NHM-WP16.005.[03]    Note:    [1914]   TS and Ms lists and notes apparently compiled by William Greenell Wallace comprising: 3. 1 p TS or CC addendum to the above listing works 1908-1913 Notes: When listed all except list of letters in "Nature" were in a 1998 envelope (destroyed) with some apparently unrelated miscellanea including proofs of "Is Mars Habitable"; post-it note label in Richard Wallace's hand included "Lists compiled by WGW"; list of letters etc in Nature, was in envelope addressed to Mrs A R Wallace, loose in original box 3. See also WP2/6, papers re James Marchant's "Letters and Memoirs . . .", for which these lists may have been compiled.

NHM-WP16.005.[05]    Note:    [1914]   TS and Ms lists and notes apparently compiled by William Greenell Wallace comprising: 5. Ms list in pencil in WGW's? hand headed "Appendix II | Articles papers &c" listing short publications by A. R. Wallace 1852-1858; 1 folio. Notes: When listed all except list of letters in "Nature" were in a 1998 envelope (destroyed) with some apparently unrelated miscellanea including proofs of "Is Mars Habitable"; post-it note label in Richard Wallace's hand included "Lists compiled by WGW"; list of letters etc in Nature, was in envelope addressed to Mrs A R Wallace, loose in original box 3. See also WP2/6, papers re James Marchant's "Letters and Memoirs . . .", for which these lists may have been compiled.

NHM-WP16.005.[07]    Note:    [1914]   TS and Ms lists and notes apparently compiled by William Greenell Wallace comprising: 7. Stamped envelope addressed to W G Wallace, The Haven, Sea Road, Boscombe, postmarked Feb? 1916? with annotations including on the back in blue pencil "List of A. R. Wallace's Works, Articles, & Contributions to 'Nature"'. Notes: When listed all except list of letters in "Nature" were in a 1998 envelope (destroyed) with some apparently unrelated miscellanea including proofs of "Is Mars Habitable"; post-it note label in Richard Wallace's hand included "Lists compiled by WGW"; list of letters etc in Nature, was in envelope addressed to Mrs A R Wallace, loose in original box 3. See also WP2/6, papers re James Marchant's "Letters and Memoirs . . .", for which these lists may have been compiled.

NHM-WP16.002.041    Correspondence:   Wallace William Greenell  1914?--1917?   TS or CC, undated, by William Greenell Wallace headed "Portraits of Dr. A. R. Wallace" with "Now in the National Portrait Gallery" added below in pencil in WGW's hand, with some details of the history of two portraits of A. R. Wallace, one painted from a photograph of c.1860 and a medallion by Bruce-Joy. Notes: Text suggests the notes may have been made shortly after A. R. Wallace's death, possibly 1914, but pencilled note added later, after donation of portraits to National Portrait Gallery and therefore probably 1917 or later.

NHM-WP02.006.003.08    Draft:    [1915--1916]   Undated carbon copies (c.1916?), some with annotations, of personal recollections of A. R. Wallace by various authors and of letters and extracts from letters by him; most if not all published in some form in Marchant 1916: approximately 60 letters or extracts numbered internally, interleaved with pages headed "Home Life [no.]" containing short reminiscences of A. R. Wallace apparently by William and Violet Wallace: approximately 200 A4 folios including: "Reminiscences of A.R. Wallace O.M. by Reginald B Rathbone"; TS carbon copies each five numbered folios A4. Reminiscences of A. R. Wallace by O Pickard-Cambridge, H E Littledale and J W Sharpe. Letters and extracts of letters from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, his son William, his wife Annie, Dr Richard Norris, Miss Norris, Dr Littledale and Fred Birch, 1891-c 1908; two cc of each on A4 paper. Notes: When listed these were in a large modern (1995) envelope (destroyed) labelled in Richard Wallace's (and Mrs R Wallace's? ) hands "Typed letters A. R. Wallace to Violet and Will | Reminiscences of R B Rathbone | [Ditto] WG & VI for Marchants Book". Most duplicated letters exist in the original in this collection but some, including extracts from a letter by A. R. Wallace to Fred Birch and letters to Richard Norris and Dr. Littledale, have not been found in the original here.

