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NHM-WP01.002.131
Correspondence:
Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, ? Eleanor?, Macmillan & Co , Lodge Sir Oliver, Shaw George Bernard, Kropotkin Peter Alexeivich Prince, Haeckel Ernst, Fisher Arabella Burton (née Buckley), ? Reginald
1905.12.31
Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 31 Dec 1905, re Eleanor's postal address; progress of drainage work; Macmillan's magazines "Temple Bar" and "Macmillans"; Oliver Lodge on Shaw's "Major Barbara" in the "Clarion"; Kropotkin on the Russian people; book criticising Haeckel; regards to Mrs Fisher; letter sent to Reggie. Place: Dorset England
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NHM-WP01.003.037
Correspondence:
Wallace Alfred Russel, Sims Frances née Wallace, Sims Thomas, Allen Charles, McDougall Francis Thomas, Brooke Sir James, Fenton Roger, Bonaparte Napoleon
1856.02.20
Letter from A. R. Wallace to Fanny (Mrs Thomas Sims) in Conduit Street, London, from Singapore, 20 Feb 1856, re departure from Sarawak, leaving Charles behind; admirable character of Sir James Brooke; slow healing of injured foot; good collection of insects in Borneo; Sims' photography business; Fenton's Crimea photographs; justification of Crimean war. Place: Sarawak Singapore Malaya Russia Notes: Letter no in contents list: 35. The date given in the contents list is Feb 1856. The written date is clearly 1855, but "56!" has been added in pencil next to it, possibly in A. R. Wallace's hand, and from context 1856 must be the correct year.
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NHM-WP01.003.043
Correspondence:
Wallace Alfred Russel, Sims Frances née Wallace, Sims Thomas, Silk George C, Claudet Antoine, Riglander ?, Fry Roger, Spurjeon?, Dumas Alexander
1858.09.06
Letter from A. R. Wallace to Fanny (Frances) and Thomas Sims, from Ternate, 6 Sep 1858, regarding the Sims's business, George Silk's marriage plans; sending Dumas' "La Reine Margot"; Claudet's stereoscope; photographs by Riglander and Fry; "The Family Herald"; speeches by Spurjeon. Place: Ternate Moluccas Netherlands Indies Notes: Letter no in contents list: 41. Annotated in pencil "Not copied | WGW"
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| 1554. |
NHM-WP01.003.044
Correspondence:
Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Mary Anne, Owen Sir Richard, Gray George Robert, Stevens Samuel, Hooker Sir Joseph Dalton, Darwin Charles Robert, Lyell Sir Charles
1858.10.06
Transcription in an unknown hand, possibly that of A. R. Wallace's mother Mary Anne Wallace, of extracts from a letter from A. R. Wallace to his mother, 6 Oct 1858. Headed "Extract from Mr Alfred Wallace's letter dated Oct 6 1858." regarding Fanny (Mrs Sims) interview with Gray and Owen at the BM (Natural History); A. R. Wallace's relationship with Gray; photography; proposed expedition to Batchian Island near Gilolo; encouraging letters from Hooker and Darwin, his essay read at the Linnean Society; sale by Stevens of collections from Aru; plans to return to England. Place: Aru England California Batchian Malaya Notes: Letter no in contents list: 42. The Paper and writing appear to be contemporary with Wallace's letters written about 1850s.
