personal narratives

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 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.

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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.

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The Dennis M. Powers papers contain research materials including interviews and notes used in the authorship of several books

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...