NHM-WP16.002    Correspondence:   Wallace William Greenell, Wallace Violet Isabel  1915?--1951   Correspondence c.1915 -1951 between William and Violet Wallace and various societies and museums re gifts of A. R. Wallace letters and artefacts, in white paper folder annotated on the front in ink in WGW's hand "Letters & Acknowledgments relating to gifts to various museums & societies." Correspondents include the British Museum, BMNH, Pitt Rivers Museum, the Linnean Society, the Royal Society, Royal Geographical Society and Royal Botanic Gardens Kew; a number have copies or draft replies in WGW's hand on the back. Papers have been arranged in alphabetical order by correspondent and then by date, apparently the order created by William Greenell Wallace, though some letters from the British Museum found loose have been inserted. Notes: WP16/2/15A, missed in sorting, has been so numbered because associated with the previous record, rather than moving it out of sequence to the end of the list. PJL 26/1/04

NHM-WP02.006.004.01    Printed:    [1916]   Printed advance notice, undated, of the forthcoming publication of James Marchant, "A. R. Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences" (March 1916. Cassell & Co. Ltd., London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne) decorated with a small engraving or woodcut portrait of A. R. Wallace and including order form.

NHM-WP02.006.005.05.[1]    Correspondence:   Darwin Charles Robert  [1916]   Index and list of correspondence between A. R. Wallace and Charles Darwin, 1 p. TS headed "Index to Darwin Wallace Letters" with dates of letters to and from Wallace listed in two columns, some with brief notes on content; annotated in pencil in WGW's hand.

NHM-WP16.002.042    Printed:    1917   Sixtieth Annual Report of the Trustees of the National Portrait Gallery, 1916-1917, (HMSO 1917) 7pp. , annotated on the cover in pencil in WGW's hand "Re A.R.W | See p. 6"; W G Wallace Esq. and Miss Wallace are listed on p. 6 among donors of photographs and engravings on p. 6 and the entry marked by a blue pencilled cross and annotation in lead pencil in WGW's hand "Photos of A.R.W."

NHM-WP18.020    Note:    1924   Small sheet of paper with notes in an unknown hand (possibly WGW's) headed "Extracts from 'The Wisdom of the Gods' by Dennis Bradley" containing quotes from the above work (published 1924) alleging contact with A. R. Wallace's spirit after death.

NHM-WP16.004    Note:    1949--1950   Papers 1949-1950 re the sale of skins of Birds of Paradise collected by A. R. Wallace, including correspondence between William Greenell Wallace and the BMNH, the University Museum Oxford, and the University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge. Place: New Guinea

NHM-WP18.027    Note:    [1970]--[1980]   Label in red biro " Letters on the occassion [sic] of A. R. Wallace's 90th Birthday", probably in Mrs Richard Wallace's hand. Notes: Found when listed in a yellow paper folder labelled in the same? hand "Xerox these" containing a variety of apparently unrelated letters, lists and notes now relocated to appropriate series. For comparison see postcard WP4/4/9 in Mrs Richard Wallace's hand.

NHM-WP01.001.139    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace William Greenell  undated   Paper label attached to part of a cardboard wine-glass box. "Letters from A. R. Wallace to his son W.G. Wallace June 1889-June 1911. And 2 post cards", is written on it in ink in Mrs Richard Wallace's hand. The label is 14cm x 10cm, with decoration showing an otter and butterfly among bulrushes, World Wildlife Fund (UK) Trading Ltd logo and text, all printed in green on cream paper. The remainder of the box, which contained the letters listed in WP1/1 when the collection was delivered to the Museum, was an unsuitable, acidic container, judged to have no historical value, and has been destroyed. nil Notes: The number 139 was accidentally omitted when numbering the letters so has been assigned to this piece for convenience.

NHM-WP01.003.001    Note:    undated   3 folios, date unknown, written on one side only, giving A. R. Wallace's whereabouts at various dates and listing 58 letters by author, correspondent and date. Notes: List in date order except for the last entry, no 58, which is 1858. There is a loose note c. 2001? (destroyed): "Missing no 18". No 18 is listed as "A. R. Wallace to G Silk, June 1848." The following loose notes above the list in an unknown hand have been destroyed: 1. "This has Bates Ternate 1858 letter" annotated in another hand "Xerox" and 2. "Letter to Bates Amboyna Jan 4 1858 | postscript Ternate Jan 25, 1858 | Also separate sheet with insects of the Eastern Archipelago collected by A R Wallace from May 1 1854 to Jan 1, 1858". See note to WP6/5/4 ( Proofs of A. R. Wallace's "Darwinism, an exposition….") re Xerox process and speculative dates.

