George L. Stuart, Jr. Collection
Scope and Contents
Series I: Senate Files, 1973-1991, Undated, documents Stuart's work in Florida's Senate. It includes bill information, reports and office files, which provide information on every subject in which the Senator was interested.
Series II: Campaign Files, 1972-1990, Undated, contains materials that document the elections in which George L. Stuart, Jr. ran for public office. Advertising pamphlets, stickers, and speeches all show how a political campaign functions. The largest group of materials concerns the 1990 election when Stuart ran for Governor.
Series III: City Commissioner Files, 1971-1978, Undated, holds a small number of materials concerning Stuart's years of service as an Orlando City Commissioner.
Series IV: Correspondence, 1972-1990, contains correspondences Stuart exchanged with campaign staff, political colleagues, and constituents.
Series V: Multimedia Files, 1972-1991, Undated, contains materials related to Stuart's political and personal career spread through various multimedia formats including magazines, newspapers, newspaper clippings, newsletters, video, audio, and digital.
Series VI: Personal Files, 1952-1990, Undated, contains materials unrelated to Senator Stuart's political activities. It documents the Stuart family's farming and office supply businesses and holds family memorabilia.
Series VII: Photographs, 1970-1990, Undated, contains photographs depicting Stuart's public relation visits while senator, on the campaign trail, or together with his family.
Series VIII: Memorabilia, c. 1970-1990, Undated, contains items collected by Stuart during his political career or otherwise independently gathered.
Dates
- created: 1952-1991
- Other: Majority of material found within 1979-1990
Conditions Governing Access
The entire collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.
Biographical or Historical Information
George L. Stuart Jr. was born on January 13, 1946 in Orlando to George L. and Georgia V. Stuart. He graduated from Edgewater High School in 1964 and from the University of Florida with a degree in Economics and Political Science in 1968. Stuart married Roberta Elisabeth "Betty" Hixon (October 22, 1947 - January 6, 2016) of Pensacola in 1969 and together have four children: Ann Elisabeth Stuart-Samson, Kathryn Stuart, Caroline Stuart-Freas, and George L. Stuart III. In 1970, he graduated from Harvard with a Master's degree in Business Administration (MBA).
In 1972, he was elected Orlando City Commissioner for District 2. As a Democrat, he ran successfully for the Florida State Senate for District 4 in a Campaign titled "Clean Team." During his ten years in the Florida Senate, he served on the Senate Appropriations Committee and the Joint Committee of Information and Technology Resources and chaired the Senate Higher Education Committee and the Senate Committee on Natural Resources. In 1990, he ran unsuccessfully for Governor of the State of Florida.
In 1991, Stuart became Secretary and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Florida's Department of Business and Professional Regulation. Four years later he went into partnership in the government relations business development and organizational consulting firm of Stuart/Cloud Enterprises Ltd.; he later formed his own management consulting firm George Stuart & Associates. From 1997-1999 he was a director of Leapfrog Smart Products Inc., and from 1999-2000, he was the CEO of DoctorSurf.com Inc. In 1999, Stuart became a Director of Eonnet Media, Inc. Since 2000, he has served as a director of GeoPharma Inc. Stuart became Managing Vice President of Nexia Strategy Corporation in 2005.
Stuart's family business interests have included office supplies and farming; his affiliations include Kiwanis of Orlando, the Orlando Chamber of Commerce, the Boys Club and the Jaycees. Stuart has also served on the Board of Directors for the Uuniversity of Central Florida Foundation, on the Florida State Resource Recovery Council, on Florida's Commission on the Aging as Vice-Chairman of the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority from 1976-1977 and as President of the Florida Citrus Sports Association from 1978-1979.
1946: Born on January 13 to George L. and Georgia V. Stuart in Orlando, FL.
1964: Graduated from Edgewater High School in Orlando, FL.
1968: Graduated from the University of Florida with a degree in Economics and Political Science. Began working at George Stuart, Inc.
1969: Married Roberta Elisabeth "Betty" Hixon of Pensacola, FL on August 2.
1970: Graduated from Harvard with a MBA.
1972: Won first public election as District 2 City Commissioner.
