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NHM-WP06.003.001    Draft:    [1876]   20 proof illustrations for "The Geographical Distribution of Animals, with a study of the relations of living and extinct faunas as elucidating the past changes of the Earth's surface" (London 1876) drawn and/or engraved by J B Zwecker, mounted on cardboard with paper captions stuck on, a few with annotations (e.g "to face p. 1") in pencil in A. R. Wallace's hand; images B &W, captions in ink in A. R. Wallace's hand include and in form of "Characteristic Animals of Northern Ghana" (at top of plate) with common names of individual animals at the bottom; empty envelope marked on back in blue pencil "Zwecker's original sketches for Geog…". Notes: All enclosed in large torn envelope titled in blue pencil in A. R. Wallace's? WGW's? hand "Geog Distribution Plates" on front and "Geo Dist of Ani" (rest removed) on back; these titles kept and rest of envelope discarded.; empty envelope marked on back in blue pencil "Zwecker's original sketches for Geog…" found lower down in box and added with plates to grey cardboard folder 22/6/03.
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NHM-WP07.041.[03]    Printed:    1876   Press cuttings or proofs of a review by A. R. Wallace of St George Mivart, "Lessons from Nature, as manifested in Mind and Matter" (London 1876), first column annotated in A. R. Wallace's hand "The Academy (May 1876)", pasted onto one side of each of 5 numbered folios of red-lined blue paper
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NHM-WP08.001    Printed:    1876--1900   Four botanical pamphlets by Richard Spruce 1866-1887, three with annotations in A. R. Wallace's hand (c. 1907?), one botanical work by Matthew B Slater 1906; printed obituary notice of Spruce by Isaac Bayley Balfour 1900, with passages marked (by A. R. Wallace?) and printed memoir of George Bentham by J D Hooker, 1898. Notes: Last date based on the fact that A. R. Wallace was working on his edition of Spruce's "Notes of a Botanist on the Amazon and Andes" in 1906 and 1907.(See letters from A. R. Wallace on the subject, mainly 1907). All the pamphlets have been put into one acid-free envelope but should probably go into individual acid-free containers. PJL 15/4/03
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NHM-WP08.001.001    Printed:    1876--1907   "On Anomoclada, A new genus of Hepaticae, and on its allied genera, Odontoschisma and Adelanthus. By Richard Spruce"; reprint with dark blue cover, from the Journal of Botany, 1876. 33 pages and 2 plates. The front cover is dated "(1876)" in A. R. Wallace's hand and annotated by him in ink (c.1907?) "p. 16 - Note! | Extract? in (Biog. Introduction) | p. 24. Interesting bit on distribution. Quote in latter part of introduction. I Very interesting." Passages have been cut out of pages 15-16 and 17-18, part of p. 24 is marked in blue pencil and there are marginal annotations in lead pencil in A. R. Wallace's? hand on pages 23 and 32. Place: Amazon
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NHM-WP06.003.001[.10]    Photo:    [1876]   Proof plate from Wallace's 1876 publication "The Geographical Distribution of Animals". Plate entitled "Characteristic Birds of the Upper Amazon S. America".
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NHM-WP06.003.001[.05]    Photo:    [1876]   Proof plate from Wallace's 1876 publication "The Geographical Distribution of Animals". Plate entitled "A Malay Forest with Characteristic Birds".
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NHM-WP06.003.001[.07]    Photo:    [1876]   Proof plate from Wallace's 1876 publication "The Geographical Distribution of Animals". Plate entitled "Characteristic Mammals of Borneo".
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NHM-WP06.003.001[.02]    Photo:    [1876]   Proof plate from Wallace's 1876 publication "The Geographical Distribution of Animals". Plate entitled "Characteristic Animals of New Guinea".
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NHM-WP06.003.001[.04]    Photo:    [1876]   20 proof illustrations for "The Geographical Distribution of Animals, with a study of the relations of living and extinct faunas as elucidating the past changes of the Earth's surface" (London 1876) drawn and/or engraved by J B Zwecker, mounted on cardboard with paper captions stuck on, a few with annotations (e.g "to face p. 1") in pencil in A. R. Wallace's hand; images B &W, captions in ink in A. R. Wallace's hand include and in form of "Characteristic Animals of Northern Ghana" (at top of plate) with common names of individual animals at the bottom; empty envelope marked on back in blue pencil "Zwecker's original sketches for Geog…". Notes: All enclosed in large torn envelope titled in blue pencil in A. R. Wallace's? WGW's? hand "Geog Distribution Plates" on front and "Geo Dist of Ani" (rest removed) on back; these titles kept and rest of envelope discarded.; empty envelope marked on back in blue pencil "Zwecker's original sketches for Geog…" found lower down in box and added with plates to grey cardboard folder 22/6/03.
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NHM-WP09.003    Note:    1877?--1878?   Papers re lecture[s] by A. R. Wallace on ancient continents.
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NHM-WP09.003.001    Note:    1877?   Ms in A. R. Wallace's hand headed "Distribution of Animals as indicating Geographical Changes", probably mss of or based on "The Comparative antiquity of Continents, as indicated by the Distribution of Living and Extinct Animals", read RGS meeting June 1877 ( See Shermer, p. 367); 15 numbered folios, each about half a sheet of blue lined foolscap paper; in an annotated envelope labelled in an unknown hand in pencil "A2", in ink in A. R. Wallace's? hand (Crossed out in pencil) " Lecture on Ancient Continents &c" and in ink in A. R. Wallace's hand "Bristol Halifax spring 1878 | Cardiff Bradford autumn 1878 | "Distribution of Animals as indicating Continental Changes"; annotated faintly in pencil on back in A. R. Wallace's hand "The Forest Fund Committee have issued their 7th Report." Notes: Also in the envelope when listed was a modern printed label "Manuscript lecture on Distribution… 15 sheets with dates and places given", presumably a NHM library label used for display at some period before listing; label destroyed October 2003. Ms Needs to be unfolded.
