Citrus Park Colored School collection, 1921-1996, 1996-11-20
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Historic Tampa-Hillsborough County Preservation Board
- Historic Tampa-Hillsborough County Preservation Board
- Mohlman, Geoffrey
- Abstract:
- Collection consists of research materials used by the Historic Tampa-Hillsborough County Preservation Board to designate the Citrus Park Colored School as an historic landmark.
- Extent:
- 0.21 Linear Feet
- 2 boxes
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
Citrus Park Colored School collection, USF Libraries - Tampa Special Collections, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.
Background
- Scope and content:
The collection includes drafts of the designation report, correspondence, school rosters, deeds, minutes, photographs, and maps of the Citrus Park area. Many of the items are photocopies. Eight audiocassettes of five tape-recorded interviews (June - August 1996) used to support the historical and cultural role the Citrus Park Colored School played in the community are missing.
- Biographical / historical:
Citrus Park Colored School, built in 1924 on Gunn Highway in Citrus Park, FL was a one-room school house used by the area's African American community. Before closing in 1948, the school building also was used for church meetings and other community activities. In 1949, trustees of the Mt. Pleasant AME Church bought the building and held services there until the 1950s. In 1996, the Citrus Park Colored School, which was known as the Amanda James Fellowship Building, was designated a Hillsborough County Landmark.
- Acquisition information:
Historic Tampa-Hillsborough County Preservation Board
Donation
- Processing information:
Complete
- Arrangement:
Series
- Accruals:
Additional documents donated by Geoffrey Mohlman in September 2000.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- African Americans -- Education -- Florida -- Citrus Park
African Americans -- Education
Schools -- Florida -- Hillsborough County - Names:
- Citrus Park Colored School (Citrus Park, Fla.)
Citrus Park Colored School (Citrus Park, Fla.)
Historic Tampa-Hillsborough County Preservation Board
Mohlman, Geoffrey - Places:
- Citrus Park (Fla.) -- History -- 20th Century.
Access and use
- 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:
Citrus Park Colored School 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