1976: Senior Vice President and Treasurer of George Stuart, Inc.
1976-1977: Vice-Chairman of the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority.
1978: Elected to the State Senate District 4. Campaign titled "Clean Team."
1978-1979: President of the Florida Citrus Sports Association.
1982: Re-elected to State Senate.
1986: Re-elected to State Senate. Hired by Drexel Burnham Lambert, Incorporated's Municipal Finance Department.
1990: Ran unsuccessfully as Governor for the State of Florida. Drexel Burnham Lambert, Inc. filed for bankruptcy.
1991: Became Secretary and CEO of Florida's Department of Business and Professional Regulation.
1995-1997: Became a partner in the government relations business development and organizational consulting firm of Stuart/Cloud Enterprises, Ltd.
1996: Ran unsuccessfully for Florida's District 7 seat in the United States House of Representatives.
1997-1999: Was a Director of Leapfrog Smart Products, Inc.
1999-2000: Was CEO of DoctorSurf.com, Inc.
1999-present: Became a Director of Eonnet Media, Inc.
2000-present: Became a Director of GeoPharma, Inc.
2005-present: Became Managing Vice President of Nexia Strategy Corporation.
2016: Stuart's wife, Betty, passes away at the age of 68 from brain cancer.
Extent
85.25 Linear Feet (93 Boxes, 1 Flat File)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
These papers document the political career of George L. Stuart from his election as Orlando City Commissioner in 1978 to his run for Governor in 1990. Most of the materials chronicle his activities as Florida Senator for District 4 from 1978-1989, and they include correspondence, news clippings, photographs reports, video and audiotape and memorabilia.
Arrangement Note
The collection has been arranged alphabetically and/or chronologically through eight series.
Method of Acquisition
George L. Stuart, Jr. transferred these materials to the University of Central Florida Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives in 1991 (CFM1991_01).
Processing Information
George L. Stuart Jr. Collection was originally located in room 150C at the John C. Hitt Library. A series level finding aid was created by Judith Beale and Andrea Booker in 2006 to provide a basic access point to the collection. David Benjamin and Burak Ogreten met early 2017 and decided that the collection had to be processed at a folder level rather than series level. Special Collections staff transferred the collection from room 150C to 501C. Burak assigned Kae Lorentz, John Settle, Joseph Kaminski, Courtney Toelle, and Steven Craig Trelstad to work on the collection. Processing started in August 2017 and ended on November 2018. Initially, there were 114 linear feet of materials (114 boxes) in the collection. After the processing completed, the total linear footage dropped to 85.25 linear feet (93 boxes and 1 flat file). We did all the effort to keep the collection in the original order as it was received from the donor. Duplicate items have been removed from the collection. A few publications cataloged and added to Special Collections monograph collection. Publications that had no additional value to the collection sent to Government Documents and Acquisition Department for further evaluation. Manuscript collection is divided into eight series; Senate Files, Campaign Files, City Commissioner Files, Correspondence, Multimedia Files, Personal Files, Photographs, and Memorabilia. Each series organized either in A to Z or a chronological order. Documents are housed in acid free folders and archival boxes; photographs and slides are housed in an archival clear sleeves; rubber bands, rusty staples and metal paper clips have been removed from the collection and replaced with plastic clips as needed; VHS tapes and audio cassettes are housed in new polypropylene storage cases; and memorabilia are placed in artifact trays.
Subject
- Stuart, George L., Jr., 1946- (Person)
- Democratic Party (Fla.) (Organization)
- Democratic Party (U.S.) (Organization)
- Drexel Burnham Lambert Incorporated (Organization)
- Florida. Legislature. Senate (Organization)
- Title
- George L. Stuart, Jr. Collection
- Author
- Judith Beale and Andrea Booker; Additions integrated by Suphi Burak Ogreten, Kae Lorentz, John Settle, Joseph Kaminski, Courtney Toelle, and Steven Craig Trelstad
- Date
- 11/21/2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the UCF Special Collections Repository
Special Collections & University Archives
University of Central Florida Libraries
P.O. Box 162666
Orlando Florida 32816-2666 US
(407) 823-2576
speccoll@ucf.edu