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Box 02

 Container

Contains 8 Results:

Arctic Trader excerpt, 1957

 Item — Box: 02, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS043:04.02.01
Scope and Contents

The excerpt is from a 1957 book by Charles Madsen and John Scott Douglas called Arctic Trader used in Powers' research for Tales of the Seven Seas.

Dates: 1957

A Captain Unafraid, 1912

 Item — Box: 02, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSS043:04.02.02
Scope and Contents

This item is a photocopied version of an entire book entitled "A Captain Unafraid: The Strange Adventures of Dynamite Johnny O'Brien" by Horace Smith.

Dates: 1912

The Sea Saga of Dynamite Johnny O'Brien (1 of 2), 1933

 Item — Box: 02, Folder: 3
Identifier: MSS043:04.02.03
Scope and Contents

This item is a photocopied version of the entire book, The Sea Saga of Dynamite Johnny O'Brien: American Master Mariner for Fifty-Three Years; A Seaman for Sixty-Five Years; Whose Shipmates and Friends called him the 'Nestor of the Pacific'; Who Feared God by Defied His Storms; Who Fought the Good Fight; Whose Firsts were as Hard as his Spirit was Stout by Milton A. Dalby (1933).

Dates: 1933

Dynamite Johnny O'Brien: Alaska's Sea Captain, 1962

 Item — Box: 02, Folder: 4
Identifier: MSS043:04.02.04
Scope and Contents

This item is a photocopy of an entire book entitled Dynamite Johnny O'Brien: Alaska's Sea Captain by Edward A. Herron published in 1962.

Dates: 1962

Jack London and the Klondike, 2005

 Item — Box: 02, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSS043:04.02.05
Scope and Contents

This item is a photocopy of an entire book entitled Jack London and the Klondike: The Genesis of an American Writer by Franklin Walker (2005).

Dates: 2005

The Sea Saga of Dynamite Johnny O'Brien (2 of 2), 1933

 Item — Box: 02, Folder: 6
Identifier: MSS043:04.02.06
Scope and Contents

This item is a photocopied version of the entire book, The Sea Saga of Dynamite Johnny O'Brien: American Master Mariner for Fifty-Three Years; A Seaman for Sixty-Five Years; Whose Shipmates and Friends called him the 'Nestor of the Pacific'; Who Feared God by Defied His Storms; Who Fought the Good Fight; Whose Firsts were as Hard as his Spirit was Stout by Milton A. Dalby (1933).

Dates: 1933

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 “Tales of the Seven Seas: The Escapades of Captain Dynamite Johnny O’Brien”, 1851-2010

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS043:04
Scope and Contents

The series contains materials related to Dennis Powers' historical research and the writing of the book “Tales of the Seven Seas: The Escapades of Captain Dynamite Johnny O’Brien." The materials include papers concerning the publication and the promotion for the book.

Dates: 1851-2010