NHM-WP01.003.065    Note:    undated   BLANK RECORD: Item transferred to more appropriate series

NHM-WP01.003.067    Note:    undated   BLANK RECORD: Item transferred to more appropriate series

NHM-WP01.003.070    Note:    undated   BLANK RECORD: Piece transferred to more appropriate series

NHM-WP01.006.008    Correspondence:   Birch Frederick R, Wallace Alfred Russel, Scofield ?, Reiche Eugenis?, Cotton Sir Arthur Thomas, New Age The  undated   Brown envelope, very torn and brittle, annotated in A. R. Wallace's or WGW's? hand "Fred. Birch's latest letters (to Dec?1910.)" which contained the letters and postcards from Fred Birch to A. R. Wallace from Brazil, 1899 and 1910, when received at the NHM. Notes: Included because of the annotation but could probably be destroyed. PJL March 2003.

NHM-WP04.004.010    Note:    undated   Inner wrapping around bundled letters as delivered for listing; part of a torn sheet with "A. R. Wallace's letters from U.S.A. to his family 1886-1887" written in pencil in WGW's? hand on one side, and part of the first page of cyclostyled or carbon-copied notes apparently from a local council meeting concerning district council duties in relation to public rights of way and roadside verges, quoting a local Government act of 1894 . Place: England Notes: Notes may be from a Broadstone or Wimborne council meeting between 1901and 1907, when A. R. Wallace's letters frequently refer to roadbuilding around his house; annotation probably in WGW's hand written for James Marchant; see Biographical material/papers re James Marchant, WP2/6

NHM-WP06.006.006    Photo:    undated   4 photos, a photographer's envelope and 6 annotated proof sheets? of images illustrating 'The Polynesians and their Migrations' in A. R. Wallace, "Studies Scientific and Social" (London 1900) vol. , pp. 339-415, figs 52-58, comprising: 1.Translucent envelope printed "J. Horsburgh & Son | Studios & Galleries | 131 Princes Street | West End | Edinburgh" containing when listed five portrait photographs, two of Tahiti natives, two of Hawaii natives (2-5 below) and 1 of a native of Api, New Hebrides (see WP6/6/7); c. 1890? based on period of operation of photographers J Horsburgh and Sons. 2. Portrait photo of a young man with short hair decorated with leaves and flowers, in profile looking to the viewer's left, in front of a light coloured screen (paling fence? with rocks visible beneath). Seated in profile on a wooden chair, naked to the waist and wearing trousers. The image ends just below knee level. Sepia photographic print approximately 15 cm x 20 cm, with "Gov. Copyt. Native Man. Tahiti. 405. J.H." printed or stamped in white along the bottom edge. Sepia photographic print approximately 15 cm x 20 cm. Reproduced in vol. 1, p. 406, fig. 52. Speculative date c. 1874? when the ship was in Tahiti. 3. Portrait photo of a young woman with shoulder-length hair decorated with leaves and flowers, in profile looking to the viewer's right, in front of a plain dark screen or blanket. She is seated on a wooden chair and is naked to the waist and wearing a long wrapped skirt. The image ends just below knee level. Sepia photographic print approximately 15 cm x 20 cm, with "Govt. Copyt. Native Girl. Tahiti. 403. J.H." printed or stamped in white along the bottom edge. This photograph, attributed to "Challenger" (the HMS "Challenger" scientific expedition, 1872-1876) by permission of the Stationery Office (HMSO) is reproduced in vol. 1, p. 407, fig. 53. Speculative date c. 1874? when the ship was in Tahiti. 4. Portrait photo of a middle-aged man with short hair and moustache, naked to the waist and wearing pale trousers or sarong with one hand visible in his lap, seated against a thatched wall. Seen in profile looking to the viewer's left. Image ends just below waist level. Sepia photographic print approximately 15 cm x 20 cm, with "Gov Copyt. Hawaii Man. 383. J H. " printed or stamped in white along the bottom edge. This photograph, attributed to "Challenger" (the HMS "Challenger" scientific expedition, 1872-1876) by permission of the Stationery Office (HMSO) is reproduced in vol. 1, p. 408. Speculative date c. 1874? when the ship was in Tahiti. 5. Portrait photo of a young woman with short dark curly hair, wearing a long-sleeved open-necked dress and paisley scarf, facing the camera with her hands in her lap, in front of a thatched wall. The image ends at knee level. Sepia photographic print approximately 15 cm x 20 cm, with "Gov Copyt. Hawaii Girl. 380. J H. " printed or stamped in white along the bottom edge. This photograph, attributed to "Challenger" (the HMS "Challenger" scientific expedition, 1872-1876) by permission of the Stationery Office (HMSO) is reproduced in vol. 1, p. 409. Speculative date c. 1874? when the ship was in Tahiti. 6. Proof sheet? or part -sheet, with photographic image approx. 9.5 cm x 6.5 cm, showing a young man of Tahiti, with short hair decorated with leaves and flowers, in profile looking to the viewer's left (see item 2 above), annotated in ink and pencil in A. R. Wallace's hand, numbered "52" in A. R. Wallace's? WGW's? hand. 7. Proof sheet? or part -sheet, with photographic image approx. 9.5 cm x 6.5 cm, showing a young woman of Tahiti with shoulder-length hair decorated with leaves and flowers, seated, in profile, naked to the waist (See item 3 above), annotated in ink and pencil in A. R. Wallace's hand, numbered "53" in blue pencil in A. R. Wallace's? WGW's? hand. 8. Proof sheet? or part -sheet, with photographic image approx. 9.5 cm x 6.5 cm, showing in profile a seated middle-aged man of Hawaii with short hair and moustache, naked to the waist (see item 4 above), annotated in ink and pencil in A. R. Wallace's hand, numbered "54" in blue pencil in A. R. Wallace's? WGW's? hand. 9. Proof sheet? or part -sheet, with photographic image approx. 9.5 cm x 6.5 cm, showing a young woman of Hawaii with short dark curly hair, wearing a long-sleeved open-necked dress and paisley scarf, facing the camera (see item 5 above); annotated in ink and pencil in A. R. Wallace's hand, numbered "55" in blue pencil in A. R. Wallace's? WGW's? hand. 10. Proof sheet? with photographic image approx. 12.5 cm x 9.5 cm, showing a man of Tonga wearing a grass necklace, in 3/4 profile looking to the viewer's right; annotated in pencil in A. R. Wallace's hand, numbered "56" in blue pencil in A. R. Wallace's? WGW's? hand. Reproduced in vol. 1, p. 411, fig. 56, attributed to J J Lister. 11. Proof sheet? with photographic image approx. 12 cm x 9 cm, showing a man of Samoa, annotations in ink and pencil in A. R. Wallace's hand include "Taken in 1893. Col. Swinton", numbered "57" in blue pencil in A. R. Wallace's? WGW's? hand. Reproduced in vol. 1, p. 413, fig. 57, attributed to the Royal Geographical Society. 12. Proof sheet? with photographic image approx. 12 cm x 9 cm, showing a woman of Samoa; annotations in ink and pencil in A. R. Wallace's hand include "Feb. 1893. Col. Swinton", numbered "58" in blue pencil in A. R. Wallace's? WGW's? hand. Reproduced in vol. 1, p. 414, fig. 58, attributed to the Royal Geographical Society. Place: Edinburgh Scotland Hawaii Tahiti