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| 1555. |
NHM-WP01.002.096
Correspondence:
Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Wallace William Greenell, Wallace Annie née Mitten, Marshall J W, Maclaren Ian, Oakley Mr, MacAlpine G A, Blatchford Robert ("Nunquam"), Swinton A C, Burrell Percy, ? Eleanor
1897.11.24
Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 24 Nov 1897, re "Clarion" article on the Pantheon; the Marshall's; A. R. Wallace drawing diagrams for engravings on anti-vaccination; Annie learning to ride tricycle; bicycles; books, author Ian Maclaren, Poole Library; news of Violet's brother William in America; family cats; new neighbours including Mr Oakley; interview for "Bookman"; A. R. Wallace's head read by a phrenologist who also read the photographs of William, Mac, Nunquam (Robert Blatchford), and Mr Swinton; orchids from Burrell; new Argand candle; regards to Eleanor. Place: Denver Colorado USA Dorset England Notes: See sketch for an Argand candle lamp by A. R. Wallace dated Dec 1899
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| 1556. |
NHM-WP01.003.035
Correspondence:
Wallace Alfred Russel, Sims Frances née Wallace, Wallace Mary Anne, Wallace John, Vignoles Charles Blacker, Claudet Antoine, Mayall John Jabez Edwin, Matthews Sarah, Draper Miss, Fortnum & Mason Ltd
1855.09.28
Letter from A. R. Wallace to Fanny, (Mrs Thomas Sims), from Si Munjon (Simunjan) near Sarawak, 28 Sep 1855, continued 17 Oct 1855, re the Sims' move to Conduit Street and photography business, with detailed advice and questions, suggests asking Mr Vignolles (sic: Vignoles?) to introduce their work at Royal Society Soirees; mother's future; post from England and arrival of a box with shoes (good) and bacon (spoiled). Place: Simunjan Sarawak Malaya Notes: Letter no in contents list: 33
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| 1557. |
NHM-WP01.001.165
Correspondence:
Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace William Greenell, Wallace Sir William of Ellerslie, Greenell John, Greenell William, Greenell John, Wilson Mrs née Greenell, Roberts Eliza, Gorringe Mrs née O'Hara, MacAlpine G A, Gorringe Mr
1899.02.09
Letter from A. R. Wallace to his son William from Parkstone, Dorset, 9 Feb 1899 re William's letter from America describing Mack's (sic) machine; misinterpretation of A. R. Wallace's letter, he does not think William wasting his time in America but should move somewhere more interesting; A. R. Wallace's health better, asthmatic cough going away; planting in garden; search for details of Wallace Scottish ancestors and Greenell family for autobiography, information from headmaster of Hertford Grammar School; fate of three family portraits, Mr and Mrs Gorringe, the current owners of one of the architect William Greenell refuse permission for it to be photographed, asks William to intercede on his return; Miss Evans wants American stamps; William's finances; Socialism in America. Place: Parkstone Dorset England USA Notes: 2 folios. OLD REF Correspondence 1879-1922: WP1/19/24
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| 1558. |
NHM-WP01.003.011
Correspondence:
Wallace Alfred Russel, Bates Henry Walter, Spry William J, Darwin Charles Robert, Lyell Sir Charles, Humboldt Alexander von Baron, Kirby William, Spence William
1846.04.11
Letter from A. R. Wallace to Mr Bates, at Leicester, from Neath, 11 Apr 1846 re exchanging monthly lists of (insect) captures; plan to keep a journal recording natural history captures with location, time and notes; periodical appearance of insects; meteorology; lists coleoptera taken in March 1846; opinion of the writing of Lyell, Darwin and Humboldt; Kirby and Spencer's entomology; Spry's figures; lack of natural historians and books in Neath. Place: England Neath Glamorganshire Wales Leiceste Notes: Letter no in contents list: 9. The year is given in the list, incorrectly, as 1845.
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NHM-WP01.003.026
Correspondence:
Wallace Alfred Russel, Spruce Richard, Antony Henrique, Lima Joao Antonio de, Chagas ?, Darwin Charles Robert, Hooker Sir William Jackson, Diaz Gregorio
1853.07.02
Letter from Richard Spruce to A. R. Wallace from San Carlos del Rio Negro, 2 Jul 1853, re A. R. Wallace's shipwreck and lost specimens; threatened uprising by local Indians; plant collecting at San Jeronymo ( San Jeronimo); canoes on the Vuapes; steamers on the Amazon; Darwin and other English travellers; Chagas in prison; expected arrival of Antonio Diaz; publication of Spruce letters by Hooker; local women; plans for an expedition to the source of the Orinoco. Place: San Carlos del Rio Negro Brazil Orinoco river Notes: Letter no in contents list: 24. 2 folios, blue paper
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NHM-WP01.003.033
Correspondence:
Wallace Alfred Russel, Silk George C, Hooker Sir William Jackson, Spruce Richard, Brooke Sir James, Johnson John Brooke, Latham Robert Gordon
[1854.10.15]
Letter from A. R. Wallace to George Silk, with part-letter to the (Hertford?) Literary Society? on the back, from Singapore, 15 Oct 1854?, re sailing for Sarawak next day; arranging and cataloguing collection of 6,000 specimens - birds, insects and shells; impossibility of collecting plants for William Hooker; pleasure at quotation by Latham; any news of Sebastopol; wanting copies of "Punch"; expedition to Mount Ophir. Place: Mount Ophir Malaya Sarawak Singapore Malaya Notes: Letter no in contents list: 31. No year date. Annotated in pencil "1854". Some of the letter (three folios?) is apparently missing. The text addressed to George Silk, which is on one side of a folio. with valediction and signature, states "These four sheets are for the Lit. Soc. ... If too long this letter may be cut in two, at the 2nd page of sheet 2 where I have made a cross." The text on the back, which is initialled "A. R. Wallace" and is about Mount Ophir, seems to be the last page of a longer narrative.
