University Village (Unisen) Senior Living collection, 1986-2024
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Unisen Senior Living
- Abstract:
- The University Village (Unisen) Senior Living collection spans nearly four decades; it details the daily operations of the facility, which were largely supported by resident committee efforts. The collection primarily consists of committee meeting minutes, reports, and newsletters that record changes to the facility and its community over the course of its history. The facility changed its name from University Village to Unisen Senior Living in 2016, under new ownership, following its first of two bankruptcies and fraud accusations by the state. It ultimately closed in 2024, resulting in the forced vacancy of all units and the displacement of over 100 residents.
- Extent:
- 20 boxes 14 Full Hollinger boxes, 2 Half Hollinger boxes, 3 archive boxes, and 1 oversize box.
- 9.46 Linear Feet
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
University Village (Unisen) Senior Living collection, USF Libraries - Tampa Special Collections, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.
Background
- Scope and content:
Meeting minutes, correspondence, newsletters, photographs, realia, and cassette tapes documenting the resident experience and changes to the University Village Senior Living community (later named Unisen Senior Living). A small amount of the material pertains to the facility's bankruptcies; the material largely emphasizes daily operations of the facility and living conditions of the residents.
- Acquisition information:
Unisen Senior Living Resident Library
Accquired by Special Collections through donation, 2024.
- Arrangement:
The collection is arranged by resident committees and sub-committees alphabetically by title, and chronologically within. Following committee records are bankrupcty records, newsletters, cassette tapes, and photographs arranged chronologically.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
The collection is open for research use. Resident Board of Directors meeting minutes from 1998-2002 are recorded on Audio Cassette tapes.
- Terms of access:
None. The contents of the collection may be subject to copyright. Visit the United States Copyright Office's website at http://www.copyright.gov/ for more information.
- Preferred citation:
University Village (Unisen) Senior Living collection, USF Libraries - Tampa Special Collections, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.
- Location of this collection:
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The University of South Florida, Tampa Campus4202 East Fowler Ave. LIB122TampaFL33620-5400USA
