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Powell said Booker T. Washington School, created as part of local black education infrastructure, remains a significant institutional legacy and that the school’s faculty and alumni — including principal Howard W. Blake and teacher Hilda Turner — played roles in local civil-rights and equal-pay efforts. “Booker T. Washington... was a world renowned educator, and advocate for, for blacks in the U.S. and really advocate for education,” Powell said.

Powell traced other 1925 events that shaped Tampa’s boundaries and built environment. He said the city annexed the city of West Tampa in January 1925, bringing the area west of the Hillsborough River into Tampa’s jurisdiction. Powell noted West Tampa had been a substantial, independent city — founded around the cigar industry — with its own mayor, police and fire services before annexation.

The presentation described Davis Islands as an active reclamation and development project in the mid-1920s. Powell said bonds were released in 1925 to fund what was then Tampa Municipal Hospital (now Tampa General Hospital) on Davis Islands; the hospital opened in 1927. He also noted developer D.P. Davis later went bankrupt and the Stone & Webster company completed the island’s infrastructure by about 1929. Powell estimated roughly 90 of the island’s original 130–140 1920s buildings survive on the north end of the island.

Powell placed these developments in the context of the 1920s Florida land boom, which he said peaked around 1925 and later collapsed in the late 1920s. He discussed Temple Terrace’s centennial and noted Plant City’s earlier incorporation in 1886.

The presentation included historical images and encouraged attendees to join related Archives Awareness Week programs, including a separate program on Booker T. Washington School at Tampa’s Black History Museum at Saint James Church.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Tampa 100 Years Ago","oneSentenceSummary","At an Archives Awareness Week talk, Rodney Kite Powell detailed Tampa's 1925 growth, highlighted the centennial of Booker T. Washington School, recounted West Tampa's annexation and described Davis Islands' construction and hospital bond issuance.","taxTitle","Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida","taxId",2914,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6173272,"City of Tampa honors Frances Henriques, first woman and first Hispanic city clerk",984,685000,1669000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5383179-d4f8119b94a19df5ac29163c2a0c0a4d&start=685&end=1669","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5383179-d4f8119b94a19df5ac29163c2a0c0a4d/thumbnail_685000.jpg","/articles/6173272/Tampa/Hillsborough-County/Florida/City-of-Tampa-honors-Frances-Henriques-first-woman-and-first-Hispanic-city-clerk","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6173272-b50a9d1600e836d57f546054f7d775a6/orig.mp4?Expires=1771195158&Signature=QuYSrLYvLaqC~y0iGs3l4asf6PKgQARTVLAXrP7wKBarB0ApDZ5kB39URMhHJRlGYpOD~JXEzODpaYykszMsbQAvjlNkdloO2Zn5v7uC-UMa2sSKK5G~fYowSi4ckxNNySZL~wcPPJTQQHG8jggst62A1NzrSM0ccpYchSby8ag7Be0tkKd4Bd19WM-35WNSj~6YKyl~WB5x0CX~oNNxJklvJBwvitwAujHwFE~KSShYNNxidtX14fUQ~OtHKtyWAe9VrTXS2PbY-mUrSQIqVHCU5mUNVxhfAiABwgYjMeN1z1rZnadxiYQmwSXJM4u7pHFukvDZaDv~UqWMiv9GbA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The City of Tampa honored Frances Henriques, the first woman and the first Hispanic elected as Tampa city clerk, during an Archives Awareness Week program where staff played excerpts from an oral-history recording and described her contributions to local records preservation.

Henriques, who the program said died March 19 (year not specified) at age 94, worked for the city beginning in 1954, became deputy city clerk in 1962 and served as city clerk from November 1973 to September 1993. The city said she initiated a records-management program, led an effort to microfilm older municipal records and helped create the municipal archive — the city said Tampa became the first city in Florida to establish a municipal archive during her tenure.

City Clerk (unnamed) introduced the oral-history excerpt and described Henriques as someone who “left behind a remarkable legacy” for the city clerk’s office and the archives. The program included a recorded interview with Henriques in which she recalled early life in Tampa and public service: “It was a very simple life,” Henriques said in the recording.

The city noted institutional recognitions: the Archives and Records Services Building was dedicated in Henriques’ honor in 1993, and she received the Josephine Howard Stafford Award in 2014. Program remarks credited her with expanding records preservation, conducting interviews of elected officials for the city television service, and prioritizing microfilming of older records.

Speakers at the event urged attendees to increase awareness of municipal archives and historic preservation, and to attend other Archives Awareness Week programs listed in the event brochure.

The program presented biographical details from Henriques’ oral history — including her start in a city clerical position in 1954, promotion to deputy city clerk in 1962 (a position she held for 11 years), appointment as acting city clerk following William Stark’s resignation in 1973, and her elected service through 1993 — and emphasized her role in professionalizing the clerk’s office and conserving Tampa’s documentary history.","At an Archives Awareness Week event, the City of Tampa played an oral-history recording and staff speakers commemorated Frances Henriques, who served as city clerk from 1973 to 1993 and established Tampa's municipal archives and records program.","actionData","errors"]

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Archives presentation traces Tampa's 1925 boom: Booker T. Washington School, West Tampa annexation, Davis Islands development

City of Tampa honors Frances Henriques, first woman and first Hispanic city clerk