S005    Periodical contribution:     Wallace, A. R. 1850. On the Umbrella Bird (Cephalopterus ornatus), "Ueramimbé," L.G. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 18 (23 July): 206-207.   Text   Image   PDF

NHM-WP17    Note:    1850--1899   Miscellaneous Photographs and other images c1850-1899 and undated

NHM-WP19.07b    Figure:    1850--1855   Fire insurance

NHM-WP02.001.002    Photo:    [1850]   Group portrait photo, undated, c. 1850 showing A. R. Wallace aged 27-30 seated near his mother with his sister Fanny standing behind them leaning one arm on Wallace's chair; black and white; apparently photographed from an album.

NHM-WP06.006    Photo:    [1852]--[1905]   Photographic prints, proof illustrations and ms. notes relating to Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1900, "Studies Scientific and Social" (London 1900). Approximately 100 individual documents/images including duplicates; most undated, almost all with annotations including captions, directions for printers and figure numbers, in A. R. Wallace's and/or other hands. Notes: The publication is a series of essays on a variety of topics. Each "piece" in item WP6/6 consists of a number of papers relating to a specific essay: individual documents are described within a single piece-level description. Reference codes have been added to the documents in pencil in square brackets on the backs of photos but where possible on the front of ms and print. Speculative dates are based on dates of publication of "Studies Scientific and Social" (1900) and A. R. Wallace's original essays, except where there is evidence of the date of original creation of an image. Roughly half the images and notes were found in an envelope labelled, probably in WGW's hand, "Photos &c for Studies". The string and envelope, which was filthy, torn and disintegrating at the touch, was discarded. Copies of some of these images and subjects closely related were scattered throughout three of the four original boxes including 80 proof illustrations loose in box 3 and a few in other folders/envelopes in boxes 2 and 3. All have been brought together for final listing including images which were not reproduced in the book but were so similar to those used that they were probably considered and rejected, though some may have been published elsewhere.

S012    Periodical contribution:     Wallace, A. R. 1853. On some fishes allied to Gymnotus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 21 (12 July): 75-76.   Text   Image   PDF

NHM-WP06.008.018.[02]    Photo:    [1853--1865]   Small envelope enclosing the above when listed, annotated in ink WGW's? hand "Chap XXIII Photo A.R.W. (?1865 - age 42)" and in faint pencil in A. R. Wallace's? hand "1853"

NHM-WP15.001    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel  1853--1906   Correspondence 1853-1906 comprising a letter from W H Harvey to J D Hooker re Mitten and letters to William Mitten from A. R. Wallace and Clement Reid; from Mitten to his daughter (Annie Mitten/ Wallace?) and from C E Larter to Mitten's daughter (Flora?), mostly on botanical subjects.

LINSOC-MS179    Notebook:    1854--1861   [Notebook 1]

NHM-WP03.018    Note:    1854--1862   Note in Wallace's hand entitled "Notes on Curculionidae" with the following localities covered; Singapore, Sarawak, Aru Islands, Macassar, Ternate, Dorey, Ceram, Waigion, Batchian and Menado

NHM-WP19.23    Figure:    1854--1900   Drawing of Algae drawing - Herbarium

NHM-WP19.24    Figure:    1854--1900   Drawing of brown Algae

NHM-WP18.004    Note:    [1854]--[1903]   Six folios of undated rough notes, apparently entomological, in pencil and ink in an unknown hand, and a (draft? ) letter, undated, to "Dear Sir " (A. R. Wallace?) from Ernest F Bates, with annotated envelope. Notes: First date based on A. R. Wallace's arrival in Malaya (but could be earlier), last date on the date of death of Frederick Bates, assuming E F Bates to be his son, but no information has been found on him.

NHM-WP07.003    Printed:    1855   Reprint "On the Law which has regulated the introduction of new species" by A. R. Wallace from "Annals and Mag, Nat Hist Sept 1855, 14 pp. pamphlet annotated on front in A. R. Wallace's hand with title and "Only Copy left".

LINSOC-MS180    Notebook:    1855--1859   [Notebook 4] "Notes. Vertebrata." "Notes. Insects 4."

