Joe Serna, Jr. papers ca. 1940-1999, (1992-1999 bulk).

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Joe Serna, Jr. papers ca. 1940-1999, (1992-1999 bulk).

Correspondence, reports, scrapbooks, financial records, photographs, news clippings, audiovisual tapes, and memorabilia related primarily to the mayoral years of Serna, 1992-1999. Some photographs, official documents, and published articles about Serna relate to childhood and later years.

Plaques and other three dimensional objects (varying sizes)

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Joe Serna, Jr. was a professor in the Government Department at California State University, Sacramento from 1968-1999. He served on the Sacramento City Council from 1982-1992. He was the first Latino mayor of Sacramento, elected in 1992 and re-elected four years later. Serna was an active member of the United Farm Workers and Sacramento leader for the organization for close to 30 years. From the description of Joe Serna, Jr. papers ca. 1940-1999, (1992-1999 bulk). (San Anselmo Public...

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