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Pierson (Larry J.) Papers
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WORK PROJECTS

Box 1, Folder 1

Pierson curriculum vitae (CV)

Box 1, Folder 2

Port San Luis - Navigation improvement supplement (Army Corps of Engineers) and historical materials 1975

Box 1, Folder 3

Correspondence with Los Angeles Maritime History Museum - Wharf expansion at Berth 206, Los Angeles Harbor 1977 May-July

 

Oil and gas line projects

Box 1, Folder 4

Underwater archeaology investigations for Gas Pipeline-Western LNG Terminal Company 1977

General note

Job No. 0011-168-02. Off Point Conception.
Box 1, Folder 5

Pipeline route survey, San Pedro Shelf, Calif. for or Shell Oil Company - Report 1977 October 14

Box 1, Folder 6

Marine geophysical and cultural resource surveys, proposed pipeline route offshore Long Beach, Calif. for Shell Oil Company - Report 1978 July

Box 1, Folder 7

Cultural resource study: Archeological literature survey and remote sensing data evaluation of a short transect off Long Beach, Calif. 1978

Box 1, Folder 8-10

Bureau of Land Management (BLM), with SAI - Southern California Bight archaeological study 1977-1980

Box 2, Folder 1

Proposal for regional historic resources inventory Phase II: North San Diego County coastal area 1979

Box 2, Folder 2

Preliminary report on sensitive marine archeaological and historical sites located within the boundary of the Channel Island National Marine Sanctuary, Volume I ca. 1980

 

Los Angeles-Long Beach harbor surveys

Box 2, Folder 3

Underwater survey of sunken vessels in the outer harbor south of Terminal Island, and Cultural resource evaluation - Reports 1980

Box 2, Folder 4

A cultural resource study for the Los Angeles Harbor deepening project 1980

Box 2, Folder 5

LA harbor deepening project 1980-1981

Box 2, Folder 6-7

LA harbor deepening project maps, shipwreck locations, accuracy and data sources 1980 March

Box 2, Folder 8

Proposal to locate and evaluate all known cultural resouces in the Los Angeles-Long Beach Harbor feasibility study area, and final report 1980-1981

Box 2, Folder 9

Ferryboat Sierra Nevada - Engine salvage 1980-1981

Box 3, Folder 1

Los Angeles-Long Beach harbor areas cultural resource survey 1981 March

Box 3, Folder 2

Underwater cultural resource survey, Long Beach Harbor, Calif. - Technical proposal, Teckmarine Inc. 1987

Box 3, Folder 3

Nekton, Inc. statement of qualifications for offshore research, and marketing materials 1983

Box 3, Folder 4

Underwater archaeological remote-sensing survey and cultural evaluation of proposed offshore breakwater at entrance to Mission Bay, San Diego Calif. - Proposal 1983 November

Box 3, Folder 5

Underwater archaeological remote-sensing survey and cultural evaluation of proposed Navy dredging and beach renourishment near Coronado Beach, San Diego Calif. 1984 August

Box 3, Folder 6

Side scan sonar training manual 1985

 

Maps

Box 3, Folder 7

Isopach map of post-Wisconsin sediment thickness, Point Estero to Mexican Border 1987

Box 3, Folder 8

Isopach map of post-Wisconsin sediment thickness, Santa Barbara and San Nicholas Islands 1987

Box 3, Folder 9

Isopach map of post-Wisconsin sediment thickness data sources Point Estero to Mexican Border 1987

Box 3, Folder 10

Isopach map of post-Wisconsin sediment thickness data sources Santa Barbara and San Nicholas Islands 1987

Box 4, Folder 1

Shipwreck site predictive model map, Point Estero to Mexican Border 1987

Box 4, Folder 2

Shipwreck site predictive model map, Santa Barbara, San Nicholas, and San Clemente Islands, Tanner and Cortes Banks 1987

Box 4, Folder 3

Shipwreck distribution map, Point Estero to Mexican border 1987

Box 4, Folder 4

Shipwreck distribution map, Santa Barbara, San Nicholas, and San Clemente Islands, Tanner and Cortes Banks 1987

Box 4, Folder 5

Prehistoric archaeological site and predictive model map, Point Estero to Mexican Border 1987

Box 4, Folder 6

Prehistoric archaeological site and predictive model map, Santa Barbara and San Nicholas Islands 1987

 

SHIPWRECK AND SITE RESEARCH

Box 4, Folder 7

Ship Salvors, Inc. project binder relating to salvage expedition for wooden ship (galleon) wreck off San Miguel Island 1974-1975

 

Stone anchors off California coast

Box 4, Folder 8

Correspondence with Chinese experts re: stone anchors 1980-1986

General note

Correspondence to/from Peking and Dr. James Moriarty III.
Box 5, Folder 1-4

Correspondence re: Palos Verdes stone discovery and China connection 1975-1993

General note

Dr. James Moriarty III.
Box 5, Folder 5

Palos Verdes stones - Later assessment 2009

Box 5, Folder 6-7

Palos Verdes stones - Photographs and illustrations 1983

Box 5, Folder 8

Point Conception stones - Photographs 1985

Box 5, Folder 9

Correspondence re: Patton escarpment stones 1973-1975

Box 6, Folder 4

Shipwreck list, 2nd edition (PS Associates)

Box 6, Folder 5

Archaeology list, California sites, 1st edition (PS Associates)

Box 7, Folder 1

Binder - Complete alphabetal list of shipwrecks 1977

Box 7, Folder 2-3

Shipwrecks in California waters: A computer compendium of data by Patrick G. Gibson and Larry J. Pierson (2 versions) ca. 1977

Box 8

Microfilm (8 reels) - U.S. Coast Guard record of wreck reports and other historical maritime resources

General note

Film boxes labeled by Pierson 1-8 with approximate dates, 1898-1934. No further identification of content.
Box 8

Microfilm (1 reel) - San Francisco Maritime Museum, S.F. Merchants Exchange Association, total ship losses 1900-1962

 

MISCELLANEOUS

Box 5, Folder 10

The history and evolution of anchors, by James Moriarty III and Neil F. Marshall 1965

Box 5, Folder 11

Marine archaeology in submerged prehistoric sites, by James Moriarty III 1969

Box 5, Folder 12

Avila Beach: Descriptive data and hypotheses from the excavation of 1929 - Report by Thomas F. King 1970

Box 5, Folder 13

Underwater site testing: Results of the Texas Antiquities Committee's 1977 field season - Report by J. Barto Arnold III 1978

Box 6, Folder 1

New evidence of Asiatic shipwrecks off the California coast, or Palos Verde stones: Their origin and use, by Larry J. Pierson 1979

Box 6, Folder 2

Drug runner: A biography of the brig "Frolic" 1844-1850, a Baltimore-built opium clipper in India, China and Gold Rush California - Typescript by Thomas N. Layton 1990

General note

Includes an inventory of artifacts from the wreck of the Frolic donated to the Mendocino County Museum.
Box 6, Folder 3

Gifts from the celestial kingdom: The cargo of the Frolic - Typescript by Thomas N. Layton 1998