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Tommy Hazouri Papers, 1985-2002

 

Summary

Creator:
Hazouri, Tommy, 1945-
Extent:
16.60 Linear Feet
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Tommy Hazouri Collection, Thomas G. Carpenter Library, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida.

Background

Scope and content:

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.

Biographical / historical:

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

Acquisition information:
The collection was acquired through donation from Tommy Hazouri, 1996
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research by appointment only. Please contact lib-special@unf.edu to schedule an appointment.

Terms of access:

Materials in the collection may be subject to copyright and are to be used for private study, scholarship, or research in accordance with the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code). Use of reproductions of copyrighted works in excess of "fair use," may result in the user's liability for copyright infringement and be subject to the civil and criminal penalties of federal law. Visit the United States Copyright Office's website at http://www.copyright.gov/ for further information

Preferred citation:

Tommy Hazouri Collection, Thomas G. Carpenter Library, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida.

Location of this collection:
Thomas G. Carpenter Library
1 UNF Drive
Jacksonville
FL
32224
USA