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MSS-1997-02
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Title: Dianne McKenna papers
Dates: 1985-1996
Collection number: MSS-1997-02
Creator:
McKenna, Dianne (1943-).
Collection Size:
6 record cartons, 2 boxes
10.5 linear feet
Repository:
San Jose State University. Library.
San Jose, California 95192-0028
Abstract: The Dianne McKenna papers document a portion of her political career as Mayor and City Council Member of Sunnyvale from 1977-1984,
and her work on the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors
(SCCBS), serving from 1985-1996. The collection spans 1980-1996, the bulk of which documents her contributions to the SCCBS
from 1985-1996, and particularly
herwork in transportation and child advocacy.
Physical location: Vault 1, Range 20B
Languages: Languages represented in the collection:
English
The collection is open for
research.
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 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. Copyright restrictions also apply to digital
reproductions of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to
research and educational purposes.
Dianne McKenna papers, MSS-1997-02, San Jose State University Library Special Collections and Archives.
Gift of Dianne McKenna,
1997.
Preliminary processing and guide prepared by Susan Klingberg, 1997. Guide
completed by Danelle Moon and Kaye Moore, 2006. Guide encoded by Kaye Moore,
2006.
Biography / Administrative History
Dianne McKenna, a native of Pennsylvania, moved to the
Silicon Valley in the 1960's. In 1977, she received her Master's Degree in
Urban and Regional Planning from San Jose State University. In that same year,
McKenna was elected to the Sunnyvale City Council, where she served until 1984,
with exception of the terms 1980-1981 and 1982-1983, when she was elected as
the Mayor of Sunnyvale. In 1985, McKenna became the fifth woman elected to the
Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, a position that she held until 1996.
She led the successful merger of the Congestion Management Agency and the
Transit District Board, and served as a guide for regional projects for the
Metropolitan Transportation Commission. McKenna was a founding member of Kids
in Common, a collaborative children's advocacy program, a member of the Board
of Trustees for the Children's Shelter, and chair of the Children and Youth
Services Joint Conference Committee. She initiated recycling efforts as the
Chair of the Solid Waste Commission of Santa Clara County, and in 1994, led the
General Plan Review Advisory Committee to complete its work of reviewing and
updating land use plans and policies. As of 2006, she serves on the Board of
Directors for Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST), a San Francisco Bay Area
environmental preservation organization.
Scope and Content of Collection
In 1997 Dianne McKenna donated
her papers to San Jose State University. This collection documents McKenna's
political career as Mayor and City Council Member of Sunnyvale from 1977-1984,
and her work on the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors (SCCBS), serving
from 1985-1996. The bulk of the collection documents her contributions to the
SCCBS, including her work as chair of the Metropolitan Transportation
Commission and the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. Committed to
improving the lives of children, McKenna helped form the Children's Shelter in
1995, and Kids In Common, a children's advocacy organization.
The collection is
arranged in two series: Series I, Speech Files, 1980-1996; Series II, Santa
Clara County Board of Supervisors, Administrative Records, 1985-1996.
The following
terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
McKenna,
Dianne (1943-).
Santa Clara County
(Calif.). Board of Supervisors.
Children's Shelter.
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center(Santa
Clara County, Calif.)
Transportation--California--Santa Clara
County--Sources.
Local
transit--California--Santa Clara County--Sources.
Children--Institutional care--California--Santa Clara
County--Sources.
Supervisors (Local
government)--California--Santa Clara County--Archives.
Santa Clara County (Calif.)--Politics and
government--Sources.
Index Terms Related to this Collection
San Jose State
University. Library. Special Collections & Archives.