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Canadian Oil Scouts Association fonds
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1.07 m of textual records. -- 37 photographs
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The Western Canada Oil Scouts Association was established in Alberta in 1949 to facilitate exchange of information between oil scouts in the Canadian oil industry. The Central Canada Oil Scouts Association was formed in Saskatchwan in 1951 and the Northwestern Canada Oil Scouts Association was established in Fort St. John, British Columbia, in 1956. In 1960 a national association, the Canadian Oil Scouts Association was formed and the three groups became local affiliates. Each year the association published an Oil and Gas Book which combined statistics, well information and other exploration data, and there were regular meetings of the local chapters. In 1989 the three local associations merged their executives, but each continued to hold its own meetings and events. The Association was closely affiliated with the International Oil Scouts Association. By 2000, COSA was inactive.
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The fonds consists of annual meeting reports (1963, 1975, 1976, 1986-1990); administrative records, etc (1980-1990); minutes; newsletters; correspondence; and photographs of members and activities (ca. 1955-1980).
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Purchased from Tom Williams Books, 2003; and gifts of Rhoda Johnson, Walter Holzkorn, Jack Urness, Al Denis, and Derry MacFarlane, 2008-2009.
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Record No. M-8962;M-9331;PA-3810<br><br>
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- Canadian Oil Scouts Association (Subject)