NHM-WP19.01    Figure:    1855   "Aeschynanthus sp. Borneo Flowers brilliant crimson scarlet, tube yellow, leaves light green, calyx yel. green Leaves found with a ring of 8 pointed stipules?" Watercolour painting of a Aeschynanthus flower from Sarawak

NHM-WP19.20a    Figure:    1855   Watercolour painting of an orchid from Sadong, Sarawak, Borneo   Image

NHM-WP19.05a    Figure:    1855   Pencil sketch of a tree

NHM-WP19.06a    Figure:    1855   Pencil sketch of Tree, Borneo

NHM-WP19.10a    Figure:    1855   Drawing of Forest tree

NHM-WP19.14b    Figure:    1855   Drawing of Leaves on tree branch. "Helemedan? Dyak" "tree section when cut at 7 feet from the ground" "Leaves alternate ovate smooth thin without stipules, boughs much branched, leaves crowded. Bark thin rather smooth, whitish surface crumbling off, stem much furrowed and angular. Deeply butressed - 200-250 feet"

NHM-WP19.18a    Figure:    1855   Sketches of Gonystylus tree fruit "Bua ramin. (Dyak)" "base", "vertical section of seed with large fleshy red arillus", "This arillus is much eaten by the orang utan. Leaves alternate without stipules ovate entire acute, coriaceous with parallel curved veins & minute dots.", "? Euphorbiaceous"

NHM-WP19.21a    Figure:    1855   Drawing of Areca gracilis

NHM-WP19.15a    Figure:    1855   Watercolour painting of a flowering Polyalthea tree in Sarawak. "Sarawak, Borneo Polyalthea sp. (Anonaceae)"   Image

NHM-WP19.07a    Figure:    1855   Drawing of Tree, "Sarawak Mar. 55/"

NHM-WP19.14a    Figure:    1855   Drawing of Tree with creepers. "Si Munjon"

NHM-WP19.19b    Figure:    1855   Drawings of leaves and fruit. "Lunquon" "Fruit roundish oval with two elongate oval seeds in pulp. Outer shell hard" "Leaves pinnate alternate in a bunch at the end of the branchlets. Leaflets opp. ovate smooth, 2 -3 in long. Trunk rather short, above much waved & twisted branchlets very numberous and much contorted. bark very smooth. Stem bustressed"

NHM-WP01.003.062    Note:    [1856]   Undated MS in ink and pencil A. R. Wallace's hand, headed "The Chinaman at Singapore" with brief notes re the typical Chinese merchant, shopkeeper, planter and coolie, and Kling (Chettiar) tradesmen.   Text   Image

NHM-WP19.16    Figure:    1856--1860   Ink and pencil sketch "Sugar Palm. Celebes"   Image

WSPEC097    Periodical contribution:     Stevens, Samuel. 1856. [Extract from a letter received from Mr Wallace written from Lombock]. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London, in the Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (new series) 4: 34.   Text   Image   PDF

NHM-WP01.003.064    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Sims Thomas, Sims Frances née Wallace,  [1856]   Part-letter (last 2 pages) from A. R. Wallace to Thomas or Fanny Sims, initialled A. R. Wallace, from Singapore? 1856? ; re transmission and payment for "Home News"; (Sims's) advertisements for photographic portraits on enamel opal glass and paper; insects and box of heavy clothes sent home; plan to visit California; funny Chinese pictures. Place: California USA Singapore Malaya Notes: Not listed in contents. One folio. First page(s) of text missing. Addressee unknown

S029    Periodical contribution:     Wallace, A. R. 1857. Notes of a journey up the Sadong River, in North-West Borneo. Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London 1 (6): 193-205.   Text   Image   PDF

BM-Oc1935,1014.1    Miscellaneous:    1858   Figure (with 'shield'), korwar, made of wood, height 13 inches. Obtained by A.R.Wallace in Dorey, New Guinea. Donated by Miss Wallace and W.G. Wallace in 1935. Register information: 'These objects were collected by Alfred Russel Wallace, O.M., the donor's father …in 1859".

BM-Oc1935,1014.5    Miscellaneous:    1858   Wooden spoon, the handle ornamented & terminating in a human figure, length 26 cm. Collected by A.R. Wallace in Dorey, New Guinea. Donated by Miss Wallace and W.G. Wallace in 1935. Register information: 'These objects were collected by Alfred Russel Wallace, O.M., the donor's father …in 1859".

BM-Oc1935,1014.7    Miscellaneous:    1858   Beater (for clay) made of wood. Obtained by A.R. Wallace in Dorey, New Guinea. This object has an ornate pattern carved onto three surfaces. This is not a beater (ie not used to shape the pot) but is used to impress designs onto the surface of the pot (see Wallace). Figd in A.R. Wallace's, "Malay Archipelago" (1869), Vol. II, p.324. Donated by Miss Wallace and W.G. Wallace in 1935. Register information: 'These objects were collected by Alfred Russel Wallace, O.M., the donor's father ...in 1859".

