personal narratives
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Narratives, usually told in first person, relating the life events or experiences of the narrator.
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Biographies, obituaries, and interviews, 1999-2000
File — Box 01: Series MSS043:01 [Barcode: 35138008123991], Folder: 3
Identifier: MSS043:01.01.03
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...
Dates:
1999-2000
Biographies, obituaries, and interviews, 1999
File — Box 01: Series MSS043:01 [Barcode: 35138008123991], Folder: 2
Identifier: MSS043:01.01.02
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...
Dates:
1999
Biographies, obituaries, and interviews, 1999
File — Box 01: Series MSS043:01 [Barcode: 35138008123991], Folder: 4
Identifier: MSS043:01.01.04
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...
Dates:
1999
Correspondence and interview notes, 2005-2006
File — Box 03: Series MSS043:03 [Barcode: 35138008124270], Folder: 7
Identifier: MSS043:03.03.07
Scope and Contents
The correspondence concerns research about people connected to the construction, operation, and rebuilding of the Saint George Reef Lighthouse. Featured people include Alexander Ballantyne, Albert Henry Payson, John E. Lind, Theophilus Magruder, David Chalmers, Floyd Shelton, Don Nuss, John R. Trewavas, and Guy Towers.
Dates:
2005-2006
Historical records and firsthand accounts, 1999-2001
File — Box 01: Series MSS043:01 [Barcode: 35138008123991], Folder: 5
Identifier: MSS043:01.01.05
Scope and Contents
The historical records and firsthand accounts contain Mr. Powers' summary of Frank Boynton's experience in the 1964 Tsunami in Crescent City, California, and photocopies of three documents containing Del Norte County history starting in the mid-19th century.
Dates:
1999-2001
Research on the 20th anniversary of the Cresent City tsunamis, 1964, 1984, 1994
File — Box 02: Series MSS043:01 [Barcode: 35138008124007], Folder: 9
Identifier: MSS043:01.02.09
Scope and Contents
The newspaper articles from 1964, include Mr. Powers' handwritten notes about the tsunami in Crescent City. Articles and notes concern the destruction of the infrastructure and the shipwrecks caused by the high waves. The materials relate to the earthquake originating in Anchorage, Alaska that caused the tsunami and stories about the damage caused by the earthquake. Additional articles cover the 20th anniversary of the tsunami in Crescent City and provide the stories of survivors...
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1964, 1984, 1994