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NHM-WP12.009    Note:    1877?   Three printed papers sewn together in paper cover with short titles in A. R. Wallace's hand; "A Short explanation of Mr Hare's Scheme of representation" by Millicent Garrett Fawcett from [?] no 138 vol. xxiii pp 481-487, on Thomas Hare's system of proportional representation in political elections; "Louise Lateau, a Biological Study" by George E Day MD. FRS, apparently from the same journal, pp 488-498; "The Demons of Derrygonelly" by W F Barrett, from [the same? - style different but only very slightly] Dec 1877, pp. 692-705 (691-706 present).
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NHM-WP07.052    Note:    1878?--1899.04.10   Ms and TS on the subject of gunpowder storage
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NHM-WP17.012    Photo:    1878?--1900   1-3: Three small square photographic sepia prints, all annotated in pencil on the back in the same hand (A. R. Wallace's?); the first annotated "Deepdene, Frimley Green Surrey | W. J. Stilman [sic] | 28293", showing a house through trees; the second annotated "W. J. Stillman's grounds" | 28293", showing woods with bracken around the base of trees; the third annotated "W J Stillman's grounds" | 28293"showing trees surrounded by almost bare ground, with a post and wire fence and iron barred gate in the background from which leads a walking path partly edged with a rustic wooden fence. 4. Portrait photograph annotated on the back in pencil in A. R. Wallace's? hand W J Stillman" showing a man, apparently Stillman, aged about 55-60, with medium length white or grey hair; 3/4 profile looking towards the viewer's right; seated in an interior, holding a paper, wearing a short beard and moustache and dressed in a thick fur coat. William James Stillman, American journalist, artist, photographer and diplomat, married as his second wife the British Pre-Raphaelite artist Marie Spartali in 1871, the couple settling in Florence and dividing their time between England and Italy. He was the model for Merlin in the 1874 painting "The Beguiling of Merlin" by Sir Edward Burne-Jones. Stillman worked for the London Times as a young man and was interested in Spiritualism and in alleged manifestation of spirits during seances. Place: Frimley Green Surrey England Notes: Dates based on the apparent age of Stillman in the portrait and of his date of death. Photos of house and grounds were all folded inside a letter, WP1/8/130, letter from Williams to Mr Wallace (A. R. Wallace?), no date, when listed; the portrait was enclosed in a buff envelope marked in blue pencil on flap in A. R. Wallace's? hand "Photo of self" containing this and unrelated items, inside a small folder made from blue-green letter paper labelled in A. R. Wallace's? WGW'S? hand (or both) on one side "Photos | Darwins Statue | Stillmans House | &c" and on the other"Darwins Statue | The Museum - Oxford -". See letter from A. R. Wallace to Violet, 22 May 1899, mentioning Stillman (WP1/2/122). Sources for Stillman: Websites including http://www.artmagick.com/artists/stillman.aspx and http://www.concordnet.org/library/scollect/Emerson_Celebration/Em_Con_80.html
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NHM-WP01.004    Correspondence:   Wallace Annie née Mitten  1879--1903   Letters to Annie Mitten/Wallace: 13 letters and 2 postcards from A. R. Wallace to his wife Annie, from Britain and Europe 1879-1903; 2 letters to Annie from Arabella B Buckley 1883. See also letters from A. R. Wallace to Annie Wallace in letters from America and Canada, WP1/5 Notes: The letters by A. R. Wallace were removed from general correspondence initially listed with ref WP1/19 including those in subject files labelled in WGW's? hand, almost certainly selected by or for James Marchant for use in writing "A. R. Wallace - Letters and Reminiscences" ( London 1916). The letters by Arabella Buckley were removed from a brown cardboard box in the form of a book, titled "Letters" on spine, containing various apparently unrelated letters and other papers (old ref WP2/1).
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NHM-WP01.004.001    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace William Greenell, Wallace Violet Isabel?  [1879]   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his wife Annie from Waldron Edge, Croydon, Tuesday evening, annotated in pencil in an unknown hand "May 1879", re mild weather; son William's cough; visit from George Silk, playing chess, visiting Stevens to play billiards; primula japonicus; reaction of kitten to new surroundings; asks for a letter from Violet. Place: Croydon England Notes: RECORD MODIFIED 22/7/03, 22/8/03, 15/9/03. OLD REF. WP1/19/2/1 and later WP1/21/1. This letter when received was in a paper folder labelled in WGW's? hand "General - domestic &c" with one to William; these were almost certainly selected by or for James Marchant for use in writing "A. R. Wallace - Letters and Reminiscences" ( London 1916) and have been relocated.
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NHM-WP07.041.[04]    Printed:    1879   Press cutting from "The Academy" 12 Apr 1879, pp. [326] -327 with a review by A. R. Wallace of an English translation (1879?) of Ernst Haeckel, "The Evolution of man: A popular exposition of the principle points of Human Ontogeny and Phylogeny"; 2 ff.
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NHM-WP07.041.[05]    Printed:    1879   Press cutting from "The Academy" 19 Apr 1879, p. 351-352, annotated at the top of p 352 in WGW's? hand "Article on Haeckel | Wallace", containing part two of a review by A. R. Wallace of an English translation (1879?) of Ernst Haeckel, "The Evolution of man: A popular exposition of the principle points of Human Ontogeny and Phylogeny"; 1 f.
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NHM-WP07.055    Correspondence:   Price Bonamy, Mallet Sir Louis  1879   Correspondence with J? Bonamy Price on Free Trade, Reciprocity and Louis Mallet, numbers 1-6 in cardboard cover with spine title "G Gray Birds of Aru Is New Guinea" in ink in A. R. Wallace's? hand, labelled on front in blue pencil in WGW's? hand "Reciprocity &c Bonamy Price", comprising: WP7/55.01 to 07. Notes: In Large modern envelope labelled in R Wallace's hand "Correspondence with Myers Typed copies | Obits | Reciprocity Correspondence | Notes (for 'My Life'?)" with draft letter re Waterlow Park (but no obits) when listed- envelope discarded. Smith: S312. A Few Words in Reply to Mr. Lowe. Nineteenth Century 6: 179-181 (July 1879: no. 29).
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NHM-WP07.055.[06]    Note:    1879   Ms on exercise book paper in A. R. Wallace's hand headed on first page " 'Reciprocity': A reply to Sir Louis Mallet, C.B." undated, last page[s] apparently missing; 4 folios, 4 numbered pages written on one side only.
