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NHM-WP15.003 Printed: 1906--1907 Printed Obituaries and memoirs of William Mitten 1906 and 1907, by W B Hemsley, E M Holmes and W E Nicholson

3002.

WSPEC051 Periodical contribution: Sharpe, Richard Bowdler. 1906. 3. Birds, pp. 79-515. In [Lankester, E.R., ed.]. The history of the collections contained in the natural history departments of the British Museum. 2. Separate historical accounts of the several collections included in the Department of Zoology. [i-iii], [1]-782. London. Text PDF

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S623ab Periodical contribution: Wallace, A. R. 1906. Letter [to Raphael Meldola]. In: Christy, Miller. 1906. Presentation to Mr. William Cole: a report. Essex Naturalist 14: 117-135, on p. 125. Text Image

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S626 Book: Wallace, A. R. 1906. A statement of the reasons for opposing the death penalty. London: Society for the Abolition of Capital Punishment (Leaflet No.2), pp. 1-2. Text Image

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WSPEC189 Book: Thomas, O. 1906. I. Mammals. Vol. 2, pp. 3-66 In [Lankester, E.R., ed.]. The history of the collections contained in the natural history departments of the British Museum. 2. Separate historical accounts of the several collections included in the Department of Zoology. [i-iii], [1]-782. London. PDF

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NHM-WP01.007.008 Correspondence: Skertchly Sydney Barber Josiah 1906? Stamped envelope, postmark year illegible, addressed to A. R. Wallace at Broadstone, labelled on the back in WGW's? hand "Skertchley [sic] - Letters Criticisms &c &c" and on the front and back, crossed out, "Hamer & co, Welsh Mutton &c Bills"; when listed this contained some of the Skertchly letters, an apparently unrelated printed review of A. R. Wallace's "Darwinism…" by J A Thomson and a reprint of a letter by A. R. Wallace c. 1867 on the feeding habits of birds and caterpillars. Place: Australia

3007.

NHM-WP01.007.009 Note: 1906? "Dream Gardens " by "Duan Utan" (Sydney Skertchly?) from Journ. Hort. Aust. vol I, (1906) p. 50; Ms copy possibly made at a later date, in Skertchly's hand, seven folios; envelope annotated in A. R. Wallace's? WGW's? hand "Skertchley's [sic] 'Dream Gardens' a delightful rhapsody, of memoirs of 'Gardens' in many lands." Place: Australia Notes: Sketch by "Duan Utan" was earlier assigned to series of works by writers other than A. R. Wallace and appended to this item 21 Jan 2004. PJL

3008.

NHM-WP12.023 Printed: 1906? "Co-operative Emigration", undated press cutting (1906?), letter to the Editor from E A Phipson commenting on A. R. Wallace's views on the subject.

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BL-Add.Mss46428 Draft: 1907.10 Autograph draft for "Is Mars habitable" (1907). Vol. XV (ff . 259). 'Is Mars Habitable?', published 1907. Viz.:- (a) Autograph draft, apparently completed 1-19 October 1907, and wanting frontispiece, last paragraph of the preface, and the letter from J. H. Poynting printed on

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NHM-WP01.001.119 Miscellaneous: [1907] Very small (8.5cm x 4 cm) scrap of tracing paper showing plan in pencil of W.C., landing and two bathrooms (of "Old Orchard", Alfred Russel Wallace's house at Broadstone, Dorset?); filed with and possibly originally enclosed in one of Alfred Russel Wallace's letters to his son William. Place: Dorset England Notes: Numbered [119] in pencil by P J Lucas, 2002. Rough edges. Records 118-123 inclusive placed together in melinex folder 18/11/02. RECORD MODIFIED 13/10/03

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NHM-WP01.001.120 Miscellaneous: [1907] Part of a rough plan in ink, apparently an outline of rooms or house, ("Old Orchard", Alfred Russel Wallace's house at Broadstone, Dorset?) marked "N.E. (corridor?)", drawn on one side of a piece of linen paper apparently cut from a map; filed with and possibly originally enclosed in one of Alfred Russel Wallace's letters to his son William. Place: Dorset England Notes: Numbered in [120] pencil by PJL 2002. Records 118-123 inclusive placed together in melinex folder 18/11/02.

