NHM-WP01.002.058    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Maclachlan Mrs.,  1895.01.10   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 10 Jan 1895, re (travelling?) bags for herself and brother William, enclosing postal order; William at Inverkeithing, Scotland, working on lighting for a paper mill; hard frost and snow at Parkstone, Violet's skates; A. R. Wallace has given Mrs Maclachlan, who studied Sanskrit and other languages at Girton, his paper on language to read. Place: Dorset England

NHM-WP01.002.060    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Wallace Annie née Mitten, Fisher Arabella Burton (née Buckley), ? Maclachlan Mrs  1895.02.10   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 10 Feb 1895, re nervous illness of her mother (Annie Wallace), attended by Dr Philpotts; fifth very cold winter in Dorset; no water in house due to frozen water pipes; reports that winter the coldest since 1854; hard frosts in Norfolk, deep snow in Rome, Germany and America, warning Violet not to skate on thin ice; news of Mrs Fisher and Mrs Maclachlan. Place: Dorset England

NHM-WP01.002.062    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Wallace John, ? Eleanor?, Evans Mr  1895.05.02   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 2 May 1895 re invitation to Eleanor; a book ordered from America; sending flowers from garden and some orchids; proposed visit to Mr Evans to get plants; exam meetings; accumulation of letters, reviews to write, and chess games; problems with greenhouse blinds; news of the death of A. R. Wallace's brother (John). Place: Dorset England USA

NHM-WP01.002.064    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Wallace Annie née Mitten, Mitten Rose, Wallace William Greenell  1895.06.23   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 23 Jun 1895 re her exam expenses and fees, sending £10 towards them; Silk (George Silk?) has come to spend a week; news from Ma (Annie Wallace ) and Aunt Rose (Rose Mitten) in Lucerne; costs of Switzerland excursion, A. R. Wallace and Grandpa's (William Mitten) plans to visit Switzerland; sending tickets (to the Zoo?) for July; roses sent to Violet's brother William. Place: Dorset England

NHM-WP01.002.066    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Allman Dr, Travers Mrs  1895.11.24   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 24 Nov 1895, re improvements to the orchid house; chess; correspondence; local gossip about Mrs Travers; details from a book on diet and life-style by an "inspired crank"; returning photos; returning coral named by Dr Allman. Place: Dorset England

NHM-WP01.002.068    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Wallace William Greenell, ? Dunn, Hall Miss Marshall-, Kipling Joseph Rudyard, Doveton Frank Bassett, ? Eleanor  1896.03.03   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 3 Mar 1896, re orchids, some from General Dunn about to flower; visit from Doveton, a poet and psychical researcher from Torquay; Violet's brother William in Hull; Ma's (Annie Wallace) eyes improving; poor health of Miss Marshall Hall; arrival of bacon but no bill; regards to Eleanor; instructions to send her brother William the "Jungle Books". Place: Dorset England

NHM-WP01.002.070    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Wallace Annie née Mitten, Hall Marshall- ?, ? Eleanor?, Lowe Mrs, Blatchford Robert ("Nunquam"), Ray? Edward F ("The Bounder")  1896.04.20   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 20 Apr 1896 re sudden death of Captain Marshall Hall; Violet's proposed walking trip with Ma (Annie Wallace) and Eleanor, letter from Mrs Lowe; Violet's brother William's visit to Bakewell; The Clarionettes, (Clarion Cycling Club?) Nunquam, (Robert Blatchford) the Bounder (Edward Ray?); sending weeds and newts to Violet. Place: Dorset England

NHM-WP01.002.072    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Wallace William Greenell, Amanda ?  1896.03.25   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 25 Mar 1896, re visit to Parkstone to see her brother William; bacon; books; enclosed photo (not present) of Hawkie? by Amanda. Place: Dorset England

NHM-WP01.002.074    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Wallace William Greenell, Mitten William, Harris Frank, Lowe Miss  1896.09.23   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 23 Sep 1896, re her proposed trip to Switzerland, enclosing a letter from Miss Lowe (not present) with details of a chalet; arrangements for payment for a new machine (bicycle?); Harris asking for A. R. Wallace articles, may rewrite some of his lectures; visits by Violet's brother William and Grandpa (William Mitten). Place: Dorset England

NHM-WP01.002.076    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Stetson Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Stowe Harriet Beecher, Ray? Edward F ("The Bounder")  1896.11.01   Letter from A. R. Wallace from Parkstone, Dorset 1 Nov 1896, to his daughter Violet, re lectures on children's education by American visitor Mrs Stetson at Parkstone and Poole, her popularity, relationship to Harriet Beecher Stowe, and poetry; talks with her on poetry, socialism and Weisman's theory; death of "the Bounder" from typhoid fever. Place: Dorset England USA

