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We have produced an A5 flier to advertise the Wallace Correspondence Project at conferences and other events - please see below. It will soon be used at the British Tarantula Society's Annual Exhibition on Sunday 20th May 2018, which George will be attending to promote the SeaTrek Sailing Adventures cruises he leads to raise funds for the project.
UPDATE 16 May 2018: A very experienced palaeographer has determined that the handwritting of the 'Kington Essay' is not Wallace's. We are left with a mystery – who was the “A. Wallace” who wrote it? Was A. R. Wallace a member of the Kington Mechanics’ Institute and was there anyone else called A. Wallace who was also a member?
Version 18 (DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.21784.08961) of the Wallace Correspondence Project's Transcription Protocol is now available (as a pdf file) from the following page: http://www.wallaceletters.info/content/transcription [Click this link to go to the page and then click link to download the file] This is a major update to our protocol and staff and project volunteers should carefully study this new version, as numerous changes and additions have been made.
Paula Lucas (right) will be employed by the WCP as a freelance Editor/Researcher, working closely with the WCP's Researcher Helen, Archivist Charlotte and Director George, to begin the huge task of meticulously editing and annotating the trancripts of Wallace's early letters for publication in Volume 1 of The Correspon
Yup, I'm the project's Estates and IT Departments, as well as the project's Director! Here is me putting together a flat pack desk. It 'only' took about 3 hours!
George builds an office desk. Photo by Charlotte Robinson.
On Wednesday 18th April 2018, the WCP team began work in the project's splendid new office in Buckhust Hill, Essex (address HERE). The office is on two levels, with three workspaces on the first floor and another, plus a tiny kitchen and toilet, on the second floor. We have now purchased nearly all the equipment we need, ranging from computers, to chairs, to a small fridge, microwave, kettle, pencils and paperclips.
*Job Announcement*
Sub-editor/Researcher - Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
Salary: Starting from £32,127 per year
Employment Type: Fixed Term, ending 31 August 2020
Hours Per week (exclusive of lunch breaks): 35
Annual Leave: 30 days, in addition to public and bank holidays.
*Job Announcement*
Archivist - Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
Salary: Starting from £31,327 per year
Employment Type: Fixed Term, ending 31 August 2020
Hours Per week (exclusive of lunch breaks): 35
Annual Leave: 30 days, in addition to public and bank holidays.
Very good news for myself and the A. R. Wallace Correspondence Project (WCP)! The agreement for the grant which will fund the project for 2 years and 9 months was officially signed today and work on the project is due to restart on December 1st! The funder is the John Templeton Foundation and the charity which will host the grant is the Charles Darwin Trust (CDT).
We are pleased to report that Wallace Letters Online has had a considerable amount of use over the last year from 01/07/2014 to 31/07/2015 - probably much more so than if the letters were published in a printed work. The stats are as follows:
