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1. Documents related to Pigeon Point Lighthouse, 1896-2008 - Archive

   The documents within this collection were complied and used for conducting research about Pigeon Point Lighthouse by JoAnn Semones for her book, Shipwrecks, Scalawags & Scavengers. Items in collection include: letter and email correspondence, photographic forms, postcards, laminated photos, film strips, originals and photocopies of images. Originals of copied items 2017.008.014.016-2017.008.014.019, 2017.008.014.055, and 2017.008.014.83 are locat...

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2. Documents related to research on Point Montara Lighthouse, 1852-2009 - Archive

   The documents within this collection were complied and used to conduct research on Point Montara Lighthouse by JoAnn Semones for her book, Hard Luck Coast. Items in collection include: Images, image permission forms, invoices, email correspondence, engravings, postcards, articles written by JoAnn Semones on Rydal Hall, and other information regarding the shipwrecks of ships, and the people associated with these ships in the thirteen chapters of t...

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3. Documents related to research on the San Juan shipwreck near Pigeon Point Lighthouse including trial and lawsuit, 1912-2014 - Archive

   The documents within this collection were complied and used for conducting research by JoAnn Semones on the San Juan shipwreck near Pigeon Point Lighthouse including trial and lawsuit. Items in collection include: Letter correspondence, newspaper clippings, article by JoAnn Semones in magazine [2017.017.001A-D], wreck reports, passenger manifest, photos, first accounts, trial/lawsuit documents, book pages, and other information regarding the wrec...

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4. Documents related to shipwreck and lighthouse research on Point Montara Lighthouse, 1853-2015 - Archive

   The documents within this collection were complied and used to conduct research on Point Montara Lighthouse by JoAnn Semones for her book, Hard Luck Coast. Items in collection include: Articles by JoAnn Semones, biography, obituaries, letter and email correspondence, transcription of interviews, notes, book pages, postcards, text excerpt, magazine articles, newspaper clippings, and other information mentioned in the first six chapters of the boo...

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5. Documents related to shipwreck research on Point Sur Lighthouse, 1875-2012 - Archive

   The documents within this collection were complied and used to conduct shipwreck research on Point Sur Lighthouse by JoAnn Semones for her book Sea of Troubles. Items in collection include: Resource summary, list of ships, keeper information, newspaper clippings, magazine article, newsletter articles, images, website articles, biographies, and other information mentioned in the introduction, and the first two chapters of Sea of Troubles. The s...

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6. Gold, Silk, Pioneers & Mail: The Story of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company - Chandler, Robert J.

   Gold, Silk, Pioneers & Mail: The Story of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company by Robert J. Chandler, and Stephen J. Potash, 2007. This book is about the story of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, and how the gold rush assured the fortunes of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. Includes: a foreword; an introduction; images; illustrations; a section about the authors and an index.

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7. Great Shipwrecks of the Pacific Coast - Belyk, Robert C.

   Great Shipwrecks of the Pacific Coast by Robert C. Belyk, 2001. This book is about "ten significant maritime disasters that occured along the Pacific coastline from California to Alaska". [Front inside of the book jacket]. Includes preface, acknowledgement, introduction, information on the San Juan, Columbia (steamship), notes, bibliography and an index.

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8. Hard Luck Coast: The Perilous Reefs of Point Montara - Semones, JoAnn

   Hard Luck Coast: The Perilious Reefs of Point Montara by JoAnn Semones, 2010. The front cover is a photograph of the Point Montara Lighthouse with the ocean and the mountains in the background taken by Julie Barrow. Includes stories and histories of the perilious shipwrecks that occured near or at Point Montera in Half Moon Bay, CA, and signed by the author, JoAnn Semones, underneath the first page of the book. Dimensions: 10.250 x 7.250 x 0....

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9. Pacific Coastal Liners: All the Color and Stark Drama of the Ships that Steamed Offshore from Baja California to None - Newell, Gordon

   Pacific Coastal Liners: All the Color and Stark Drama of the Ships that Steamed Offshore from Baja California to None by Gorden Newell & Joe Williamson, 1959. This book is about the "stories of the coastwise passenger steamers, from the Yale and Harvard of the Los Angeles Steamship Company to the Admiral Liners of the San Francisco-Puget Sound trade and the northern ships of such lines as Union Steamships, CPR and Alaska Steam" [Foreward page]. I...

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10. Shipwrecks, Scalawags and Scavengers: The Storied Waters of Pigeon Point - Semones, JoAnn

    Shipwrecks, Scalawags and Scavengers: The Storied Waters of Pigeon Point, 2007 by JoAnn Semones. A history of the maritime tragedies that occurred in the storied waters of Pigeon Point.

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11. Whalers, Whaves and Warfare: People and Events that Shaped Pigeon Point - Semones, JoAnn

    Whalers, Whaves and Warfare: People and Events that Shaped Pigeon Point by JoAnn Semones, 2017. This book is "a companion book to JoAnn Semones' previous book Shipwrecks, Scalawags, and Scavengers: The Storied Waters of Pigeon Point...focuses on shipwrecks at Pigeon Point and Ano Nuevo" [pg. XIX]. Includes people, shipwrecks and other events that shaped Pigeon Point Lighthouse, and signed by the author.

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