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Box 02

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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

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

The Hunt for the HMS De Braak

 File — Box: 02, Folder: 9
Identifier: MSS043.02.02.09
Scope and Contents

The book by Donald Shomette entitled "The Hunt for HMS De Braak." Photocopied by Dennis Powers.

Dates: 1916-2009