Sankary (Wanda) Papers, 1954-1958

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Title:: Wanda Sankary Papers,
Dates:: 1954-1958
Creators:: Sankary, Wanda, 1919-
Abstract:: Wanda Sankary (b.1919) practiced law in Los Angeles and San Diego. In 1954, she was elected as a Democrat to the California State Assembly, representing the 79th district (San Diego), and was defeated in her 1956 re-election bid. The collection consists of correspondence, clippings, papers and ephemera relating to Sankary's political career including campaign material from her 1954 and 1956 campaigns and legislative material from her term of office as a California State Assemblywoman (1954-56).
Extent:: 4 boxes (2.0 linear ft.)
Language:: English.
Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Wanda Sankary Papers (Collection 1260). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Scope and content:: Collection consists of correspondence, clippings, papers and ephemera relating to the political career of Wanda Sankary, including campaign material from her 1954 and 1956 California State Assembly campaigns for the 79th district (San Diego) and legislative material from her term of office as a California State Assemblywoman (1954-56). Includes copies of Assembly bills, joint and concurrent resolutions, and constitutional amendments on such topics as revenue and taxation, workman's compensation, social welfare, narcotics addiction, motor vehicle safety, and insurance.
Biographical / historical:: Sankary was born in 1919 on a farm near Scranton, North Dakota; graduated from law school at the University of Southern California in 1950, and practiced law in Los Angeles and San Diego; in 1954 she was elected as a Democrat to the California State Assembly, representing the 79th district (San Diego); was defeated in her 1956 re-election bid.
Physical location:: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

Subjects:: Women politicians--California--Archival resources.
Names:: California. Legislature. Assembly--Officials and employees--Archival resources.
Sankary, Wanda, 1919- --Archives.

Collection Guide Author:: Processed by Robert Freeman, Steven Gilheany, Debra Hansen, Stephanie Wells; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé
Date Prepared:: © 2004
Date Encoded:: Text rekeyed by Caroline Cubé from in-house paper finding aid, January 2004 . Machine-readable finding aid derived from rekeyed finding aid, encoding added via Notetab Pro. Online finding aid edited by Josh Fiala. Date of source: June 1982 .

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Restrictions:: COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Terms of access:: Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Wanda Sankary Papers (Collection 1260). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Location of this collection:: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library

A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library

Box 951575

Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US