NHM-WP01.001.098    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace William Greenell, Maxwell James Clerk, Squires ?, Blatchford Robert ("Nunquam")  1904.09.25   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his son William, from Broadstone, Dorset, 25 Sep 1904 re British Association paper on radiation in the solar system; arrival of a boy (Master Squires) to be cared for by William's sister Violet; cheap edition of "Evolution"; letter to the "Clarion". Place: Dorset England Notes: Numbered in pencil in Mrs Richard Wallace's hand: 90

NHM-WP01.001.181    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace William Greenell, Fisher Arabella Burton (née Buckley), Hicks ?  1903.06.25   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his son William from Broadstone, Dorset, 25 Jun 1903 re approval of William's notes (on proofs of "Man's place in the Universe"?), sending four more chapters, relieved to be finished, thinks the book will sell well; enclosing a letter (not present) from Hicks; going to meet Mrs Fisher. Place: Broadstone Dorset England Notes: OLD REF Letters re books and writing 1903-1907: WP1/19/9/2

NHM-WP01.001.200    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace William Greenell, Legge Hon. Sir Harry Charles knight, Wilhelm II  1908.12.17   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his son William from Old Orchard, Broadstone, Wimborne (Dorset), 17 Dec 1908 re investiture and receipt of Order of Merit medal from Colonel Legge, describing documents and insignia in detail; conversation with Colonel Legge about his attendance on and drives around the English countryside with the German Emperor, the Emperor's love of England. Place: Broadstone Dorset England Notes: No annotations, only a tick at top right in lead pencil. OLD REF Letters re R I lecture and Medals 1908 and 1909: WP1/19/11/5

NHM-WP01.002.116    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Chant Florence Miss, Comber ? Mrs, Nietzsche Friedrich, Ackland ? Mr  1898.11.20   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 20 Nov 1898, re German books, pedagogy and learning the German language; books; tea from Moore Brothers; A. R. Wallace writing article for "L'Humanite Nouvelle" on socialism, militarism and causes of war, seances held by Miss Chant and Mrs Comber; Nietzsche; Mr Ackland. Place: Dorset England Germany

NHM-WP01.003.028    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Mary Anne, Allen Charles, Stevens Samuel, Hamilton Gray & Co  1854.04.30   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his mother (Mary Anne Wallace) from Singapore, 30 Apr 1854 re arrival in Singapore; town and population; Bukit Tima (Timah) Mission; butterflies; boxes due on ship Eliza Thornton; broken watch; instructions to Samuel Stevens. Notes: Letter no in contents list: 26

NHM-WP01.004.003    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Annie née Mitten, Palgrave Sir Reginald Francis Douce, Shaen Miss  1892.11.01   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his wife Annie from Parkstone, Dorset, 1 Nov 1892 re Annie's safe arrival at Malvern; lunch with Sir Reginald and Lady Palgrave, the Watkins, Dr Allman and Miss Travers at Mr Dugmore's, A. R. Wallace left early as all talking "Primrose League"; arrangement of refurbished study; tea at Mrs Barnes's with the Nichols, Mrs Cooper, the Pocock family and Mrs Maitland; Violet doing gymnastics; the Huddlestones renting a house at Bournemouth; sending a copy of "Natural Science"containing photos of Coral reefs for Miss Shaen; will send "Fortnightly"on; London Library; Annie's health regimen; cooking. Place: Parkstone Dorset England Notes: "The Primrose League was a patriotic mass organisation nominally independent from, but allied to the British Conservative Party. During the last quarter of the nineteenth century, it politically mobilised large numbers of British women." (Matthew Hendley 1996,The Canadian Historical Association) Source: Web page.

NHM-WP01.005.005    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Mitten William, Wallace Annie née Mitten, Jekyll Gertrude  1886.11.21   Letter from A. R. Wallace to William Mitten, from Boston, 21 Nov 1886 with a postscript 22 Nov 1886; re lack of mail from England; success of his lectures at the Lowell Institute (Boston); returned today from visit to Williamstown, stayed with resident of College, gave two lectures, visited waterfall with Professor of Natural History, sending roots of a Lonchitis (fern) to Annie and seeds of a gentian (some for Miss Jekyll) to Mitten; any news of letting of house at Godalming; plans to be in Baltimore November 30 to December 10, contact at Peabody Institute; PS letter from his wife Annie posted 13 days ago just arrived. Place: USA England Notes: 2 folios, postcript (f2) torn.

NHM-WP01.005.017    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet Isabel, Hooker Isabella Beecher, Stowe Harriet Beecher  1887.02.12   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet from Washington DC, 12 Feb 1887, enclosing press cuttings (not present) apparently reporting a social occasion hosted by spiritualist Mrs Hooker, sister of Henry Ward Beecher and Mrs Beecher Stowe, at which A. R. Wallace was introduced to about 50 people; lectures to local Anthropological societies; lack of paying lectures, if none booked in California will not be able to afford to go there as fare is £50; only two forthcoming engagements in Canada; spending time visiting Museums and libraries and writing for American newspapers and for Harris; expense of hotel; changeable weather; detailed description of the "most beautiful" Capitol building and comparison with British House of Commons; instructions to send letters via agent Williams; hopes Violet is reading and studying well. Stamped envelope addressed to Miss Wallace at Frith Hill, Godalming and postmarked on the front Washington 14 Feb 1887and on the back New York? (date illegible) 1887 and Godalming 25 Feb 1887. Place: Washington DC USA Notes: Some names and passages including the comparison of the Capitol with the H of C, are underlined or marked in red pencil, possibly by J Marchant.

