cm, (one folded folio) each page printed on one side only, from "Proceedings U.S. National Museum", Vol. X1, 1888. Plate XIX, black, white and grey illustration of skeleton or fossil leaves of Platanus basilobata, Ward and Platanus occidentalis L. (Sycamores) and Plate XXII, Aspidiophyllum trilobatum, Aspidiophyllum dentatum and Aralia digitata

NHM-WP17.016.[04]    Printed:    1888--1888   Page approximately 24.5 cm x 15.5 cm, printed on one side only, from "Proceedings U.S. National Museum", Vol. X1, 1888. Plate XVIII, black, white and grey illustration of skeleton or fossil leaves of Platanus basilobata. Place: USA Notes: In envelope labelled "Photos &c for Studies" (i.e. "Studies Scientific and Social") when listed. The images are not reproduced there and no related essays seem to be included in the text.

NHM-WP01.001    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace William Greenell, Wallace William Greenell, Sharpe Mr, Campbell John Douglas Sutherland  1889--1911   Letters to William Greenell Wallace (Approximately 180 letters, some with enclosures, and 2 postcards, from Alfred Russel Wallace to his son William Wallace. Enclosures include letters, sketch maps and plans, and a press-cutting. There is also 1 sheet of lined paper folded and written on two sides in an unknown hand with notes on the contents of some of the letters (see WP1/1/152). Letters from Alfred Russel Wallace are typically addressed "My dear Willie" or "My dear Will" and typically signed "your affectionate Papa". Letters are generally in date order though some added later are out of sequence including 52 letters previously loose or arranged by subject, almost certainly by or for James Marchant c. 1915; these records have been put in date order at the end of the sequence, see WP1/1/153-201. Notes: The letters were in a small, non-archival box when delivered to the Museum. Only the label, which may have some historical value, has been kept. See old ref WP1/1/139. The letters have been placed in acid-free folders as a bundle. Many letters were numbered by Mrs Richard Wallace some time in the 1990s, roughly in date order. These numbers have been noted here. To assist locating and listing, I have numbered ALL the pieces in pencil IN BRACKETS, on the top right hand front corner where possible. The old and new numbers do not necessarily coincide. There is one blank record (WP1/1/88) P J Lucas, December 2002 and July 2003).

NHM-WP01.002.005    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet  [1889]   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Godalming, Sunday morning (1889?) re A. R. Wallace marking exam papers; Violet's expenses and studies; family matters. Place: Dorset England Notes: Dated on basis of original position in bundle, date doubtful.

NHM-WP06.012    Correspondence:   Prior Richard Chandler Alexander, Benson Margaret, Meyer Adolf , Weir John Jenner  1889--1899   Readers’ correspondence and related papers: 12 letters 1889-1899 from readers of books by A. R. Wallace, most annotated in his hand, and related papers, comprising:. 1. Letter from Frederick Simon, London 15 May 1899. 2. Letter from R C A Prior, London 1 Jun 1889. 3. Letter from J? Muswell? Seale?, Bedford, 3 Oct 1889, 4 ff.. 4. Letter from Miss Margaret Benson, Croydon, 30 Jan 1890, 3 ff. 5. Letter from E B Titchener, Oxford, 27 Jan 1890 enclosing 9 pages of specific corrections, on A. R. Wallace's books 'Darwinism…' (1889) and 'Natural Selection and tropical nature: Essays..' (1891) particularly on subject of sexual selection; some annotations in A. R. Wallace's? WGW's? hand; rough plans of a house in pencil in A. R. Wallace's hand on back of letter. 6. Letter from James Sibree, London, 3 Mar 1892. 7. Letter from A B Meyer, Dresden, 6 Nov 1892. 8. Letter from J Jenner Weir, Beckenham, Kent, 30 Dec 1892, 2 ff. 9. Letter from Charles M Woodford, Epsom, 3 Jan 1893, 2 ff. 10. Letter from J Jenner Weir, Beckenham, Kent, 22 Jan 1893. 11. Letter from J S Martin, Trichinopoly, Ceylon, 13 Sep 1896. 12. W Storrs Fox, Bakewell, 21 Jan 1899. 13. Press cutting, undated, by Alexander H Japp on A. R. Wallace's views on sexual selection headlined "Bird-songs, bird-mating and other mating" from magazine or magazine section titled "Out and Home", pp. 27-30, 2 ff. 14. Undated note (1890?) in A. R. Wallace's hand beginning "Darwinism p. 285 | Miss Benson of Addington park, Croydon, informs me..." 15. Undated note in A. R. Wallace's hand headed "patterns that cannot be due to sexual selection" with notes on patterns of shells, larvae and Actinozoa Notes: Only names already in the Idealist database name authority file at 23 Dec 2003 have been entered in the name fields.

