INVENTORY OF THE JUANITA MILLENDER-MCDONALD COLLECTION,
1984-2007
Finding aid prepared by Li-Wei Yang, Jean Pierre Vande Zande, and Rob Gutner
California State University, Dominguez Hills
Archives & Special Collections
University Library, Room G-145
1000 E. Victoria Street
Carson, California 90747
Phone: (310) 243-3895
URL: http://archives.csudh.edu/
©2007
Descriptive Summary
Title: Millender-McDonald (Juanita) Collection
Dates: 1984-2007,
Dates: (Bulk 1997-2007)
Collection Number: Consult repository
Creator:
Millender-McDonald, Juanita
Extent:
32 boxes
[13.34 linear ft]
Repository: California State University, Dominguez Hills
Archives and Special Collections
Archives & Special Collection
University Library, Room G-145
1000 E. Victoria Street
Carson, California 90747
Phone: (310) 243-3013
URL: http://archives.csudh.edu/
Abstract:
The Juanita Millender-McDonald collection (1992-2007) includes: correspondence, newsletters,
press releases, speeches, reports, flyers, questionnaires, bills and amendments, greeting cards,
newspaper clippings, and ephemera including photos, plaques and video tapes. A large number of files
are devoted to the Congressional Black Caucus, Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, the
Congressional Caucus on Women’s issues, California Assembly, and House Administration. Subjects
include labor issues, HIV/AIDS, CIA Nicaraguan Contra scandal, education, minority issues, finance,
health, the John Kerry Presidential Campaign, political practices and policies, transportation and
China.
Language: Collection material is in English
Administration Information
Access
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Preferred Citation
[Title of item], JUANITA MILLENDER-MCDONALD COLLECTION, Courtesy of the Department of Archives and Special Collections. University
Library. California State University, Dominguez Hills
Acquisition Information
Materials in this collection were donated by the Millender-McDonald family in September 2007.
Processing Information
Processed in 2007 by Li-Wei Yang, Jean Pierre Vande Zande, and Rob Gutner.
Biography
Juanita Millender-McDonald (1938-2007) was an educator, civic leader and congresswoman who
championed women’s and minority issues, human rights and education. She was born in Birmingham,
Alabama on September 7, 1938. At three, her mother died and her father moved his family of five
children to the Los Angeles area. She received her B.A. in Business at the University of Redlands (1981), and a M.A. in Education
Administration from California State University, Los Angeles (1988). She began her career as an English teacher in the Los
Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) while studying for her first graduate degree. After receiving her Masters, she left
the classroom to become a writer for the LAUSD and edited a textbook called Images. The textbook, which was written to steer
female students toward non-traditional careers, exemplified Millender-McDonald's life-long interest in women's issues. Later,
she was appointed as Director of Gender Equity Programs for the LAUSD.
Her interest in politics began with working on local campaigns including former Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley’s gubernatorial
race (1982) and as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention (1984; and later as a state legislator, 1992; and as congresswoman,
2000). She was the first African-American woman councilmember (1990-92) and Mayor Pro Tempore (1991) of Carson, California.
She began her career-long interest in transportation issues by tackling the freight train and traffic congestion in the Alameda
corridor near Carson. In addition, she showed an early interest in gender equity issues by raising the pay of Carson’s city
clerk and treasurer.
Millender-McDonald was elected to the California State Legislature (1992-96) as the representative of the 55th Assembly District
and became the first woman to chair both the Insurance Committee and the Revenue and Taxation Committee. She was involved
early on in raising awareness of HIV and AIDS, especially among black women. For 10 years, she held an annual AIDS Walk at
Cal State Dominguez Hills. She continued to be attracted to transportation and education issues. She resolved the Alameda
corridor issue through state legislation and then pursued designating the corridor as a national transportation artery for
federal funding. In addition, she conducted hearings across the state for three years to create an urban education reform
proposal.