NHM-WP01.001.023    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace William Greenell, Briggs Monica, Casey ?, Brett ?, Wallace Annie née Mitten, Best Dora  1900.01.27   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his son William, from Parkstone, Dorset, 27 Jan 1900 re hopes to work on new edition of "Wonderful Century" after five weeks of visitors; Carroll's "Tangled Tales" with amusing mathematical puzzles; mysterious drowning of neighbour Monica Briggs in local pond; "The Grange" not yet sold, some people interested in the "Colony" due to view it. Place: Dorset England Notes: Numbered in pencil in Mrs Richard Wallace's hand:23

NHM-WP01.001.028    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace William Greenell, Wallace Violet Isabel?, MacAlpine G A, Schulz family, Blatchford Robert ("Nunquam"),  1899.01.06   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his son William, from Parkstone, Dorset, Jan 6 1899 re William's letter of December 16th (1898?) and his plans for winter in America, advice to go south to New Mexico; comments on his news of Mac; Mac's coal-measuring machine; plans for electric tram from Bournemouth to Poole, A. R. Wallace objects to line through Parkstone; no electric light at Parkstone; damage to garden when drains connected; disadvantages of growing under glass; American papers "Coming Nation", "American Fabian" and "The Commonwealth"; "The Clarion", McGinnis, Robert Blatchford; plans to start work in about a years time on new edition of "Wonderful Century" and to start autobiography soon; Violet at the Schulz's, enclosing some verses by her and a card from her showing villages near Pössneck (neither present). Place: America Bournemouth Dorset England Poole Pössneck Germany Notes: Numbered in pencil in Mrs Richard Wallace's hand: (226?)

NHM-WP01.001.109    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace William Greenell, Wallace Violet, ? Reginald, Walker , Swinton A C, Jennings Miss of Parkstone, Estcourt , Dibben , Wimborne  1905.07.26   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his son William, from Broadstone, Dorset, 26 Jul 1905 thanking William for inscription from Maen LLia stone; L N (land nationalisation?) Society affairs; visitors; conveyancing of land for road; proofs of book arriving. Place: Dorset England Notes: Numbered in pencil in Mrs Richard Wallace's hand: 101

NHM-WP01.001.180    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace William Greenell, Reynolds Osborne, Perry ?, Thomson William Lord Kelvin, Allen ?, Wallace Violet Isabel?  1903.01.12   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his son William from Broadstone, Dorset, 12 Jan 1903 annotated in WGW's? hand "lecture | atoms"; re lecture by Osborne Reynolds on the nature of the universe, his explanation of gravity similar to Allen's; work on house and garden; reading books for material for his own book, ("Man's place in the Universe"?) hopes to get it out by summer; WGW's business in Ipswich and London. Place: Broadstone Dorset Ipswich Suffolk England London Notes: Wallace, Alfred Russel (1903), Man's Place in the Universe: A Study of the Results of Scientific Research in Relation to the Unity or Plurality of Worlds. (London, Chapman & Hall, Oct. 1903). OLD REF Letters re books and writing 1903-1907: WP1/19/9/1

NHM-WP01.001.187    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace William Greenell, Wallace Violet Isabel?, Walker Mr, Huxley Thomas Henry, Tyndall John, Spencer Herbert, Purland Theodosius  1904.10.24   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his son William from Broadstone, Wimborne (Dorset), 24 Oct 1904 annotated in WGW's? hand "Ref (to?) Autobiography"; re designs for plates on gate; WGW's visit to Mr Walker; recommending a visit to Colonel S D Williams at Brum (Birmingham); Spiritualism in Manchester; selecting personal letters for use in autobiography and sorting into categories by subject, has finished a chapter on his brother Herbert: "I have been sorting out the whole lot of my letters &c. first in years - then going over them and taking out all those I shall want to use for the Autobiog. Such as Huxley, Tyndall, Spencer, Purland , and about 20 other persons of some note - also putting together all those referring to Spiritualism , Vaccination, Socialism &c. so that as I come to each of these subjects I shall have all the materials at hand to take exactly what I want for an interesting summary of the subject. I have finished a nice little chapter of my brother Herbert's life & poems, having found about 12 poems and 6 enigmas which are really good . . ." Place: Broadstone Dorset England Notes: transferred from OLD REF Letters re books and writing 1903-1907: WP1/19/9/5.

NHM-WP01.002.060    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Wallace Annie née Mitten, Fisher Arabella Burton (née Buckley), ? Maclachlan Mrs  1895.02.10   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 10 Feb 1895, re nervous illness of her mother (Annie Wallace), attended by Dr Philpotts; fifth very cold winter in Dorset; no water in house due to frozen water pipes; reports that winter the coldest since 1854; hard frosts in Norfolk, deep snow in Rome, Germany and America, warning Violet not to skate on thin ice; news of Mrs Fisher and Mrs Maclachlan. Place: Dorset England

NHM-WP01.002.078    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Wallace William Greenell, Stetson Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Sharpe J W, Waddington ?, Torrens Lady  1896.12.14   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 14 Dec 1896, re her brother William; arrangements for Christmas; bicycles; Mrs Stetson; Mr Waddington; visit from the Sharpes and Lady Torrens, Lady Torrens on spiritualism; Violet's K.G.(Kindergarten) magazine. Place: Dorset England

NHM-WP01.002.092    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Wallace William Greenell, Osborne Mr, Carter Mr, Casson Herbert N, Birch Frederick  1897.09.07   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 7 Sep 1897, re Violet's trip to Paris; A. R. Wallace's trips to Paris in the past; visits from Mr Osborne and Mr Carter re lecture by Mr Casson on "the labour church and the latent goodness of humanity"; Fred Birch; her brother William's letters. Place: Dorset England Paris France

