Owen C. Coy Collection, 1860-1940

United States. Work Progress Administration

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California Historical Survey Commission

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History In 1918, the California State Council of Defense (first created in 1916) formed the War History Committee for the purpose of assembling the records of the war and preserving all material of historical value relating to California's part in that War. The actual direction of the work of the Committee was given to the Historical Survey Commission (created in 1915) under the immediate supervision of Dr. Owen C. Coy. Under this director, a...

California State Historical Association

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Agency History The California Historical Survey Commission (hereafter cited as C.H.S.C.) predecessor to the California State Historical Association, was established ( Stats. 1915, ch. 763) to make a survey of local historical material within the state and to compile and keep a record of such resources. The commission was abolished in 1923 whereupon its duties and powers were transferred to and vested in the Regents of the University of Califo...

Coy, Owen Cochran, 1884-1952

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Historian. Taught history at Eureka High School, 1909-13, secretary and director of California Historical Survey Commission, 1915-23, director of California State Historical Association, 1923-1950, state technical director of the Historical Records Survey, W.P.A., 1936, professor of history at University of Southern California, 1925-1950. From the description of Owen C. Coy Collection, 1860-1940. (California State Library). WorldCat record id: 58745808 ...