Millender-McDonald was elected to the United States Congress (1996) in a special election and represented the 37th District
of California, which included Carson, Compton, Long Beach, Signal Hill and Watts. She was reelected to the six succeeding
terms (1997-2007) until her death. She was considered a front-runner for the job of Secretary of Transportation if John Kerry
had been elected. She was a firm believer in celebrating women’s achievements and in assisting women to fulfill their potential.
As an international leader she had been proactive in building coalitions with female leaders in Spain, Africa, Afghanistan,
Central America, Canada, China and India to promote the status of women leaders.
As a member of the 109th Congress (2005-06), Millender-McDonald served as the first African-American woman to chair the House
Committee on House Administration. She also served on the House Committee on Small Business including the Subcommittee on
Investigations and Oversight, the Subcommittee on Tax Finance and Exports (ranking minority member); House Committee on Transportation
and Infrastructure including the Subcommittee on Aviation, the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation and
the Subcommittee on Highways, New Democratic Coalition, Transit and Pipelines; Joint Committee on the Library of Congress,
Joint Committee on Printing, and Congressional Black Caucus.
Scope and Content
This collection documents Millender-McDonald’s professional activities and political interests relating to her career from
1992-2007. This collection includes correspondence, newsletters, press releases, speeches, reports, flyers, questionnaires,
bills and amendments, greeting cards, newspaper clippings, and ephemera including photos, plaques and video tapes. The correspondence
includes letters from national political figures Hillary Rodham Clinton, John Kerry, and Nancy Pelosi and regional politicians
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Joe Baca John Garamendi, Betty Karnette, and Mervyn Dymally. A significant number of files are devoted
to her professional activities with the Congressional Black Caucus, Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, the Congressional
Caucus on Women’s issues, California Assembly, and House Administration. Other political interests include labor issues, HIV/AIDS,
CIA Nicaraguan Contra scandal, education, minority issues, finance, health, the John Kerry Presidential Campaign, political
practices and policies, transportation and China.
Whenever possible, original folder titles have been retained and the folders kept in their original order.
Arrangement
Indexing Terms
Subjects
Congressional Black Caucus
Finance
United States. Congress
African American legislatures
Transportation
AIDS (Disease)—Social aspects
HIV infections
California. Legislature
Personal Names
Millender-McDonald, Juanita 1938-2007
Kerry, John
California State Assembly
1992-1996
Physical Description: 1 box
Physical Description: (.42 linear feet)
Scope and Content Note
This series includes correspondence, memos, flyers, Assembly Daily Journal, Assembly Daily File, Assembly Bill, newspaper
clippings, newsletters, and legislative reports.
Arranged by year.
Container 1, ID 1
California Assembly
1993-1996
Container 1, ID 2
California Assembly
1993-1996
Container 1, ID 3
California Assembly
1993-1996
Container 1, ID 4
California Assembly -- Bills
1992-1996
Container 1, ID 5
California Assembly -- Bills
1993-1996
Congress
1996-2007
Physical Description: 37 boxes
Physical Description: (15.43 linear feet)
Scope and Content Note
This series contains correspondence, memo, flyers, newspaper clippings, newsletters, press releases, speech, bill and amendment,
biographies, Congressional Black Caucus papers, committee record, district reports, financial records, House Administration
records, House Resolution, Transportation and Infrastructure Committee records, Women’s Caucus papers, Greeting cards, plaques,
nameplates, and videos.
Arranged by year.
