Shipwrecks

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.

A collection of all of the articles that Powers retrieved from the internet between the years 1998 and 2005. Various items in this folder address the 1964 tsunami in Alaska, west coast shipwrecks and treasure, tsunamis of the then current future, coins salvaged from shipwrecks, poor weather and its effects on the fishing industry, and various articles explaining tsunamis in the west and the possibility of tsunamis occurring in other portions of the United States.

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.

The materials relate to San Francisco at the time of the Brother Jonathan.

The hardback book by John Haskell Kemble published in 1957 by the Cornell Maritime Press called San Francisco Bay: A Pictorial Maritime History.

The hardback book published by Howell-North Books (Berkeley, CA) in 1960 called San Francisco's Golden Era: A Picture Story of San Francisco Before the Fire by Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg.

These materials include early draft manuscripts of Powers' Ship of History, the original working title of Treasure Ship. Many of these draft copies were sent to various editors for revisions and some include handwritten notes from the editors. There are also pieces of correspondence between Powers and various editors.

These materials include early draft manuscripts of Powers' Ship of History, the original working title of Treasure Ship. Many of these draft copies were sent to various editors for revisions and some include handwritten notes from the editors. There are also pieces of correspondence between Powers and various editors.

These materials include early draft manuscripts of Powers' Ship of History, the original working title of Treasure Ship. Many of these draft copies were sent to various editors for revisions and some include handwritten notes from the editors. There are also pieces of correspondence between Powers and various editors.

The materials concern the raising or salvaging of shipwrecks. Documents include numerous magazine and newspaper articles on salvaging wrecks during the last century. Also included are newspapers reporting on the landslide victory of Franklin Deleanor Roosevelt in the 1932 presidential election.