NHM-WP01.003.040    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Sims Frances née Wallace, Wallace Mary Anne, Sims Thomas, Stevens Samuel, Silk George C, Roberts Eliza  1856.12.10   Letter from A. R. Wallace to Fanny (Mrs Thomas Sims) from Macassar, 10 Dec 1856 re arrival of letters from home; birth of first niece or nephew; expense of Sims's rent and financial burden to his mother; departure for Aru in two days time; diet on Aru, list of food stores to be taken, scarcity of fowl, will eat Birds of Paradise and Kangaroo; friends and family; Eliza Roberts's moustache. Notes: Letter no in contents list: 38

NHM-WP01.004.009    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Annie née Mitten, Mitten William, Mitten Bessie, Wallace Violet Isabel?, Jekyll Gertrude,  [1895.07.00]   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his wife Annie from Parkstone, Dorset, Saturday morning, annotated in pencil in an unknown hand "[?1896]" but more likely to be c. Jul 1895 (See other letters to Annie around this date), re plans for her father (William Mitten) and A. R. Wallace to tour in Switzerland after her return; expects many rare plants in the mountains, possibility of visiting Pilatus or Stanzenhorn, asks Annie to enquire about hotel rates there, and about a hotel in Lucerne for day of their arrival; regards to Bessie; asks for news of her tour and fellow-travellers; receipt of letter from Miss Jekyll enclosing an enquiry from another correspondent re effect of sea-air on plants at Lyme Regis; mosquitoes at Rhone glacier. Place: Parkstone Dorset Lyme Regis Dorset England Switzerland Notes: OLD REF WP1/19/7/1and later WP1/21/9.This letter was previously filed in a paper folder labelled in WGW's? hand "Excursions &c." almost certainly selected for J. Marchant when writing A. R. Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences" (London 1916).

NHM-WP01.008.048    Correspondence:   Fisher Arabella Burton (née Buckley), Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Herbert Spencer, Wallace Herbert Edward, Guppy Mrs  1874.04.25   Letter from Arabella Buckley to A. R. Wallace, from 1 St Mary's Terrace (Paddington, London), 25 Apr 1874, on mourning paper, offering condolences on the death of his son Bertie (Herbert Spencer Wallace) and re possible Spiritualist contact with Bertie through her, her sister or the medium Mrs Guppy; enclosing a transcription in an other hand, signed "Janie", of an alleged conversation held on April 25 and 26, with spirits, about Bertie; including the claim that he was now in the care of his Uncle Herbert. Annotated in pencil (in A. R. Wallace's hand?) "A B Buckley (Fisher)". Place: London

NHM-WP06.008.022.[02]    Photo:    1905.09.07   36 proofs of illustrations for A R Wallace's autobiography "My Life" (London, Chapman & Hall, 1905) captioned in A. R. Wallace's and at least one other hand; incomplete set enclosed in an exercise-book cover; comprising: 2.Printed illustration of the valediction "Thine in amity" and signature of Theodosius Purland, from a letter written by Purland to A. R. Wallace in 1870. Place: Amazon Notes: Two portrait photographs of A. R. Wallace were transferred to more appropriates items or series. Proof pages approximately 23 cm x 14.5 cm. Reproduced in Wallace, Alfred Russel, "My Life" (London 1905). All fairly dirty on the edges with inky fingerprint marks. 24 proof sheets are approximately 23 cm x 14.5 cm, 12 approximately 23 cm x 17 cm. Most are on thick white paper without printed captions or numbers, three on thinner paper with printed text. Possibly from two or three proofs made on different dates? Both this file and WP6/8/21 contain proofs of illustrations from both vols 1 and 2 of "My Life", both incomplete. The two have not been merged because they appear to have been separated into two files by A. R. Wallace himself, though this is dubious and the reason not apparent.

NHM-WP06.008.022.[04]    Photo:    1905.09.07   36 proofs of illustrations for A R Wallace's autobiography "My Life" (London, Chapman & Hall, 1905) captioned in A. R. Wallace's and at least one other hand; incomplete set enclosed in an exercise-book cover; comprising: 4. Proof illustration of a cartoon by T. Purland, headed "Saturday!" and showing a man in top hat and coat with a bag under one arm and an [umbrella?] in the other hand, contemplating signs to various places at the four corners of a compass Place: Amazon Notes: Two portrait photographs of A. R. Wallace were transferred to more appropriates items or series. Proof pages approximately 23 cm x 14.5 cm. Reproduced in Wallace, Alfred Russel, "My Life" (London 1905). All fairly dirty on the edges with inky fingerprint marks. 24 proof sheets are approximately 23 cm x 14.5 cm, 12 approximately 23 cm x 17 cm. Most are on thick white paper without printed captions or numbers, three on thinner paper with printed text. Possibly from two or three proofs made on different dates? Both this file and WP6/8/21 contain proofs of illustrations from both vols 1 and 2 of "My Life", both incomplete. The two have not been merged because they appear to have been separated into two files by A. R. Wallace himself, though this is dubious and the reason not apparent.

NHM-WP06.008.022.[06]    Photo:    1905.09.07   36 proofs of illustrations for A R Wallace's autobiography "My Life" (London, Chapman & Hall, 1905) captioned in A. R. Wallace's and at least one other hand; incomplete set enclosed in an exercise-book cover; comprising: 6. Proof illustration of two fish, (an Angelfish and a Catfish) one above the other, from drawings by A. R. Wallace. The top image is captioned "5. Pterophyllum scalare.[sic] Fam. Cichlidae. | (One third natural size.) " and the bottom image "3. Pimelodus holomelus. Fam. Siluridae. | (One third natural size.)" both in ink in A. R. Wallace's hand. Place: Amazon Notes: Two portrait photographs of A. R. Wallace were transferred to more appropriates items or series. Proof pages approximately 23 cm x 14.5 cm. Reproduced in Wallace, Alfred Russel, "My Life" (London 1905). All fairly dirty on the edges with inky fingerprint marks. 24 proof sheets are approximately 23 cm x 14.5 cm, 12 approximately 23 cm x 17 cm. Most are on thick white paper without printed captions or numbers, three on thinner paper with printed text. Possibly from two or three proofs made on different dates? Both this file and WP6/8/21 contain proofs of illustrations from both vols 1 and 2 of "My Life", both incomplete. The two have not been merged because they appear to have been separated into two files by A. R. Wallace himself, though this is dubious and the reason not apparent.

