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Progress Village Records, 1957-1977

 

Summary

Creator:
Fowler, Cody, 1892-1978
Abstract:
This collection consists of historic materials related to the Progress Village community, which was established in the 1950s to provide affordable housing for members of Hillsborough County's African American population.
Extent:
1.25 Linear Feet
3 boxes
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Progress Village records, USF Libraries - Tampa Special Collections, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.

Background

Scope and content:

Materials related to community development, infrastructure, site plans, reports, and legal files are included in this collection.

Biographical / historical:

In the late 1950s, the Progress Village community was established to provide affordable housing for members of Hillsborough County, Florida's African American population. Developed as a "model community" that would offset major displacements caused by redevelopment in predominantly black neighborhoods, Progress Village grew under the leadership of such prominent, local leaders as C. Blythe Andrews, Cody Fowler, James Hargrett, Sr., and Perry Harvey, Sr., who – along with others – composed the original Board of Trustees for Progress Village, Inc. More than fifty years later, Progress Village still stands as a viable example of public enterprise and cooperative neighborhood development.

Acquisition information:

Received in conjunction with Cody Fowler's papers on the Tampa Bi-Racial Committee, which currently comprise a portion of The Civil Rights Papers of Cody Fowler and Steven Lawson.

Donation.

Processing information:

processed

Arrangement:

Alphabetically within series.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

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:

Progress Village records, 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