| Description | Correspondence between De Beer, Walter Neurath of Thames and Hudson Ltd, and Sir Robert "Rik" Mortimer Wheeler, regarding a proposed volume on submarine archaeology to be titled Worlds Under the Sea, which was ultimately not published. The correspondence concerns Neurath's proposal that De Beer and Mortimer Wheeler edit the volume; discussions over timetabling and editorial control; the disagreement between Thames and Hudson and the two editors; and the subsequent abandonment of the project. Also included are letters between De Beer and various authors who were approached to contribute chapters to the volume. |