Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Wilmer Amina Carter papers
- Dates:
- 1980-2012, undated
- Creators:
- Wilmer Amina Carter
- Abstract:
- This collection documents the personal and professional life of Wilmer Amina Carter, former Assembly member representing the 62nd District in the California Assembly and retired Board member of the Rialto Unified School District. The collection primarily consists of vertical files (e.g., press clippings, computer printouts, fliers, newsletters, documents, and photographs) created and maintained by Carter documenting her life and involvement in the Inland Empire's Black community.
- Extent:
- 120.0 Linear Feet (120 boxes)
- Language:
- The collection is in English.
- Preferred citation:
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Wilmer Amina Carter papers (SC 005). John M. Pfau Library. Special Collections & University Archives. California State University, San Bernardino.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection documents the personal and professional life of Wilmer Amina Carter, former assemblymember representing the 62nd District in the California State Assembly and retired Board member of the Rialto Unified School District. The collection primarily consists of vertical files (e.g., press clippings, computer printouts, fliers, newsletters, documents, and photographs) created and maintained by Carter documenting her life and involvement in the Inland Empire's Black community.
- Biographical / historical:
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Wilmer Amina Carter was born in Neshoba County, Mississippi on July 12, 1941. As a child her family moved to San Bernardino, California where she completed her education, attending San Bernardino High School, San Bernardino Valley College, and California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB). In 1972, she graduated from CSUSB with a Bachelor of Arts degree and went onto complete her Masters in Education in 1976. Carter worked under the late Congressman George Brown from 1973-1996, culminating in the appointment as his District Director. During a portion of this time, from 1983-1999, she also served on the Rialto Board of Education and the Wilmer Amina Carter High School in Rialto was named in her honor, becoming the first high school in the Inland Empire to be named after a living African American woman. In 2006, Carter was elected to the California State Assembly where she served three consecutive terms for the 62nd District until her retirement in 2012. Carter has spent most of her life in Rialto, California where she and her late husband, Ratibu Jacocks, were small business owners. The couple had three children together, Anye, Malika, and Jamala.
- Acquisition information:
- This collection was donated by Wilmer Amina Carter, 2022.
- Processing information:
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This collection is not fully processed. This is a preliminary finding aid that includes file-level descriptions for boxes 1-5 and box-level descriptions for boxes 6-36. Boxes 37-120 remain unprocessed and will be added to this finding aid when completed.
- Arrangement:
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This collection is arranged into the following 8 series:
- Series 1: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority (AKA), undated
- Series 2: California State Assembly, 1995-2012, undated
- Series 3: California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB), undated
- Series 4: Creative Business Services, Inc. (CBSI), undated
- Series 5: Inland Area Kwanzaa Group, 1980-2009
- Series 6: Oral History Project, undated
- Series 7: Rialto Business and Professional Women, undated
- Series 8: Rialto Unified School District (RUSD), 1987-1997, undated
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- ©2022
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-05-21 15:54:25 +0000 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Materials are open for research, but advanced notice is required to use this collection. To request access, please contact Special Collections & University Archives by telephone at 909-537-5112 or via email at archives@csusb.edu.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright Unknown: Some materials in these collections may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction, and/or commercial use, of some materials may be restricted by gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing agreement(s), and/or trademark rights. Distribution or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. To the extent other restrictions apply, permission for distribution or reproduction from the applicable rights holder is also required. Responsibility for obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Preferred citation:
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Wilmer Amina Carter papers (SC 005). John M. Pfau Library. Special Collections & University Archives. California State University, San Bernardino.
- Location of this collection:
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Special Collections & University Archives5500 University ParkwaySan Bernardino, CA 92407, US
- Contact:
- (909) 537-5112