S133    Periodical contribution:     Wallace, A. R. 1867. Discussion. In: Hunt, James. On physio-anthropology, its aim and method. Journal of the Anthropological Society of London 5: cclvi-cclvii.   Text   Image   PDF

S129    Periodical contribution:     Wallace, A. R. 1867. Discussion [on brilliant colors in caterpillar larvae]. Journal of Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London 1867: lxxx-lxxxi.   Text   Image   PDF

NHM-WP09.001.002    Note:    1867--1895?   List in A. R. Wallace's? hand on four small account-book pages (1 folio) headed "Lectures" listing amounts paid for lectures with dates covering 1867 -1894 and places in England, Scotland and Ireland but not titles of lectures; not in strict chronological order; titles of earlier lectures are noted on one page. Place: England Ireland Scotland

S140a    Periodical contribution:     Wallace, A. R. 1868. Brilliant meteor. Daily Telegraph 3 January 1868: 3.   Text

NHM-WP06    Note:    [1869]--1913   Papers related to the writing and publication of books by A. R. Wallace, including Mss, printed proofs of text and illustrations, annotated photographs and drawings, printed reviews, rough notes and correspondence. First date is that of publication of first or only edition of work, dates in brackets those of the archived papers. WP6/1 1869 (nd) Papers re Malay Archipelago WP6/2 1870 (1871) Papers re Contributions to the theory of Natural Selection WP6/3 1876 (1876?) Papers re The Geographical Distribution of Animals... WP6/4 1880 (1880-81) Papers re Island Life WP6/5 1889 (1889?-1901?) Papers re Darwinism: an exposition of the theory of natural selection… WP6/6 1900 (1887?-1900?) Papers re Studies Scientific and Social WP6/7 1903 (1904? Papers re Man's place in the Universe WP6/8 1905 (1904-1906?) Papers re autobiography My Life WP6/9 1907 (1907) Papers re Is Mars Habitable? WP6/10 1910 (1911) Papers re The World of Life WP6/11 1913 (1913) Papers re Social environment and moral progress WP6/12 1889-1899 Readers' correspondence and related papers

S143a    Periodical contribution:     Wallace, A. R. 1869. Discussion [regarding the brightness of color of beetles in the East Indies]. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London 1869: iv.   Text   Image   PDF

S715.1German    Book:     Wallace, A. R. 1869. Der Malayische Archipel, die Heimath des Orang-Utan und des Paradiesvogels: Reiseerlebnisse und Studien über Land und Leute. Autorisirte deutsche Ausgabe von Adolf Bernhard Meyer. Braunchweig: George Westermann.Volume 1.   PDF

NHM-WP17.018.[2]    Note:    [1870]--[1880]   Illustration captioned "Church of St. Nicholas, Ghent", black and white woodcut or engraving showing the church in the middle ground, with a horse and carriage nearby and four or five small groups of people in Victorian dress in the street in the foreground; approximately 9cm x 7cm, apparently cut from a book or journal. Place: Ghent Belgium Scotland Notes: Possibly from "The Illustrated London News" or a similar paper. Both cuttings were found loose among William Greenell Wallace correspondence.

NHM-WP17.018.[1]    Note:    [1870]--[1880]   Illustration captioned "Drumlanrig Castle, Dumfries-shire", black and white woodcut or engraving showing a distant view of the castle between trees in the close foreground; approximately 9cm x 7cm, apparently cut from a book or journal.

S167    Periodical contribution:     Wallace, A. R. 1870. Discussion. In: Huxley, Thomas. On the geographical distribution of the chief modifications of mankind]. Journal of the Ethnological Society of London (n.s.) 2: 411-412.   Text   Image   PDF

NHM-WP01.008    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel  1870--1913   Miscellaneous Correspondence 1870-1913 A-Z: 136 Letters, telegrams and postcards to A. R. Wallace and a few by him, to and from miscellaneous correspondents 1870-1913, some with enclosures including one photograph. The letters are arranged alphabetically by author in the case of letters to A. R. Wallace and by correspondent within the same series in the case of letters from him. The bulk of the letters is dated 1911-1913 congratulating A. R. Wallace on reaching or approaching his 90th birthday and/or reacting to an interview with him in the newspapers at the time or criticising of his latest books; other topics include the award of his Order of Merit, poverty and unemployment, and some scientific subjects. The file includes letters from scientists, scientific societies, spiritualist societies, corporate bodies, members of the public and family friends. Notes: The bulk of the letters were in a taped cardboard book folder annotated in WGW's hand "Not wanted" (old ref WP1/18); 23 letters from a brown cardboard box in the form of a book, titled "Letters" on spine, first listed as item WP2/1 (former item title Correspondence 1849-1913); approximately 25 letters in a box file of unrelated material (old ref WP3/39) from original box 3 (as numbered in the rough box list supplied when listing began) and a few from box 4, have been incorporated.

