This collection documents the personal and professional life of Wilmer Amina Carter, former Assembly member representing the 62nd District in the California Assembly and retired Board member of the Rialto Unified School District. The collection primarily consists of vertical files (e.g., press clippings, computer printouts, fliers, newsletters, documents, and photographs) created and maintained by Carter documenting her life and involvement in the Inland Empire’s Black community.

This collection contains approximately 300 citrus crate labels from the early 1900s through 1950s with an emphasis on growers in the Inland Empire region of Southern California including Redlands, Corona, Riverside, East Highland, and Rialto. Labels from other cities in Southern California such as Placentia, Oxnard, and Los Angeles are also represented in this collection.