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Edwards (Don) Family Photograph Album Collection
MSS.2016.03.05
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
SJSU Special Collections & Archives
Title: Don Edwards Family Photograph Album Collection
creator:
Edwards, Don, 1915- 2015
creator:
Wilkie, Edith
Identifier/Call Number: MSS.2016.03.05
Physical Description:
5 boxes
5.5 linear feet.
Date (inclusive): 1926-2015
Abstract: The Don Edwards Family Photograph Album Collection consists of personal photograph albums, scrapbooks, articles, clippings,
and correspondence related to the Don Edwards family. A bulk of the material is focused on former congressman Don Edwards
and his partner and wife, Edith Wilkie.
Don Edwards was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives between the years of 1963-1995. He was born
in San Jose, California on January 6, 1915 and passed away October 1, 2015 at the age of 100. Edwards was married to Edith
Wilkie in 1981 after 11 years together. Wilkie was a peace promoter and arms control activist, working as the executive director
of Congress' bipartisan and bicameral Arms Control and Foreign Policy Caucus from 1978 to 1995. Wilkie passed away March 31,
2011 due to cancer and pulmonary disease at the age of 64. A majority of the photograph albums and scrapbooks within this
collection were put together by Wilkie.
Don Edwards Congressional Papers, MSS-1995-01-23, San José State University Library Special Collections & Archives.
Don Edwards Family Photograph Album Collection, MSS-2016-03-05, San Jose State University Library, Special Collections & Archives
The Don Edwards Family Photograph Album collection is arranged into four series: Series I. Photographs; Series II. Articles
and Clippings; Series III. 100th Birthday Correspondence; and Series IV. Scrapbooks and Binders. All series are organized
chronologically. The collection is arranged by series size and promenance.
The Don Edwards Family Photograph Album collection consists of photo albums, scrapbooks, clippings, articles, and correspondence
related to the Don Edwards family, namely former congressman Don Edwards and his partner and wife, Edith Wilkie. Photographs
are generally of family outings, travel, and political gatherings and events. Articles and newspaper clippings relate to Edith
Wilkie's passing, Don Edwards' 100th birthday, and the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge. There are various
cards and correspondence which relate to Don Edwards' 100th birthday.
Copyright has not been assigned to the San Jose State University Library Special Collections & Archives. All requests for
permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Special Collections. Permission
for publication is given on behalf of the San Jose State University Library Special Collections & Archives as the owner of
the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained
by the reader.
Collection is open for research.
Collection processed by Rita Wang (2017).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Calif.) -- Photographs
Legistators -- United States -- Photographs
Edwards, Don, 1915- 2015
Wilkie, Edith