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| 1561. |
NHM-WP01.003.047
Correspondence:
Wallace Alfred Russel, Bates Henry Walter, Bates Frederick, Lacordaire T?, Spix J B von, Natterer Johann, Castelnau Francis-Louis de, Ascolati? ?
1859.11.25
Letter from A. R. Wallace to H W Bates, from Ceram, 25 Nov 1859 re Bates's safe arrival (in England); hopes Bates will write a Fauna of the Amazon valley; A. R. Wallace's own plans for a similar work on the Malay Archipelago; hopes for exchange of duplicate specimens; paper on principles of Geographical distribution in the archipelago sent to the Linnean Society. Place: Ceram Moluccas Netherlands Indies Notes: Letter no in contents list: 45
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NHM-WP01.003.055
Correspondence:
Wallace Alfred Russel, Spruce Richard, Markham Sir Clements Robert, Pierce Richard, Fraser Louis, LaCondamine Charles Marie, Hooker Sir William Jackson, Bentham George, Poeppig E F, Matthews ?, Blacker Alexander
1863.11.21
Letter from Richard Spruce to A. R. Wallace, from Amotape, Peru, 21 Nov 1863 re journey from Guayaquil, heart-attack, paralysis, general ill-health and poverty, inability to collect insects for A. R. Wallace; botany, illness preventing his work on collection of mosses; bitterness at treatment by Sir William Hooker; newspaper reports on Darwin's "Origin of Species", geographical distribution of species; A. R. Wallace's Malayan collections; collectors in the Andes; tameness of native birds; marriage; possibility of returning to England. Place: Amotape Peru Andes South America Banos Ecuador Guayaquil Mount Chimborazo Quito Tarapoto Peru Payata Notes: Letter no in contents list: 53. 2 Large folios
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| 1563. |
NHM-WP01.006.003
Correspondence:
Birch Frederick R, Wallace Alfred Russel, Huber ?, Jordan Heinrich Ernst Karl, Moss A M, May ?, Thoreau Henry David, New Age The
1910.02.14
Letter from Fred Birch to A. R. Wallace from Theophilo Ottoni, Brazil, 14 Feb 1910 re A. R. Wallace's letter to Dr Huber; lack of information on insect collecting opportunities in Para, suspects trade rivalry; plans to leave Brazil after two and a half years there, details of repeated theft and loss of packages in the mails and his valuable hand-made collecting case sent from Tring by Dr Jordan at Bahia customs house; misunderstanding with Mr May over house rent and purchase of collections; surprise at news of A M Moss collecting in the Andes; butterflies sent to Tring made £53.12.00 but cannot trust beetle collection to a carrier, is making boxes for them; plans to go to British Guiana and collect on the Demerara or Berbice rivers, cannot afford to go to the Andes because of responsibility for Mary and Elsie (wife and child?); disagrees with A. R. Wallace's views on labour and intellect, quotes Thoreau and from an A. R. Wallace letter; necessity of broad study and experience of life, nobility of agricultural labour; admires some articles in the N.A.("New Age"). Green paper envelope (stamp torn off) addressed to A. R. Wallace at Broadstone, postmarked on the front Theophilo Ottoni 20 Feb 1910 and on the back Ambula Rio de Janeiro 2? 21? 1910, Diamantina (date illegible) and Wimborne 20 Mar (1910); annotated on the front in A. R. Wallace's hand "Recd. Mar 20th 1910 | Rio or B. Guiana! | Written Feby 1910". Notes: The envelope also contained a letter written on May 5 - see WP1/6/4
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| 1564. |
NHM-WP01.006.004
Correspondence:
Birch Frederick R, Wallace Alfred Russel, May ?, Donne John, Thoreau Henry David, Emerson Ralph Waldo, Rodway ?, Mill John Stuart, Sparrow Walter S, New Age The
1910.05.05
Letter from Fred Birch to A. R. Wallace from Theophilo Ottoni, Brazil, 5 May 1910 with rough ink sketch of a Zeonia butterfly at the top of first page and of Nymphalinae butterfly at the bottom of the last page. Re delay in leaving Brazil due to photographing local families, problems of portrait photograph; reconsidering move (to British Guiana), correspondence with Mr May and Mr Rodway of Georgetown, Barbados, recent changes in laws on immigration into British colonies, possibility of going to Victoria, Espirito Santo, Brazil as living cheaper and postal service more reliable than in Rio state; nature of entomologists, not all collectors lovers of nature, quotes a John Donne verse (probably as quoted in "Walden" by Thoreau) and Emerson on man and nature; collection for Prof Poulton now complete; recent collections of moths and butterflies including an unknown moth and probable Zeonia and a Nymphalinae butterflies (all described in some detail); long local drought affecting crops and food prices; gardening; asks for news of British parliament and budget; unemployment relief, have Mr Mill's (J S Mill?) and A. R. Wallace's schemes been tried; asks for copies of "Intensive Culture" published by the "Clarion" and "New Age" article on "The Art of homemaking" by Walter S Sparrow. Place: Barbados Caribbean Islands Brazil British Guiana Notes: 1 folio. This was in the same envelope as letter dated 14 Feb 1910 -see WP1/6/3
