NHM-WP01.001.032    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace William Greenell, Carter Mr, Swinton A C  1900.12.05   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his son William, from Parkstone, Dorset, 5 Dec 1900 re William's new and better position with a "decent and liberal firm"; sending some of his goods including clothes, advice to buy some cellulose collars and cuffs; enclosing letter (not present) from Mr Davies who wants supporters in preserving Godalming Old Market Place and is interested in William's Rowan fields; fears they may lose "The Grange" through lack of investors with enough money, the owner having refused an offer of £14,000, Carter to view property, need to seek a builder with large capital. Place: Dorset England Notes: Numbered in pencil in Mrs Richard Wallace's hand: 30

NHM-WP01.001.034    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace William Greenell, Doyle Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan  1900.09.22   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his son William, from Parkstone, Dorset, 22 Sep 1900 re Sherlock Holmes story serialised in Strand (Magazine), thanks William for part 2, speculates on development of plot; now looking for houses nearby, (Bingo?) has been looking on his behalf; recovering from recent ill-health. Place: Dorset England Notes: Numbered in pencil in Mrs Richard Wallace's hand: 32. Small sheet of white paper, possibly torn from a larger one.

NHM-WP01.001.046    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace William Greenell, Pennington Mr, Hanbury Sir Thomas  1902.03.30   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his son William, from Parkstone, Dorset, 30 Mar 1902 re progress of house-building; gift of garden plants from Italy from Sir Thomas Hanbury. Place: Dorset England Notes: Numbered in pencil in Mrs Richard Wallace's hand:44

NHM-WP01.001.070    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace William Greenell, MacAlpine G A, Darwin Charles Robert  1903.01.17   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his son William, from Old Orchard, Broadstone (Dorset), 17 Jan 1903 re progress of house-building, decoration, interior fittings, road and garden; photograph in "Black and White" (magazine?) illustrates A. R. Wallace article on relationship with Darwin; advice to William on electrical engineering in mines; remembrances to Mac; researching astronomy and physics for new book ("Man's Place in the Universe"); reading "Eben Holden". Place: Dorset England Notes: Numbered in pencil in Mrs Richard Wallace's hand: 67

NHM-WP01.001.075    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace William Greenell, Thomson William Lord Kelvin, Maxwell James Clerk, Minchin G H  1903.06.15   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his son William, from Broadstone, Dorset, 15 Jun 1903. re progress of work on book. Annotated in pencil, possibly in William's hand. Place: Dorset England Notes: Numbered in pencil in Mrs Richard Wallace's hand: 71

NHM-WP01.001.080    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace William Greenell, Mitten Flora, Best Dora, Dawkins William Boyd, Debenham  1903.09.12   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his son William, from Broadstone, Dorset, 12 Sep 1903 re William's career prospects; visits from aunt Flora (Mitten) and others. Place: Dorset England Manchester Derbyshire Rochda Notes: Numbered in pencil in Mrs Richard Wallace's hand: 76

NHM-WP01.001.086    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace William Greenell, Dresser Henry Eeles, Preece Sir William, Sleigh  1904.02.29   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his son William, from Broadstone, Dorset, 29 Feb 1904 re "Leonainie" authorship controversy; William's career; poetry; family pedigree; American reviews of "Man's place in the Universe". Place: Dorset England Notes: Numbered in pencil in Mrs Richard Wallace's hand: 81. Annotated in an unknown hand "ref Leonanie"

NHM-WP01.001.089    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace William Greenell, Dresser Henry Eeles, Preece Sir William, ? Rudd Admiral  1904.03.01   Letter from H E Dresser to A. R. Wallace, from 28 Queensborough Terrace Hyde Park (London), 1 Mar 1904 re William's career, Dresser's enquiries at the Admiralty about positions for electrical engineers in the dockyards; illness of Dresser's daughter. Enclosed in A. R. Wallace to William, 3 Mar 1904. Place: Dorset England Notes: Numbered in pencil in Mrs Richard Wallace's hand: not numbered.

