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Wallace McIlroy, on some of the family of Andrew Wallace of Forthside. Name: Shirra, W L, fl 1899 Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913 Place: Scotland Notes: Annotations on envelope are, in ink in Wallace, Alfred Russel Wallace's? hand ''Shirra's information'' and in pencil in Alfred Russel Wallace's?or son William's? hand ''re Wallace family in Stirling'' 3 folios plus envelope which enclosed both letter and note when listed. WP6/8/28 Papers re autobiography My Life Letter from Alfred Russel Wallace to Mr (Thomas) Sims, from Broadstone Dorset, 2 Mar 1904, thanking him for a parcel of letters, agreements, bills and drawings, noting that some of his own (Alfred Russel Wallace's) drawings have been marked ''W.G.Wallace'' by his sister in error, and that two or three drawings by his brother (Herbert?) may be suitable to reproduce in his book; will offer material relating to the Webster's to his sisterin-law Mary in California; sends Thomas a cheque for £5, last book enabled him to clear a debt on the Broadstone house; asks about identity of an old house in a pencil drawing by his brother. Name: Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913 Sims, Thomas, fl 1850 Wallace, Mary, NÃ©e Webster Place: California USA Dorset England WP6/8/29 Papers re autobiography My Life Press cutting from ''The Liberator'' Auckland 11 Jun 1906 with a review by George Stevenson of Alfred Russel Wallace's ''My Life''; in small envelope labelled in Alfred Russel Wallace's? WGW's? hand '''The Liberator'' N. Zealand | Reviews of 'My Life' - quotes passage on Land Monopoly''; Name: Stevenson, George, fl 1906 Place: New Zealand 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. WP6/8/30 Papers re autobiography My Life Review of Alfred Russel Wallace's ''My Life'' annotated in an unknown hand ''H.W. Boynton in Atlantic Monthly aug. 1906'', in a small envelope annotated in Alfred Russel Wallace's? WGW's? hand '''My Life' | American Criticism | Expression 'invariably clumsy' &c &c''. Name: Boynton, H W, fl 1906 Place: USA WP6/8/31 Papers re autobiography My Life Rough biographical notes in Alfred Russel Wallace's hand in ink 252 1904.03.02- 1904 11 June 1906 1906.08.00- 1906 1902?-1905? WP6
with crosses in red or blue pencil against many entries; 3 small folios written on one side only, the first and larger of the three headed ''New Ideas'' briefly listing titles or major themes of some of his works by date, beginning with 1858; the second also headed ''New Ideas'', numbered ''2'' and continuing the list at 1893; the third headed ''Health ?(end of Chap.XXXIII)'' beginning ''Age - 6- 7 - Scarlet fever - Chap. IV''. Notes: Dated on the assumption that the notes could have been made while planning the book or during proofing. When listed these were folded together with papers including lists of lectures by Alfred Russel Wallace and letters, inside yellow paper folder labelled in an unknown hand ''Xerox these'': folder destroyed 2003. WP6/9 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. WP6/9/1 Papers re Is Mars Habitable? 1. Proofs of ''Is Mars Habitable'' stamped 23 Oct 190[7], front matter, preface and pp [1]-109, with corrections in Alfred Russel Wallace's hand including inserted loose notes 2. Letter to Alfred Russel Wallace from J H Poynting, from Ampton Rd, Edgbaston, Birmingham 19 Oct 1907 re the last chapters, radiation and Martian canals 3. Stamped envelope addressed to Alfred Russel Wallace from ''The Auk'', Cambridge, Massachusetts USA, date illegible, annotated on the back in Alfred Russel Wallace's? hand '' Is Mars Habitable? | Author's corrected Proofs | (Prof Poynting's letter)''. Name: Poynting, J H, born c.1853 Notes: All found when listed in a 1998 envelope (destroyed) with apparently unrelated miscellanea including lists compiled by WGW of Alfred Russel Wallace's library. WP6/9/2 Papers re Is Mars Habitable? Two uncut proofs of Alfred Russel Wallace. ''Is Mars Habitable'', Macmillan and Co. London 1907, including title pages, table of contents, two diagrams and 105 numbered pages of text in each. Each copy consists of eight uncut sections arranged as duplicates - i.e two copies of title pages and contents followed by two of chapter 1, two of chapter 2, and so on. Each section is stamped ''1 Nov 1907 | From Robert Maclemose & Co Ld | University Press | Anniesland | Glasgow''. The proofs are enclosed in a stamped brown envelope postmarked from Glasgow with illegible date, addressed to Alfred Russel Wallace at Broadstone, Wimborne, and annotated on the back in Alfred Russel Wallace's hand ''Mars - 2 copies | clean proofs''. Both copies of page 48 are annotated in an unknown hand with identical corrections, otherwise the pages are clean. Name: Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913 Lowell, Percival, 1855-1916 253 1907 1907.10.19- 1907.11.01 1907.11.01- 1907 WP6
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The Natural History Museum General
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The Natural History Museum General
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Charles H Smith (Website: The Alfre
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Wallace, William Greenell, born 187
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query as to the fate of a medal. Na
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William, water supply to house, arc
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Hanbury. Name: Wallace, Alfred Russ
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from Parkstone, Dorset, 15 June 190
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from Old Orchard, Broadstone (Dorse
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(A?) Bankes; enclosure to letter fr
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(autobiography?). Name: Wallace, Al
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side of a piece of linen paper appa
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Flora (Mitten). Name: Wallace, Alfr
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discovery of Spruce drawings by Mr
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Pinewood Sanatorium, Wokingham, Ber
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Wallace, Violet Isabel?, born 1869
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does William know whereabouts of st
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Notes: Annotated in blue pencil on
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annotated in pencil in WGW's? hand
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Purland, Theodosius, fl 1868 Place:
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Broadstone, Dorset, 3 Nov 1907 anno
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from Mrs Swinton for full names of
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Hooker, Hyacinthe Jardine (née Sym
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Wallace, Violet, born 1869 Marshall
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Place: Dorset England Notes: Annota
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''Natural Science''; Violet's caree
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in ''The Woman's Signal''; tea and
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Parkstone, Dorset 14 Jul 1894, re h
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Mitten, Mrs William, fl 1894 Reid,
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Notes: The Address referred to is '