S179aa    Book contribution:     Wallace, A. R. 1870. [Letters and a Memorandum of Agreement concerning the Bedford Canal experiment]. In: Hampden, John. 1870. Is water level or convex after all? Swindon: Alfred Bull, pp. 14-17.   Text   Image   PDF

S715.1Dutch    Book:     Wallace, A. R. 1870. Insulinde: het land van den orang-oetan en den paradijsvogel; uit het Engelsch vertaald en van aanteekeningen voorzien door p. J. Veth. Amsterdam: p. N. van Kampen. Volume 1.   Image   PDF

NHM-WP07.041    Printed:    1871--1880   7 Reviews by A. R. Wallace published in "The Academy" and "Nature" 1871-1880, in paper folder labelled in A. R. Wallace's? WGW's? hand "Reviews by A. R. Wallace | Darwins Descent of man … Academy | Mivart's lessons from Nature [Academy] | Bree (Dr) Fallacies of Darwinism", comprising: WP7/41.01 to 07

NHM-WP07.109.[02]    Note:    1871--1911   Envelope annotated in A. R. Wallace's hand "Corrected proofs of Geographical Distribution of Animal Life (A.R.W.) For, [sic] Harmsworth's Natural History"; containing the above when listed. Notes: Published as "The Geography of the Animal Kingdom" in Harmsworth Natural History : a complete survey of the Animal Kingdom / Chief contributors: R. Lydekker, W. H. Johnston, J.R. Ainsworth-Davis. (London, 1910-1911), vol. 1 (1910) pp. 57-70. Not listed in Smith.

S171    Periodical contribution:     Wallace, A. R. 1871. On a diagram of the earth's eccentricity and the precession of the equinoxes, illustrating their relation to geological climate and the rate of organic change. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 40 (part 2: Sections): 89.   Text   Image   PDF

S191    Book contribution:     Wallace, A. R. 1871. On the attitude of men of science towards the investigators of spiritualism. In: Tuttle, Hudson and Peebles, J.M. The Year-book of Spiritualism for 1871. Boston: William White & Co., pp. 28-31.   Text   Image   PDF

NHM-WP07.041.[01]    Draft:    1871   Printed proof sheets from "The Academy" annotated in A. R. Wallace's hand "March 1871, of a review by him of Charles Darwin, "The Descent of man and Selection in relation to Sex (London 1871) with minor corrections, pasted onto 7 folios of red-lined blue paper, back and front, most with page numbers (up to 14) added in ink

S149    Book contribution:     Wallace, A. R. 1871. [Questions and remarks]. In: Report on spiritualism, of the Committee of the London Dialectical Society, together with the evidence, oral and written, and a selection from the correspondence. London: Longmans, Green, Reader & Dyer, pp. 183, 210.   Text   Image   PDF

S188    Periodical contribution:     Wallace, A. R. 1871. Discussion. In: Wollaston, Vernon T. 1871. On additions to the Atlantic Coleoptera. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London 1871: xiii.   Text   Image   PDF

NHM-WP04.001.[01]    Note:    [1871]   Architectural drawings, consisting of : 1.Ground plan on waxed linen in black and coloured ink headed "Villa [ i.e. "The Dell"] at Grays | For A. R. Wallace", no date, minor annotations in A. R. Wallace's hand, approx 70 cm x 40 Place: Grays Essex England Note: Folded many times and some deeply creased and dirty in places. They have been refolded on the original lines and need a larger container. Architect may have been Thomas Robjohn Wonnacott, architect and Surveyor, who proved a will at St Pancras in 1876 (Source: www.wonnacott.org/wills.htm). Nos. 1- 4 were in a modern envelope (discarded) labelled in R W's hand "Plans for 'The Dell' | Sketch for a National Museum 1864"; Nos. 5-7 were in a separate long envelope with no stamp, addressed to "Guayaquil" c/o Davies & Co Advertising agents…London, address crossed out and "Plans of 'The Dell' Grays" added in pencil in ARW's? WGW's? hand. The plan and elevation of the Museum and the envelope were on display in the Rare Books room before listing: they are recorded in the preliminary list for original box 3.

NHM-WP04.001.[03]    Note:    [1871]   Architectural drawings, consisting of : 3. Ground plan on (waxed linen?) in black and coloured ink, apparently drawn by A. R. Wallace; not the same as previous - possibly an initial idea, or of another wing, but may be of a different house, includes verandah leading to a hall with dining room or library on the left and breakfast room on the right; gas pipes shown in red, water pipes in blue; annotations in A. R. Wallace's hand in red, black and blue ink. Place: Grays Essex England

NHM-WP04.001.[05]    Note:    [1871]   Architectural drawings, consisting of : 5. South view and roof plan of the same house ("The Dell"), approx 37 x 24 cm, ink and colour wash drawing on waxed linen by A. R. Wallace? undated, unsigned and without any title: identified as before Place: Grays Essex England Note: Folded many times and some deeply creased and dirty in places. They have been refolded on the original lines and need a larger container. Architect may have been Thomas Robjohn Wonnacott, architect and Surveyor, who proved a will at St Pancras in 1876 (Source: www.wonnacott.org/wills.htm). Nos. 1- 4 were in a modern envelope (discarded) labelled in R W's hand "Plans for 'The Dell' | Sketch for a National Museum 1864"; Nos. 5-7 were in a separate long envelope with no stamp, addressed to "Guayaquil" c/o Davies & Co Advertising agents…London, address crossed out and "Plans of 'The Dell' Grays" added in pencil in ARW's? WGW's? hand. The plan and elevation of the Museum and the envelope were on display in the Rare Books room before listing: they are recorded in the preliminary list for original box 3.

NHM-WP04.001.[07]    Note:    [1871]   Architectural drawings, consisting of : 7. Attic Plan and Chamber Plan (of "The Dell"?) including Nursery and Store in attic, on one sheet approx 37 x 24 cm, ink and colour wash drawing on waxed linen by A. R. Wallace? undated, unsigned and without any title. Place: Grays Essex England

NHM-WP13.001.001    Printed:    1871   Printed pamphlet titled "Water, not convex: The Earth not a Globe! Demonstrated by Alfred R. Wallace Esq. on the 5th of March, 1870, by the old Bedford canal, near Downham Market, Norfolk." Written and published by William Carpenter, London 1871. 31 pages. Place: Norfolk England