| Ref No | WP/1/5/27 |
| Alt Ref No | WP1/5/27 |
| Title | Press cuttings from the USA |
| Description | Small cream envelope approximately 14 cm x 8cm annotated on the back in pencil [in William Greenell Wallace's hand] 'Sioux City', containing six press cuttings:
Three copies of a cutting from the Sioux City ['Journal'] 3 May 1887, headlined 'Sioux City Amusements The first of the series of Dr. Wallace's lectures at the Academy last night ...' reporting on Alfred Russel Wallace's lecture on Darwin's theory of evolution and forthcoming lecture on colour in animals.
Cutting from an unnamed and undated [Sioux City] newspaper c, May 1897, headlined 'Mrs. Dollinger's Caller. Another shrewd scheme of the mean, deceitful book agent. From the Dakota Bell' with a story on door-to-door salesmen of religious books.
Cutting from an unnamed and undated [Sioux City 'Journal'] newspaper c. May 1887 headlined 'Amusement Record. Dr. Wallace's concluding lecture at the Academy last night' reporting on Alfred Russel Wallace's lecture on oceanic islands.
Cutting from an unnamed and undated [Sioux City] newspaper c. May 1887 headlined 'Items from Exchanges' reporting two stories from other newspapers, one on the closure of Sioux City drinking saloons and one on changes in the course of the Missouri river caused by ice.
Name: Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913
Darwin, Charles Robert, 1809-1882
Place: Sioux City Iowa USA |
| Date | 3 May 1887 |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Held By | NHM General Library |
| Extent | Press cuttings |
| Level | Item |
Show related Persons records.
Persons
| Code | PersonName | Dates | Source |
| PX473 | Wallace; Alfred Russel (1823-1913); Biologist | 1823-1913 | [Source: http://www.wku.edu/%7Esmithch/index1.htm] |
| PX677 | Darwin; Charles Robert (1809-1882); Naturalist | 1809-1882 | |