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| 1565. |
NHM-WP01.003.042
Correspondence:
Wallace Alfred Russel, Bates Frederick, Bates Henry Walter, Saunders ?, Labillardiere Jacques Julien Houton de, Burmeister Hermann, Pierre Dejean, Gray George Robert, Wollaston Thomas Vernon, Lacordaire T?, Mulsant Martial Étienne, Gosse Philip Henry
1858.03.02
Letter from A. R. Wallace to Frederick Bates in Leicester, from Ternate, 2 Mar 1858, regarding Geodephaga species, commenting on notes made by F Bates in a letter received a month previously; variation of entomological species; species of Catascopus sent to Saunders; habits of Cicindelidae; theory of colours of insect species; planned expedition to northern Celebes; plans to write a Coleoptera Malayana; disgraceful state of current publishing in entomology, comments on particular works. Place: Amazon Andes South America Mount Ophir Malaya Peru Ternate Moluccas Notes: Letter no in contents list: 40. Loose note by Emma B, c. 2001/2 (destroyed) with this letter but possibly intended to refer to previous letter (to H W Bates from Amboyna, 4 Jan 1858, continued Ternate, 25 Jan 1858): "Contested date stamp letter". This refers to the controversy over the date of arrival of A. R. Wallace's letter and essay sent to Charles Darwin from Ternate (See Raby, p. 133, n.25. and p. 287).
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| 1566. |
NHM-WP01.006.005
Correspondence:
Birch Frederick R, Wallace Alfred Russel, Cotton Sir Arthur, Albert Edward Wettin Duke of Cornwall and Duke of Rothesay Earl of Carrick Baron Renfrew Lord of the Isles Great Steward of Scotland, Edward VII King of Great Britain and Ireland, Paulhan Louis, Boynton ?, Halley Edmund, New Age The
1910.07.14
Letter from Fred Birch to A. R. Wallace from "that wretched T.O." (Theophilo Ottoni, Brazil), 14 Jul 1910 with thanks for letters and three copies of "The New Age", other copies failed to arrive, presumed stolen, hopes promised copy of Sir Arthur Cotton's tract on agriculture will arrive safely, no news of Velox photographic paper ordered via Mr May; belated news of King's death through local Germans; Paulhan's flight from London to Manchester, speculation on when public air travel will be possible and its effects; hopes for the arrival of Socialism; detailed descriptions of the appearance and behaviour of birds and animals visiting the garden including parroquets, orioles, toucans and callistes, many eating oranges, wrens attacking a snake, woodpeckers apparently eating pawpaws or insects within them; opossums, bats taking food from the table and cooking stove, fruit scarce in forest; night temperatures below freezing, large variation of day and night temperature; cannot consider joining Captain Boynton at the Orinoco because considering move to British Guiana or Victoria (Brazil); has practiced dentistry on Mary (wife?) and filled several cavities; good view of Halley's comet. Postscript on a smaller sheet of paper asking cost of land in Hampshire, Devonshire and Somerset and whether peaches can be grown there; where filberts will grow successfully (in Britain); Windermere; asks for news of any land available on the Warwickshire Avon. Green paper envelope with stamp removed, postmarked Theophilo-Ottoni 17 Jul 1910, addressed to A. R. Wallace at Broadstone; annotated in A. R. Wallace's? or WGW's? hand "Dated - July, 1910". Place: Barbados Caribbean Islands Brazil British Guiana Devonshire England Hampshire Warwickshire Notes: 3 folios consisting of 2 folios 16.5cm x 10.5cm and a note on a small sheet of paper 9cm x 7cm
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| 1567. |
NHM-WP12
Printed:
[1790]--1914
Reprints, press cuttings, and ms copies of short works by author's other than A R Wallace, given to or apparently collected by him, including poems, scientific papers and letters to the editor, on a variety of subjects including botany, geology, politics and religion; many with annotations in his hand; and related papers including correspondence. Notes: Attempts to sort the papers by either date or author were frustrated by lack of one or the other or both. Most authors and likely dates have been found and added after listing, so the list is in no particular order.