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NHM-WP07.055.[07]    Draft:    1879   Proof or offprint, pp [1]-3, of "A few words in reply to Mr. Lowe" by A. R. Wallace, annotated and corrected in A. R. Wallace's hand, with press cutting in three sections pasted onto back, headed in A. R. Wallace's hand "Daily News July 9th Finance Article".
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NHM-WP07.053    Note:    1879?   Ms notes in A. R. Wallace's hand, on colour sense in and colours of animals, comprising: 1. Note headed "Colour sense (Mr Henry T Fincke [sic])". 2. Ms notes in A. R. Wallace's hand headed "Chapter IX ", listing page references with comments, beginning " p. 149 Butts. [butterflies?] & Humming Birds - most brilliant" . Notes: Both in very small writing on one side of paper only, sheets octavo size. Possibly notes for "Colour in Nature [review by A. R. Wallace of The Colour Sense, Its Origin and Development; An Essay in Comparative Psychology by Grant Allen, 1879]". Nature 19: 501-505 (3 April 1879: no. 492). (Smith: S304). Henry T Finck was the author of a letter to the Editor in the same volume, p. 340 (Feb 13, 1879) dated Berlin, 8 Feb, headlined "Intellect in Brutes".
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NHM-WP04.002    Note:    [1880--1881]   Undated plans of Nutwood cottage Godalming and sketch map of Hindhead road, Knoll Road and Sandy Lane area, Godalming, 5 sheets and envelope, comprising: 1. "Elevation - West front" in black ink on 1 sheet waxed linen; 2. "Elevation - South Front" ditto 3. "Bedroom Plan" (partly coloured) ditto 4. Plan of ground floor (untitled but with annotations ) in ink on brown greaseproof paper 5. Sketch map in pencil on similar but thinner paper of area for sale around Hindhead and Knoll roads and Sandy Lane; all writing in A. R. Wallace's hand; all folded. 6. Cream envelope labelled in A. R. Wallace's? hand "Plans of Nutwood cottage Godalming" Place: Godalming Surrey 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.
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NHM-WP06.004    Note:    1880--1881   Ms notes relating to and printed reviews of Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1880, "Island Life: Or, The Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras, Including a Revision and Attempted Solution of the Problem of Geological Climates". (Macmillan & Co., London, Oct. 1880; / Harper & Brothers, New York, 1881, and later editions and reprint(s).
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NHM-WP06.004.001    Note:    [1880]   Seven undated, unsigned folios of notes in Charles Darwin's hand; annotated at the top of the first folio in A. R. Wallace's hand "Darwin's notes on 'Island Life"' and "Notes have been recorded in text." Comments with page references on Wallace's text, e.g. "p. 46 - I am sure that I have read of a Mus from Viti Isd., but this may have been introduced . . . p. 68 - I most heartily concur about [separated?] genera of [illegible] family ..." etc., presumably re A. R. Wallace's "Island Life: Or, The Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras, Including a Revision and Attempted Solution of the Problem of Geological Climates". Macmillan & Co., London, Oct. 1880. Notes: On blue foolscap, the first six folios written on one side only, numbered 1,2,3,"addendum to p. 3", 4, 5, 6. When listed here these notes were in an acid-free envelope annotated, probably by E B c 2001/02 "Listed as '6 sheets of notes relating to Darwins comments on Island Life'. Possibly by Darwin?". The quote is from the rough box list made by C. Mills when the papers were inspected. Handwriting identified as Darwin's by descendant Quentin Keynes 2005.
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NHM-WP07.041.[06]    Printed:    1880   Press cuttings from "The Academy" 23 Oct 1880, one section ( from p. 294?) headed "Science. | The Emotions and Senses of Insects" a review by A. R. Wallace of A H Swinton, "Insect variety: Its Propagation and Distribution…" (London? 1880?), folded , with halves (accidentally?) glued together at the bottom, continued on large cutting, p. 295 -296
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NHM-WP10.003    Note:    1880--1897   Cardboard cover with spine title "Adaptive colouration" in ink in A. R. Wallace's? hand, front title "Notes on examinations" in extremely faint red pencil in A. R. Wallace's? hand, with "1891-97" in ink over blue pencil below this, containing annotated printed elementary and and advanced Physiography examination papers and notes 1880 to 1890 (excluding 1887). Most annotations appear to be in A. R. Wallace's hand. The contents, 47 folios, are as follows: Folios 1 to 33 (including folder):.Folder made from a postal cover of a journal from the Entomological Society of London, stamped and postmarked (18)80?, titled on the opposite side in ink in A. R. Wallace's? hand "Physiography 1880" with "to 1890" added in pencil, followed by a list of examinations papers by year, in ink. An undated printed and annotated examination paper is pasted onto the inside surface. The folder contains 32 loose folios which include printed physical geography examination papers 1880 to 1889 inclusive with the exception of 1887, and notes in A. R. Wallace's hand on the questions and answers, and on examination (board) meetings. Folios 34 and 35:Physiography examination paper 1891, elementary and advanced, 1 folio print, enclosing ms notes on the questions, in A. R. Wallace's hand. Folios 36 and 37.Two folios of ms notes in A. R. Wallace's hand, on the 1892 physiography exam questions. Folios 38 and 39: Physiography examination paper 1893, elementary and advanced, enclosing ms notes on the questions, in A. R. Wallace's hand. Folios 40 and 41: Physiography examination paper 1894, elementary and advanced, enclosing ms notes on the questions, in A. R. Wallace's hand. Folios 42, 43 and 44: Physiography examination paper 1895, elementary and advanced, enclosing ms notes on the questions, in A. R. Wallace's hand. Folio 45: Physiography examination paper 1896. Folios 46 and 47: Physiography examination paper 1897, elementary and advanced, enclosing ms notes on the questions, in A. R. Wallace's hand. Notes: For convenience of location the loose papers have been numbered in pencil in square brackets but not recorded as separate pieces. In this case, because the file is relatively large, to save time enclosures have not been treated as sub-sets of the enclosing document, but numbers are sequential. P J Lucas Feb 2003
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NHM-WP02.006.003.03    Correspondence:   Myers F W H, Wallace William Greenell, Marchant Sir James  1881--1916   CC of a letter from W G Wallace (signed by him) to [James] Marchant, from Boscombe 8 Jun 1916, sending copies of letters given to WGW by Mrs Myers and asking that they not be published; Carbon copies of 18 letters, apparently re spiritualism from A. R. Wallace to F W H Myers 1881-1895, from Pen-y-bryn, St Peter's Rd. Croydon 30 Jan 1881, (1), Frith Hill Godalming 21 Dec 1883- 28 Jun 1888 (6), and Parkstone, Dorset, 22 Sep 1889 - 17 Nov 1895 (11), bundle annotated on back of last page in blue pencil in WGW's? Marchant's? hand "Copies A. R. Wallace letters to F W H Myers". Notes: In Large modern envelope labelled in R Wallace's hand "Correspondence with Myers Typed copies | Obits | Reciprocity Correspondence | Notes (for 'My Life'?)" with other papers (but no obits) - see old refs WP4/12, 13 & 14- when listed. Envelope discarded.
