Box 03

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

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.

The materials concern the steamship Brother Jonathan. The research materials include a filing in the northern district of California district court of the United States lawsuits regarding the steamship Brother Jonathan, a newspaper article recounting the tale of the survivors of the shipwreck. Additional materials are an essay about the numismatist John J. Ford, Jr., a magazine article on the last of the guano traders, and a diagram of a steamship.

The materials pertain to the Brother Jonathan treasure ship. Much of these materials relate to the Brother Jonathan Cemetery in Crescent City, CA, a shrine to the memory of those who perished in the wreck of the historical ship. Also included here are other items related to the Brother Jonathan such as internet articles about the shipwreck and the history of San Francisco.

The materials concern gold bars allegedly recovered from the Brother Jonathan treasure ship. Included research materials focus on the treasure on Brother Jonathan as well as a list of weights and measures.

The materials include internet searches concerning coins in general and coins related to the Brother Jonathan steamship.

"The Story of the American Clipper Ship Greyhounds of the Sea" by Carl C. Cutler. Photocopied by Dennis Powers.

The acts of Congress up to 1867 that concern steamboats and collated with the rolls at Washington.

The various research materials concern the history of steamships. Documents include copies of dinner menus, anecdotes about shipwrecks, an example of early life in San Francisco from 1857, articles from the "International Technical Diving Magazine," and articles from the "Triplicate" of Del Norte County, CA.

The documents concern Captain Samuel Isaac De Wolf, the commander of the steamship "Brother Jonathan." Captain Samuel Isaac De Wolf was lost at sea July 30, 1865, buried September 15, 1865.