NHM-WP06.008.003.[02]    Note:    [1904]   Four loose folios of notes in A. R. Wallace's hand, with dates and brief descriptions of letters to him from Charles Darwin, in an envelope from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, postmarked on the back 13 Dec 1904, addressed to Wallace and annotated in his hand in ink on the back "Darwin's letters used in my Autobiography." This annotation has been crossed through in pencil and the following further annotations in pencil in another hand (WGW's?) added: " A. R. Wallace's notes | & Darwin notes on "Island Life" - 6 f pages | & letters of A. R. Wallace to Mr Pascoe - written from Celebes & Batchian." Only A. R. Wallace's notes re Darwin's letters are now in the envelope. The folios are begin (2) "Darwin's Letters. | 1871. Jan 30th. About Descent of man ..." Notes: Dated from the envelope postmark and evidence in letters from A. R. Wallace to his family in 1904 mentioning work on his autobiography. At least one of the letters listed, re the colour of caterpillars, is quoted in vol. 2 of "My Life" so it is a reasonable assumption that this list DOES refer to quotes used in or considered for, A. R. Wallace's autobiography despite the deletion on the envelope.

NHM-WP06.008.003.[04]    Note:    [1904]   Four loose folios of notes in A. R. Wallace's hand, with dates and brief descriptions of letters to him from Charles Darwin, in an envelope from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, postmarked on the back 13 Dec 1904, addressed to Wallace and annotated in his hand in ink on the back "Darwin's letters used in my Autobiography." This annotation has been crossed through in pencil and the following further annotations in pencil in another hand (WGW's?) added: " A. R. Wallace's notes | & Darwin notes on "Island Life" - 6 f pages | & letters of A. R. Wallace to Mr Pascoe - written from Celebes & Batchian." Only A. R. Wallace's notes re Darwin's letters are now in the envelope. The folios are begin (4) "Notes. | Darwin to Hooker - Feb 1881 ..." Notes: Dated from the envelope postmark and evidence in letters from A. R. Wallace to his family in 1904 mentioning work on his autobiography. At least one of the letters listed, re the colour of caterpillars, is quoted in vol. 2 of "My Life" so it is a reasonable assumption that this list DOES refer to quotes used in or considered for, A. R. Wallace's autobiography despite the deletion on the envelope.

NHM-WP06.008.011    Photo:    [1904]   Brown envelope approximately 14.5 cm x 10 cm with rough sketch in ink of the image in the photograph reproduced in "My Life" vol. 1 facing p. 167 (chapter XI), of the Maen Llia standing stone, Vale of Neath. Annotations in A. R. Wallace's hand include "Chapter X|" and "Enlarge 1 1/2 times to make a vertical plate". This envelope contained five small photos reproduced in "My Life" including the print of the Maen Llia photo. These have been listed separately. Undated, date based on when A. R. Wallace was working on the book. Place: Neath Glamorganshire Wales

NHM-WP06.008.013    Photo:    [1904]   Sepia photographic print approximately 10 cm x 7.5 cm showing an angled view of Neath Free Library building with a lantern-shaped sign reading "Free Library" suspended over the arched entrance, a street and pavement in the right foreground and parts of buildings further down the street in the background. Annotations on the back in pencil in A. R. Wallace's and possibly another hand include " 13 | 1502 | (b?) of intials | firescreen 17(1/4?) | enlarge 1 1/2 times | keep in envelope | very outside measurement for page is 3 3/4 x 6 3/8". In envelope WP2/9 when listed. An enlargement of this photograph faces p. 246, vol. 1 of A. R. Wallace's "My Life" (London 1905) captioned "The Free Library, Neath, designed by A. R. Wallace. 1847." Photo (c. 1904?) possibly by Miss Florence Neale of Penarth, who supplied A. R. Wallace with the photo. (See "My Life" vol. 1, p. 246). Place: Neath Glamorganshire Wales Notes: In original box 2 in an envelope annotated in A. R. Wallace's? hand "Kelly's Photos of Corfe View" when listed.

NHM-WP12.018    Printed:    1904--1904   Benjamin Harrison, pamphlet "An Outline of the History of the Eolithic Flint Implements" (Kent, 1904), annotated in ink on front cover "Dr A. Russel Wallace | with the authors compts."; twenty-two pages; approx 2 cm x 14 cm. Place: Kent England

S616    Book:     Wallace, A. R. 1904. A summary of the proofs that vaccination does not prevent small-pox but really increases it. London: National Anti-Vaccination League, pp. 1-24.   Text

S616b    Periodical contribution:     Wallace, A.R. 1904. Letter commenting on psychical manifestations. In book review of The Widow's Mite, and Other Psychic Phenomena, by Isaac K. Funk. The Advertiser (Adelaide, South Australia) 47 (14297, 13 Aug. 1904): 9   Text   Image   PDF

NHM-WP02.001.007    Photo:    [1905--1913]   Portrait: Sepia studio? photo of A. R. Wallace in old age, seated in a chair, facing to the left, with a book on a table at his elbow and a curtain behind him; about 14 cm x 9.5 cm annotated on the front in ink and back in pencil "23256-C".