NHM-WP01.002.078    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Wallace William Greenell, Stetson Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Sharpe J W, Waddington ?, Torrens Lady  1896.12.14   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 14 Dec 1896, re her brother William; arrangements for Christmas; bicycles; Mrs Stetson; Mr Waddington; visit from the Sharpes and Lady Torrens, Lady Torrens on spiritualism; Violet's K.G.(Kindergarten) magazine. Place: Dorset England

NHM-WP01.002.080    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Wallace William Greenell, Morgan Conway Lloyd, Mitten William  1897.01.18   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 18 Jan 1897, re her expenses; her brother William (sailing for America?); "Century" (magazine); whale on beach at Boscombe; A. R. Wallace review of book on instinct by Lloyd Morgan for "Natural Science"; Grandpa's (William Mitten) purchase of land. Place: Dorset England

NHM-WP01.002.082    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Wallace William Greenell, Garland Hawker, Irving Sir Henry, MacReady William Charles, Arena Publishing Co.  [1892].01.31   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 31 Jan 1892?, re suffering from influenza; "Arena" (magazine); play "Henry VIII", actors Macready and Irving; Hawker Garland's writing; letter from her brother William; gardeners Monk and Wareham; chess by correspondence. Place: Dorset England Notes: Date originally read as 1897; but see WP1/2/83, which refers to the death of Bates (1892) where the last figure is almost identical. Annotated in pencil in an unknown hand "Henry VIII | Arena!"

NHM-WP01.002.084    Miscellaneous:    1892.02.00   Sketch diagram of relative positions of Earth, Venus and Jupiter in Feb 1892. Enclosure to letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 21 Feb 1892 (See WP1/2/83) Place: Dorset England Notes: Date originally entered as 1897, the date originally read for the letter. Internal evidence in the letter as well as the date of the conjunction on the sketch make it certainly 1892.

NHM-WP01.002.086    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Wallace William Greenell, Halkett Peter  1897.04.04   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 4 Apr 1897 re letter from her brother William in Boston; sending "Brotherhood" (magazine?) containing work by Peter Halkett and "interview" with Christ (Jesus); actions of the Admiral in Crete. Place: Boston Massachusetts USA Crete Dorset England

NHM-WP01.002.088    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Wallace William Greenell, Greck Madame, Sharpe J W  1897.04.18   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 18 Apr 1897, re his article for the kindergarten magazine; news from her brother William in America; Sunshine (a medium) and Madame Greck's involvement in Mr Sharpe's business affairs. Place: Dorset England Notes: Two folios

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

NHM-WP01.002.092    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Wallace William Greenell, Osborne Mr, Carter Mr, Casson Herbert N, Birch Frederick  1897.09.07   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 7 Sep 1897, re Violet's trip to Paris; A. R. Wallace's trips to Paris in the past; visits from Mr Osborne and Mr Carter re lecture by Mr Casson on "the labour church and the latent goodness of humanity"; Fred Birch; her brother William's letters. Place: Dorset England Paris France

NHM-WP01.002.094    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Annie née Mitten, Wallace Violet, Wallace William Greenell, Mitten William, Pleydell John Clavell Mansell-,  1897.10.10   Letter from A. R. Wallace, with an addendum by Annie Wallace, to their daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 10 Oct 1897, re news from her brother William in America; her possible career and salary at Limpsfield; grandpa (William Mitten) finding a rare grass near Wareham, Dorset, Mansell Pleydell pleased; orchids; Violet's dress; Annie's desire to visit America. Place: Dorset England Notes: Annotated in blue pencil in an unknown hand "Rare grass"

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

NHM-WP01.002.098    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Wallace William Greenell, ? Florence Miss?, Grimsditch A H  1897.12.16   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 16 Dec 1897 re acorns and a hedgehog; bill for flannelette; Florence; orchids wanted from A H Grimsditch, Liverpool; no news from her brother William. Place: Dorset England

NHM-WP01.002.100    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet  [1897.04.00]   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset Friday morning Apr? 1897? re letter from her brother William; Mrs Greck, fraud and spiritualism (See letter dated 18 Apr 1897: WP1/2/88); "American Fabian" on children's parks; water-worn gorge. Place: Dorset England Notes: Dated on the basis of the content of his letter of 18 Apr, 1897 (WP1/2/88)

NHM-WP01.002.102    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Wallace William Greenell  1898.01.25   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 25 Jan 1898 re a letter from her brother William in America commenting on phrenological analysis of his photo. Place: America Dorset England Notes: Written on a small folded sheet of white paper

NHM-WP01.002.104    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet, Macdonald Miss, Mott Frederick Thompson  1898.02.16   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 16 Feb 1898, sending his book on vaccination for her and Miss Macdonald to read; instructions for packing her books; "Century" book ("The Wonderful Century") about to be printed, Mr Mott asked to write poetical headings; Violet (to work in?) London school. Place: Dorset England

NHM-WP01.002.106    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Violet  1898.03.17   Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 17 Mar 1898 re her career (failure to get work in London?), proposing she spend a year in Germany learning German, offering £50 towards expenses. Place: Dorset England Germany