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1751.
NHM-WP14.001.007    Note:    undated   Extract from the diary of John Evelyn for 27 Jan 1689 from an unnamed newspaper; undated; on the subject of an infant prodigy, the son of Dr. Clench, annotated in A. R. Wallace's hand in ink "Probably equalled by J.S. Mill at same age." Notes: In a envelope addressed to Richard Wallace, postmarked 1996, labelled "Newspaper cuttings | Various" comprising press cuttings, corrected proofs, book reviews and other papers, when listed.
1752.
NHM-WP14.002.017    Note:    undated   The cutting formerly in this position has been transferred to WP14/1
1753.
NHM-WP15.004.002    Correspondence:   Mitten William, Booker J  undated   Postcard; undated black and white /sepia photo showing a divided driveway and iron barred gate with a distant view of wooded fields; captioned in white "Cowdray. Hurstpierpoint | J. Booker Series"; possibly view from or of the grounds of Cowdray House, the country seat of Lord Cowdray; there is no writing on the reverse. Place: Hurstpierpoint West Sussex Notes: Placed in this series because of the address, presumably near the Mitten house; with a small collection of apparently unrelated photos and postcards of varying dates, (all old ref WP2/51) when listed.
1754.
NHM-Ms_140a-e    Note:    undated   Miscellaneous correspondence, sketches etc. (various dates) boxed
1755.
NHM-WP17.005.023    Photo:    undated   Brown paper folder labelled in pencil in A. R. Wallace's? or his son William's? hand "Nature Portraits" and annotated in ink at right angles in an unknown hand "By Passenger Train | Carriage Paid". This folder enclosed the 22 portraits of scientists issued by "Nature" 18873-1884, WP17/5/1-22 Notes: Dirty and acidic. Put into a melinex sleeve to protect the top and bottom prints and placed in the acid-free envelope with them. END LIST WP/2/8
1756.
NHM-WP17.008.001    Photo:    undated   Sepia photographic print, undated, approximately 10 cm x 8 cm, apparently a photograph of another photograph hanging or lying on a darker surface, showing a large area of fallen or cut logs (or petrified forest?) without foliage, with rolling lightly wooded hills in the background. Annotated on the back in pencil in an unknown hand "15". Part of a small paper sticker is attached to the top right corner of the print. Photographer unknown. Notes: In envelope marked "Geological & Glacial | Photos - | Ananda C. Swamy. | Aarschlucht" when listed.
1757.
NHM-WP17.008.011    Photo:    undated   Buff envelope approximately 13 cm X 10 cm labelled in pencil, possibly in two different hands, "Geological & Glacial | Photos - | Ananda C. Swamy. | Aarschlucht." The words "Photos - Ananda C Swamy. | Aarschlucht." are almost certainly in A. R. Wallace's hand, "Geological & Glacial" may be in another hand (WGW's?) or added at a later date. When listed this envelope contained ten small undated photographic prints, nine showing geological features, probably glacial, and one apparently showing a devastated forest of tree stumps, possibly after a fire or tornado, though it may be a view of a petrified forest. Two may be of Aarschlucht (a narrow glacial gorge with a lake at the bottom in Aar, Switzerland) but are not labelled and do not show a lake. There is no photograph of or obviously by, Ananda Coomaraswamy. The prints have been listed separately as WP17/8/1-10
1758.
NHM-WP17.009    Printed:    undated   Printed cartoon captioned "The meeting of the Zoological Society, Hanover Square. (After a drawing by Harry Furniss. By Permission of the Proprietors of 'Punch')"; undated, from an unnamed publication, caricaturing various men including Richard Owen and W H Flower? Notes: Dates based on when Harry Furniss began working for "Punch" (the 1880's) and the date of publication of Scherren, Henry. 1905. "The Zoological Society of London: A Sketch of Its Foundation ...", an illustration from which is on the back of the cartoon. Found when listed in a Large envelope labelled in Richard W's? hand "Illustrations of Palm trees" containing printed illustrations of palm trees and an undated and unnamed watercolour of azaleas.
1759.
NHM-WP17.010    Note:    undated   A small watercolour of a spray of three pink and one white azalea? flowers with foliage, undated and unsigned, approx 16cm square, on translucent brown paper. Notes: Found when listed in a Large envelope labelled in Richard W's? hand "Illustrations of Palm trees" containing printed illustrations of palm trees and a cartoon depicting a zoological society meeting (WP17/9)
1760.
