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Box 02

 Container

Contains 13 Results:

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

Internet research, 1999

 File — Box: 02, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS043:02.02.01
Scope and Contents

This folder contains web articles and printouts of shipwrecks and treasure. Included here is an Alfred Lomax article about Brother Jonathan.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1999

Coinage of the American West, 1982

 File — Box: 02, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSS043:02.02.02
Scope and Contents

An auction guide for a collection of coins entitled "Coinage of the American West" featuring the collection of Henry H. Clifford and offered by Bowers and Ruddy Galleries.

Dates: 1982

Abandoned Shipwreck Act, 2001

 File — Box: 02, Folder: 3
Identifier: MSS043:02.02.03
Scope and Contents

A printed document from the DePaul Law Review in 2001 entitled "Regulating the Business of Culture: The Abandoned Shipwreck Act--can preservationists, Salvors, and Divers Sail in Calmer Waters?" by Mary Ann Becker.

Dates: 2001

False Western American Gold Bars, 2002

 File — Box: 02, Folder: 4
Identifier: MSS043:02.02.04
Scope and Contents

Printed documents from various law reviews and an article from the American Numismatic Society entitled "False Western American Gold Bars."

Dates: Majority of material found within 2002

Paddlewheelers, 1998

 File — Box: 02, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSS043.02.02.05
Scope and Contents

A series of book excerpts or chapters related to sternwheelers and sidewheelers, types of steam-driven boats, in the Pacific Northwest.

Dates: 1998

The Panama Route, 1998

 File — Box: 02, Folder: 6
Identifier: MSS043.02.02.06
Scope and Contents

Book excerpts and chapters pertaining to steam-powered ships.

Dates: 1998

Salvage, 2002

 File — Box: 02, Folder: 7
Identifier: MSS043.02.02.07
Scope and Contents

The materials concern the salvaging of the ship, the Brother Jonathan. Items include a copy of the original salvage permit, photocopies of newspaper articles about the salvage, internet research about the salvage, and a paper describing future salvage possibilities.

Dates: Majority of material found in 2002

Side-Wheelers Across the Pacific, 2000

 File — Box: 02, Folder: 8
Identifier: MSS043.02.02.08
Scope and Contents

The book by John Haskell Kemble entitled "Side-Wheelers Across the Pacific." Photocopied by Dennis Powers.

Dates: 2000