Series II: Professional Career, 1970 - 2007
Scope and Contents
This series contains materials from Susanne B. Wilson’s time as San José City Council Member, Vice-Mayor of San José, and District 1 Representative on the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors as well as her work afterwards. Topics include Wilson’s involvement in jail overcrowding and the building of the South County Justice Center, as well as Wilson’s feminist activism and work with the YWCA, including her work with the YWCA to build community center Villa Nueva. This series is composed of correspondence, newspaper clippings, event materials, commendations, campaign materials, commendations, scrapbooks, and legal files. The dates range from 1970 to 2007
Dates
- Creation: 1970 - 2007
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 9 boxes (9.41)
From the Collection: 5 items (1.37)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Arrangement
This series is arranged into eight sub-series: 1. Event Materals; 2. Feminist Activism; 3. Jail Overcrowding. 4. Political Career Materials; 5. Press; 6. Professional Correspondence; 7. Scrapbooks; 8. YWCA. These sub-series are arranged alphabetically with the exception of sub-series 1. Event Materials and 6. Professional Correspondence, which are arranged chronologically.
Repository Details
Part of the SJSU Special Collections & Archives Repository
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library
San José State University
One Washington Square
San José, CA 95192-0028
(408) 808-2062
(408) 808-2063 (Fax)
special.collections@sjsu.edu