Natural disasters

Scope and Contents The biographies, obituaries, and interviews contain Mr. Powers' summaries of people's experience in the 1964 Tsunami in Crescent City, California. The summaries are attached to copies of obituaries, articles, and Mr. Powers' handwritten interview notes. The documents pertain to Ruth Long, Mick Miller, Roy Magnuson, Peggy Coons, Joseph McKay, Macie Pearl Franco, Mrs. Lorraine Kelly, Joan Clark and Bud Clark, Bill Parker, Wally Griffin, Ruth Long, Drexel B. Swanson, Diane...

Scope and Contents The biographies, obituaries, and interviews contain Mr. Powers' summaries of people's experience in the 1964 Tsunami in Crescent City, California. The summaries are attached to copies of obituaries, articles, and Mr. Powers' handwritten interview notes. The documents pertain to Ruth Long, Mick Miller, Roy Magnuson, Peggy Coons, Joseph McKay, Macie Pearl Franco, Mrs. Lorraine Kelly, Joan Clark and Bud Clark, Bill Parker, Wally Griffin, Ruth Long, Drexel B. Swanson, Diane...

Scope and Contents The biographies, obituaries, and interviews contain Mr. Powers' summaries of people's experience in the 1964 Tsunami in Crescent City, California. The summaries are attached to copies of obituaries, articles, and Mr. Powers' handwritten interview notes. The documents pertain to Bill Whippo, Joyce London and Lavella Hillsbery, Mable Martin, Bill Parker, Glenn Smedley, Doug Pyke, Ernie Pyke, Bob Ames Jr., Guy Ames, Cosey Collins, Dale Cleveland, Dan Mather, Harold Rankin...

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The materials include articles from magazines, photocopies of books, and copies of scientific journal articles regarding tsunamis and earthquakes. Included are issues of Newsweek magazine, Scientific American magazine and Coronet magazine.

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The correspondence and notes from attorney James R. Hooper includess letters exchanged between Mr. Powers and Mr. Hooper, Mr. Powers' manuscripts with handwritten revisions by Mr. Hooper, a release form signed by Mr. Hooper, and tsunami resources provided by Mr. Hooper.

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A video cassette of a news report entitled "Dark Disaster" from Channel 10, KTVL-TV dated March 29, 2004. Eric Heartquist was the reporter.

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A video cassette of a news report from the television program "Dateline," about the tsunami in Crescent City. Dated 1-7-05.

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A CD that contains a documentary entitled "Mega Tsunamis," which was broadcast on the Discovery Channel.

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The materials pertain to Donald McClure, a casualty of the tsunami that struck Crescent City, CA in 1964. Materials include images of the destruction the tsunami caused, several handwritten notes, a newspaper article regarding the tsunami.

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A series of images from the Crescent City tsunami of 1964 retrieved from the Del Norte County Historical Society. The materials include correspondence between Mr. Powers and the Historical Society concerning the photographs..