NHM-WP06.008.023    Photo:    1889?--1905   16 proof illustrations for "My Life" on large sheets approx 29 cm x 23 cm, all but one captioned in A. R. Wallace's hand in ink; between coarse cardboard sheets, the top one labelled in A. R. Wallace's? WGW's? hand in ink "'My Life" | Proofs of Illustrations - large size | not quite complete'. Notes: The un-captioned proof, not reproduced in "My Life", is an oval-framed head and shoulders portrait of Wallace aged about 50?, 3/4 face looking to the viewer's left, hatless and wearing spectacles. Annotated card very acidic; bottom blank card discarded.

BL-Add.Mss46420[.c]    Draft:    1890--1908   Autograph draft for journal articles (Shermer 2002, p.348), 13 items

NHM-WP01.002.016    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Harris Mr?  [1890]   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset Thursday morning (1890?) re bill for book binding; flowers sent from France by Harris; national stocks of coal and dispute between colliery owners and miners. Place: Dorset England Notes: Dated on basis of original position in bundle, date doubtful. Annotated in pencil on an unknown hand " Harris | Coal Strike"

NHM-WP01.008.075    Correspondence:   London County Council  [1890]   Undated (1890?) draft letter in A. R. Wallace's hand headed "To the London County Council | Waterlow Park" re proposed improvements to the park, heavily corrected 3 folios (10 numbered pages) exercise book paper, signed. Place: London Notes: Waterlow Park was given by the owner in 1889 and opened to the public in 1890. Source: http://waterlow.freeservers.com/about.html)

NHM-WP05.001.002    Printed:    1891--1892   "Report of the Land Nationalisation Society 1891-92", printed pamphlet annotated in A. R. Wallace's hand "My address Criticising H Spencer's 'Justice"'; 37 pages plus text inside front and back covers.

NHM-WP06.008.002    Note:    [1891--1900]   1 folio lined exercise paper in A. R. Wallace's hand headed "Papers before 1862" listing papers published by him with a note of the number of his articles and books up to 1862. Notes: Assigned to this series because of the note, which suggests he may have used the list for reference in writing the chapter on his literary work; however this is speculation.

NHM-WP15.002    Printed:    1891--1906   Reprints or offprints of papers mostly on botany by John Kirk, Clement Reid, C E Larter and Eleanor Ormerod, autographed for William Mitten by the authors; extracts from proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales; Transactions of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science.

NHM-WP01.002.022    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Thompson Darcy, Backhouse Mr, Fisher Mrs, Butler Samuel  [1892]   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from High-Force Hotel, Middleton-in-Teesdale, Sunday morning (1892?) re A. R. Wallace's lecture in Dundee; visit to York; family members, enclosing letters (not present); (Samuel) Butler and Darwinism. Place: Dorset England Notes: Annotated in an unknown hand in blue pencil "-92". Dated on basis of this annotation, but date doubtful.

NHM-WP07.064.[01]    Draft:    1892   "Note on Sexual Selection" by A. R. Wallace, ms notes and proofs comprising: 1. Ms notes re female sexual selection in ink in A. R. Wallace's hand, quoting from a letter of 1891 by E. Curzon; 1 small sheet of blue-green paper. Notes: Smith bibliog: S459. Note on Sexual Selection. Natural Science 1: 749-750 (Dec. 1892: no. 10).

