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Bancroft, Delia Knowles (1856-1951) |
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1.10.62 - Membership List
List of Members of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation presumed to be "on the ground" and qualified to vote and "not in arrears" dated 1/23/1906.
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11.31.1-105 - Annual Report
Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Annual Reports, 1944-1955. Some duplicates are included.
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1.14.26-29 - Letter
Letter written to the Members of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation from Anne B. Call and Delia K. Bancroft, Trustees is presenting some facts for them to consider for the referendum election which will take place on June 1, 1929, regarding applications for land. The issue at hand seems to be that the Corporation made changes to the land application and the lease which the petitioners feel that they did not have the right to make. (see 1.14....
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1.14.34 - Letter
Letter dated 5/25/1929 to the Members of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation from Anne B. Call and Delia K. Bancroft, Trustees, with the heading "Rules for Voting at Single Tax Corporation Election." Some members felt that the custom of allowing ballots to be sent in by other members was not constitutional. Attorney, J. H. Webb agreed with the members. Therefore, it was decided that all members who were on the ground on the day of the election b...
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1.14.36-37 - Letter
Letter to the members ot the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation from Anne B. Call and Delia k. Bancroft, Trustees presenting them with some facts to consider at the referendum election which will take place on June 1, 1929 regarding the application for land. The Corporation has been using a new form for the application for land which some members feel is unconstitutional. There is a petition to revert back to the old form of application. (see 1.1...
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1.14.47-48 - Letter
Letter dated 5/20/1930 to Mr. Shalkenbach which is from Anne B. Call telling him that "they" had a special meeting which she (and others) were not notified of. By the time the members read a report of the meeting over thirty trees and shrubbery has been torn away from the cliff leaving it open to erosion. The committee consisted of Mr. Dyson, Frank Brown and Jesse Stimpson but none of them admits to designating which trees to be removed. Mrs. Ca...
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1.15.19-22 - Annual Report
Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Council annual meeting minutes printed in the Fairhope Courier newspaper discussing progress and status of the FSTC in 1930. Incudes report of the treasurer, secretary and the trustees. Issues include the impact of the worldwide depression on the Colony, the recommendation to transfer the wharf and parklands to the Town of Fairhope, and discussion of the process used to build the ball park at the beach. From t...
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1.15.31 - Letter
Letter to the Members of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation from the Board of Trustees for the year 1930 (Albert E. Schalkenbach, Anne Bellangee Call and Delia K. Bancroft) discussing the proposal to deed the park lands to the Town of Fairhope. Petitioners to the proposed Constitutional Amendment to be voted on 5/12/1931 believe there are no powers in the present Constitution granting the right to give away any of the properties of the Corporati...
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1.15.43-48 - Letter
Letter dated 1/26/1931 to the Members of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation from the Trustees ( A. E. Schalkenbach, Anne B. Call and Delia Knowles Bancroft) criticizing the Executive Council on a number of issues. They feel that there has not been strict adherence to the Constitution of the Corporation, that the method employed of appraising the annual rental value was inconsistent with the method prescribed in the Constitution, they feel that...
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1.15.5-6 - Letter
Report dated 1/18/1930 to the members of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation from the Trustees giving their assessment of the state of the Corporation. Issues discussed include the improving success of rent collections, rent appraisement, status of members' spouses in the FSTC, nominating procedures, and Colony socials.
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1.15.75 - Letter
Letter dated 4/21/1931 to the Executive Council of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation from the Trustees (D. K. Bancroft, Anne B. Call and Alice M. Smith) saying that a constitutional amendment would be necessary to effect the transfer the park lands of the Corporation to the Town of Fairhope. They have had two attorneys give this opinion. They ask, if the Council believes tthe legal advice to be erroneous why they haven't accepted the Trustees ...
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1.15.90-92 - Letter
Letter dated 5/15/1931 to the Board of Trustees of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation (Anne B. Call, Delia K. Bancroft and Alice M. Smith) from J. H. Webb, attorney for the FSTC in response to their query about certain constitutional issues. Among the questions is the matter of whether a constitutional amendment is required to allow the FSTC to transfer parklands to the Town of Fairhope. Webb says an amendment would not be necessary and neither...
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1.15.9-10 - Meeting Minutes
Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Council meeting minutes printed in the Fairhope Courier newspaper dated 1/15/1930. This, the annual pre-election meeting, has lengthy reports from the Treasurer, Trustees, and the secretary. Of note is the "falling off of wharf business" since the Cochrane bridge (the causeway) opened in June, 1927. Receipts fell from $6,854 in 1925 to $46 in 1929. Further, several tracts have been surrendered back to the Corp...
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1.16.1-95 - Correspondence
This folder is a continuation of the correspondence of Anne B. Call (folder 2 of 2) which pertains to the conveyence of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation park lands to the Town of Fairhope and the dispute between the Secretary and the Trustees (see Report to Members 1.15.19-22 for a summary of both positions) and the actions that followed. Legal interpretations of the FSTC constitution were asked for and given by both sides. The transfer was ap...
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1.2.12-14 - Membership List
Fairhope Single Tax Corporation list of members and addresses dated May 13, 1932.
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1.2.3-11 - Membership List
List of Fairhope Single Tax Corportation members and addresses dated 2/7/1935. (several copies)
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12.8.1-238 - Correspondence
Correspondence, financial statements, invoices, receipts and other general business paper for the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, 1930-1931 (S-Z). In 12.8.21-26, three FSTC Trustess (Anne B. Call, Delia Bancroft and Alice M. Smith) present a report about transferring the FSTC-owned park lands to the Town of Fairhope.
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2.10.1-84 - Letter
Colony Cemetery correspondence for the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, 1926-1940. Includes survey letters from the FSTC dated 1928 to towns (Monroeville, Chatom, Camden, Brewton, Grove Hill) requesting information about ownership, lot prices, size, maintenance, grave preparation and paperwork for cemeteries in those communities. The Woman's Council of the FSTC has charge of the care of the Colony Cemetery until 1934 (see 2.10.25), when...
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2.1.106-110 - Yearbook
Year Book, 1911-12 of the Women's Clubs of Fairhope, Alabama. Lists meetings of the Fifth Thursday Club, American Woman's League, Parents Round Table, School Improvement Association, Henry George Club and the Village Improvement Club during the 1911-1912 season.
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2.1.161-165 - Yearbook
Women's Clubs of Fairhope, Alabama Year Book for 1912-13. Clubs included are the Fifth Thursday Club, The American Woman's League, the Parents Round Table, the School Improvement Association, and the Henry George Club.
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