NHM-WP06.008.022.[08]    Photo:    1905.09.07   36 proofs of illustrations for A R Wallace's autobiography "My Life" (London, Chapman & Hall, 1905) captioned in A. R. Wallace's and at least one other hand; incomplete set enclosed in an exercise-book cover; comprising: 8. Proof illustration of a fish, Xiphostoma lateristriga, from a drawing by A. R. Wallace. Captioned in ink in A. R. Wallace's hand. Place: Amazon Notes: Two portrait photographs of A. R. Wallace were transferred to more appropriates items or series. Proof pages approximately 23 cm x 14.5 cm. Reproduced in Wallace, Alfred Russel, "My Life" (London 1905). All fairly dirty on the edges with inky fingerprint marks. 24 proof sheets are approximately 23 cm x 14.5 cm, 12 approximately 23 cm x 17 cm. Most are on thick white paper without printed captions or numbers, three on thinner paper with printed text. Possibly from two or three proofs made on different dates? Both this file and WP6/8/21 contain proofs of illustrations from both vols 1 and 2 of "My Life", both incomplete. The two have not been merged because they appear to have been separated into two files by A. R. Wallace himself, though this is dubious and the reason not apparent.

NHM-WP06.008.022.[10]    Photo:    1905.09.07   36 proofs of illustrations for A R Wallace's autobiography "My Life" (London, Chapman & Hall, 1905) captioned in A. R. Wallace's and at least one other hand; incomplete set enclosed in an exercise-book cover; comprising: 10. Proof illustration of a silhouette portrait of A. R. Wallace's brother Herbert Edward Wallace, aged 20. Captioned in ink in A. R. Wallace's hand. Place: Amazon Notes: Two portrait photographs of A. R. Wallace were transferred to more appropriates items or series. Proof pages approximately 23 cm x 14.5 cm. Reproduced in Wallace, Alfred Russel, "My Life" (London 1905). All fairly dirty on the edges with inky fingerprint marks. 24 proof sheets are approximately 23 cm x 14.5 cm, 12 approximately 23 cm x 17 cm. Most are on thick white paper without printed captions or numbers, three on thinner paper with printed text. Possibly from two or three proofs made on different dates? Both this file and WP6/8/21 contain proofs of illustrations from both vols 1 and 2 of "My Life", both incomplete. The two have not been merged because they appear to have been separated into two files by A. R. Wallace himself, though this is dubious and the reason not apparent.

NHM-WP06.008.022.[12]    Photo:    1905.09.07   36 proofs of illustrations for A R Wallace's autobiography "My Life" (London, Chapman & Hall, 1905) captioned in A. R. Wallace's and at least one other hand; incomplete set enclosed in an exercise-book cover; comprising: 12. Proof illustration. Portrait of A. R. Wallace's brother Herbert Edward Wallace aged 8, from a sketch by Miss Townsend, showing him to the waist wearing wide sleeves and a broad-brimmed hat. Captioned in ink in A. R. Wallace's hand. Place: Amazon Notes: Two portrait photographs of A. R. Wallace were transferred to more appropriates items or series. Proof pages approximately 23 cm x 14.5 cm. Reproduced in Wallace, Alfred Russel, "My Life" (London 1905). All fairly dirty on the edges with inky fingerprint marks. 24 proof sheets are approximately 23 cm x 14.5 cm, 12 approximately 23 cm x 17 cm. Most are on thick white paper without printed captions or numbers, three on thinner paper with printed text. Possibly from two or three proofs made on different dates? Both this file and WP6/8/21 contain proofs of illustrations from both vols 1 and 2 of "My Life", both incomplete. The two have not been merged because they appear to have been separated into two files by A. R. Wallace himself, though this is dubious and the reason not apparent.

NHM-WP06.008.022.[14]    Photo:    1905.09.07   36 proofs of illustrations for A R Wallace's autobiography "My Life" (London, Chapman & Hall, 1905) captioned in A. R. Wallace's and at least one other hand; incomplete set enclosed in an exercise-book cover; comprising: 14. Proof illustration of a village near Leicester from a drawing by A. R. Wallace 1844, dominated by a large almost central (oak?) tree with low farm buildings on the left of the picture and a broad road with low fence on the right. Captioned in A. R. Wallace's hand. Place: Amazon Notes: Two portrait photographs of A. R. Wallace were transferred to more appropriates items or series. Proof pages approximately 23 cm x 14.5 cm. Reproduced in Wallace, Alfred Russel, "My Life" (London 1905). All fairly dirty on the edges with inky fingerprint marks. 24 proof sheets are approximately 23 cm x 14.5 cm, 12 approximately 23 cm x 17 cm. Most are on thick white paper without printed captions or numbers, three on thinner paper with printed text. Possibly from two or three proofs made on different dates? Both this file and WP6/8/21 contain proofs of illustrations from both vols 1 and 2 of "My Life", both incomplete. The two have not been merged because they appear to have been separated into two files by A. R. Wallace himself, though this is dubious and the reason not apparent.

