NHM-WP16.002.027.[01]    Correspondence:   Festival of Britain Design Research Unit  1951.03.13--1951   Letter to William Greenell Wallace from the Festival of Britain Design Research Unit, 13 Mar 1951, signed Esther Atkin, re possible loan of a diary or notebook of A. R. Wallace's for display, mentioning Sir James Marchant; draft reply 15 Mar 1951 in pencil on the back in WGW's hand. Place: London England

NHM-WP16.002.028    Correspondence:   Festival of Britain Design Research Unit , Darwin Charles Robert  1945.03.23--1945   Letter to William Greenell Wallace from the Festival of Britain Design Research Unit, London 23 Mar 195, signed Esther Atkin, re aspects of the proposed displays in the Dome of Discovery; unsuitability of original sketches, hopes to obtain a copy of Darwin and A R Wallace's joint 1858 article from the Linnean Society. Place: London Ternate

NHM-WP16.002.030    Correspondence:   Hertford Grammar School, Kinman G W  1916.10.02--1916   Letter to William Greenell Wallace from G W Kinman, the Grammar School, Hertford, 2 Oct 1916, re receipt of package of pictures; Wallace Memorial Library; the war. Place: Hertford Hertfordshire

NHM-WP16.002.032    Correspondence:   Linnean Society of London, Spruce Richard  1934.01.29--1934   Letter to William Greenell Wallace from The Linnean Society of London, signed S. Savage, London 29 Jan 1934 with thanks for Spruce's diary which has safely arrived.

NHM-WP16.002.034    Correspondence:   Linnean Society of London , Poulton Sir Edward Bagnall  1936.05.17--1936   Letter to William Greenell Wallace from The Linnean Society of London, London 8 May 1936, formal thanks of the Society for his present of eight note books which belonged to A. R. Wallace, received through Sir Edward Poulton; signed R G Pugsley Place: London

NHM-WP16.002.036    Correspondence:   Linnean Society of London  1947.12.03--1947   Letter to William Greenell Wallace from The Linnean Society of London, London 3 Dec 1947 re receipt of Mss of A. R. Wallace's "Palms of the Amazon" and sketches by A. R. Wallace; signed S Savage. Place: Amazon

NHM-WP16.002.038    Correspondence:   Linnean Society of London  1951.02.25--1951   Letter to William Greenell Wallace from The Linnean Society of London, London 25 Feb 1951, formal thanks for his present of R Spruce Ms "The acclimatisation of Europeans in Tropical America" and 6 autograph letters of A R Wallace to William Mitten, which have been deposited in the Society's collection of Manuscripts; signed S Savage.

NHM-WP16.002.040    Note:    1916.12.09--1916   Formal certificate of thanks to William Greenell Wallace and Violet Isabel Wallace from the National Portrait Gallery, London 9 Dec 1916 for their donation of a collection of photographs of A. R. Wallace. See also WP16/2/41 and WP16/2/42.

NHM-WP16.002.044    Correspondence:   Pitt Rivers Museum, Penniman Thomas Kenneth, Harrison Benjamin  1946.12.10   Letter to William Greenell Wallace from the Curator, Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, 10 Dec 1946, formal thanks for a box of flints collected by Benjamin Harrison, and letters of A. R. Wallace; signed T K Penniman.

NHM-WP16.002.046    Correspondence:   Pitt Rivers Museum, Penniman Thomas Kenneth  1947.12.06--1947   Letter to William Greenell Wallace from the Curator, Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, 6 Dec 1947, re donation of arrowheads and United States Geological Survey monograph; moccasins also of interest; signed T K Penniman Place: Oxford USA

NHM-WP16.002.048    Correspondence:   Pitt Rivers Museum, Penniman Thomas Kenneth  1947.12.10--1947   Letter to William Greenell Wallace from the Curator, Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, 10 Dec 1947, re the safe arrival of arrowheads and moccasins; signed T K Penniman; annotated on the back in WGW's hand.

NHM-WP16.002.050    Correspondence:   Pitt Rivers Museum, Gurden R C  1947.12.15--1947   Postcard to William Greenell Wallace from the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, 15 Dec 1947, signed R C Gurden, acknowledging receipt of Dutton, C E, Tertiary History of the Grand Canon district, (U.S. Geological Survey).

NHM-WP16.002.052    Printed:    1948.07.31--1948   Report of the Curator of the Pitt Rivers Museum, Department of Ethnology, for the year ending 31 July 1948 University of Oxford, 11pp; annotated on the front in WGW's hand? "p. 8", marked in pencil in the margin of p. 8 next to the notice of a donation by W G Wallace of American stone implements collected by his father.