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NHM-WP06.006.004    Photo:    [1881--1900]   Notes and annotated proof sheets? of images illustrating 'Monkeys: Their Affinities and Distribution', in A. R. Wallace, "Studies Scientific and Social", (London 1900) vol. 1, Ch.VII, pp. 146-184, figs 25-43, comprising: 1. Rough notes in ink and pencil in A. R. Wallace's hand on one sheet headed on the front "Woodcuts" with a list of primate species beginning with Lemur Catta, some crossed through, with page and/or figure number references to figures in Flower and Lyddeker, Bates and Zoological Society publications. 2 - 19: Small page or part-page proof-sheets? with annotations in A. R. Wallace's hand showing woodcut and engraved? images varying in size from approx. 6 cm x 5cm to 9.5 cm x 15 cm, of various primates species including Gorilla, Lemur and Loris; and a diagram of the skull of an Aye-Aye; all reproduced in Ch. VII, figs 25-43; attributed to Flower and Lyddeker, Huxley, Bates, and the Zoological Society of London. Notes: "Monkeys: Their Affinities and Distribution" was first published in "Contemporary Review", Dec 1881. Images are from Flower, W H and Lyddeker, R, "An introduction to the study of Mammals living and extinct" (London 1891), Bates, H W, "The Naturalist on the River Amazon" (London 1863), Huxley, T H "Man's place in nature, and other anthropological essays" (London? 1863) and "List of the Vertebrated Animals now or lately living in the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London" (London, various editions from 1828 onwards).
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NHM-WP02.004    Note:    1882--[1889]   Honours, Awards and Membership Certificates: Certificates of membership of societies and papers related to honorary degrees and awards. See also letters re award of Order of Merit WP1/8/72 and 73, and references in letters from A. R. Wallace to William and Violet Wallace in WP1/1 and WP1/2.
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NHM-WP07.052.[01]    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel  1882   Envelope addressed to A. R. Wallace at Godalming, postmarked from The Admiralty, 22 July 1882, annotated in blue in A. R. Wallace's? WGW's ? Hand "Storage of Gunpowder", containing pieces 1-4 and 6 when listed
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NHM-WP07.052.[03]    Note:    1882   Note on a sheet of lined exercise-book paper in A. R. Wallace's hand headed "Copy of Memorandum by the Director of Naval Ordnance 1882 (letter from the Admiralty, 22/6/1882);
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NHM-WP08.001.002    Printed:    1882--1882   "On Cephalozia (a genus of Hepaticae) its subgenera and some allied genera" by Richard Spruce. (J W Slater, Malton: Printed for the author. 1882). Paperbound octavo. pp. [i]-vi, [1]-96 plus index. There are no obvious annotations in the volume.
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NHM-WP17.004    Photo:    1882--1887   Six sepia photographs of landscape in the United States, mounted on board; four captioned "Taber Photo, San Francisco", one by C H James, 1882 and one without photographer or source. Some of these were reproduced in volume 2 of "My Life" by A. R. Wallace, in his description of his travels in America in 1886 and 1887. Notes: Reference codes have been added on the backs in pencil in square brackets. The photographs were enclosed in a brown cardboard folder with the label "Westcots" crossed through in blue pencil next to "Doveshill" faintly visible in blue pencil: destroyed 28 Jan 2004. P J Lucas
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NHM-WP17.004.001    Photo:    1882--1882   View of the interior of a cave (in Virginia, USA) with stalactites and stalagmites near a path and wooden steps, captioned "42. Saracen's Tent, Caverns of Luray. Photo and copyright by C.H.James. Phila. 1882." Sepia photographic print approximately 13 cm x 21 cm mounted on card. Annotated on the back in pencil in A. R. Wallace's? hand "Cop. Initials fine screen 1 page very outside measurement 3 3/4 x 6 3/8 Keep in envelope" and and possibly another hand "1502 | 3 1/2 | f". Place: Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA Virginia USA Notes: This photograph is reproduced in A. R. Wallace, "My Life" (London 1905) vol. 2, facing p. 137.