NHM-WP06.008.022.[16]    Photo:    1905.09.07   36 proofs of illustrations for A R Wallace's autobiography "My Life" (London, Chapman & Hall, 1905) captioned in A. R. Wallace's and at least one other hand; incomplete set enclosed in an exercise-book cover; comprising: 16. Proof illustration of a village near Leicester from a drawing by A. R. Wallace 1844, showing a wide road bordered by a paling fence running from the foreground and curving slightly away to the left of the picture in the background, with buildings including a large brick chimney partly hidden by trees near the left foreground. Captioned in ink in A. R. Wallace's hand. Place: Amazon Notes: Two portrait photographs of A. R. Wallace were transferred to more appropriates items or series. Proof pages approximately 23 cm x 14.5 cm. Reproduced in Wallace, Alfred Russel, "My Life" (London 1905). All fairly dirty on the edges with inky fingerprint marks. 24 proof sheets are approximately 23 cm x 14.5 cm, 12 approximately 23 cm x 17 cm. Most are on thick white paper without printed captions or numbers, three on thinner paper with printed text. Possibly from two or three proofs made on different dates? Both this file and WP6/8/21 contain proofs of illustrations from both vols 1 and 2 of "My Life", both incomplete. The two have not been merged because they appear to have been separated into two files by A. R. Wallace himself, though this is dubious and the reason not apparent.

NHM-WP06.008.022.[18]    Photo:    1905.09.07   36 proofs of illustrations for A R Wallace's autobiography "My Life" (London, Chapman & Hall, 1905) captioned in A. R. Wallace's and at least one other hand; incomplete set enclosed in an exercise-book cover; comprising: 18. Proof illustration of buildings in the village of Llanbister, Radnorshire, from a drawing by William G Wallace, 1840. Captioned in ink in A. R. Wallace's hand. Place: Amazon Notes: Two portrait photographs of A. R. Wallace were transferred to more appropriates items or series. Proof pages approximately 23 cm x 14.5 cm. Reproduced in Wallace, Alfred Russel, "My Life" (London 1905). All fairly dirty on the edges with inky fingerprint marks. 24 proof sheets are approximately 23 cm x 14.5 cm, 12 approximately 23 cm x 17 cm. Most are on thick white paper without printed captions or numbers, three on thinner paper with printed text. Possibly from two or three proofs made on different dates? Both this file and WP6/8/21 contain proofs of illustrations from both vols 1 and 2 of "My Life", both incomplete. The two have not been merged because they appear to have been separated into two files by A. R. Wallace himself, though this is dubious and the reason not apparent.

NHM-WP06.008.022.[20]    Photo:    1905.09.07   36 proofs of illustrations for A R Wallace's autobiography "My Life" (London, Chapman & Hall, 1905) captioned in A. R. Wallace's and at least one other hand; incomplete set enclosed in an exercise-book cover; comprising: 20. Proof illustration of the house "Whittern", near Ludlow, Shropshire, from a drawing by William G Wallace, 1842, showing the house behind trees in the middle distance with a driveway between low stone walls in the foreground. Captioned in A. R. Wallace's hand. Place: Amazon Notes: Two portrait photographs of A. R. Wallace were transferred to more appropriates items or series. Proof pages approximately 23 cm x 14.5 cm. Reproduced in Wallace, Alfred Russel, "My Life" (London 1905). All fairly dirty on the edges with inky fingerprint marks. 24 proof sheets are approximately 23 cm x 14.5 cm, 12 approximately 23 cm x 17 cm. Most are on thick white paper without printed captions or numbers, three on thinner paper with printed text. Possibly from two or three proofs made on different dates? Both this file and WP6/8/21 contain proofs of illustrations from both vols 1 and 2 of "My Life", both incomplete. The two have not been merged because they appear to have been separated into two files by A. R. Wallace himself, though this is dubious and the reason not apparent.

NHM-WP06.008.022.[22]    Photo:    1905.09.07   36 proofs of illustrations for A R Wallace's autobiography "My Life" (London, Chapman & Hall, 1905) captioned in A. R. Wallace's and at least one other hand; incomplete set enclosed in an exercise-book cover; comprising: 22. Proof illustration in black and white of a waterfall, captioned in A. R. Wallace's hand "Ysgwyd einon Gam - Vale of Neath". From an undated and unattributed photograph. The reproduction in A. R. Wallace's autobiography "My Life" is captioned "Ysgwd Gladys, Vale of Neath." Place: Amazon Notes: Two portrait photographs of A. R. Wallace were transferred to more appropriates items or series. Proof pages approximately 23 cm x 14.5 cm. Reproduced in Wallace, Alfred Russel, "My Life" (London 1905). All fairly dirty on the edges with inky fingerprint marks. 24 proof sheets are approximately 23 cm x 14.5 cm, 12 approximately 23 cm x 17 cm. Most are on thick white paper without printed captions or numbers, three on thinner paper with printed text. Possibly from two or three proofs made on different dates? Both this file and WP6/8/21 contain proofs of illustrations from both vols 1 and 2 of "My Life", both incomplete. The two have not been merged because they appear to have been separated into two files by A. R. Wallace himself, though this is dubious and the reason not apparent.

