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Register of the Conference of California Historical
Societies Archives,
1954-
Mss243
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Title: Conference of California Historical Societies
Archives,
Date (inclusive): 1954-
Collection number: Mss243
Creator:
Extent: 4 linear ft.
Repository:
University of the Pacific. Library. Holt-Atherton Department of
Special Collections
Stockton, CA 95211
Shelf location: For current information on the location of
these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Language: English.
Collection is open for research.
[Identification of item], Conference of California Historical Societies
Archives, Mss243, Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University
of the Pacific Library
Conference of California Historical Societies
History -Societies, etc.
California -Antiquities
Museum publications -California
Local history -Archival resources
The Conference of California Historical Societies is a consortium of the
local historical societies of California. The Conference was founded under the
leadership of California History Professor R. Coke Wood of the College of the
Pacific (1954). The Conference supports the activities of its members with
educational programs and information on historic restoration, fund raising,
grant writing, lobbying, collection maintenance, volunteer activities and other
subjects of interest to membership. The Conference publishes the
California Historian and hosts annual conferences
and workshops.
The Conference of California Historical Societies contains records and
correspondence related to its founding, early years, membership, the
publication of the
California Historian, and the
organization of annual conferences.
Series 1 includes: officers’ records; minutes;
programs; committee reports; financial reports; and, awards information (1954-
). Series 2 contains small serial publications and announcements of individual
member societies.
The
California
Historian
and serial publications of Individual History Societies can be
found in Holt-Atherton’s Periodicals Collection.