Ships and Shipping

Scope and Contents These materials concern the Brother Jonathan, a paddle steamer carrying a large shipment of gold that struck an uncharted rock near Point St George, off the coast of Crescent City, California, on 30 July 1865. The materials from various sources include newspaper articles, book excerpts, photos, journal articles, and more. These files cover multiple aspects of the Brother Jonathan paddle steamer, including its origins and the building of, shipbuilding practices from that era, the cargo on...

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These items include photos and their related material request/permission of use forms from the various entities Powers collected them from in his research on Captain Dynamite Johnny O'Brien.

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These materials are research materials and notes for Powers' research of Captain Dynamite Johnny O'Brien and the the time period in which he lived. Included are articles, photocopies of primary sources from archives, newspaper clippings, photographs, and Powers' own notes and correspondence.

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These materials are research materials and notes for Powers' research of Captain Dynamite Johnny O'Brien and the the time period in which he lived. Included are articles, photocopies of primary sources from archives, newspaper clippings, photographs, and Powers' own notes and correspondence.

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These materials are research materials and notes for Powers' research of Captain Dynamite Johnny O'Brien and the the time period in which he lived. Included are articles, photocopies of primary sources from archives, newspaper clippings, photographs, and Powers' own notes and correspondence.

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These materials are research materials and notes for Powers' research of Captain Dynamite Johnny O'Brien and the the time period in which he lived. Included are articles, photocopies of primary sources from archives, newspaper clippings, photographs, and Powers' own notes and correspondence.

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These materials are research materials and notes for Powers' research of Captain Dynamite Johnny O'Brien and the the time period in which he lived. Included are articles, photocopies of primary sources from archives, newspaper clippings, photographs, and Powers' own notes and correspondence.

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These materials are research materials and notes for Powers' research of Captain Dynamite Johnny O'Brien and the the time period in which he lived. Included are articles, photocopies of primary sources from archives, newspaper clippings, photographs, and Powers' own notes and correspondence.

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Three CD-ROMs. The first is a film of Powers presenting a slideshow about his book, Tales of the Seven Seas. The second is a collection of photos from the Hawaii State Archives. The last CD is labeled: "UAF Photo order 8-337."

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This folder contains various items related to gold coins found on sunken ships. The majority of the items found here come from coinbooks.com, but this file also includes a national geographic article entitled "Lost Gold Bounty From a Civil War Ship."