| Ref No | WP/1/5/7 |
| Alt Ref No | WP1/5/7 |
| Title | Press cuttings from the USA |
| Description | 1. Small cream envelope approximately 14 cm x 8cm annotated on the back in pencil [in William Greenell Wallace's hand] 'Boston', containing six press cuttings from:
2. The 'Boston Daily Advertiser' 5 Nov 1886, reporting on Alfred Russel Wallace's lecture on the 'Permanence of Oceans' at the Lowell Institute on 4 Nov 1886
3. The 'New York Daily Tribune' 12 Nov 1886, headlined 'Wind as a seed carrier' and reporting on papers read at a meeting of the National Academy of Sciences in Boston 11 Nov 1886, including Alfred Russel Wallace's reading of his paper 'The wind as a seed carrier in relation to one of the difficult problems in geographical distribution.'
4. An unnamed and undated paper (c.12 Nov 1886), headlined 'The Academy of Sciences' reporting on papers read at a meeting of the National Academy of Sciences in Boston 11 Nov 1886 including Alfred Russel Wallace's reading of his paper 'The wind as a seed carrier in relation to one of the difficult problems in geographical distribution.'
5. The 'Boston Daily Advertiser' 25 Nov (1886) headlined 'Lowell Institute Lecture' reporting on Alfred Russel Wallace's lecture on Darwinism at the Lowell Institute.
6. The 'Boston Post' ( undated, but from internal evidence 25 Nov 1886) reporting on Alfred Russel Wallace's lecture on Darwinism at the Lowell Institute.
7. 'The Beacon', Boston 20 Nov 1886, with a general report on Alfred Russel Wallace's lectures at the Lowell Institute.
8. 'The Boston Herald', undated (c. 5 Nov 1886) headlined 'Application of Darwinism', reporting on Alfred Russel Wallace's lecture on the oceans, at the Lowell Institute on 4 Nov 1886. |
| Date | Nov 1886 |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Held By | NHM General Library |
| Extent | Press cuttings |
| Level | Item |
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| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| PX473 | Wallace; Alfred Russel (1823-1913); Biologist | 1823-1913 |