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NHM-WP06.006.008    Note:    [1883--1900]   Notes, folder cover, photos and proof sheets annotated in A. R. Wallace's and other hands, of black and white images, most approx. 13 cm x 9 cm, illustrating 'Affinities and Origin of the Australian and Polynesian Races' in A. R. Wallace, "Studies Scientific and Social", (London 1900) vol. 1, Ch.XXI, pp. 461-496, figs 72-89, comprising (fig. numbers and attributions as given in the publication): 1. Notes in A. R. Wallace's hand listing dates, titles and figure numbers of publications on Cambodia and Indo-China, beginning "Voyage au Cambodge", in ink and pencil on both sides of a T. Fisher Unwin compliment slip; some entries are upside-down in relation to others and some are crossed through. 2. Proof, photographic head and upper torso image of an Australian native man, bearded, with cicatrices on his chest, facing camera; fig. 72, attributed to the Anthropological Institute 3. Proof, photographic head and shoulders image of a native woman from Queensland, Australia; in profile facing to viewer's left, wearing several bead necklaces, cicatrised upper arms, short woolly hair; fig. 73, attributed to the Anthropological Institute 4. Proof, photographic head and upper torso image of an old bearded Australian native man of the Arunta tribe, with very hairy upper arms, chest and back, facing to viewer's right; fig. 74, attributed to Professor Spencer. 5. Proof, photographic image of an old bearded Aino (sic, Ainu) man, naked to the waist, with hairy upper arms, seated with back to camera on rush matting? which he appears to be weaving; fig. 75, from Hitchcock's "Aino's of Japan" by permission Smithsonian Institute. 6. Proof, photographic image of a family group of the Arunta tribe, Central Australia, showing two women, a man and three children seated outside a wurly (native shelter); fig. 76, attributed to Professor Spencer. 7. Proof, woodcut or engraving of Cambodian temple ruins featuring two carved human heads, surrounded by jungle; fig. 77, from Ferguson's "Architecture". 8. Proof, woodcut or engraving of temple of Baioñ, Cambodia, with multiple spires featuring carved human heads; fig 78, from Garnier's Atlas. (F A Garnier, Paris 1862?) 9. Proof, woodcut or engraving of temple of Baioñ, Cambodia, with multiple spires featuring carved human heads; fig 78 as above, annotations include "duplicate" and "We will instruct the printers to bring out the temple by overlaying when printing". 10. Photo apparently of a book page containing a woodcut or engraving of the temple of Baioñ, Cambodia headed "Cambodge" and captioned "Ruines du Baion. Monument aux [12] Tours"; sepia, mounted on card printed on the margin "Florence Chant | The Studio, Parkstone"; reproduced as fig 78. 11. Proof, woodcut or engraving of two bearded Cambodian men, one young and one old, head and upper torso, facing viewer, naked to the waist, each resting his left hand on his right forearm; fig. 79, captioned "Modern Cambodians or Khmers", attributed to J Moura, "Royaume de Cambodia". (Paris 1883) 12. Proof, woodcut or engraving annotated in A. R. Wallace's? hand "Duplicate", showing images of two bearded Cambodian men both naked to the waist; fig 79 as above.13. Photo mounted on card numbered in ink "2" and printed "Florence Chant | The Studio | Parkstone", apparently of a book page, showing images of head and torso of two bearded Cambodian men both naked to the waist. The portrait of the young man is captioned in french "Cambodgien. Phot. de M. Gzell" and the old "Un Médecin cambodgien. Phot. de M. Gzell." and two lines of text in french above the pictures have been crossed through in ink. Reproduced as fig 79, as above. 14. Proof, woodcut or engraving showing two Cambodian sculptures of crowned human heads (of Buddha?), one full face and one in profile; fig 80, captioned "Sculptures from the Ruined Cities", from J Moura, "Rouyame de Cambodia" (Paris, 1883) 15. Proof, annotated in A. R. Wallace's? hand "Duplicate", woodcut or engraving showing two sculptures of crowned human heads (of Buddha?) from Cambodia; fig 80 as above 16. Photo mounted on card numbered in ink "3" and printed "Florence Chant | The Studio | Parkstone", apparently of a book page showing images of four sculptures, two crossed through. Two, of crowned human heads (of Buddha?) from Cambodia, reproduced as fig 80, as above. 17. Proof, oval photographic image showing head and upper torso of an old bearded Aino man facing the camera, wearing a printed robe; fig. 81, from Hitchcock's "Aino's of Japan". 18. Proof, black and white photographic image showing two long-haired Veddah men wearing only loin-cloths, both looking to the right of the viewer, standing near a large tree; one aiming a bow and arrow, the other holding an axe.; fig 82, "from a photograph." 19. Proof, black and white photographic image showing three long-haired Veddah men wearing only loin-cloths standing facing the camera against a background of trees and vines; two bearded, one holding a spear and one a staff, the other, beardless, carrying a club which rests against his chest and shoulder; fig. 83, "from a photograph." 20 Proof, black and white photographic image showing a Veddah man with short dark beard and moustache, wearing only a loin-cloth and holding a bow and arrow across his body; standing in front of a cracked clay wall and facing the camera; fig. 84, "from a photograph." 21 Proof, black and white photographic image showing head and naked upper torso of an Australian native man of the Arunta tribe, bearded, with cicatrised chest, wearing rope bracelets on upper arms, facing camera; fig. 85, attributed Professor Spencer. 22. Proof, black and white photographic image showing two old bearded Australian native men seated on the ground in front of a tree stump with multiple trunks and grass matting shade platform, displaying a collection of Churingas ("bull roarers"); fig. 86, attributed Professor Spencer. 23. Proof, duplicate of item 22 above; annotations include "Men making 'Troras"' ("Men ... 'Troras' " crossed through) and "churinga, sacred implements or bull- roarers". 24. Proof, black and white photographic image showing head and naked upper torso of a young Australian native man of Northern Australia with short beard and head-dress of white feathers or leaves, cicatrised chest, wearing bracelets on upper arms; fig. 87, attributed Admiral Maclear. 25. Proof, black and white photographic image showing head and naked upper torso of a young Australian native woman of the Arunta tribe with cicatrised stomach, wearing a three-stranded headband, facing camera, carrying a young child on her shoulders; fig. 88, attributed Professor Spencer. 26. Proof, black and white photographic image showing head and naked upper torso of a young Australian native woman of the Arunta tribe, in profile looking to the viewer's right; fig. 89, attributed Professor Spencer.27. Cover made from pages of a lined notebook, labelled in pencil in A. R. Wallace's? WGW's? hand "Duplicates | Illustrations for Origin of Australians" with "Illustrations . . . Australians" crossed through; found in original box 2 with some other proof illustrations from "Studies Scientific and Social" but empty when found. Place: Australia Japan Notes: 'Affinities and Origin of the Australian and Polynesian Races' was first published in "Australasia" in "Stanford's Compendium of Geography and Travel" (London 1879, with subsequent editions up to 1893) -see Smith S720. Most proofs are dirty and have inky fingerprints on them. Item 27 could probably be discarded.