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Hall, Marshall-, ?, died 1896 ?, El
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Torrens on spiritualism; Violet's K
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Name: Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-
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WP1/2/93 Letters to Violet Wallace
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Place: Dorset England Notes: Origin
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Dunn, ? , Mr, fl 1898 Place: Americ
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Parkstone, Dorset 17 Jun 1901, re a
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WP1/3 Wallace Family Correspondence
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Wallace, Herbert Edward, c.1829-185
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Neath, 11 Apr 1846 re exchanging mo
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current scarcity of insects near Ne
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an unknown hand near the address: '
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emigrate to Australia; widow McCann
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Macassar; comparison of data sent b
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Bates, Frederick, 1829-1903 Gray, D
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Hanbury, Daniel, 1848-1896? Place:
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WP1/3/80 Wallace Family Corresponde
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Place: Dorset England WP1/3/86 Wall
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a box of plants collected including
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of?) grass. Name: Wallace, Alfred R
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WP1/5 Letters from the USA and Cana
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Mirlees, ?, fl 1886 Holmes, ?, fl 1
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natural history club meetings and c
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W. Holmes, O. W. Holmes, Jr., C. E.
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Wallace's hand ''I sent letter with
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plans to visit Lake Tahoe and the S
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WP1/6 Letters from Fred Birch Lette
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Ottoni, Brazil, 5 May 1910 with rou
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Lepidoptera to Mr May in Rio; consi
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previous letter. (in envelope from
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WP1/8/4 Miscellaneous Correspondenc
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Name: Davieson, Charles, fl 1913 Pl
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Place: Broadstone Dorset Fleet Hamp
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pay him to travel the country selli
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WP1/8/106 Miscellaneous Corresponde
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Place: Broadstone Dorset Southampto
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Name: Wallace, William fl 1913 Plac
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Name: Yunck, Oscar Albert?, fl 1913
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Wallace were among Mitten and unrel
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WP2/2/1 Interviews and biographical
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French from Argus Suisse de la Pres
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Gazette, 7 Nov 1913 from Woolgar an
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WP2/3/29 Obituaries and Memoirs of
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Russel Wallace; a Ms chronology of
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1898.01.23 From Parkstone, Dorset 2
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published in some form in Marchant
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Page 211 and 212: 7. Attic Plan and Chamber Plan (of
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Page 265 and 266: - Darwin/Wallace | Box 3 Box file''
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Page 281 and 282: Wallace's hand ''Nat. Science | Aug
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Name: Spruce, Richard, 1817-1893 No
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Plain paper cover sewn to pages whi
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11. 1 folio cut-out strips of print
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University postmarked Broadstone 24
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Russel Wallace, but probably from P
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WP12/16 ''The Shame of the Nineteen
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WP12/28 ''Florissant; a Miocene Pom
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folded folio (3 pp) of lined paper,
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Hampden's Charges against Mr. Walla
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cover includes review quotes includ
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lecture tour. Name: Wallace, Alfred
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WP14/2/20 ''Not Ripe for Socialism'
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ailway (in America?); purchase of l
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Morse, Miss E, fl 1896 Reid, Clemen
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Nicholson, William Edward, 1866-194
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Publishers, Edinburgh 4 Jan 1950, r
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on the back in WGW's hand. Name: Re
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Place: Plaistow West Sussex WP16/2
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Grant, William Robert Ogilvie, 1863
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Wallace, received through Sir Edwar
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Name: Pitt Rivers Museum Penniman,
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Spruce, Richard, 1817-1893 Place: L
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from T D A Cockerell, Boulder Calif
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Place: London England Notes: Former
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Redwood, and seated woman View of t
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Jeens, C H, fl 1873 Fergus, ?, fl 1
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square, centred on a sheet of paper
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WP17/8/4 ''Views from Puy NugÃ¨re
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and in the background. Undated. Pos
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artist Marie Spartali in 1871, the
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Notes: In envelope labelled ''Photo
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Bates, assuming E F Bates to be his
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WP18/11 Label ''Wallace | Evolution
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death. Name: Bradley, Dennis, fl 19
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amphibia 2. 28 Aug 1891 re correcti
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