NHM-WP01.001.125    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace William Greenell, Mitten William, Mitten Flora, Britton Mrs, Skan Mr, Holmes Mr  1907.05.22   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his son William, from Broadstone, Dorset, 22 May 1907 re valuation of books and pamphlets including William Mitten's "Mosses". Place: Dorset England Notes: Numbered in pencil in Mrs Richard Wallace's hand:110

NHM-WP01.001.131    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace William Greenell, Dennis Mr?, Clark Mr?, Brown Mr?  1908.02.11   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his son William, from Broadstone, Dorset, 11 Feb 1908 re tract on small-holdings and Parish Council, Dorset County Council, Board of Agriculture and public meetings on small-holdings; entries and prizes for a Reading Contest. Place: Dorset England Notes: Numbered in pencil in Mrs Richard Wallace's hand: 115

NHM-WP01.001.135    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace William Greenell, Slater Matthew, Benham Mr?, Spruce Richard  [1908.04.09]   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his son William, from Broadstone, Dorset, Tuesday morning (9 Apr 1908?) enclosing notes (not present) for William and Benham; building of fences; D.N. (Daily News?) reading competition; work on proofs, (of "Notes of a Botanist on the Amazon and Andes" by Richard Spruce, ed. and condensed by A. R. Wallace, Dec. 1908?), discovery of Spruce drawings by Mr Slater. Place: Dorset England Notes: Numbered in pencil in Mrs Richard Wallace's hand: 119, annotated in pencil in Mrs Richard Wallace's hand "April 9, 1908".

NHM-WP01.001.168    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace William Greenell, Curtis Percy, Donkin Mr, Barnes ?, Kipling Joseph Rudyard,  [1902.01.25]   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his son William from Parkstone, Dorset, dated 25 Jan 1901 but almost certainly written 1902 (see other letters on house building) re progress of house building (at "Old Orchard", Broadstone?), workmen's shop put up in grounds by Percy Curtis who will mark foundations next week and begin excavating; Mr Donkin says plans ready to send to Mr Barnes and building committee; water mains laid to main road; greenhouse ordered from Cooper; plans to put stove under house to warm both it and greenhouse; William to remember acetylene and fire-brick; sending books "Kim" and one on Anglo-Saxon history, opinions of both. Place: Broadstone Parkstone Dorset England Notes: OLD REF Letters re houses and building: WP1/19/4/4

NHM-WP01.001.189    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace William Greenell, Scott D H, Hardwicke & Blaber , Barrett Sir William Fletcher  1907.07.16   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his son William from Broadstone, Dorset, 16 Jul 1907 annotated in WGW's? hand "Mars": re William's lodgings at Saltburn; Hardwicke & Blaber and legal proceedings relating to Dr Scott; surface temperature of Mars; has written to Prof Barrett of Dublin. Place: Broadstone Dorset Saltburn County Durham England Notes: Wallace, Alfred Russel (1907), Is Mars Habitable? A Critical Examination of Professor Percival Lowell's book "Mars and Its Canals," with an Alternative Explanation. (London, Macmillan, Dec. 1907) OLD REF Letters re books and writing 1903-1907: WP1/19/9/6

NHM-WP01.001.204    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace William Greenell, George David Lloyd, Asquith Herbert Henry  1911.08.20   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his son William from Old Orchard, Broadstone, Wimborne (Dorset), 20 Aug 1911, enclosing a notice of objection to William's vote (not present); suffering from rheumatism; railway strike, has written to Lloyd George urging him and Asquith to take over management of the railways by Royal Proclamation on the grounds of 70 years mismanagement, granting an amnesty to all strikers except for acts of violence, agreeing to their demands for one year while instituting an enquiry into reorganisation of the system first for the benefit of the public and the railway workers and lastly the shareholders, common knowledge that the workers grievances genuine, and cost of extra wages will be saved in safety, economy and public convenience; hopes for acknowledgement of letter soon; hopes William will enquire into the management of his Sanatorium and similar institutions. Place: Broadstone Dorset England Notes: Annotated in blue pencil on the first page in WGW's? hand "Ry strike". OLD REF Political letters 1902 and 1911: WP1/19/8/3

NHM-WP01.002.024    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Michaelis Madame, Besant Annie née Morris  1892.02.10   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 10 Feb 1892 re sending Malay beetles to Violet; Madame's (Madame Michaelis) opinion of A. R. Wallace's article; lecture by Mrs Besant; A. R. Wallace's health. Place: Dorset England

NHM-WP01.002.030    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Burdekin Mr, Fisher Arabella Burton (née Buckley), Bede  1892.08.21   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 21 Aug 1892 re excursion to Kimmeredge Bay; Venerable Bede; payment from the "Nineteenth Century" (magazine). Place: Corfe Castle Dorset England

NHM-WP01.002.036    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Iselin Mrs, Iselin? Henry, Higgins Henry Hugh  1893.07.16   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from 18 Stanger Street, Keswick 16 Jul 1893 re train journey from Dorset; description of Dove Dale and surrounding area; costs of accommodation; tourists; death of "H.H.H." (Henry Higgins). Place: Cumbria England