NHM-WP06.008.006    Photo:    [1905]   Portrait of Mary Anne Greenell aged 18. Small sepia photographic print approximately 10.5 cm x 8.5 cm showing an oval miniature portrait (medallion?) in a square frame. Annotated on the back in pencil in A. R. Wallace's? and another? hand "1557 | Cop initials | 175 screen | Keep in envelope | S-S". Reproduced in "My Life" (1905) facing page 16, captioned "My Mother. Age 18. (From a miniature.)" Unattributed and undated. Miniature c.1807? (when Mary Anne Greenell married Thomas Vere Wallace). Photo c. 1905?

NHM-WP06.008.016    Photo:    [1905]   Portrait to the waist of A. R. Wallace aged 25, seated, turned slightly to the viewer's left, wearing spectacles. The image has been cut from a photograph and pasted onto a neutral background of purplish emulsion which has been applied to part of another larger photograph mounted on a card approximately 11.5 cm x 9 cm. The obscured photograph appears to be one of a miniature of one of A. R. Wallace's parents. "Crop" is written in pencil below a line on the left of the card. Annotations in pencil on the back of the card in an unknown hand , mostly crossed through, include "1557| Cop initials | 175 screen" and "150 tint". Notes: The portait, captioned "Alfred R. Wallace. 1848 | From a daguerrotype" is reproduced in A. R. Wallace's autobiography "My Life" (London 1905) vol. 1, facing p. 264. (In Raby (2002) it is reproduced reversed).

NHM-WP18.013    Note:    1905   Section cut from the front of an envelope including stamp and part of address to A. R. Wallace at Broadstone, postmarked 12 Sep 1905, no location visible on postmark.

S619b    Periodical contribution:     Wallace, A. R. 1905. On drawings of fishes of the Rio Negro. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1905 (1): 189-190.   Text   Image

S618c    Periodical contribution:     Wallace, A. R. 1905. A practical suggestion. Ethological Journal (January): 19-21.   Text

WSPEC225    Periodical contribution:     Cockerell, T.D.A. 1905. Descriptions and records of bees. – I [Description of Crocisa wallacei, Ternate]. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7) 16: 216-225.   PDF

NHM-WP06.008.021.[02]    Photo:    1905?--1905   18 annotated proofs of illustration used in A. R. Wallace, "My Life" (London 1905), some captioned in A. R. Wallace's hand, others with printed captions, incomplete set enclosed in cardboard cover; comprising: 2. Proof illustration in black and white, captioned in A. R. Wallace's hand "My Father from a Miniature. Age 35." Portrait of A. R. Wallace's father Thomas Vere Wallace Place: Amazon Derbyshire England Essex Godalming Surrey Leicester Leicestershire Shropshire Usk Wales Notes: Proof pages approximately 23 cm x 17 cm. All illustrations reproduced in Wallace, Alfred Russel, "My Life" (London 1905).

NHM-WP06.008.021.[04]    Photo:    1905?--1905   18 annotated proofs of illustration used in A. R. Wallace, "My Life" (London 1905), some captioned in A. R. Wallace's hand, others with printed captions, incomplete set enclosed in cardboard cover; comprising: 4. Proof illustration in black and white, captioned in A. R. Wallace's hand "Herbert Edward Wallace. Age 8. | From a pencil sketch by Miss Townsend." Place: Amazon Derbyshire England Essex Godalming Surrey Leicester Leicestershire Shropshire Usk Wales Notes: Proof pages approximately 23 cm x 17 cm. All illustrations reproduced in Wallace, Alfred Russel, "My Life" (London 1905).

NHM-WP06.008.021.[06]    Photo:    1905?--1905   18 annotated proofs of illustration used in A. R. Wallace, "My Life" (London 1905), some captioned in A. R. Wallace's hand, others with printed captions, incomplete set enclosed in cardboard cover; comprising: 6. Proof illustration in black and white, captioned in A. R. Wallace's hand "In Derbyshire | From Pencil sketch by A.R.Wallace. 1844." Place: Amazon Derbyshire England Essex Godalming Surrey Leicester Leicestershire Shropshire Usk Wales Notes: Proof pages approximately 23 cm x 17 cm. All illustrations reproduced in Wallace, Alfred Russel, "My Life" (London 1905).