NHM-WP06.008.022.[24]    Photo:    1905.09.07   36 proofs of illustrations for A R Wallace's autobiography "My Life" (London, Chapman & Hall, 1905) captioned in A. R. Wallace's and at least one other hand; incomplete set enclosed in an exercise-book cover; comprising: 24. Proof illustration in black and white captioned in A. R. Wallace's hand "Free Library, Neath | Designed by A. R. Wallace. 1847" showing an angled view of Neath Free Library building with a lantern-shaped sign reading "Free Library" suspended over the arched entrance. From an undated and unattributed photograph. Place: Amazon Notes: Two portrait photographs of A. R. Wallace were transferred to more appropriates items or series. Proof pages approximately 23 cm x 14.5 cm. Reproduced in Wallace, Alfred Russel, "My Life" (London 1905). All fairly dirty on the edges with inky fingerprint marks. 24 proof sheets are approximately 23 cm x 14.5 cm, 12 approximately 23 cm x 17 cm. Most are on thick white paper without printed captions or numbers, three on thinner paper with printed text. Possibly from two or three proofs made on different dates? Both this file and WP6/8/21 contain proofs of illustrations from both vols 1 and 2 of "My Life", both incomplete. The two have not been merged because they appear to have been separated into two files by A. R. Wallace himself, though this is dubious and the reason not apparent.

NHM-WP06.008.022.[26]    Photo:    1905.09.07   36 proofs of illustrations for A R Wallace's autobiography "My Life" (London, Chapman & Hall, 1905) captioned in A. R. Wallace's and at least one other hand; incomplete set enclosed in an exercise-book cover; comprising: 26. Proof illustration in black and white in two sections, from photographs by Florence Neale; on the left showing a tall narrow standing stone surrounded by small boulders and on the right a copy of the rough latin inscription carved on it. Annotated in A. R. Wallace's hand "' Maen Madoc' | Upper Vale of Neath" and "Latin inscription on Maen Madoc." Place: Amazon Notes: Two portrait photographs of A. R. Wallace were transferred to more appropriates items or series. Proof pages approximately 23 cm x 14.5 cm. Reproduced in Wallace, Alfred Russel, "My Life" (London 1905). All fairly dirty on the edges with inky fingerprint marks. 24 proof sheets are approximately 23 cm x 14.5 cm, 12 approximately 23 cm x 17 cm. Most are on thick white paper without printed captions or numbers, three on thinner paper with printed text. Possibly from two or three proofs made on different dates? Both this file and WP6/8/21 contain proofs of illustrations from both vols 1 and 2 of "My Life", both incomplete. The two have not been merged because they appear to have been separated into two files by A. R. Wallace himself, though this is dubious and the reason not apparent.

NHM-WP06.008.022.[28]    Photo:    1905.09.07   36 proofs of illustrations for A R Wallace's autobiography "My Life" (London, Chapman & Hall, 1905) captioned in A. R. Wallace's and at least one other hand; incomplete set enclosed in an exercise-book cover; comprising: 28. Proof illustration in black and white showing a low thatched shelter with a smaller one nearby, in a jungle clearing. Captioned in A. R. Wallace's hand " Native House, Wokan, Aru Islands. | Where I lived two weeks in March 1857[sic]." The reproduction in "My Life" gives the date as 1859. From an undated and unattributed photo given to A. R. Wallace by Henry Moseley (See "My Life" vol. 1 p. 357.) Place: Amazon Notes: Two portrait photographs of A. R. Wallace were transferred to more appropriates items or series. Proof pages approximately 23 cm x 14.5 cm. Reproduced in Wallace, Alfred Russel, "My Life" (London 1905). All fairly dirty on the edges with inky fingerprint marks. 24 proof sheets are approximately 23 cm x 14.5 cm, 12 approximately 23 cm x 17 cm. Most are on thick white paper without printed captions or numbers, three on thinner paper with printed text. Possibly from two or three proofs made on different dates? Both this file and WP6/8/21 contain proofs of illustrations from both vols 1 and 2 of "My Life", both incomplete. The two have not been merged because they appear to have been separated into two files by A. R. Wallace himself, though this is dubious and the reason not apparent.

NHM-WP06.008.022.[30]    Photo:    1905.09.07   36 proofs of illustrations for A R Wallace's autobiography "My Life" (London, Chapman & Hall, 1905) captioned in A. R. Wallace's and at least one other hand; incomplete set enclosed in an exercise-book cover; comprising: 30. Proof illustration in black and white captioned in A. R. Wallace's hand "The Saracen's Tent | Luray Cavern" showing stalactites and stalagmites in a limestone cave in Virginia, USA.. From a photo by C.H.James. (See also WP17, photos of the USA.) Place: Amazon Notes: Two portrait photographs of A. R. Wallace were transferred to more appropriates items or series. Proof pages approximately 23 cm x 14.5 cm. Reproduced in Wallace, Alfred Russel, "My Life" (London 1905). All fairly dirty on the edges with inky fingerprint marks. 24 proof sheets are approximately 23 cm x 14.5 cm, 12 approximately 23 cm x 17 cm. Most are on thick white paper without printed captions or numbers, three on thinner paper with printed text. Possibly from two or three proofs made on different dates? Both this file and WP6/8/21 contain proofs of illustrations from both vols 1 and 2 of "My Life", both incomplete. The two have not been merged because they appear to have been separated into two files by A. R. Wallace himself, though this is dubious and the reason not apparent.

NHM-WP06.008.022.[32]    Photo:    1905.09.07   36 proofs of illustrations for A R Wallace's autobiography "My Life" (London, Chapman & Hall, 1905) captioned in A. R. Wallace's and at least one other hand; incomplete set enclosed in an exercise-book cover; comprising: 32. Proof illustration in black and white showing a gap between sandstone cliffs with a snow covered mountain range in the far distance. Captioned in A. R. Wallace's hand "Gateway to the Garden of the Gods: with Pike's Peak." From an undated and unattributed photograph. Place: Amazon Notes: Two portrait photographs of A. R. Wallace were transferred to more appropriates items or series. Proof pages approximately 23 cm x 14.5 cm. Reproduced in Wallace, Alfred Russel, "My Life" (London 1905). All fairly dirty on the edges with inky fingerprint marks. 24 proof sheets are approximately 23 cm x 14.5 cm, 12 approximately 23 cm x 17 cm. Most are on thick white paper without printed captions or numbers, three on thinner paper with printed text. Possibly from two or three proofs made on different dates? Both this file and WP6/8/21 contain proofs of illustrations from both vols 1 and 2 of "My Life", both incomplete. The two have not been merged because they appear to have been separated into two files by A. R. Wallace himself, though this is dubious and the reason not apparent.