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NHM-WP06.008
Note:
[1837--1914]
Papers re autobiography My Life: Papers re the creation and publication of Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1905,"My Life; A Record of Events and Opinions". 2 volumes. Chapman & Hall, Ltd., London, Oct. 1905, including correspondence, proof text and illustrations, original photographs and sketches, and reviews. See press cuttings, WP14, for further reviews.
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NHM-WP06.008.008.[2]
Photo:
1840--1905
Small envelope labelled in an unknown hand "Dr Wallace", containing this print when listed and two others also reproduced in "My Life" (old refs WP3/ 57 and 58).
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NHM-WP02.001
Photo:
[1840--1940]
Portraits and Images: Nine photographs: portraits of A. R. Wallace and members of the Wallace family and friends including his mother Mary Anne Wallace née Greenell, his sister Fanny (Frances: Mrs Thomas Sims), his wife Annie Wallace née Mitten and Frederick Geach (mining engineer in Timor c. 1861); 6 of the photos are of or include A. R. Wallace. Photos are arranged by subject beginning with the oldest member of the family, then by date. Other portrait photos and sketches are in WP6/8, papers re A. R. Wallace's autobiography "My Life", where they are marked up for publication; there is a photograph almost certainly of A. R. Wallace's father-in-law William Mitten in WP15, Mitten papers; portraits of A. R. Wallace are included in numerous press cuttings in WP2/2, interviews and biographical print pre November 1913. A few photos of other individuals occur in WP1, Correspondence. Notes: All photos with old ref WP 2/51 were in a small brown envelope labelled in WGW's hand "Photos of A. R. Wallace" and in Mrs R Wallace's hand c 2000 "Also Violet and William (his children)" - personal information from Mr & Mrs R Wallace 12.6.03. None of the photos apparently included the children when listing began; a small press cutting 1915 re memorial plaque to A. R. Wallace and other scientists in Westminster Abbey which was present has been placed with NS/1 WP2/3, A. R. Wallace obits and memoirs; envelope destroyed 16/6/03. Photos of Annie, Violet and A. R. Wallace were among Mitten and unrelated papers (old ref WP1/14) and one photo of A. R. Wallace among proof illustrations for books, old ref WP2/17/2.
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NHM-WP06.008.008.[1]
Photo:
1840--1905
Photo, small sepia, of an 1840 sketch by William G Wallace of village buildings, reproduced in My Life", London 1905, vol. 1, facing p. 150, captioned "Llanbister, Radnorshire").
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BM-Am1935,1014.11
Miscellaneous:
1842
Comb made of wood, thread, cane. Obtained by A.R. Wallace in the Amazons. 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".
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BM-Am1935,1014.12
Miscellaneous:
1842
Axe made of stone. Obtained by A.R. Wallace in the Amazon. 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".
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| 1582. |
NatLibWales-LlGC.NLW-003217356
Figure:
1845
Rees, David and Wallace, A. R. 1845. Map of the parish of Neath in the County of Glamorgan. Shows canal with towpath, waterbodies, woods, building names, chemical works, workhouse, rope walk. Scale 1:6,336. 1 in. = 8 chains. 1 ms. map : col ; 50 x 70 cm. + apportionment schedule (1, 7, 3 leaves).