NHM-WP06.008.021.[08]    Photo:    1905?--1905   18 annotated proofs of illustration used in A. R. Wallace, "My Life" (London 1905), some captioned in A. R. Wallace's hand, others with printed captions, incomplete set enclosed in cardboard cover; comprising: 8. Proof illustration in black and white, captioned in A. R. Wallace's hand "Llanbister, Radnorshire | Pencil sketch by W.G. Wallace 1840". From a sketch by A. R. Wallace"s brother William. Place: Amazon Derbyshire England Essex Godalming Surrey Leicester Leicestershire Shropshire Usk Wales Notes: Proof pages approximately 23 cm x 17 cm. All illustrations reproduced in Wallace, Alfred Russel, "My Life" (London 1905).

NHM-WP06.008.021.[10]    Photo:    1905?--1905   18 annotated proofs of illustration used in A. R. Wallace, "My Life" (London 1905), some captioned in A. R. Wallace's hand, others with printed captions, incomplete set enclosed in cardboard cover; comprising: 10. Proof illustration in black and white of a cave entrance, captioned in A. R. Wallace's hand "Porth y Ogof. Vale of Neath." Place: Amazon Derbyshire England Essex Godalming Surrey Leicester Leicestershire Shropshire Usk Wales Notes: Proof pages approximately 23 cm x 17 cm. All illustrations reproduced in Wallace, Alfred Russel, "My Life" (London 1905).

NHM-WP06.008.021.[12]    Photo:    1905?--1905   18 annotated proofs of illustration used in A. R. Wallace, "My Life" (London 1905), some captioned in A. R. Wallace's hand, others with printed captions, incomplete set enclosed in cardboard cover; comprising: 12. Proof illustration in black and white of a waterfall, with the printed caption "Llanhaidwr Waterfall." Page and vol. numbers added in A. R. Wallace's hand. Place: Amazon Derbyshire England Essex Godalming Surrey Leicester Leicestershire Shropshire Usk Wales Notes: Proof pages approximately 23 cm x 17 cm. All illustrations reproduced in Wallace, Alfred Russel, "My Life" (London 1905).

NHM-WP06.008.021.[14]    Photo:    1905?--1905   18 annotated proofs of illustration used in A. R. Wallace, "My Life" (London 1905), some captioned in A. R. Wallace's hand, others with printed captions, incomplete set enclosed in cardboard cover; comprising: 14. Proof illustration in black and white of a house, printed caption "'Nutwood Cottage,' Godalming." Page and vol. number added in A. R. Wallace's hand. Place: Amazon Derbyshire England Essex Godalming Surrey Leicester Leicestershire Shropshire Usk Wales Notes: Proof pages approximately 23 cm x 17 cm. All illustrations reproduced in Wallace, Alfred Russel, "My Life" (London 1905).

NHM-WP06.008.021.[16]    Photo:    1905?--1905   18 annotated proofs of illustration used in A. R. Wallace, "My Life" (London 1905), some captioned in A. R. Wallace's hand, others with printed captions, incomplete set enclosed in cardboard cover; comprising: 16. Proof illustration in black and white of a cottage and outbuildings, with a river in the foreground and wooded hills behind. Printed caption " My Birth-Place. Kensington Cottage, Usk." Page and vol. number added in A. R. Wallace's hand. Place: Amazon Derbyshire England Essex Godalming Surrey Leicester Leicestershire Shropshire Usk Wales Notes: Proof pages approximately 23 cm x 17 cm. All illustrations reproduced in Wallace, Alfred Russel, "My Life" (London 1905).

NHM-WP06.008.021.[18]    Photo:    1905?--1905   18 annotated proofs of illustration used in A. R. Wallace, "My Life" (London 1905), some captioned in A. R. Wallace's hand, others with printed captions, incomplete set enclosed in cardboard cover; comprising: 18. Proof illustration in black and white of two fish, the top image captioned in A. R. Wallace's hand "Cichlostoma severum. Fam Cichlidae. | (one third natural size)" and the bottom "Cynodon scombroides. Fam. Characinidae (one fourth natural size.)" Place: Amazon Derbyshire England Essex Godalming Surrey Leicester Leicestershire Shropshire Usk Wales Notes: Proof pages approximately 23 cm x 17 cm. All illustrations reproduced in Wallace, Alfred Russel, "My Life" (London 1905).

NHM-WP15.003.005    Photo:    1905?   Portrait: Small faded sepia photo undated and without annotations, of an elderly man with short white beard, apparently William Mitten but possible A. R. Wallace, seated at a bench in a greenhouse, facing camera, seen through the open door of the building.

NHM-WP01.007    Note:    [1906]--1910   Letters from Sydney Skertchly 1889-1910: Skertchly was an English born Botanist and Geologist; arrived in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, from Hong Kong in 1891 and was Assistant Government Geologist for the Geological Survey of Queensland 1895-97. He lectured widely and wrote on natural history and science for the "Brisbane Courier". (Source: Bright Sparcs Website). Letters and notes to A. R. Wallace from S B J Skertchly comprising WP1/7/003 to WP1/7/009 Place: Australia