Tommy Hazouri Collection
Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of newspaper and scrapbook files relating to Mr. Hazouri's political and legislative activities. Few personal items are included. The core of the collection are materials relating to his mayoral campaigns of 1986-87 and 1990-91, and his mayoral tenure of 1987-1991. There is extensive documentation of this era in Jacksonville history which provides detailed information and research depth unavailable in any other single location. Major local issues covered during this period include: Transportation (Elimination of toll collection on Jacksonville bridges / expressways after voters approved a half-cent sales tax, March 1988); Environment (Garbage fee proposal, Odor / Tree ordinances, Billboard ban, Household recycling efforts / Southeast Landfill); Crime (substantial increases in police officers / fire fighters); Minority Relations (Affirmative Action policies, Blodgett Homes demolition); and Urban Economic Development. The collection complements the Joe Carlucci Collection. Mr. Carlucci was a Jacksonville City Councilman and Florida state legislator during the same period.
Dates
- Created: 1985-2002
- Other: Date acquired: 01/00/1996
Creator
- Hazouri, Tommy, 1945- (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Biographical or Historical Information
State legislator, businessman, and lobbyist. Tommy Hazouri was born in Jacksonville in 1945, and was educated in local schools: Andrew Jackson High School, 1962, Jacksonville University, Bachelor's of Arts in History, 1966. He was elected for six terms to the Florida House of Representatives--1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, and 1984--representing District 20. He also served as Vice-Chairman of the Duval County Legislative Delegation, 1978-1980; Chairman of the Delegation, 1980-82; Chair, Florida House Education Committee, 1984-1986. He was elected Mayor of Jacksonville in 1987, serving one term until 1991, and thereafter was an unsuccessful mayoral candidate in 1991, 1995, and 2002. In 2004, he was elected to the Duval County School Board, representing District 7, and currently is President of Hazouri & Associates, a private consulting firm.
Note written by
Extent
16.60 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection consists primarily of newspaper and scrapbook files relating to Mr. Hazouri's political and legislative activities. Few personal items are included. The core of the collection are materials relating to his mayoral campaigns of 1986-87 and 1990-91, and his mayoral tenure of 1987-1991.
Arrangement Note
Alphabetical by series; chronological within folder.
Source of Acquisition
Gift of Tommy Hazouri, 1996
Method of Acquisition
The materials were acquired by UNF Library Special Collections and University Archives on 01/00/1996.
Other Descriptive Information
Container list available. Additional information may be found at http://www.unf.edu/library/specialcollections/manuscripts/collections/Tommy_Hazouri.aspx
- Affirmative action programs--Law and legislation--Florida--Jacksonville. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Billboards--Law and legislation--Florida--Jacksonville. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Community development, Urban--Florida--Jacksonville. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Crime--Florida--Jacksonville. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Express highways--Florida--Jacksonville. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Fills (Earthwork)--Florida--Jacksonville. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Florida--Politics and government--1951- Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Hazouri, Tommy.
- Legislators--Florida. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mayors--Florida--Jacksonville--Election. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Minorities--Legal status, laws, etc.--Florida--Jacksonville. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Printed materials Subject Source: Local sources
- Recycling (Waste, etc.)--Florida--Jacksonville. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Refuse and refuse disposal--Florida--Jacksonville. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Transportation--Florida--Jacksonville. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Tommy Hazouri Collection
- Author
- Collection Description/Finding Aid prepared by Eileen D. Brady.
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the UNF Library Special Collections and University Archives Repository