NHM-WP06.008.015    Photo:    undated   Annotated sepia photo of the entrance to the cave Porth y Ogof, Vale of Neath, showing the figure of a woman in hat and long skirt standing on a ledge on the left of the picture. Place: Wales Notes: See also WP6/8/21; WP6/8/22

NHM-WP07.114    Note:    undated   Label, "Mss & Proofs of articles &c. by A.R.W." in A. R. Wallace's? WGW's? hand in ink on a sheet of letter paper; "Mss" has been deleted in pencil and a pencilled tick added below the text. Notes: Found loose in original box 3 of the papers when listed.

NHM-WP07.116.[02]    Note:    undated   Brown envelope cut in half, addressed to A. R. Wallace, postmarked on back Wimborne with illegible date, annotated in ink in A. R. Wallace's hand "Mss. on Dimensions of Space. | Rests on verbal quibbles with no actual or possible facts to support the supposed possibility" written over the following in pencil, also in A. R. Wallace's hand? "Dimensions of Space - A.R.W. | Physical Phenomena O. Lodge"; labelled "A1" in pencil in A. R. Wallace's or another's hand; containing the above when listed. Notes: The annotated envelope containing the mss was in an envelope of unrelated miscellanea including accounts of expenditure Old Orchard, when listed. P J L 10/6/03.

NHM-WP12.024    Note:    undated   BLANK RECORD

NHM-WP12.038    Note:    undated   "The Waste of Beauty | Written after reading "… Malay Archipelago", undated poem signed J W Gough, Ms in ink on 1 folded folio (3 pp) of lined paper, annotated in ink in A. R. Wallace's hand on the title page "Ideas and sentiments good - | verse but so-so | A.R.W." over "Not bad on the whole" in pencil in his? or WGW's? hand. Notes: A. R. Wallace's "Malay Archipelago" was first published in 1869 but frequently reprinted; the date of the poem could be anywhere between 1869 and A. R. Wallace's year of death, 1913.