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Thomas Hood. (Manuscript) WTS/41/3/8
Folder marked "Hood, Thomas" containing two pages of notes.
Pierre La Ramee. (Manuscript) WTS/41/3/10
Folder marked "La Ramee, Pierre / Via Regia ad Geometriam (1636)" containing a page of notes about an English translation of the work by William Bedwell.
Correspondence between Waters and academic institutions regarding permissions to make copies of title pages of English navigational works up to 1640 (P-W). (Manuscript) 1961-1970 WTS/41/5/3
18 folders containing correspondence between Waters and academic institutions regarding permissions to make copies of title pages of English navigational works to use for a short title catalogue.…
Correspondence between Waters and academic institutions regarding permissions to make copies of title pages of English navigational works up to 1640 (A-H). (Manuscript) 1961-1970 WTS/41/5/1
24 folders containing correspondence between Waters and academic institutions regarding permissions to make copies of title pages of English navigational works to use for a short title catalogue.…
Historical Survey of U-Boat and A/S Inshore Campaigns 1918 and 1945. (Manuscript) 1953 WTS/30/1
Bound copy of paper read by Waters in 1953, “Historical Survey of U-Boat and A/S Inshore Campaigns 1918 and 1945”. The are 6 pages of discussion from a different paper on a similar topic (no title provided) inserted inside back cover.
Adrian Metius. (Manuscript) WTS/41/4/5
Notes about the life and works of Adrian Metius.
Notes on Gemma Frisius, Willem J. Blaeu, Willem Barentsz, and other Dutch navigation material. (Manuscript) WTS/41/4/6
Notes on Gemma Frisius, Willem J. Blaeu, Willem Barentsz, and other Dutch navigation material.
Harvard University, Hougton Library, Pantzer. (Manuscript) WTS/41/4/11
Folder of correspondence and notes regarding drafts of bibliographic documents sent back and forth between Waters and K. F. Pantzer, librarian at The Houghton Library at Harvard University. Correspondence is dated between 1969 and 1971.
Photograph album containing photographs taken by Waters as a Naval Cadet 1929, and Midshipman early 1930. (Manuscript) 1929-1930 WTS/26
HMS BARHAM at various locations, including Haifa, Acre, Jerusalem, and HMS SPLENDID, and various Spanish landmarks.
Photograph album, Hong Kong, 1937, and loose photographs. (Manuscript) circa 1937 WTS/28
Photograph album, mostly empty, contains photographs taken by Waters while an RAF pilot at Hong Kong, 1937. Of the 9 loose photographs, 5 depict European-style churches, 1 depicts an Asian statue of a dragon. There are no labels or annotations on these loose photographs.
Notebook: Spanish and Portuguese Navigation Manuals. (Manuscript) circa 1958 WTS/41/2/10
Notebook containing handwritten notes on both the Spanish and Portuguese short title catalogues Waters was working on in circa 1958.
Index cards, library slips, cuttings, other correspondence and loose items relating to the Poruguese bibliography. (Manuscript) 1959 WTS/41/2/8
File containing further correspondence with Senhor Estorninho, librarian at the British Council in Lisbon, dated 1959, also two pages from a printed bookseller's catalogue, and a collection of circa 40 index cards and 35 library slips.
Folder: ‘Spanish Chronological Catalogue with editorial notes’. (Manuscript) WTS/41/1/2
File containing large index cards, each one dedicated to a different Spanish navigational text, dating from 1483 to 1611.
Folder: 'Navigational Works of Pedro de Medina born 1493'. (Manuscript) circa 1957 WTS/41/1/3
File containing a draft for an essay about the navigational works of Pedro de Medina, written by D.W. Waters. File also contains correspondence from a typist who produced this copy, and rough handwritten versions of parts of the essay.…
Folder: 'Spanish'. (Manuscript) WTS/41/1/6
File containing loose library slips and index cards, most, but not all, containing information about Spanish navigational works studied by Waters.
Negative prints of Portuguese Title-Pages. (Manuscript) WTS/42/2/6
Photographic copies of title pages of Portuguese navigational works (21 prints, including 1 positive), each stamped on the reverse "Biblioteca Nacional de Lisboa Laboratorio Fotografico".
Richard Polter. (Manuscript) WTS/41/3/11
Folder marked "Polter, Richard / Pathway (1605)", containing nine pages of handwritten notes on Polter's work The Pathway to Perfect Sayling.
The Jewell of Artes. (Manuscript) WTS/41/3/15
File containing two typed documents, one titled "One of the most important navigational manuscripts ever offered for sale" which describes George Waymouth's work The Jewell of Artes (circa 1604), and the other titled "Appendix of a few extracts from The Jewell of Artes".
John Tapp. (Manuscript) WTS/41/3/14
Folder marked "Tapp, J / Seamans Kalender (1632)" containing a note to Waters from Kings College Aberdeen Library.
Notes on the convoy system of naval warfare, thirteenth to twentieth centuries. Part 2: First World War, 1914 - 1918. (Manuscript) 1960 WTS/31/1
Notes on the convoy system of naval warfare, thirteenth to twentieth centuries. Part 2: First World War, 1914 - 1918, article dated March 1960 by D.W. Waters, Historical Section, Admiralty, with 4 loose figures inserted.
Glass photographic plates. (Manuscript) WTS/42/7/8
Bundle: “Lieutenant Commander Waters. Dial Brit Mus” envelope containing 3 glass negative copies of research material.