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Northwest, Pacific

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works on the old Oregon country, comprising the present states of Oregon, Washington and Idaho, parts of Montana and Wyoming and the province of British Columbia.

Found in 109 Collections and/or Records:

"Terrible Tilly" expanded edition, 1998

 File — Box 02: Series MSS043:03 [Barcode: 35138008124262], Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS043:03.02.01
Scope and Contents

A photocopy of the book "Terrible Tilly," about the Tillamook Rock Lighthouse. Dennis Powers created the photocopy during his research.

Dates: Publication: 1998
Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / Dennis M. Powers maritime papers / Research materials for “Sentinel of the Seas”

The Anchorage Times, 2000

 File — Box 09: Series MSS043:01 [Barcode: 35138008124072], Folder: 8
Identifier: MSS043:01.09.08
Scope and Contents

The 20th-anniversary supplement of the Anchorage Daily News on the 1964 Good Friday Earthquake entitled "Earthquake," and a letter to Dennis from Leola Jewett who sent the paper to Dennis.

Dates: 2000
Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / Dennis M. Powers maritime papers / Materials regarding the book “The Raging Sea”

The Captain, 2000s

 File — Box 03: Series MSS043:02 [Barcode: 35138008124122], Folder: 8
Identifier: MSS043.02.03.08
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 2000s
Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / Dennis M. Powers maritime papers / Materials regarding the books “Treasure Ship" and “Taking the Sea”

The Forest Service and The Civilian Conservation Corps: 1933-42, Research, 1986

 File — Box 13: Series MSS025:02 [Barcode: 35138008116458], Folder: 06
Identifier: MSS025:02.49
Scope and Contents The list of Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camps in the Pacific Northwest during 1933-1942 includes camp locations, camp names, and the states were enrollees originated. "The Forest Service and The Civilian Conservation Corps: 1933-1942" publication, on March 21, 1933, notes President Franklin Roosevelt's presentation of a plan to Congress to help the people of America get back to work by training the unemployed through public service. The program assisted the nation with...
Dates: 1986
Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / Kay Atwood Collection of Regional History / National Register of Historic Places nominations

The Klondike Fever, 1958

 Item — Box 06: Series MSS043:04 [Barcode: 35138008124361], Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS043:04.06.01
Scope and Contents

A book entitled The Klondike Fever: The Life and Death of the Last Great Gold Rush by Pierre Berton (1958).

Dates: 1958
Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / Dennis M. Powers maritime papers / Materials regarding “Tales of the Seven Seas: The Escapades of Captain Dynamite Johnny O’Brien”

Tillamook Light, 1979

 File — Box 02: Series MSS043:03 [Barcode: 35138008124262], Folder: 2
Identifier: MSS043:03.02.02
Scope and Contents

A photocopy of the book Tillamook Light, about the Tillamook Rock Lighthouse. Dennis Powers created the photocopy during his research.

Dates: Publication: 1979
Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / Dennis M. Powers maritime papers / Research materials for “Sentinel of the Seas”

Treasure Hunters, 2002

 File — Box 04: Series MSS043:02 [Barcode: 35138008124130], Folder: 8
Identifier: MSS043.02.04.08
Scope and Contents

A series of articles regarding the California Treasure Hunters, who won the legal rights to take one year to salvage the wreck of the S.S. Brother Jonathan.

Dates: Majority of material found within 2002
Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / Dennis M. Powers maritime papers / Materials regarding the books “Treasure Ship" and “Taking the Sea”

Tsunami warning articles, 2004-2005

 File — Box 10: Series MSS043:01 [Barcode: 35138008124080], Folder: 7
Identifier: MSS043:01.10.07
Scope and Contents

The newspaper articles concern tsunami warning systems in the Pacific Northwest.

Dates: 2004-2005
Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / Dennis M. Powers maritime papers / Materials regarding the book “The Raging Sea”

Tsunamis Affecting the West Coast of the United States, 1993

 File — Box 07: Series MSS043:01 [Barcode: 35138008124056], Object: 4
Identifier: MSS043:01.07.04
Scope and Contents

The NOAA report "Tsunamis Affecting the West Coast of the United States 1806-1992."

Dates: 1993
Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / Dennis M. Powers maritime papers / Materials regarding the book “The Raging Sea”

Underwater Archaeology, 2004

 File — Box 04: Series MSS043:02 [Barcode: 35138008124130], Folder: 3
Identifier: MSS043.02.04.03
Scope and Contents

The research materials concern the excavation and conservation of the Brother Jonathan treasure ship. Notable materials include the titles Conservation Research Laboratory Report No. 12, Shipwrecks Reconciling Salvage and Underwater Archaeology, and Lewis and Dryden's Marine History of the Pacific Northwest.

Dates: Majority of material found within 2004
Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / Dennis M. Powers maritime papers / Materials regarding the books “Treasure Ship" and “Taking the Sea”

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