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Ships and Shipping

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 154 Collections and/or Records:

Print Book Sources (3 of 4), 1978-1991

 File — Box 15: Series MSS043:02 [Barcode: 35138008124247], Folder: 4
Identifier: MSS043:02.15.04
Scope and Contents

Two print sources Powers used in his research. The first is entitled "California Shipwrecks: Footsteps in the Sea," by Don B. Marshall. The second is an issue of "Oregon Coast" magazine from November/December 1991 that centers around famous shipwrecks off the Oregon coast.

Dates: 1978-1991

Print Book Sources (4 of 4), 1998

 Item — Box 15: Series MSS043:02 [Barcode: 35138008124247], Folder: 5
Identifier: MSS043:02.15.05
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This item is a hardback edition of a book entitled The Treasure Ship S.S. Brother Jonathan: Her Life and Loss, 1850-1865 by Q. David Bowers.

Dates: 1998

Print sources (1 of 4), 1981-2006

 File — Box 12: Series MSS043:02 [Barcode: 35138008124213], Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS043:02.12.01
Scope and Contents

The three print copies of books Powers used in research for his writings. The titles include: "Shipwrecks of the Pacific Coast," by James A. Gibbs (1981), "The Ship and the Storm: Hurrican Mitch and the Loss of the Fantome," by Jim Carrier (2001), and "The Macquina Code: a Numismatic and Spanish Colonial Translator for Collectors, Dealers, Traders, and Shipwreck Treasure Enthusiasts," compiled by Agustin "Augi" Garcia-Barneche (2006).

Dates: 1981-2006

Print sources (2 of 4), 2005

 Item — Box 12: Series MSS043:02 [Barcode: 35138008124213], Folder: 2
Identifier: MSS043:02.12.02
Scope and Contents

The book given to Powers by the author David L. Flohr, entitled "More Life Than I Expected: The Adventures of a Fortunate Man (As Told Through a Series of Personal Experiences)."

Dates: 2005

Print sources (3 of 4), 2003

 Item — Box 12: Series MSS043:02 [Barcode: 35138008124213], Folder: 3
Identifier: MSS043:02.12.03
Scope and Contents

The book, likely used by Powers in his research, entitled "Historic Divers of British Columbia: A History of Hardhat Diving, Salvage and Underwater Construction," by A. C. (Fred) Rogers (2003).

Dates: 2003

Print sources ( 4 of 4), 1989

 Item — Box 12: Series MSS043:02 [Barcode: 35138008124213], Folder: 4
Identifier: MSS043:02.12.04
Scope and Contents

Used in Powers' research, entitled "Shipwrecks in New York Waters: A Chronology of Ship Disasters from Montauk Point to Barnegat Inlet from the 1880s to the 1930s," by Paul C. Morris and William P. Quinn (1989).

Dates: 1989

Research materials for “Sentinel of the Seas”, 1792-2007

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS043:03
Scope and Contents

The series contains materials related to Dennis Powers' historical research and the writing of the book “Sentinel of the Seas." The materials include papers concerning the publication and the promotion for the book. “Sentinel of the Seas" was published in 2007.

Dates: 1792-2007

San Francisco Bay: A Pictorial Maritime History, 1957

 Item — Box 07: Series MSS043:04 [Barcode: 35138008124379], Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS043:04.07.01
Scope and Contents

The hardback book by John Haskell Kemble published in 1957 by the Cornell Maritime Press called San Francisco Bay: A Pictorial Maritime History.

Dates: 1957

San Francisco's Golden Era, 1960

 Item — Box 07: Series MSS043:04 [Barcode: 35138008124379], Folder: 3
Identifier: MSS043:04.07.03
Scope and Contents

The hardback book published by Howell-North Books (Berkeley, CA) in 1960 called San Francisco's Golden Era: A Picture Story of San Francisco Before the Fire by Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg.

Dates: 1960

Ship of Gold

 File — Box 02: Series MSS043:02 [Barcode: 35138008124114], Folder: 11
Identifier: MSS0043.02.02.11
Scope and Contents

The book by Gary Kinder entitled "Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea."

Dates: 1916-2009