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-WP06.006.002    Photo:    [1893]--1900   Annotated photos and proof sheets of images illustrating 'The Ice Age and Its Work. Erratic Blocks and Ice Sheets.', in A. R. Wallace, "Studies Scientific and Social", (London 1900) vol. 1, Ch. IV, pp. 59-93, figs. 9-22, all black and white except where noted, 19 in total comprising: 1. Small proof sheet? or part of one with photographic image approx. 9 cm x 5.5 cm of a boulder-strewn plain, annotated in pencil in A. R. Wallace's hand "Fig. 1.| Surface of part of Great terminal Moraine" ( Fig. 9 in vol. 1, unattributed.) 2. Ditto with photographic image approx. 9.5 cm x 7 cm of a lake with mountains in the background and a house or farm buildings in a boulder-strewn landscape in the foreground, annotated in pencil in A. R. Wallace's hand "Fig 2" (Fig. 10, vol. 1, unattributed, captioned "Moraines at Easedale Tarn".) 3. Photographic print approx. 21 cm x 15.5 cm apparently used for the production of Fig. 10 above; black and white but with clouds behind mountains painted in watercolour in white with touches of yellow (or dirt); annotations on the back in pencil include "16585 | 098 E | S | 93 mm | Easedale Tarn. Grasmere." 4. Small proof sheet? or part of one with photographic image approx. 9.5 cm x 5.5 of large boulders among vegetation including three upright leafless tree or grass stems. annotated in A. R. Wallace's hand in pencil "Fig. 3" (Fig. 11, vol.1, captioned "Roches Moutonées in Idaho, USA", attributed US Geological Survey.) 5. Small proof sheet? or part of one with photographic image approx. 10 cm x 7 cm showing five men seated in a rocky landscape with a mallet in the foreground, annotated in pencil in A. R. Wallace's? hand "Fig. 4". (Fig 12, vol. 1, captioned "Striated Rock Surface at Wasdale Crag", attributed Godfrey Bingley.) 6. Small proof sheet? or part of one with photographic image approx. 9.5 cm x 7.5 cm showing a young boy in flat cap and short trousers seated in a rocky landscape, annotated in pencil in ARW's hand " Fig 5." (Fig. 13 in vol. 1, captioned "Rock Groovings at Barmouth", attributed Percy F Kendall.) 7. Small proof sheet? or part of one with photographic image approx. 9.5 cm x 7.5 cm showing grooved and fissured rocks, annotated in pencil in A. R. Wallace's? hand "Fig. 6". (Fig. 14 in vol 1. captioned "Rock Groovings Near Barmouth" attributed to "an unknown friend". 8. Small proof sheet? or part of one with photographic image approx. 9.5 cm x 7.5 cm showing a landscape with a road and grassy plain in the foreground and hills in the far background with a windmill? cairn? at middle right, annotated in pencil in A. R. Wallace's? hand "Fig. 6 [sic]. (Fig. 15 in vol. 1, captioned "Moraine at Specton", attributed Mr Kendall.) 9. Proof sheet? with photographic image approx 15 cm x 10.5 cm showing chalk cliffs at the edge of the sea, annotated in pencil in A. R. Wallace's hand "Fig. 7 | Scandinavian Ice sheet. Terminal Moraine". (Fig 16, vol 1, captioned "Boulder clay on chalk, Flamborough Head", attributed Mr Bingley. 10. Proof sheet? with photographic image approx 10 cm x 7 cm showing sharply peaked cliffs with stony beach in the foreground, no annotations. (Fig. 17, vol. 1, captioned "Boulder Clay on Upper Oolite, Yorkshire", attributed Mr Bingley). 11. Photographic print 15.5 cm x 11 cm mounted on slightly larger card; annotations on the back in pencil in an unknown hand include "12503- | Swan Sonnenschein [o/n] 459 | [Tuesday]" and on the front in ink in A. R. Wallace's? hand "Glacial Drift on Oolite, Yorkshire coast." The purple stamp of Godfrey Bingley, Thornichurst, Headingley, Leeds, is faintly visible showing through from the back at top left of the print. Apparently used to produce fig. 17, vol. 1. 12. Small proof sheet? or part of one with photographic image approx. 5 cm x 5 cm showing a boulder with inclusions, annotated in pencil in A. R. Wallace's? hand "Fig. 9" (Fig 18, vol. 1, captioned "A Scandinavian Boulder found in Yorkshire", attributed Mr Kendall. 13. Sepia photographic print approx. 5 cm x 5 cm showing a boulder with inclusions, apparently used to produce fig. 18, vol. 1. 14. Small proof sheet? or part of one with photographic image approx. 10 cm x 7 cm showing a dark boulder perched on a smaller pale one in a landscape with mountains in the far background; annotated in A. R. Wallace's? hand in pencil "Fig. 10. (Fig. 19 in vol 1, captioned "Silurian Erratic on Limestone, Ingleborough", attributed Mr Kendall.) 15. Sepia photo approximately 15.5 cm x 11 cm mounted on slightly larger card, showing a large dark boulder among smaller limestone rocks in a field with rolling hills in the distance. Captioned on the card in ink in A. R. Wallace's? hand "Erratic - Millstone Grit on Limestone." Faint pencil annotations in the same hand are on the top edge of the card and the purple stamp of Godfrey Bingley, Thornichurst, Headingley, Leeds, is faintly visible at top and bottom of the print, showing through from the back. Apparently used to produce fig. 19, vol. 1. 16. Small proof sheet? or part of one with photographic image approx. 10 cm x 7 cm showing a large boulder perched on the edge of a slope with mountains in the distance, annotated in pencil in A. R. Wallace's? hand "Fig. 11 | Perched block in Pass of Llanberris". (Fig. 20 in vol 1 captioned "Perched block in the pass of Llanberris", attributed Mr Kendall. 17. Sepia photo approximately 15.5 cm x 11 cm mounted on slightly larger card, showing a large boulder perched on the edge of a slope with mountains in the distance. Captioned on the card in ink in A. R. Wallace's? hand "Perched block, Pass of Llanberris" and in pencil "2 1/2" with pencil markings. Annotated on the back of the card in pencil in an unknown hand "12506- | Swan Sonnenschein [o/n?] 459 | [Tuesday?]". Apparently used to produce fig. 20 in vol. 1. 18. Small proof sheet? or part of one with woodcut or engraved image initialled "AF 1888" approx. 10 cm x 7 cm showing a large rock perched on smaller ones, annotations in pencil and ink in A. R. Wallace's? hand include " 'From "Falsans du Periode Glaciaux" p. 77' and "Fig. 12. | Perched Block, near Monthey, Bas Valais". (Fig. 21, vol. 1, captioned "Perched Block, near Monthey, Bas Valais"; attributed to Falsan.) 19. Small proof sheet? or part of one with woodcut or engraved image initialled "[L. S] 1888" showing a large rock perched on two smaller upright ones in a landscape with hills in the far distance and a goatherd or shepherd seated nearby, annotated in ink and pencil in A. R. Wallace's hand "Fig. 13. Perched block - 5 miles N.W. of Chambery. (Triassic Brascia)". (Fig. 22, vol. 1, captioned "Perched block near Chambery", attributed Falsan. Place: Cumbria Yorkshire England Wales France USA Notes: 'The Ice Age and Its Work. Erratic Blocks and Ice Sheets' was first published in "Fortnightly Review", Nov 1893. I have numbered each image in pencil near the top edge in square brackets from WP6/6/2 (1) to (19), and on the proofs but not photos have added the figure number as it was published, in square brackets at the bottom. PJL 9 Dec 2003.