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NHM-WP01.001.121 Miscellaneous: [1907] Small map (of land around "Old Orchard", Alfred Russel Wallace's house at Broadstone, Dorset?) in ink (19.5cm x 12.5cm) on tracing paper, with annotations in Alfred Russel Wallace's hand, showing the old orchard, house and old cottage, old road, proposed new road, road to Poole and boundaries with lengths marked in chains; filed with and possibly originally enclosed in one of Alfred Russel Wallace's letters to his son William. Place: Dorset England Notes: Numbered [121] in pencil by PJL 2002. Condition Fair but fragile because of nature of paper. Records 118-123 inclusive placed together in melinex folder 18/11/02.

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NHM-WP01.001.122 Miscellaneous: [1907] Two plans in pencil on one sheet of translucent waxed paper, 40cm X 24 cm, showing house rooms, marked "Ground floor" and "Upper floor" respectively, with annotations in Alfred Russel Wallace's hand. Probably of "Old Orchard", Alfred Russel Wallace's house at Broadstone, Dorset; filed with and possibly originally enclosed in one of Alfred Russel Wallace's letters to his son William. Place: Dorset England Notes: Numbered [122] in pencil by PJL 2002. Condition Good but fragile because of nature of paper. Folded several times. Records 118-123 inclusive placed together in melinex folder 18/11/02.

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NHM-WP01.001.123 Miscellaneous: [1907] Small map (probably of "Old Orchard", Alfred Russel Wallace's house at Broadstone, Dorset) 23.5 cm x 20 cm in ink on translucent waxed paper, annotated in Alfred Russel Wallace's hand, showing orchard, woods, houses, garden, road, line of water pipes and boundaries; filed with and possibly originally enclosed in one of Alfred Russel Wallace's letters to his son William. Place: Dorset England Notes: Numbered [123] in pencil by PJL 2002. Condition Good, but fragile because of nature of paper. Folded several times. Records 118-123 inclusive placed together in melinex folder 18/11/02.

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NHM-WP01.001.124 Correspondence: Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace William Greenell, Skeels E R S, [1907] Letter from A. R. Wallace to his son William, from Broadstone, Dorset, Friday (April 5 1907?) re visit to lawyer in Chancery Lane and asking William to reserve hotel rooms. Place: Dorset England Notes: On a small sheet of folded paper. Annotated in pencil in Mrs Richard Wallace's hand "April 5/07"

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NHM-WP01.001.138 Printed: [1907] Undated and untitled newspaper cutting approximately 7cm x 7cm with the by-line "X.Y.Z.", a joke about a Judge and a black thief, marked in the right hand margin with vertical pencil-lines. Probably an enclosure to his letter to William of 18 Mar 1909. Place: Dorset England Notes: Probably an enclosure to his letter of 18 Mar 1909 (see WP1/1/147) and placed within it. Annotated [WP1/1/138] [Encl to Mar 18, 1909?] in pencil by PJL, 2002

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NHM-WP06.009 Note: 1907 Papers re Is Mars Habitable? Papers re Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1907, "Is Mars Habitable", (Macmillan and Co. London 1907) including corrected proofs, a letter and 2 envelopes in which papers were stored when listed.

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NHM-WP12.025 Note: 1907 Printed advertisement by Harper & Brothers for a book, "Worlds in the Making" by Svante Arrhenius, including quotations from the author's preface dated 1907; annotated in ink in AA. R. Wallace's hand. Notes: This was inserted in the centre of J C Browne's pamphlet "Materialism" when listed.

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NHM-WP15.003.002 Printed: 1907 Obituary of William Mitten by E M Holmes, reprinted from The South-Eastern Naturalist 1907 in The Transactions of the South-Eastern Union of Scientific Societies, 1907. Includes photographic portrait of Mitten standing, bearded, wearing a tweed suit and velvet smoking cap, holding a plant and magnifying glass, with a rose hedge in the background. (First copy of 2).

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NHM-WP15.003.003 Printed: 1907 Obituary of William Mitten by E M Holmes, reprinted from The South-Eastern Naturalist 1907 in The Transactions of the South-Eastern Union of Scientific Societies, 1907. Includes photographic portrait of Mitten standing, bearded, wearing a tweed suit and velvet smoking cap, holding a plant and magnifying glass, with a rose hedge in the background. (Copy 2 of 2)