Container 2, ID 6
HIV/AIDS issues
1997-2004
Container 2, ID 7
HIV/AIDS issues
2000-2001
Container 2, ID 8
HIV/AIDS issues
2001-2005
Container 2, ID 9
Bills and amendments
1997, 2006
Container 2, ID 10
Bills and amendments
2001
Container 2, ID 13
Congressional Black Caucus
1995-2006
Container 3, ID 14
Congressional Black Caucus
1996-2006
Container 3, ID 15
Congressional Black Caucus
1996-2006
Container 3, ID 16
Congressional Black Caucus
1996-2006
Container 3, ID 17
Congressional Black Caucus
1996-2007
Container 3, ID 18
Congressional Black Caucus
1996-2007
Container 4, ID 19
Congressional Black Caucus
2000-2003
Container 4, ID 20
Congressional Black Caucus -- 2001 Legislative Conference
2001-2003
Container 4, ID 21
Congressional Black Caucus -- Annual Retreat
2001-2005
Container 4, ID 22
Congressional Black Caucus
2001-2005
Container 4, ID 23
Congressional Black Caucus
2001-2006
Container 4, ID 24
Congressional Black Caucus
2003-2005
Container 5, ID 25
California Highway Patrol Strategic Plan 2006-2009
2006
Container 5, ID 26
Campaigns of other candidates
2006
Container 5, ID 27
CIA Nicaraguan Contras scandal
1996
Container 5, ID 28
CIA Nicaraguan Contras scandal
1996
Container 5, ID 29
CIA Nicaraguan Contras scandal
1996
Container 9, ID 54
Democratic Committee
1996-2006
Container 10, ID 55
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
2001-2002
Container 10, ID 56
Democratic National Convention
2004
Container 10, ID 57
District report
2003-2006
Container 10, ID 58
Education issues
1994-2004
Container 10, ID 59
Education issues
1995-2005
Container 10, ID 61
Electronic voting
2006-2007
Container 10, ID 62
Federal employees
1995-2003
Container 11, ID 63
Financial records
2002-2006
Container 11, ID 65
Handwritten notes
Undated
Container 11, ID 66
House Administration
2004-2006
Container 11, ID 67
House Administration
2005-2007
Container 11, ID 68
House Administration
2006-2007
Container 11, ID 69
House Administration
2006-2007
Container 12, ID 70
House Administration -- Election reform hearing
2007
Container 12, ID 71
House Administration -- Election reform hearing
2007
Container 12, ID 72
House Administration -- House Resolution 202
2007
Container 12, ID 73
House Administration -- House Resolution 476
2007
Container 12, ID 74
House Administration -- Voter verified paper audit trail
2004-2006
Container 12, ID 75
House Administration -- Web management review project
2005
Container 12, ID 76
House Resolution -- Cosponsor
2005
Container 12, ID 77
House Resolution -- Cosponsor
2005
Container 13, ID 78
House Resolution -- Sponsor
2005
Container 13, ID 79
House Resolution -- Sponsor
2005
Container 13, ID 80
House Resolution
2002-2003
Container 13, ID 81
House Resolution
2005-2007
Container 13, ID 82
House Appropriations Committee
2005
Container 13, ID 84
Inspector General Audit
2004
Container 13, ID 85
John Kerry Presidential Campaign
2004
Container 13, ID 86
King/Drew Medical Center
2004-2006
Container 14, ID 87
King/Drew Medical Center
2004
Container 14, ID 88
King/Drew Medical Center
2004-2005
Container 14, ID 89
Labor issues
1997, undated
Container 14, ID 90
Fair Political Practices Commission Orders
2004
Container 14, ID 93
Minority issues
1998-2003
Container 15, ID 94
Municipal -- Carson and Long Beach
2004
Container 15, ID 96
Newspaper clipping
2006-2007
Container 15, ID 97
Newspaper clipping
1996-2006
Container 15, ID 98
Newspaper clipping
1996-2006
Container 15, ID 99
Newspaper clipping
1996-2006
Container 16, ID 100
Newspaper clipping
1996-2006
Container 16, ID 101
Policy studies
1996, 2002
Container 16, ID 102
Political contributions
2004
Container 16, ID 103
Position papers
1996-2006
Container 16, ID 107
September 11, 2001 terrorist attack
2001-2002, 2004
Container 17, ID 108
Small Business Committee
1996, 2007
Container 17, ID 109
Small Business Committee
1997, 2003
