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Bartley Gay collection, 1932-1994, bulk 1932-1971

 

Summary

Creator:
Gay, Bartley (1906-1997)
Abstract:
This collection primarily contains documents pertaining to the Tampa Terrace Hotel and the Floridan Hotel.
Extent:
0.21 Linear Feet
1 boxes
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Bartley Gay Collection, USF Libraries - Tampa Special Collections, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection primarily contains documents pertaining to the Tampa Terrace Hotel and the Floridan Hotel. Some items provide information concerning Bartley Gay's career in the hotel industry. Also included are photographs, newspaper and magazine clippings, stationery from the Tampa Terrace Hotel, and notes on its history. A copy of Bartley Gay's resume is also included.

Biographical / historical:

Bartley Gay (1906-1997) began his career in the hotel industry as a bellman at the Floridian Hotel and the Tampa Terrace Hotel a year after he moved to Tampa in 1932. By 1942, he took military leave to serve as an officer in the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps in Richmond, Virginia, and was deployed to the Philippines and Japan as part of the occupation forces. He returned to Tampa in 1946 to become Assistant Manager at the Tampa Terrace Hotel and was promoted to Executive Manager a year later. He remained at the Tampa Terrace Hotel until its impending sale to the Michel Group and his termination in 1964. The building was later demolished after it was returned to the possession of the Corral family.

In 1966, Gay was appointed as Receiver to operate the Floridan Motor Hotel (under court supervision on behalf of Penn Mutual Insurance Company). The sale of the Floridan was the result of a mortgage foreclosure again the owners, the Paul H. Smith family. Gay was made manager of the hotel during the five year litigation proceedings and continued to operate the business while the case was being settled.

Bartley Gay was active in the community and served as president to the Tampa Hotel Association, director of the Florida State Hotel and Motel Association, and as a member of the Mayor's Biracial Committee. He died on January 14, 1997 at the age of ninety.

Note written by Awai, J., 2006

Acquisition information:
Unknown
Arrangement:

Materials are arranged by type and chronology.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Terms of access:

The contents of this collection may be subject to copyright.  Visit the United States Copyright Office's website at http://www.copyright.gov/for more information.

Preferred citation:

Bartley Gay Collection, USF Libraries - Tampa Special Collections, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.

Location of this collection:
The University of South Florida, Tampa Campus
4202 East Fowler Ave. LIB122
Tampa
FL
33620-5400
USA