Description
The collection consists of correspondence, notes, proposals by
California counties for Bicentennial events and other Bicentennial project
ideas of a more general nature.
Background
In 1970 Gov. Ronald Reagan appointed Richard Coke Wood, professor of
California History at the University of the Pacific, Stockton, Calif., to the
American Revolution Bicentennial Commission of California. At that time Wood
was chairman of the California State Historic Landmarks Commission. He served
on the ARBCC through 1976.