NHM-WP16.002.054    Correspondence:   Pitt Rivers Museum, Penniman Thomas Kenneth  1949.10.08--1949   Letter to William Greenell Wallace from the Curator, Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, 8 Oct 1949 re receipt of a box for holding lime used in betel chewing; literature on soapstone carving; signed T K Penniman. Place: Oxford

NHM-WP16.002.056    Correspondence:   Royal Botanic Gardens Kew , Prain Sir David  1917.07.31--1917   Letter to William Greenell Wallace from the 31 Jul 1917, signed D Prain, with thanks for A. R. Wallace specimens for the Museum; notes on the back in WGW's hand re specimens of Curare poison. Place: Amazon London

NHM-WP16.002.058    Correspondence:   Royal Geographical Society  1931.08.13--1931   Letter to Miss Walalce (Violet Wallace) from the Royal Geographical Society, Kensington Gore, London 13 Aug 1931 signed Arthur R Hinks, re her brother's letter, her moving house and her offer to donate to the Society a large armchair once used by A. R. Wallace; offer accepted with thanks; 2ff annotated in faint pencil on the back of f.2 in VIW's? hand with list of household items. Place: London

NHM-WP16.002.060    Correspondence:   Royal Society , Winckworth Ronald, Wallace Violet Isabel  1935.08.02--1935   Letter to William Greenell Wallace from the Royal Society, London 2 Aug 1935, signed R Winckworth, Assistant Secretary, re receipt of revolving bookstand and noting WGW's wish that his sister Violet's name be associated with his in any formal thanks. Place: London

NHM-WP16.002.062    Correspondence:   University Museum Oxford , Turner G E S, Wallace Violet Isabel  1945.05.04?--1946?   Letter to William Greenell Wallace from the University Museum, Oxford, 4 May 1945 [sic], signed G E S Turner, assistant Secretary, accepting offer of trapdoor spider's nest; donation of Caribbean celt to the Pitt Rivers Museum; annotated in pencil by WGW on the front "Spider's nest sent | May 13th 1946 [sic]" and on the back in ink "A very large trapdoor spider's nest from S. Africa with spider. | Given to V.I.W." followed by a list of [Negs?] including Birds of Paradise, in pencil.

NHM-WP16.003    Note:    1914.00.00?--1914.04.00   Papers c 1914 re the sale of A. R. Wallace's library.

NHM-WP16.004.001    Correspondence:   British Museum (Natural History) , Parker Hampton Wildman, Fraser F C, Rosenberg William Frederik Henry, Kinnear Norman Boyd  1949.09.28   Letter to Colonel C F Fraser, Bournemouth, from H W Parker, BMNH, London 28 Sep 1949, re Fraser's enquiry about the sale and value of bird of paradise skins collected by A. R. Wallace; BMNH alread has an adequate collection, suggests trying a dealer such as Rosenberg; annotated by WGW. Place: Bournemouth Dorset England London England

NHM-WP16.004.003    Correspondence:   University Museum Oxford , Hardy Sir Alister Clavering, Tucker Mr  1949.10.21   Letter to William Greenell Wallace from A C Hardy, Dept of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy, University Museum, Oxford, 21 Oct 1949, re the sale of skins of Birds of Paradise collected by A. R. Wallace; Mr Tucker, curator of birds, is ill and unavailable, Hardy feels skins probably not wanted, but would like to know asking price. Place: Oxford

NHM-WP16.004.006    Correspondence:   University Museum of Zoology Cambridge, Parrington Francis Rex  1950.02.02   Letter to William Greenell Wallace from F R Parrington, Director, University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge, 2 Feb 1950, re safe arrival of skins of Birds of Paradise collected by A. R. Wallace; skins in good condition and will purchase, enclosing £10 cheque in payment; annotated by WGW. Place: Cambridge

NHM-WP17.002    Photo:    1858.00.00?--unknown   Stag beetle, Sepia image on paper captioned "Dorcus Parryi, Thomp.", headed "Specimen of Photo-lithography", with "From Nature, by Thomas Sims, 5. W.G. Terrace Bayswater" written on the bottom margin. Annotated on the back (by A. R. Wallace?) "Thomas Sims, 5 Westbourne Grove Terrace W." Possibly originally an enclosure in a letter to A. R. Wallace: See several letters from A. R. Wallace to Fanny Sims c.1858-59 in family correspondence (WP1/3) Place: London England Notes: Formerly in a brown cardboard box in the form of a book, titled "Letters" on spine, containing miscellaneous apparently unrelated letters and photos

NHM-WP17.005.002    Photo:    1874.02.05--1874   Printed portrait engraving by C Jeens, image approximately 7cm square, centred on a sheet of paper approximately 19.5 cm x 28 cm. From a photograph by Elliott and Fry. Presented to the subscribers to "Nature" No 223, 5 Feb 1874

NHM-WP17.005.004    Photo:    1874.08.24--1874   Printed portrait engraving by C H Jeens, image approximately 7cm square, centred on a sheet of paper approximately 19.5 cm x 28 cm. From a photograph (photographer not named). Presented to the subscribers to "Nature" No 251, 20 Aug 1874.