Container 17, ID 113
Speeches -- King/Drew Medical Center graduation ceremony
2001
Container 17, ID 114
Speeches -- Charles R. Drew University commencement
June 1, 2002
Container 17, ID 116
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
1996-2001
Container 17, ID 117
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
1996-2005
Container 18, ID 118
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
1996-2005
Container 18, ID 119
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
1996-2005
Container 18, ID 120
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
1996-2007
Container 18, ID 121
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
2001
Container 18, ID 122
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
2001-2002
Container 18, ID 123
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
2001-2002
Container 18, ID 124
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
2001-2002
Container 19, ID 125
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
2001-2004
Container 19, ID 126
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
2002-2005
Container 19, ID 127
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
2004-2005
Container 19, ID 128
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee -- 110th Congress manual
2004-2007
Container 19, ID 129
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee -- Meeting
January 17, 2007
Container 19, ID 130
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee -- Markup
February 7, 2007
Container 20, ID 131
U.S. Conference of Mayors
2002
Container 21, ID 138
Greeting cards -- Ambassadors
1999-2005
Container 21, ID 139
Greeting cards -- California
1994-2005
Container 21, ID 140
Greeting cards -- Executive Branch
2001-2004
Container 21, ID 141
Greeting cards -- Legislative Branch
Undated, 2005-2007
Container 21, ID 142
Greeting cards -- Legislative Branch
1999-2007
Container 22, ID 148
Receipt and related records
1997-2004
Container 22, ID 149
The Alameda Corridor (VHS)
1994
Container 23, ID 150
The Alameda Corridor (VHS)
1994
Container 23, ID 151
The Alameda Corridor (VHS)
1994
Container 23, ID 152
The Business of Options (VHS)
Undated
Container 23, ID 153
The Century Council (VHS)
Undated
Container 24, ID 154
The Neighborhood (VHS)
April 1993
Container 24, ID 155
Nightline (VHS)
November 15, 1996
Container 24, ID 156
White House Conference (VHS)
May 3, 1995
Container 24, ID 157
Pier 400 Progress Report (VHS)
June 18, 1996
Container 25, ID 158
America Links Up (VHS)
Undated
Container 25, ID 159
Before It's Too Late (VHS)
Undated
Container 25, ID 160
The Fullest Possible Accounting (VHS)
Undated
Container 25, ID 161
World Business Exchange (VHS)
Undated
Container 26, ID 162
No Easy Walk (VHS)
1961-1963
Container 26, ID 163
Fighting for Excellence (VHS)
Undated
Container 26, ID 164
Underage access to alcohol over the Internet (VHS)
Undated
Container 26, ID 165
Assemblywoman at Compton College (VHS)
December 11, 1993
Container 27, ID 166
Lighting Freedom's Flame 2001 (VHS)
July 7, 2001
Container 27, ID 167
Legislative procedures of the U.S. Congress (VHS)
1984
Container 27, ID 168
Regional Job Training Center in Compton (VHS)
Undated
Container 27, ID 169
HULD and Ballistic Panel Testing (VHS)
Undated
Container 28, ID 170
Teaching for America's Future (VHS)
Undated
Container 28, ID 171
Life of a Railroader (VHS)
July 17, 1996
Container 28, ID 172
Time and Chance (DVD)
Undated
Container 28, ID 173
Nightline -- Corporate Discrimination (VHS)
Undated
Container 28, ID 174
Congresswoman Millender-McDonald on C-SPAN (VHS)
Undated
Container 29, ID 176
Machinists and Aerospace Workers Association (VHS)
Undated
Container 29, ID 177
NBC News -- Medicare waste (VHS)
Undated
Container 29, ID 178
Congressional debate (VHS)
Undated
Container 32, ID 181
Odd size plaque and White House Easter eggs
1997-2005