NHM-WP01.002.048    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Myers F W H, Myers Mrs, Sidgwick Henry, Sidgwick Eleanor Mildred,  1894.03.30   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 30 Mar 1894 re visit to Cambridge; Mrs Myer's photography and her son's ill health; "Merrie England"; daffodils at Lytchett. Place: Dorset England

NHM-WP01.002.075    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Dawson Julia Mrs, Fisher Arabella Burton (née Buckley)  1896.10.18   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet from Parkstone, Dorset 18 Oct 1896, re books and the "Clarion"; chess; Violet's new bicycle; Mrs Fisher's new book; beetles and snails; explanation of the movement of a free pendulum relative to the movement of the earth with suggestions for classroom experiment; Mrs Julia Dawson of the "Clarion". Place: Dorset England

NHM-WP01.002.090    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Birch Frederick R, Smart H Russell, Hollander ?, ? Eleanor  1897.06.11   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 11 Jun 1897, re Violet's expenses; Lake District walks and accommodation; A. R. Wallace and Violet's mother going to Lynton (Devon) for a fortnight; Violet's bicycle; Switzerland; visits from young naturalists from Liverpool, Mr Birch, Russell Smart, and Dr Hollander the German phrenologist; regards to Eleanor. Place: Dorset England

NHM-WP01.003.038    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Sims Frances née Wallace, Sims Thomas, ? Edward  1856.04.21   Letter from A. R. Wallace to Fanny (Mrs Thomas Sims) from from Singapore, 21 Apr 1856 re delayed expedition to Macassar; Christian missionaries, particularly French Catholics in China and elsewhere, missionary social work, religious doctrine. Place: Macassar Celebes Netherlands Indies China New Zealand Singapore Malaya Notes: Letter no in contents list: 36

NHM-WP01.003.057    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Sims Frances née Wallace, Sims Thomas, Mitten William  1867.02.27   Letter from Richard Spruce to Mrs Sims (Frances Wallace) from Hurstpierpoint, 27 Feb 1867 re the return of some of his diplomas found by her; A. R. Wallace's stereoscope; spiritualism; health. Place: Hurstpierpoint West Sussex England Notes: Letter no in contents list: 55

NHM-WP01.005.001    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Annie née Mitten, Browne A G, Wood John George, George Henry  1886.10.23   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his wife Annie, from New York hotel, (USA), Saturday 23 Oct 1886, continued Monday from 142 East 19th Street New York; re sea voyage from England, a week of rough weather and seasickness followed by five days of calm; ships food; passengers, one American an accomplished comic actor and singer; charades, concerts and deck quoits; chess with ships doctor and an American passenger; New York harbour, delay at customs, Mr Browne not there to meet him; hotel recommended by Mr Wood, hotel rooms and food; meeting with Mr Browne and transfer to his house; Mrs Browne; meeting with Mayoral candidate Mr George; visit to Central Park; plans to go to Boston on Thursday; Statue of Liberty very fine. Place: New York Boston USA

NHM-WP01.005.018    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Annie née Mitten, Lester Frank Ward  1887.02.14   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his wife Annie from The Hamilton hotel, Washington DC, 14 Feb 1887, re walk in the woods with botanist professor Ward, sending a collection of plants including ferns packed in moss in a biscuit tin, instructions for potting, Spotted Wintergreen (Chimaphila maculata) and Rattlesnake Plantain (Goodyera pubescens) to be given to Miss Jekyll and a sedge, Carex platyphylla, to Annie's father William Mitten, plants listed by botanical and common names; description of trees and other plants seen; curious appearance of fields without hedgerows; Paulownia imperialis, a tree with flowers like fox-gloves, grows to great height in Washington gardens; would like to stay and see woods in summer if finances permitted but there seems to be no demand for scientific lectures as too many scientists on the circuit; hopes Annie has succeeded in letting house or getting a boarder. Stamped envelope addressed to Mrs Wallace at Frith Hill, Godalming and postmarked on the front Washington 14 Feb 1887and on the back New York 15 Feb 1887 and Godalming 25 Feb 1887. Place: Washington DC USA Notes: 2 folios

NHM-WP01.001.036    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace William Greenell, Swinton A C, Donkin ?, Wimborne Lord  1901.11.28   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his son William, from Parkstone, Dorset, 28 Nov 1901 re water supply and surveying road to cottage, possible purchase of more land adjoining, enclosing tracings of Mr Donkin's building plans (not present). Place: Dorset England Notes: Numbered in pencil in Mrs Richard Wallace's hand: 34