Box 02

Abstract

The Dennis M. Powers papers contain research materials including interviews and notes used in the authorship of several books

Scope and Contents

The series contains materials related to Dennis Powers' historical research and the writing of the book “The Raging Sea." The materials include papers concerning the publication and the promotion for the book. “The Raging Sea" was published in 2005.

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This folder contains a variety of information concerning The Great Alaska Earthquake of 1964 and the ensuing tsunami in Alaska and Crescent City, CA. Various reports, scientific journal articles, and workshop memorandums cover the process of earthquakes and tsunamis as well as the history of this event in the Pacific Northwest.

Scope and Contents A collection of government-produced materials, such as reports and informational pamphlets that includes a flood insurance study, tsunami information pamphlets from the Portland Electric Co., NOAA, The US Dept of Commerce, and a leaflet about a seismic warning system. This folder also includes a report of earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest from the 1700s to the present, a National Geophysical Data Center list of tsunamis in the Pacific Northwest since 1854 and a report of the...

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A collection of all of the articles that Powers retrieved from the internet between the years 1998 and 2005. Various items in this folder address the 1964 tsunami in Alaska, west coast shipwrecks and treasure, tsunamis of the then current future, coins salvaged from shipwrecks, poor weather and its effects on the fishing industry, and various articles explaining tsunamis in the west and the possibility of tsunamis occurring in other portions of the United States.

Scope and Contents A collection of all of the articles that Powers retrieved from the internet between the years 1999 and 2004. Various items in this folder address the 1964 tsunami in Alaska, tsunamis of the then current future, numerous articles explaining tsunamis in the west and the possibility of tsunamis occurring in other portions of the United States, the history of Del Norte County in California, information on the Pelican Bay State Prison, and information about lighthouses in Northern...

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A collection of all of the articles that Powers retrieved from the internet in 1999. Many items in this folder address the 1964 tsunami in Alaska, tsunamis of the then current future, numerous articles explaining tsunamis in the west and the possibility of tsunamis occurring in other portions of the United States, and additional information about tsunamis in the US and Japan.

Scope and Contents

The folder contains a collection of articles that Powers retrieved from the internet in 1999. Many items in this folder address the 1964 tsunami in Alaska, tsunamis of the then current future, numerous articles explaining tsunamis in the west and the possibility of tsunamis occurring in other portions of the United States, and additional information about tsunamis in the US and Japan.

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The folder contains a collection of articles Mr. Powers retrieved from the internet in 1999. The items in this folder cover tsunami history in Japan and the Pacific Northwest, the history of American Indians in California, Redwoods National Park, and various chronicles, stories, and documents pertaining to Del Norte County and the Crescent City tsunami.

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The newspaper articles from 1964, include Mr. Powers' handwritten notes about the tsunami in Crescent City. Articles and notes include the destruction of the infrastructure, the stories of the victims of the tsunami, the shipwrecks caused by the high waves, and California earthquakes. Strewn about also are articles that seemingly do not relate to tsunamis.