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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 46343 A-B
Title:: BURNS PAPERS. Vol. LXIII A, B. A. Diploma of admission of J. Burns to honorary membership of the Institution of Civil Engineers; 14 May 1915. A printed form, with the seal of the Institution, and signed by B. B. Hall, President, and J. H. T. Tudsbery (formerly Turner), Honorary Secretary. B(ff. 24). Photographs, mostly of Burns himself, alone or in groups, but including also some (ff. 7-11, 13) of demonstrations, 1889, in favour of the dock labourers' strike; 1885-1910, n.d. The photograph o...
Scope & Content:: Benjamin Blyth Hall, President, Institution of Civil Engineers: Diploma signed by: 1915.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 14 May 1915
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 46415-46417
Title:: A. R. WALLACE PAPERS. Vols. II-IV (ff. 279, 269, 316). 'Darwinism', published April 1889. According to a note on 46415, f. 1, the work was written between the end of 1885 and November 1888. Autograph, apparently sent to the printer although some alterations and additions are found in the printed text. Preface, index, etc., wanting. Paginated first by Wallace in chapters, excluding a flyleaf to each chapter and then by the printer in two series, viz.: 46415, f. 1- 46417, f. 66, 1- 602, and 46...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1885-1888
Extent:: 3 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 46418-46419
Title:: A. R. WALLACE PAPERS. Vols. V, VI (ff.249, 231). 'The Wonderful Century', first version published 1898. Insertions in the printed text suggest that this MS. was completed before 18 Feb. 1898. Preface, etc., index, and chapter 18, 'Vaccination a Delusion, its Penal Enforcement a Crime', are wanting; a note in Wallace's hand on 46419, f. 126, directs the printer to set up Chapter 18 from a pamphlet, presumably that produced by Wallace in 1897. Autograph draft showing revision and rearrangement...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1898
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 46420-46421
Title:: A. R. WALLACE PAPERS. Vols. VII, VIII (ff. 263, 285). 'Man's Place in the Universe', published 1903. Footnotes added to the printed text indicate that the present MS. was complete before March 1903; the text was further revised before publication. Preface, index, etc., and star maps found at end of printed book are wanting. Autograph with corrections and revisions, except for 46420, ff. 62-66, 176-178, which are typewritten extracts from the revised edition (1903) of 'The Wonderful Century',...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1903
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 46422-46427
Title:: A. R. WALLACE PAPERS. Vols. IX - XIV (ff. 360, 333 , 332, 343, 348, 219). 'My Life, a Record of Events and Opinions', Wallace's autobiography published in 2 vols., 1905. The text is in substantial agreement with the printed version save for corrections of style, the insertion of matter relating to the illustrations, and some minor alterations. Preface, index, etc., and illustrations are wanting. Autograph, except for 46423, f. 327, and typescript (46423, ff. 111-148, 46424, ff. 186-196, 4642...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: [1885-1910]
Extent:: 6 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 46429-46431
Title:: A. R. WALLACE PAPERS. Vols. XVI-XVIII (ff. 367, 317, 299). 'The World of Life' , published 1910. Autograph draft showing signs of revision by the author and printer's marks, apparently completed between summer 1909 and November 1910. The text was further revised between the completion of this draft and publication. Title-page, index, etc., preface, lists of contents and illustrations, are wanting, as are figures 1, 2 and 8, which are all taken from unpublished photographs of Malaya and the E...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Russian
Date Range:: 1909-1910
Extent:: 3 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 46432-46433
Title:: A. R. WALLACE PAPERS. Vols. XIX, XX (ff. 345, 337). Contributions to periodicals, etc., 1890-1908, some of which were reprinted with minor corrections and insertions and with the addition of illustrations and sub-headings in Studies Scientific and Social, 2 vols., 1900 (hereafter Studies). Except where noted the articles bear printer's marks; occasional additions and corrections were made in proof. Where possible dates of composition have been deduced from internal evidence.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1890-1908
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 46435-46438
Title:: A. R. WALLACE PAPERS. Vols. XXII-XXV. Correspondence on scientific subjects or concerning Wallace's scientific publications; 1848-1914. Four volumes.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and German
Date Range:: 1848-1914
Extent:: 4 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 46441-46442
Title:: A. R. WALLACE PAPERS. Vols. XXVIII - XXIX. General correspondence. Two volumes.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and Portuguese
Date Range:: [1853-1913]
Extent:: 2 items

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