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| 1584. |
NatLibWales-LlGC.NLW-003216117
Figure:
1846
Wallace, A. R. 1846. Map of the hamlet of Llantwit Lower in the parish of Llantwit juxta Neath in the County of Glamorgan. railway, canal with locks and towpath, waterbodies, woods, building names, quarry. Scale 1:6,336. 1 in. = 8 chains.
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S001b
Periodical contribution:
Wallace, A. R. 1846. Corresponding societies and lecture rooms bill (in favour). In Public Petitions. -Appendix to the Twenty-Ninth Report. Delivered 30th May. Containing petitions presented 22 May 1846' section of Appendix to the reports of the Select Committee of the House of Commons on Public Petitions. Session 1846. (House of Commons, London, 1846): 319.
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NHM-WP03
Note:
1846--1913
Diaries, notebooks and sketchbooks kept by A. R. Wallace and members of his family comprising: address book; diary of a journey in the Lake District; sketchbook; undated notebook in an unknown hand and notebook with entries c. 1846-1913 in A. R. Wallace's hand and that of other members of his family including his brother-in-law Thomas Sims on various topics including lectures and photography.
WP3/1 1846-1885? Notebook with notes in several hands
WP3/2 1856? Sketch book containing pencil sketches
WP3/3 1873?-1913 Address and Note book
WP3/4 1893 Notebook with notes re tour of Lake District
WP3/5 ND Undated Notebook in an unknown hand beginning "Why is the Sea salt?"
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NHM-WP03.001
Notebook:
1846--[1885]
Notebook 20 cm x 16 cm, bound in dark brown leather, 86 intact folios including end-papers, some blank, a few pages torn out. Containing notes in several hands c. 1846-1885?:
ms notes in ink and pencil by Thomas Sims and possibly another hand on experiments with photographic paper and chemicals, engraving and Daguerrotype.
Diagrams and notes in A. R. Wallace's hand on physics, including hydrostatics hydraulics and pneumatics, heat, and optics, c. 1846, some dated, possibly notes for lectures given by A. R. Wallace at what was to become in 1848 the Mechanic's Institute, at Neath
Notes in blue ink in Thomas Sims'? hand listing birds, including Humming Birds, received from Stephens in January 1850
A poem titled "The Light of Days to Come" by Herbert Wallace, not in his hand but probably that of Thomas Sims
Logarithms, mathematical calculations, geometrical diagrams and notes written from the back of the book towards the front in A. R. Wallace's hand
A list of birds with colours of body and iris and some prices, in (Herbert Wallace's hand?).
An undated press cutting reporting a soiree at the Royal Geographical Society at which an original map of the Rio Negro by Mr Wallace was exhibited, pasted in.
Index to sections : The folio numbers were added to the book in square brackets in pencil on the front of each folio, by me. In the index below I have used "back" rather than "dorse" for the back of a folio. "f. (no:)" implies the front. The writer's own titles or first lines are noted in quotation marks, with dates where given. P J Lucas, April 2003. f. 4: Start of notes probably for Neath Mechanics Institute, in A. R. Wallace's hand, undated, beginning "1. Hydrostatics, Hydraulics and Pneumatics…"
f. 13, back: "Pneumatics" f. 14. Back: "Weight of atmosphere" f. 15, back: "Elasticity of air" f. 17, back: "Heat" dated Friday Mar 27 1846 f. 24, back: "Heat" continued, Friday May 1st (1846?) f. 26, back: "Heat" continued, Friday May 8, 1846 f. 27, back: "Heat" continued, Friday May 15 (1846?) f. 30, back: "Heat" continued, Friday may 29, 1846 f. 32: "Heat" continued, Friday June 5th 1846 f. 35: "Optics" f.45 (top of page): Note headed "142 Tocontine - 131 Mexiana - 63 Mexiana" re birds received from Stephens, January 1850. In blue ink, probably Thomas Sims' hand. f. 45 (bottom of page) - f. 48: "W Blanquert Everard's Improvements in Photography", notes on glacial acetic acid and various photographic glazing solutions, in Thomas Sims's hand. f. 48, back, notes on photographic developing techniques? in Thomas Sims' hand, dated "Wednesday Octr 16". f.49-f 52: Notes in Thomas Sims' hand on photographic techniques, including formula for silver iodide paper, recipe for "Electrical and chemical apparatus cement" (f. 50, dated Tuesday May 13th 1851), "Bright electro-silver plating", experiment with gun-cotton (dated London Dec 20th 1852) and "The method of obtaining pictures for the dissolving (sic) views". f. 54: List (of photographs in the style of famous artists?) in Thomas Sims' hand: "Sent to Mr Abrahams Dec 3, (1885?) | 3 Rembrandts | 1 Gerard Dow | 1 Last Supper | 2 Madonna's (sic)". f. 54, back: Notes in Thomas Sims' hand: "Acetic Acid in the Nitrate of Silver Bath Â…. T.S. March 7th 1853" continued "April 18th I began a few experiments with starchÂ…" f. 56: "A list of photographs for dissolving views made for Mr Vignoles" In pencil, possibly Thomas Sims' hand but not typical, a list of 7 subjects including "Masonry" and "Fount[ain] of Peles". f. 56, back: Notes in pencil headed "Facts connected with Fluric (sic) engraving", apparently in a hand other than Thomas Sims'. Not in Fanny Sims' hand (compared with a letter written by her). f. 56, back - f. 61, back: continuation of notes on fluoric acid in ink and pencil, in the same hand as the beginning, with marginal notes possibly in Thomas Sims' hand. f. 62: "Electrical experiments with photographs - Collodion reduced by heat" in ink in two different hands, one (at the bottom) possibly Thomas Sims'. f. 62, back: "Baths if Nitrate of Silver" in pencil in two different hands, as above. f. 63. "The Light of Days to Come" poem [signed] "Herbert Wallace" but not in his hand; apparently in the hand of Thomas Sims'. f. 64-f. 75 are blank. About four folios have been torn out between f. 63 and f. 64. These were not included in the numbering. f. 75, back: Press cutting, upside down relative to top of page, reporting a Soiree at the Royal Geographical Society, undated. (See description field for more detail). f. 85: Notes possibly in A. R. Wallace's older hand or another's (Violet Wallace?) " A good paper on the Honey Bee may be seen in the new series of the Transactions of the Entomological Society of London Vol. II part the fifth. | Rankes History of the Popes translated from the German by Sarah Austin London 184(0?)" f. 86 (white side of end paper) Mathematical calculations, possibly in A. R. Wallace's hand. f.84-f. 78: (upside down and back to front relative to the rest of the book) contain logarithms, mathematical calculations, geometrical diagrams, and three pages of short notes, mostly crossed through, each headed "Geology Coal Measures", in ink and pencil, probably in A. R. Wallace's hand. f. 77 (both sides): a list of birds in an unknown hand (resembling Fanny and Thomas Sims' but not absolutely typical of either) beginning "6 pale blue Taneges [sic: Tanagers?] Iris Olive eats fruits", some with prices, e.g. "4 Galles de [Segea?] eyes brilliant orange 15/- . . . 2 small parrots Iris orange 5/-." Place: Amazon Neath Glamorganshire Wales
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NatLibWales-LlGC.NLW-002846167
Figure:
1847
Wallace, A. R. and Wallace, John. 1847. Map of Briton-Ferry Demesne. Reduced in 1847 from a map made in 1814, by A[lfred Russel] & J[ohn] Wallace Surveyors, Neath. [ca. 1:6,336]. 1 inch = 8 chains. 1 map : col. ; 90 x 59 cm.
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NHM-Ms_656
Note:
1847--1852
Large watercolour drawing of a painted malocca at Caruru (published in "Travels on the Amazon")
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NHM-WP03.017[.01]
Figure:
1848--1852
Sketch made on the Amazon. On the back of the sketch is written in Wallace's hand, "Sketch no. 4. First rocky point in the Tocantins."
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NHM-WP03.017[.02]
Figure:
1848--1852
Sketch made on the Amazon. On the back of the sketch is written in Wallace's hand, "Sketch no. 5. Mr C's. Hous[e] in the Island of Mexicana"
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| 1597. | |
| 1598. |
NHM-WP03.017[.03]
Figure:
1848--1852
Sketch made on the Amazon. On the back of the sketch is written in Wallace's hand, "Sketch no. 6. S. Jozé on the Capim River".
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| 1599. |
NHM-WP03.017[.04]
Figure:
1848--1852
Sketch made on the Amazon. On the back of the sketch is written in Wallace's hand, "Sketch no. 13".
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| 1600. |
