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Box 15

 Container

Contains 7 Results:

Print Book Sources (4 of 4), 1998

 Item — Box: 15, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSS043:02.15.05
Scope and Contents

This item is a hardback edition of a book entitled The Treasure Ship S.S. Brother Jonathan: Her Life and Loss, 1850-1865 by Q. David Bowers.

Dates: 1998

Dennis M. Powers maritime papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS-043
Abstract

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

Dates: Majority of material found within 1962-2000s

Materials regarding the books “Treasure Ship" and “Taking the Sea”, 1916-2009

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS043:02
Scope and Contents

The series contains materials related to Dennis Powers' historical research and the writing of the books “Treasure Ship," and "Taking the Sea." The materials include papers concerning the publication and the promotion for the book. “Treasure Ship" was published in 2006. “Taking the Sea,” was published in 2009.

Dates: 1916-2009

Signed copies of "Treasure Ship" , 2006

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS043:02.15.01
Scope and Contents

Two signed copies of Powers' book, "Treasure Ship." One copy is in paperback and the other is in hardback form.

Dates: 2006

Print Book Sources (1 of 4), 1964-1969

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSS043:02.15.02
Scope and Contents

Two printed books Powers likely used in his research. The first title is "Sailors, Whalers & Steamers: Ships That Opened the West," by Edith Thacher Hurd. The second is "The Doghole Schooners," by Walter A. Jackson.

Dates: 1964-1969

Print Book Sources (2 of 4), 1986

 Item — Box: 15, Folder: 3
Identifier: MSS043:02.15.03
Scope and Contents

A book used by Powers in his research entitled "Peril at Sea: A Photographic Study of Shipwrecks in the Pacific," by "Shipwreck Jim" Gibbs.

Dates: 1986

Print Book Sources (3 of 4), 1978-1991

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 4
Identifier: MSS043:02.15.04
Scope and Contents

Two print sources Powers used in his research. The first is entitled "California Shipwrecks: Footsteps in the Sea," by Don B. Marshall. The second is an issue of "Oregon Coast" magazine from November/December 1991 that centers around famous shipwrecks off the Oregon coast.

Dates: 1978-1991