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2008-016
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Title: Pete Kutras collection
Dates: 1980-2008
Bulk Dates: 2004-2008
Collection number: 2008-016
Creator:
Kutras, Pete
Collection Size:
3 cubic feet
Repository:
Santa Clara County Archives.
San Jose, CA 95112-2527
Abstract: The Pete Kutras Collection consists of County Executive Kutras' appointment books, county budgets, county annual reports,
documentation on the Croy Fire, a history of the County Fairgrounds revitalization project, documentation on the county's
Hurricane Katrina relief effort, Iraqi War Veterans pamphlets and a 9/11 remembrance button.
Physical location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult Archives staff.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Collection is open for research.
The Archives can claim physical ownership only for some collections. Users are responsible for securing permission of the
copyright holder for publication or quotation.
Pete Kutras collection, 2008-016, Santa Clara County Archives.
This collection was transferred from the County Executive's Office in 2008.
This collection was processed by Trista Raezer working under NHPRC grant RA-10047-07, the Santa Clara County Archives Project.
A fuller account of the grant project is available at the Archives website.
Pete Kutras served as the County Executive of Santa Clara County from 2003 to 2008. He received a degree in political science
from San Jose State University and served in the U.S. Army from 1967 to 1971. Kutras started working for Santa Clara County
in 1974. Over his 35 years of service to the county he worked as assistant county executive, director of labor relations,
directory of personnel, director of employee services agency, deputy county executive, member of the Campbell Union High School
District Board of Trustees, commissioner on the Moreland School District Personnel Commission, president of the California
Public Employers Labor Relations Association, and member of the Personal Commission for the City of Morgan Hill. While serving
as county executive Kutras concentrated on disaster preparedness and reducing county spending.
Scope and Content of Collection
Pete Kutras Collection consists of appointment books, official budgets, county annual reports, documentation on the Croy Fire,
a history of the County Fairgrounds revitalization project, documentation on the county's Hurricane Katrina relief effort,
Iraqi War Veterans pamphlets and a 9/11 remembrance button.
This collection is arranged into two series: Personal Records and County Records. This collection is organized chronologically.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Kutras, Pete
Santa Clara County (Calif.)