NHM-WP06.008.022.[34]    Photo:    1905.09.07   36 proofs of illustrations for A R Wallace's autobiography "My Life" (London, Chapman & Hall, 1905) captioned in A. R. Wallace's and at least one other hand; incomplete set enclosed in an exercise-book cover; comprising: 34. Proof illustration in black and white showing large sandstone formations near Colorado Springs. Captioned in A. R. Wallace's hand "'Cathedral Spires' - Garden of the Gods." From an undated and unattributed photograph. Place: Amazon Notes: Two portrait photographs of A. R. Wallace were transferred to more appropriates items or series. Proof pages approximately 23 cm x 14.5 cm. Reproduced in Wallace, Alfred Russel, "My Life" (London 1905). All fairly dirty on the edges with inky fingerprint marks. 24 proof sheets are approximately 23 cm x 14.5 cm, 12 approximately 23 cm x 17 cm. Most are on thick white paper without printed captions or numbers, three on thinner paper with printed text. Possibly from two or three proofs made on different dates? Both this file and WP6/8/21 contain proofs of illustrations from both vols 1 and 2 of "My Life", both incomplete. The two have not been merged because they appear to have been separated into two files by A. R. Wallace himself, though this is dubious and the reason not apparent.

NHM-WP06.008.022.[36]    Photo:    1905.09.07   36 proofs of illustrations for A R Wallace's autobiography "My Life" (London, Chapman & Hall, 1905) captioned in A. R. Wallace's and at least one other hand; incomplete set enclosed in an exercise-book cover; comprising: 36. Proof illustration in black and white showing the remains of storm-damaged wooden buildings, the foreground strewn with timbers, a few men on foot and in horse-drawn carts in the picture. Captioned in A. R. Wallace's hand "Sauk Rapids, Minnesota. Effects of a Tornado." The storm occurred on 14 April 1886 ("My Life" vol. 2, p. 150). From an unattributed photograph c 14 Apr 1886. Place: Amazon Notes: Two portrait photographs of A. R. Wallace were transferred to more appropriates items or series. Proof pages approximately 23 cm x 14.5 cm. Reproduced in Wallace, Alfred Russel, "My Life" (London 1905). All fairly dirty on the edges with inky fingerprint marks. 24 proof sheets are approximately 23 cm x 14.5 cm, 12 approximately 23 cm x 17 cm. Most are on thick white paper without printed captions or numbers, three on thinner paper with printed text. Possibly from two or three proofs made on different dates? Both this file and WP6/8/21 contain proofs of illustrations from both vols 1 and 2 of "My Life", both incomplete. The two have not been merged because they appear to have been separated into two files by A. R. Wallace himself, though this is dubious and the reason not apparent.

NHM-WP01.001.164    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace William Greenell, MacAlpine G A, Wallace John, Wallace Mary née Webster, Wallace Herbert, Allman George James, Wyckoff Walter Augustus  1898.12.23   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his son William from Parkstone, Dorset, 23 Dec 1898 re drainage work on house; sale of Dr Allman's house; detailed advice on where William and Mac should go while in America, recommending visit to William's aunt and uncle (Mary and John Wallace) in California, cousin Herbert Assistant Engineer of Southern Railway and may get them work or rail passes; urges William to write a book on his return; recommends Wyckoff's articles on "The Workers" in Scribner's Magazine; birthday and new year greetings. Place: New Zealand Parkstone Dorset England USA Notes: OLD REF Correspondence 1879-1922: WP1/19/23

NHM-WP01.002.111    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Wallace William Greenell, Wallace Mary née Webster, Wallace May, Hicks ?, MacAlpine G A, Maclaren Ian, Watson John, Archer ? Mrs, Scott ? Mr  1898.08.13   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet from Parkstone, Dorset 13 Aug 1898, re her journey to Blankenhain, with detailed questions about accommodation, people and food; news from her brother William in America re Mac, Hicks, camping and travel in a covered waggon; Vaccination Bill in House of Lords, sending copy of report in the "Chronicle"; reviews of A. R. Wallace's book, letter from Ian Mclaren (John Watson?); visits from Mrs Archer and Mr Scott; the Wallaces (Violet's aunt Mary and cousin May) to visit. Place: America Dorset England Germany

NHM-WP01.003.034    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Sims Frances née Wallace, Sims Thomas, ? Edward, Allen Charles, Wallace John, Wallace Mary, Wallace Mary Anne, Pfeiffer Ida, Page Bacon & Co  1855.06.25   Letter from A. R. Wallace to Fanny, (Mrs Thomas Sims), from Ladong River, Sarawak, 25 Jun 1855 re Thomas Sims's photography business; Stevens's proposal to send A. R. Wallace an assistant, desirable qualities in an assistant, Charles's deficiencies; Madame Pfeiffer's insect collection; news of Australian Expedition (A C Gregory Northern Australian?); arrival of new missionary from England; wanting a shoe last; wanting news of John and Mary in California; collapse of Page, Bacon and Co; Dyak's delight in musical box. Place: California USA Sarawak Notes: Letter no in contents list: 32. 2 folios NAMES TO BE COMPLETED, PJL 3/1/03

NHM-WP01.003.007    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Silk George C, Frost John, Crutwell Clement Henry  1840.01.12   Letter from A. R. Wallace to George (Silk) from Kington, 12 Jan 1840, with sketch plan in pencil below address, re Hertford Literary Society; Penny Post; countryside around Kington; Chartist trials; Crutwell and other acquaintances in Hertford. Place: England Kington Herefordshire and Worcester Notes: Letter no in contents list: 5. Part of wax seal present. Edges torn and text missing - hole about 6cm x 2 cm near seal. Some text heavily crossed through and unreadable.

