| Ref No | WP/2/6/3/8 |
| Alt Ref No | WP2/6/3/8 |
| Title | Reminiscences, letters, drafts and related papers |
| Description | Undated carbon copies [c.1916], some with annotations, of personal recollections of Alfred Russel Wallace by various authors and of letters and extracts from letters by him; most if not all published in some form in Marchant 1916: approximately 60 letters or extracts numbered internally, interleaved with pages headed 'Home Life [no.]' containing short reminiscences of Alfred Russel Wallace apparently by William and Violet Wallace: approximately 200 A4 folios including:
'Reminiscences of A.R. Wallace O.M. by Reginald B Rathbone'; TS carbon copies each five numbered folios A4.
Reminiscences of Alfred Russel Wallace by O Pickard-Cambridge, H E Littledale and J W Sharpe
Letters and extracts of letters from Alfred Russel Wallace to his daughter Violet, his son William, his wife Annie, Dr Richard Norris, Miss Norris, Dr Littledale and Fred Birch, 1891-c 1908; two cc of each on A4 paper.
Name: Rathbone, Reginald B, 1895-1987
Notes: When listed these were in a large modern (1995) envelope (destroyed) labelled in Richard Wallace's ([nd Mrs R Wallace's] hands 'Typed letters Alfred Russel Wallace to Violet and Will Reminiscences of R B Rathbone | [Ditto] WG & VI for Marchants Book'. Most duplicated letters exist in the original in this collection but some, including extracts from a letter by Alfred Russel Wallace to Fred Birch and letters to Richard Norris and Dr. Littledale, have not been found in the original here. |
| Date | [1915-1916] |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Held By | NHM General Library |
| Extent | File |
| Level | Item |
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Persons
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| PX5798 | Rathbone; Reginald B (1895-1987) | 1895-1987 |
| PX5163 | Sharpe; J W (fl 1890) | fl 1890 |
| PX5204 | Birch; Frederick R (fl 1897-1910) | fl 1897-1910 |