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NHM-WP09.001.003    Printed:    1883--1893   2 printed folios apparently pages [5], [6], 7 and 8 from the proceedings? of the Tyneside Sunday Lecture Society, 1893? one headed "List of lectures delivered in previous sessions" listing titles and lecturers, covering dates 1883-1892; annotated in blue pencil in WGW's? hand "Newcastle | Dates of Lectures " and in ink in A. R. Wallace's hand "Tyneside Sunday Lecture Society"; lectures by A. R. Wallace marked in ink with a cross. Place: Newcastle upon Tyne Tyne and Wear England
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NHM-WP13.001.009    Printed:    1885--1885   Printed announcement by John Hampden, of Balham, Surrey, of default by A R Wallace of a debt of honour. Three spaces left for the insertion of the name of the defaulter have been filled in (John Hampden's) hand with the name "A R Wallace", "A.R.W" and "A Wallace". Part of the text has been underlined and annotated in the margin in (A. R. Wallace's?) hand "? | Proofs". Place: London England Norfolk
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NHM-WP13.001.013    Printed:    1885   Printed pamphlet (part?), undated, on the Flat Earth wager, 1 f headed on one side "The Most Startling Topic of the Day!" and on the other "The Following is addressed to a Member of the Royal Geographical Society … What is a Swindler?…" Notes: Formerly in unlabelled wallet of miscellaneous unrelated papers
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NHM-WP14.002.023    Note:    1885--1887   Small envelope labelled in A. R. Wallace's? WGW's? hand "Newspaper cuttings | American", when listed containing 3 press cuttings and one proof? press report; separately recorded: see WP14/2/24-27 Place: Canada USA Notes: When listed filed in box 2 with papers in a envelope addressed to Richard Wallace, postmarked 1996, labelled "Newspaper cuttings | Various" comprising press cuttings, corrected proofs, book reviews and print.
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NHM-WP17.006    Photo:    1885--1890   "The Arena Gallery of Eminent Thinkers"; pale blue (grey on with dirt on the outside but true colour shows on the folds) embossed paper folder so titled in decorative print (possibly by hand) with black ribbon tie, enclosing 40 loose leafed printed portrait photographs of eminent people with their autographs, including A. R. Wallace; with contents page listing portraits by name and number within the categories Poets, Clergymen, Women, Young American Writers, Men of Letters and Scientists and Philosophers, published by the Arena Publishing Co, Boston, Mass. (USA), undated; all apparently present but not in numerical order; portrait of A. R. Wallace aged about 60 is on top followed by Charles Darwin in old age. Notes: Date based on dates of some of the "Young American Writers", born c, 1860s and apparently aged mid-twenties or thirties in portraits, and apparent age of A. R. Wallace in portrait.
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NHM-WP01.005    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel  1886--1887   Letters from the USA and Canada: 37 letters and one postscript from A. R. Wallace to his wife Annie, children William and Violet, father-in-law William Mitten and sister Fanny (Mrs Sims) from the USA, 1886-1887, some with original envelopes, one with enclosed press cuttings; sketch map of Niagara Falls probably an enclosure to a letter to Violet; 5 small envelopes of press cuttings from American and Canadian Newspapers, and one rough note. Many letters and press cuttings contain passages underlined or marked in red or blue pencil. Place: USA Canada Notes: Pieces were out of date sequence but with no obvious logical arrangement and have been placed in date order. Letters have been briefly listed but NOT yet all read for content . The letters were wrapped in part of a 1916 envelope addressed to WGW and a torn sheet of paper partly printed with local council minutes, both annotated; these have been transferred to more appropriate series. See also WP14/2, press cuttings from North American papers.
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NHM-WP06.006.009    Photo:    1886--1900   Sketches and proof sheets of images illustrating native American tools and implements in 'American Museums', in A. R. Wallace, "Studies Scientific and Social", (London 1900) vol. 2, Ch. 2; and other sketches and notes relating to America and American Museums comprising: 1-7: Original ink sketches of Indian arrowheads, pottery & other implements from the Smithsonian Museum, in ink on small squared paper sheets, marked up in blue pencil and annotated in A. R. Wallace's hand; each pasted inside a folded piece of blue-green letter paper, some with notes in his hand on the inside, numbered on the outside in blue, possibly in WGW's hand, numbers 1-7; sheets in numbers 1 and 7 have sketches on both sides. When listed enclosed in small buff envelope labelled in blue pencil in A. R. Wallace's? WGW's? hand "Notes on sketches of H[unt] [Hunt] implements" (item 19 below). Most reproduced as figs 5-8 and 10-24 in vol 2, Ch. 2, pp. 41-52.; sketches and equivalent figures in the chapter as below: Folder 1 - fig. 7 Folder 2 - figs 5, 6, 8 and 10 Folder 3 - figs 13, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Folder 4 - fig. 12 Folder 5 - figs 11 and 14 Folder 6 - figs 19, 21 and 23 Folder 7 - figs 20, 22 and 24 ( 24 on back of sheet). 8. Proof illustration approximately 11.5 cm x 9.5 cm showing thirteen prehistoric implements (from drawings made by A. R. Wallace? at the National Museum, Washington) including one serrated obsidian spearhead labelled "California III". Annotated at the bottom in pencil in A. R. Wallace's hand "cf letters on cells" crossed through. Stamped on the back in red "Walker & Boutall 16 Clifford's Inn Fleet Street London" and annotated in black in an unknown hand "Wallaces Studies | 2670 | 2nd print | Novr 30/99"; reproduced as fig. 7, vol. 2, p. 42. 