NHM-WP17.015    Note:    undated   Route map of the British Islands, approximately 24 cm x 18 cm on one sheet of paper approximately 23 cm x 29 cm. Printed by Bean & Sons, Leeds. Undated. Black and white outline, with areas hand-coloured in pink (by A. R. Wallace?). Directional arrows and border of coloured area pencilled in and annotations in pencil including "Direction of ice movement" in A. R. Wallace's hand. Notes: In envelope labelled "Photos &c for Studies" (i.e. "Studies Scientific and Social") when listed. The image is not reproduced there though it may be related to two articles "The Ice Age and it's Work..." first published in "Fortnightly Review" in November and December 1893, reprinted in "Studies..."
1761.
NHM-WP18.002    Note:    undated   "Systematic Index", 2 folios, pp. [xii] - xvi] of an undated, untitled printed index to bird species, with annotations and deletions in A. R. Wallace's? hand, possibly final proofs from a book.
1762.
NHM-WP18.003.[1]    Note:    undated   Envelope annotated in an unknown hand in ink " File | Special letter from late Mr Sims | not to be acknowledged"
1763.
NHM-WP18.005    Note:    undated   Paper label in ink in A. R. Wallace's? WGW's? hand "Scientific | A"
1764.
NHM-WP18.009    Correspondence:   Wallace John  undated   Empty brown envelope labelled in pencil in an unknown hand "John Wallace's letter to Mr W. | Very interesting a/c of a 'fly' dragging off a large spider | Aug 1854". (This refers to John Wallace to A. R. Wallace, from Columbia 28 Aug 1854. See WP1/3/31) Notes: Formerly in Wallace Family Correspondence 1835-1893: WP1/3. Not entered in contents list.
1765.
NHM-WP18.010    Note:    undated   Otherwise blank sheet apparently from a journal annotated/labelled in A. R. Wallace's hand "Extracts &c America"
1766.
NHM-WP18.011    Note:    undated   Label "Wallace | Evolution &c" in ink in A. R. Wallace's? WGW's?hand, on the blank side of a postcard printed with the address of Edward Hamer & Co, Welsh Mutton purveyors, Llanidloes. Notes: Folded; apparently used as a file label
1767.
NHM-WP18.018    Correspondence:   Casey? A Bertie Miss  undated   Empty envelope addressed in A. R. Wallace's? WGW's? hand to Miss A. Bertie [C] Casey. Lantosca, Madeira Road Upr. Parkstone Dorset , stamped, postmark illegible, stamp on back flap "Park's Press Photography Agency Ltd., 80 Fleet Street London EC"; Paper label on front, crossed out, of W. A. Sims & co, Process engraving, 98 Fleet St. Notes: See unidentified poem on paper headed "Lantosca", WP18/19
1768.
NHM-WP18.028    Note:    undated   Brown cardboard box approximately 25.5 cm x 18 cm x 5.5 cm, in the form of a book, titled "Letters" on spine, with marbling on 3 edges. Labelled inside lid "No. 1 large 8vo Stone's Patent Box for the safe & Orderly Keeping of all Letters, Papers and Documents . . ." . The label is partly covered by a modern Post-It note with a rough and incomplete list in Richard Wallace's hand (c. 2000?) of some of the letters which it contained when delivered to the Museum. The contents have now been transferred to a number of more appropriate series.
1769.
NHM-WP18.031    Note:    undated   Nine undated and unlabelled "Stone's Universal" brand document wallets with tape ties, in which some of the A. R. Wallace family papers were stored on arrival at the NHM and before listing. Pencilled notes and temporary reference numbers in square brackets on the wallets were added by P J Lucas during sorting and listing. The wallets appear old and may have been used by A. R. Wallace himself at some time, but there is no direct evidence that he did.
1770.
LINSOC-MS656    Figure:    undated   Large watercolour drawing of a painted malocca at Caruru
1771.
LINSOC-MS140a    Note:    undated   Miscellanea, part 1
1772.
LINSOC-MS140b    Note:    undated   Miscellanea, part 2
1773.
LINSOC-MS140c    Note:    undated   Miscellanea, part 3
1774.
LINSOC-MS140d    Note:    undated   Miscellanea, part 4
1775.
LINSOC-MS140e    Note:    undated   Miscellanea, part 5
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