NHM-WP17.008    Photo:    1893?--1893?   Ten undated photographic images of geological features or landscape, with annotated envelope. Notes: Dates of some inferred from period when A. R. Wallace was in Switzerland. No source or publication identified, but all are similar to images reproduced in articles on geology in A. R. Wallace's "Studies Scientific and Social" vol. 1 (1900) and may have been considered for publication there or reproduced in the original journal or newspaper publications (not seen).

NHM-WP17.008.003    Photo:    1893?--1893?   Black and white photographic print approximately 10 cm x 7.5 cm, showing a large boulder against the sky, balanced on an almost smooth rock surface which slopes towards the viewer. There are mountains in the background on the left and rock surface sloping up to the right. Annotated on the back in pencil in A. R. Wallace's? hand " Perched rock - glaciated Gabbro | Skye." and (possibly in another hand) " 838/2 | no 6". Undated. Possibly c. 1893, when A. R. Wallace was writing on glaciation (See WP1/2/39, letter to Violet Wallace 8 October 1893). Photographer unknown. Place: Skye Scotland Notes: In envelope marked "Geological & Glacial | Photos - | Ananda C. Swamy. | Aarschlucht" when listed.

NHM-WP17.008.005    Photo:    1893?--1893?   Sepia photographic print approximately 11 cm x 8 cm showing a distant mountain range against a cloudy sky, with closer rounded wooded hills in the foreground. Annotated on the back in ink in the same unknown hand as that on the photo of corrugated basalt at Siebengebrige and other photos in WP17/8 "Puy de Dome, (and Puy Pariou on right) from Gravenoire, Auvergne." Undated. Possibly c. 1893, when A. R. Wallace was writing on glaciation (See WP1/2/39, letter to Violet Wallace 8 October 1893). Photographer unknown. Place: Auvergne France Notes: In envelope marked "Geological & Glacial | Photos - | Ananda C. Swamy. | Aarschlucht" when listed.