Shipwrecks

The book called To California by Sea: A Maritime History of the California Gold Rush by James P. Delgado (1990).

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.

The item is an "uncorrected proof" version of Powers' book entitled Treasure Ship, published in September of 2006 by Citadel Press.

Three copies of book jackets for Powers' novel, Treasure Ship. The materials are undated.

This folder contains a photocopied book entitled "Captain Thomas A. Scott Master Diver," which is part of a series of publications entitled "True American Types."

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.

This folder contains correspondence between Dennis Powers and the National Parks Service and Department of the Interior from the San Francisco Maritime National Historic park regarding Whitelaw, who refloated multiple shipwrecks. Also contained here are notes and correspondences relating to the Whitelaw chapter of the book and a 2002 visitor's guide map for Del Norte County, California.

This folder contains various items related to Captain Thomas P.H. Whitelaw, who raised ships for a living and famously raised more than 289 vessels from the sea.

This is the first of two copies of a draft of one of the early iterations of Powers' book, Taking the Sea. "Whitelaw's World" was an earlier working title for what eventually became Taking the Sea. This draft is undated, but it can be assumed that it was created no later than 2008 considering this collection contains drafts of Taking the Sea with its current title from 2008. The title page references that Powers is represented by the Jeanne Fredericks Literary Agency, Inc.

This is the first of two copies of a draft of one of the early iterations of Powers' book, Taking the Sea. "Whitelaw's World" was an earlier working title for what eventually became Taking the Sea. This draft is undated, but it can be assumed that it was created no later than 2008 considering this collection contains drafts of Taking the Sea with its current title from 2008. The title page references that Powers is represented by the Jeanne Fredericks Literary Agency, Inc.