Ships and Shipping

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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).

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This folder contains a paper about the SS Pomona. Also included here are a variety of items about maritime events, court cases involving steamships, biographies of San Francisco residents, and some email correspondence between Dennis Powers and others.

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

Scope and Contents Typed notes regarding Empire City; Copy of “Long Day’s Journey: The Steamboat & Stagecoach Era in the Northern West” by Carlos Arnaldo Schwantes; Excerpts of articles regarding “Samuel Thurston and the teachers”; Miscellaneous handwritten notes regarding “the trip specifics”; Article excerpt listing passengers on the steamer Columbia, dated May 8th, 1851; Excerpt of “San Francisco: The Story of a City” by John Bernard McGloin; List of steamer boats with brief descriptions; Written...

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Notes on Champoeg/Steamboats; Notes on Willamette Landings (Corning); Notes on Fairfield Marion County; Excerpt of the article “Champoeg: Unusual Brick Hearth Tells a Story of Home’s Inhabitants” published by The Oregonian, dated August 13th, 2003

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

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

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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."

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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.

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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.