NHM-WP01.003.039    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Bates Henry Walter, Saunders ?, Pfeiffer Ida, Spruce Richard, Stevens Samuel  1856.04.30   Letter from A. R. Wallace to H W Bates, from Singapore, 30 Apr 1856, continued 10 May 1856; re long wait for and final arrival of a ship to Macassar; arrival of Bates's letters from Ega (now TeffÉ) Brazil, and copy of "Zoologist"; geographical distribution of insect species in the islands of the Malay archipelago; relative scarcity of Lepidoptera; comparative numbers and types of insect species in Malaya archipelago and Brazil; details of insects collected, including new butterfly Ornithoptera Brookeana (Wallace), Rhyncophorae, Carabidae, Anthribidae, Bupestridae, Cleridae, Longicornes and many others, total number of insect species collected estimated at 6,000, specimens over 30, 000; desire to collect all world Longicornes for study; importance of recording location of capture of specimens; separation of collections from different localities; desire for future comparison of data and exchange of specimens with Bates; Orang Utans; comparison of types of forest plants, people and customs in Amazon and Malay archipelago; scarcity of edible fruit in the East; delicious Durian; Madame Pfeiffer's insect collection; regards to Spruce. Notes: Letter no in contents list: 37.

NHM-WP01.003.052    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Bates Henry Walter, Bates Frederick, Gray D, HewitsonWilliam Chapman  1861.10.10--1861   Letter from A. R. Wallace to H W Bates, from Lobo Raman, near Bencoolen, Sumatra, 10 Dec 1861, re Bates's paper on Papilios; Darwinian philosophy, geographical distribution of species, rivers as limits to distribution, A. R. Wallace's Zoological Society paper on distribution of monkey species in Brazil; isolation of species from geographical origins, geological evidence; hopes Bates will write on Cicindelidae; collecting in Sumatra; plans to return to England. Place: Amazon Barra Brazil Notes: Letter no in contents list: 50

NHM-WP01.003.069    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Enriques Matteo? Alfonso Flor?, Lima Joao Antonio de  1853.06.07   Letter in Portugese? from Mtto. Alfo. Flor.? Enriques with a note added by Joao Anto. de Lima, to Richard Spruce, from San Joaquim, 7 Jun 1853, mentioning Alfredo (A. R. Wallace). Place: San Joaquim Brazil Notes: Not entered in contents list but retained in this series, which seems an appropriate location. Loose note (destroyed) by E Bennett c. 2001/02 "Joao de Lima to Richard Spruce 1853".

NHM-WP01.006.006    Correspondence:   Birch Frederick R, Wallace Alfred Russel, Cotton Sir Arthur Thomas, New Age The  1910.07.19   Postcard from Fred Birch to A. R. Wallace from Theophilo Ottoni, Brazil, 19 Jul 1910 thanking A. R. Wallace for the pamphlet (by Sir Arthur Cotton) on intensive agriculture which has arrived safely along with copies of "The New Age", is delighted with it; gives details of his gardening methods and previous year's crops of oats and potatoes, potatoes this year destroyed by ants; adds to description of Calliste birds given in last letter (see WP1/6/5) and corrects description of Toucan; reminds A. R. Wallace he wants details of prices, soil, temperature and rainfall of land in Devonshire. Place: Brazil Devonshire

NHM-WP06.011.003    Printed:    1913.04.15--1913   Cutting made by Durant's Press Cuttings, London, of a review of A. R. Wallace's book "Social environment and moral progress" (London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne, 1913) headlined "Is there progress?" from "The Dundee Advertiser" 15 Apr 1913. Marked for "Marchant public Morals". Annotated in A. R. Wallace's hand on the attachment "elaborate but misleading at end". Place: Britain

NHM-WP06.011.012    Printed:    1913.05.00   Cutting made by Durant's Press Cuttings, London, of a long review of A. R. Wallace's book "Social environment and moral progress" (London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne, 1913) from "Young man" May, 1913, pp. 153-156 inclusive. Marked for "J Marchant, Public M". The review, titled "Highways and Byways of Character and Literature. Dr. A. R. Wallace. A prophet of Fire and Hope" is by the editor, and includes a photograph of Wallace seated at a desk. Place: Britain

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-WP01.001.085    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace William Greenell, Wallace Annie, Wallace Violet, Chapman & Hall , Riley James Whitcomb, William Henry Hudson, Poulton Sir Edward Bagnall, Rothenstein William, Birch Frederick  1904.02.12   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his son William, from Broadstone, Dorset, 12 Feb 1904 re A. R. Wallace's new will; autobiography; sitting for portrait; dubious authorship of poem "Leonainie"; Fred Birch preparing for trip to British Guiana. On the back of folio 2 is a poem headed "The outcast", initialled "WGW". Place: Dorset England Jamaica Trinidad British Guiana Notes: 2 folios.First numbered in pencil in Mrs Richard Wallace's hand: 80, and in an unknown hand "(Autobiog?) & Leonainie"

NHM-WP01.002.027    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Wallace William Greenell, Jekyll Gertrude, Silk George C, Chapman & Hall , Sims Frances née Wallace, Michaelis Madame, Hayward Arthur  1892.05.20   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 20 May 1892 re gardening; writing; examining; Geographical medal; (Linnean Society) medal; family. Place: Dorset England Notes: Annotated in pencil in an unknown hand "V.G."