NHM-WP01.003.072    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel  [1858]   Annotated list (part letter?) initialled by A. R. Wallace and in his hand, headed " Insects of the Eastern Archipelago, collected by A R Wallace from May 1, 1854 to January 1st 1858" , with generic names, specimens totals and locations where collected; a paragraph including "I surpass you considerably in the number of species" is written on one side - possible part of a letter to H W Bates. Place: Amboyna Malaya Aru Islands Netherlands Indies Borneo Macassar Celebes Malacca Singapore Notes: Not entered on contents list. Loose note (destroyed) written by E.B. c. 2002 "Insects of the Eastern Archipelago. 1 sheet may belong to a bigger volume?" RECORD MODIFIED 12/10/03: FIRST DATE CORRECTED from 1854.01.01. Probably part of a letter to H W Bates, possibly 1858.01.04 (WP1/3/41)

NHM-WP19.12a    Figure:    1858   Pencil sketch of "Ternate Tidore March Motir"   Image

BM-As1935,1014.10    Miscellaneous:    1858   Woman's belt (waist) made of cane, rattan. Obtained by A.R.Wallace in Seram. Donated by Miss Wallace and W.G. Wallace in 1935. Register information: 'These objects were collected by Alfred Russel Wallace, O.M., the donor's father …in 1859".

BM-Oc1935,1014.4    Miscellaneous:    1858   Stick (with figure), charm made of wood, cotton cloth, vegetable fibre. Obtained at Dorey, New Guinea by A.R. Wallace. Donated by Miss Wallace and W.G. Wallace in 1935. Register information: 'These objects were collected by Alfred Russel Wallace, O.M., the donor's father ...in 1859".

NHM-WP07.009    Printed:    1858   "On the tendency of species to form varieties; and on the perpetuation of varieties and species by natural means of selection. by Charles Darwin… and Alfred Wallace… Communicated by Sir Charles Lyell… and J. D. Hooker…" from The Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society for August 1858 (read 1 July 1858); final proof or reprint sewn into brown paper cover labelled in pencil in A. R. Wallace's? WGW's? hand "Species | Darwin ^ Wallace"; pp. [1]-62 with correction and additions in A. R. Wallace's hand in ink and a note on the back flyleaf in pencil in his hand, beginning "1860. Feb | After reading Mr Darwin's admirable work 'On the Origin of Species'…" Place: Ternate Moluccas Netherlands Indies Notes: When listed this was in an acid free envelope labelled in pencil by NHM library staff c2000 "1858 Lin. Soc. Paper | species - Darwin/Wallace | Box 3 Box file" .

S050    Periodical contribution:     Wallace, A. R. 1859. Letter [dated 28 January 1859, Batchian]. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London 1858-1859: 70.   Text   Image   PDF

NHM-WP19.13a    Figure:    1859   Pencil sketch "Banda from Harbour."   Image

S048    Periodical contribution:     Wallace, A. R. 1859. Letter [dated 29 October 1858, Batchian]. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 27: 129.   Text   Image   PDF

CUL-Keynes.M.2.27[1]    Note:    1859--1860   Wallace A. R. Annotations in his copy of Darwin's Origin of species, the Keynes room at Cambridge University Library.

S053    Periodical contribution:     Wallace, A. R. 1860. On the zoological geography of the Malay Archipelago. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society: Zoology 4: 172-184.   Text   Image   PDF

RGS-JMS.13.126    Note:    1861   "On the Trade of the Eastern Archipelago with New Guinea & its Islands" Published as S65.

NHM-WP07.020    Printed:    1862?--1863.01.13   "List of Birds Collected in the island of Bouru…" by A. R. Wallace, offprint or page proofs, pp [1]-20, only partly cut, from "Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London" 13 Jan 1863, annotated faintly in pencil in A. R. Wallace's? WGW's? hand "Read 1862"[sic].

S068    Periodical contribution:     Wallace, A. R. 1862. On some new and rare birds from New Guinea. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1862 (10 June): 164-166, pls. 19-21.   Text   Image   PDF

S069a    Periodical contribution:     Wallace, A. R. 1862. Discussion [on mounting of Coleoptera specimens for purposes of photographing]. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London 1862: 89.   Text   Image   PDF

S067    Periodical contribution:     Wallace, A. R. 1862. Narrative of search after Birds of Paradise. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1862 (27 May): 153-161.   Text   Image   PDF