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Ships and Shipping

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Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 154 Collections and/or Records:

The Book of Jack London excerpt, 1921

 Item — Box 01: Series MSS043:04 [Barcode: 35138008124312], Folder: 10
Identifier: MSS043:04.01.10
Scope and Contents

The excerpt is from a 1921 book by Charmian London called The Book of Jack London. The excerpt primarily deals with London's travels, especially in Alaska.

Dates: 1921

The Burning of the S.S. Japan, 2002

 File — Box 06: Series MSS043:02 [Barcode: 35138008124155], Folder: 4
Identifier: MSS043.02.06.04
Scope and Contents

This folder contains an article from Sea Classics magazine entitled "The Burning of the S.S. Japan" as well as various other articles about sunken treasure, the rights and laws, and the Brother Jonathan.

Dates: 2002

The Circassian

 File — Box 06: Series MSS043:02 [Barcode: 35138008124155], Folder: 12
Identifier: MSS043.02.06.12
Scope and Contents

This folder contains various items related to the wreck of the USS Circassian (1862), a large steamer captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War.

Dates: 1916-2009

The Dynamite Johnny O'Brien Journals, Vol. 1 (1 of 2), 1928-1930

 Item — Box 03: Series MSS043:04 [Barcode: 35138008124338], Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS043:04.03.01
Scope and Contents The first volume in a series of three volumes of the journals of Captain "Dynamite" Johnny O'Brien. This particular copy includes information about the collection from which they were copied and gives descriptions of each volume. These are photocopies of the microfilm version of the journals housed in the University of Alaska archives at the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library in Fairbanks, Alaska. This volume covers the period roughly from 1851-1889. "The journals, handwritten in pencil, are a...
Dates: 1928-1930

The Dynamite Johnny O'Brien Journals, Vol. 1 (2 of 2), 1928-1930

 Item — Box 03: Series MSS043:04 [Barcode: 35138008124338], Folder: 2
Identifier: MSS043:04.03.02
Scope and Contents

The first volume in a series of three volumes of the journals of Captain "Dynamite" Johnny O'Brien. These are photocopies of the microfilm version of the journals housed in the University of Alaska archives at the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library in Fairbanks, Alaska. This volume covers the period roughly from 1851-1889. "The journals, handwritten in pencil, are a narrative of his life and were written between 1928 and 1930."

Dates: 1928-1930

The Dynamite Johnny O'Brien Journals, Vol. 2, 1928-1930

 Item — Box 03: Series MSS043:04 [Barcode: 35138008124338], Folder: 3
Identifier: MSS043:04.03.03
Scope and Contents

The second in a series of three volumes of the journals of Captain "Dynamite" Johnny O'Brien. These are photocopies of the microfilm version of the journals housed in the University of Alaska archives at the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library in Fairbanks, Alaska. This volume covers the period roughly from 1889-1909. "The journals, handwritten in pencil, are a narrative of his life and were written between 1928 and 1930."

Dates: 1928-1930

The Dynamite Johnny O'Brien Journals, Vol. 2, 1928-1930

 Item — Box 04: Series MSS043:04 [Barcode: 35138008124346], Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS043:04.04.01
Scope and Contents

This item is a second and slightly different copy of the second in a series of three volumes of the journals of Captain "Dynamite" Johnny O'Brien. These are photocopies of the microfilm version of the journals housed in the University of Alaska archives at the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library in Fairbanks, Alaska. This volume covers the period roughly from 1889-1909. "The journals, handwritten in pencil, are a narrative of his life and were written between 1928 and 1930."

Dates: 1928-1930

The Dynamite Johnny O'Brien Journals, Vol. 3, 1928-1930

 Item — Box 03: Series MSS043:04 [Barcode: 35138008124338], Folder: 4
Identifier: MSS043:04.03.04
Scope and Contents

The third in a series of three volumes of the journals of Captain "Dynamite" Johnny O'Brien. These are photocopies of the microfilm version of the journals housed in the University of Alaska archives at the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library in Fairbanks, Alaska. This volume covers the period roughly from 1909-1930. "The journals, handwritten in pencil, are a narrative of his life and were written between 1928 and 1930."

Dates: 1928-1930

The Panama Route, 1998

 File — Box 02: Series MSS043:02 [Barcode: 35138008124114], Folder: 6
Identifier: MSS043.02.02.06
Scope and Contents

Book excerpts and chapters pertaining to steam-powered ships.

Dates: 1998

The Sea Saga of Dynamite Johnny O'Brien (1 of 2), 1933

 Item — Box 02: Series MSS043:04 [Barcode: 35138008124320], Folder: 3
Identifier: MSS043:04.02.03
Scope and Contents

This item is a photocopied version of the entire book, The Sea Saga of Dynamite Johnny O'Brien: American Master Mariner for Fifty-Three Years; A Seaman for Sixty-Five Years; Whose Shipmates and Friends called him the 'Nestor of the Pacific'; Who Feared God by Defied His Storms; Who Fought the Good Fight; Whose Firsts were as Hard as his Spirit was Stout by Milton A. Dalby (1933).

Dates: 1933