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Anchorage and the Alaska earthquake of March 27, 1964
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Rare Books
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
Dr. Merritt Starr and his friend were hunting around Resurrection Bay when the 1964 Good Friday Alaska Earthquake hit. In this letter to his family, he recounts story of surviving the earthquake, landslide and resulting tsunami. The letter further recounts the immediate aftermath and the reconstruction in the weeks after the disaster.
mssHM 27959
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Manuscripts
The majority of the collection consists of correspondences and papers relating to the Alaskan earthquake and tsunami of 1964, the Hilo Harbor Tsunamis, and a boat landing project for Long Beach Harbor. There are also notebooks of other projects on which Wilson worked.
mssWilson, Basil papers
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Manuscripts
The majority of the collection consists of correspondences and papers relating to the Alaskan earthquake and tsunami of 1964, the Hilo Harbor Tsunamis, and a boat landing project for Long Beach Harbor. There are also notebooks of other projects on which Wilson worked.
mssWilson, Basil papers