9. Sheet of notes on a Macmillan & co compliments slip with notes in ink and pencil in A. R. Wallace's hand headed "Twisted or Spiral cut Arrowheads" and proof illustration approximately 11.5 cm x 8 cm showing five prehistoric arrowheads (from drawings made by A. R. Wallace? at the National Museum, Washington), reproduced as fig. 9, vol. 2 p. 44. Sheet cut in half and pinned to notes when listed; the back is stamped in red with the right-hand section of the stamp "Walker & Boutall 16 Clifford's Inn Fleet Street London" and annotated in black in an unknown hand "Implements | 2670 | ny 13 1900", part of the text "Wallaces Implements | 2670 | Jany 13 1900" on the full sheet (see item 10 below.) 10. Proof illustration approximately 14 cm x 10 cm showing various prehistoric implements (from drawings made by A. R. Wallace? at the National Museum, Washington) including in the centre stone scrapers and arrowheads, marked into sections in pencil. Sheet cut in half; the back is stamped in red with the left-hand section of the stamp "Walker & Boutall 16 Clifford's Inn Fleet Street London" and annotated in black in an unknown hand "Wallace" and "Ja", part of the text "Wallaces Implements | 2670 | Jany 13 1900" on the full sheet ( see item 9 above); reproduced as figs 5, 6, 8 and 10 vol. 2 pp. 41-43. 11. Proof illustration approximately 19 cm x 14 cm showing various prehistoric implements (from drawings made by A. R. Wallace? at the National Museum, Washington) including at bottom left the stylised figure of a llama, marked into sections in pencil with annotations in ink in A. R. Wallace's? hand (ink over fainter printed image of writing) crossed through in ink. The back is stamped in red "Walker & Boutall 16 Clifford's Inn Fleet Street London" and annotated in black in an unknown hand "Wallaces Implements | 2670 | Jany 13 1900"; reproduced as figs 19-24, vol. 2 pp. 49-52. 12.Proof illustration approximately 19 cm x 14 cm showing various prehistoric implements (from drawings made by A. R. Wallace? at the National Museum, Washington) including at top left stone spoons or cups viewed from above, marked into sections in pencil. The back is stamped in red "Walker & Boutall 16 Clifford's Inn Fleet Street London" and annotated in black in an unknown hand "Wallaces Implements | 2670 | Jany 13 1900"; reproduced in vol. 2 as figs 11and 12 (p 45) 13, 14 and 15 (p. 46) and 16, 17 and 18 (p. 48). 13. Notes on a small squared paper sheet approx. 8 cm x 15 cm in A. R. Wallace's hand in ink over pencil beginning " Pipes human & animal form in Ohio & Illinois", apparently notes on specimens of native implements displayed in American Museums; enclosed when listed in folder 1 of items 1-7 above. 14. Faint pencil sketches on both sides of a small squared paper sheet approx. 8 cm x 15 cm: one side showing a stone knife? captioned in pencil in A. R. Wallace's hand "Chipped flint. Mound. Macon Co. W. Virginia" and an axe head? decorated with the figure of a man apparently killing a snake, captioned "A[r]t. Coll. Cincinnati"; the other side showing a map or geological diagram with strata? labelled "hill of Loess", "loess" and "mid. drift gravel with pebbles", captioned "W. Sioux City".15. Notes on a small squared paper sheet approx. 8 cm x 15 cm in A. R. Wallace's hand in pencil and ink beginning on one side in pencil "Leaving Clifton Forge | 7 am | (1) Lowmoor - low furnaces in rows", apparently notes of a train trip through Virginia and the views and geological features seen, with notes of time and place including 8.40 at Fort Spring at the bottom of the page and continuing increasingly illegibly overleaf where three sketches in ink,of a stone arrowhead, hoe, and gouge, headed "Occasional - N.Y. Museum" with notes, are upside down with relation to the train journey notes. Enclosed when listed in folder 1 of items 1-7 above. 16. Notes and sketches on a small squared paper sheet approx. 8 cm x 15 cm in A. R. Wallace's hand in pencil and ink beginning on one side in ink over pencil "Ruined Pueblo of Penasco Blanca"; sketches in ink overleaf, of Sioux, Utah Indian and Eskimo stone tools including knives, pick and hammer, headed "American National Museum Washington"; not reproduced in "Studies Scientific and Social". 17. Sketch of a tomahawk in ink on a small squared paper sheet approx. 8 cm x 15 cm, captioned in ink in A. R. Wallace's hand "Stone tomahawk. | Modern Indian." 18. Folder made from two lined exercise-book pages, titled on the front in pencil in A. R. Wallace's? hand "Illustrations for | American Museums | Proofs &c." When listed this contained one small squared paper sheet of notes on pueblos and sketches of Sioux, Utah Indian and Eskimo stone tools headed "American National Museum Washington" (item 16 above) but no other documents or images. 19: Envelope labelled in blue pencil in A. R. Wallace's? WGW's? hand "Notes on sketches of H[unt] implements". 20. Faint pencil outline sketch of a mountain range on a small squared paper sheet approx. 8 cm x 15 cm captioned in A. R. Wallace's hand in pencil "Alleghanes [sic, for Alleghenies i.e. Alleghany Highlands] nr Clifton Forge" with an arrow pointing out "N. Mountain"; diagrams in pencil of 5 circles, one overlapped by an irregular square, on the back; old ref WP2/16/47, possibly done on the same day as the notes mentioning Clifton Forge (item 15 above). Place: New York USA Virginia USA Washington DC USA Notes: "American Museums" was first published in "Fortnightly Review", Sep and Oct 1887. Several letters from A. R. Wallace to his family from America mention the Museums (see particularly WP1/5/12, 19 Dec 1886).
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NHM-WP06.006.010    Photo:    [1886--1887]   Eight sepia photographic prints enclosed between two pieces of grey card, one labelled in pencil in A. R. Wallace's? hand "Photos | N. American Museum specimens", two of which are reproduced in 'American Museums', in A. R. Wallace, "Studies Scientific and Social", (London 1900) vol. 2, Ch. 2, ; showing cased specimens of animals, birds and sponges displayed at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts USA c.1886/87, comprising: 1. Sepia photographic print approximately 12cm square, showing a museum interior containing two glass display cases of stuffed animal specimens including deer, a beaver, hares and a bear. The cases partly obscures the words "European Fauna" on the wall behind them. The print is annotated on the back in pencil in A. R. Wallace's? and possibly another hand " 16602 | Chap 2 | Vol 2 | 3.5/8 " wide | 32055" and upside down relative to this "4"; reproduced as fig. fig. 4, p. 33 "European Fauna" in 'American Museums', in A. R. Wallace, "Studies Scientific and Social", (London 1900) vol. 2, Ch. 2. 2. Sepia photographic print 16 cm x 15 cm with two torn pieces of sticking-paper on the upper back corners; showing a museum interior with part of a lower floor and surrounding narrow upper gallery containing stuffed specimens of animals including kangaroos, deer, an armadillo and alpacas in glass cases labelled "Class of Mammals", upper gallery containing a case of Australian mammals, floor of upper gallery partly obscuring the words "South American Fauna" on the wall of the lower gallery; reproduced as fig. 3, p. 29 "South American Fauna" in 'American Museums', in A. R. Wallace, "Studies Scientific and Social", (London 1900) vol. 2, Ch. 2. 3. Sepia photographic print 23.5 cm x 19 cm showing a large series of small stuffed birds (hummingbirds) in a glass Museum case, placed with outstretched wings in 19 horizontal rows of about 12 specimens per row. Annotated on the back in pencil an unknown hand "Museum of Comparative zoology Harvard University | South American Room | Trochilidae". 4. Sepia photographic print 23.5 cm x 19 cm showing stuffed specimens of seals including a California sea lion in a glass museum case, with part of a case of sea-shells visible in the lower left corner. Annotated on the back in pencil in an unknown hand "Museum of Comparative zoology Harvard University | Pacific Room". 5. Sepia photographic print 23.5 cm x 19 cm showing a glass museum case labelled "African" containing stuffed specimens of African mammals including a lion, a leopard, a hyena and small cats. Annotated on the back in pencil in an unknown hand "Museum of Comparative zoology Harvard University | African Room". 6. Sepia photographic print 23.5 cm x 19 cm showing a museum interior and five glass and wood display cases containing specimens including shells and sponges, some in spirit bottles. The case closest to the viewer is labelled on the glass "Atlantic Fauna" and the words "Alcyonoid Polyps Sponges" are also visible. The print is annotated on the back in an unknown hand "Museum of Comparative zoology Harvard University | Atlantic Room". 7. Sepia photographic print 23.5 cm x 19 cm showing a glass museum case containing stuffed specimens of birds including a turkey and two other large birds on the floor of the case and four horizontal shelves containing birds (including chicks) in decreasing order of size from top to bottom. Part of an adjoining case of wading birds is visible on the right. The print is annotated in pencil in an unknown hand "Museum of Comparative zoology Harvard University | North American Room". 8. Sepia photographic print 23.5 cm x 19 cm showing stuffed specimens of monkeys and small cats in natural poses in a glass museum case, with the back legs of a tiger and leopard? visible on the left. Annotated on the back in pencil in an unknown hand "Museum of Comparative zoology Harvard University | Indo-Asiatic Room". Place: Cambridge Massachusetts USA Notes: Dated on the basis that A. R. Wallace visited Harvard University Museum in the USA in November 1886; "American Museums" was first published in "Fortnightly Review", Sep and Oct 1887. Several letters from A. R. Wallace to his family from America mention the Museums (see particularly WP1/5/12, 19 Dec 1886 and Raby 2002, ch. 12 n. 21).
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NHM-WP13.001.008    Printed:    1886?--1886?   Printed pamphlet, 8 pages, titled "John Hampden's letter to Professor Huxley, President of the Royal Society ... Suggested by his article in the Nineteenth Century, for December, 1895, in reply to Mr. Gladstone's comments on the book of Genesis." London, 1886? Annotated in pencil on the front in (John Hampden's?) hand "A.R.W. is (two illegible words) referred to." The hand is the same as that on the printed address by Hampden to A. R. Wallace of August 1885. Some sections of the text have been marked in red pencil. Place: London England
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NHM-WP14    Printed:    1886--1910   Press Cuttings c1886-1910: Miscellaneous press cuttings apparently collected by A. R. Wallace, many with annotations in his hand. WP14/1 1891-1910 and undated Press cuttings on various topics. WP14/2 c1886-1887? Press cuttings from North American papers. Notes: See also other press cuttings throughout the collection, including enclosures to letters in correspondence series WP1, letters to editors in WP12 and book reviews of and by Wallace in publications and related papers, WP6 and WP7.
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NHM-WP14.002    Printed:    1886--1913   Press cuttings, most from North American newspapers with a few from British papers reporting news from America; on a variety of subjects including reports of A. R. Wallace's visit and lecture tour. Notes: When listed these were among 36 cuttings in an envelope addressed to A. R. Wallace, postmarked Leeds April (19)13, annotated on the back in blue pencil in A. R. Wallace's hand "Press notices of new book sent me "; the envelope and press reviews of some of his books have been transferred to series WP6, papers [re books by A. R. Wallace]; 1 from a (British?) paper 1901 on an incident in Cairo has been transferred to WP14/1; press cuttings on various topics. NOTE: Some reviews of A. R. Wallace's books have been RELOCATED and placed with papers re the particular book reviewed. All brittle, many folded many times and need larger container, some small tears.
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NHM-WP14.002.018    Printed:    1886?--1887   Four marked or annotated press cuttings from American newspapers including "The Washington Post", three 1887 and one undated (1886?) with reports of A. R. Wallace's visit to America; in envelope labelled in A. R. Wallace's? WGW's? hand "Interesting Newspaper extracts. | America 1886-7"; enclosures are separately recorded; see WP14/2/19-22. Place: USA Notes: Found loose in Box 2 and added here when listing. P J Lucas 9/6/03
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NHM-WP17.004.002    Photo:    1886?--1886?   View of a high waterfall with pine woods in foreground, (Yosemite National Park, California USA) captioned "B 1057. Bridal Veil Falls, 900 Feet. Taber Photo., San Fran" Sepia photographic print approximately 24 cm X 17 cm, with part of caption on the right missing, mounted on slightly larger card. Place: California USA Notes: Date based on the year that A. R. Wallace was in the USA. There are no annotations on the back. Not reproduced in either "My Life" or "Studies Scientific and Social" but possibly reproduced in some other work not seen.
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NHM-WP17.004.003    Photo:    1886?--1886?   View of high distant cliffs with a narrow central waterfall, pine woods and a stream in the foreground. Captioned " B 1049. Virgin Tears, 3,000 Feet. Yosemite Valley. Taber Photo., San Francisco." Sepia photographic print approximately 19 cm x 24 cm, mounted on slightly larger card. Annotated on the front lower edge in A. R. Wallace's? hand " 3 1/2 [inches] " with an arrow pointing to the right; and on the back in pencil in an unknown hand "057 | 16280" Place: California USA Notes: Reproduced in A. R. Wallace's "Studies Scientific and Social" (1900) vol. 1 fig. 4, p. 8. Date based on the year that A. R. Wallace was in the USA.
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