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  1. 11.31.1-105 - Annual Report

    Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Annual Reports, 1944-1955. Some duplicates are included.

    Record Type: Archives and Videos

  2. 33_2_127 - Cemetery Record Book

    Fairhope Colony Cemetery Record Book of burials in Lot 382 SW and Lot 382 SE. Some information is taken from other official sources. 382SW Grave 1: Mrs. J. H. Mitchell, died 1931 Grave 2: J. H. Mitchell, died 1936 Grace 3: Charlotte "Lottie" Johnson Rosswell, died 1932 Grave 4: John Vernard Rosswell, died 1944 Grave 5: Ellen Westin Anacker, died 1957 Grave 6: John F. Westin, died 1936 Grave 7: Kurt Anacker, died 1940 Grave 8: ...

    Record Type: Archives and Videos

    33_2_127
  3. 40_58_015_a - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph dated 1909 of the A.O. Berglin Family on the front porch of their house in Fairhope, Alabama. Pictured are Mrs. Eva Berglin, baby Marvin Berglin, A.O. Berglin, Lavigne Berglin, and Myrtle Berglin with her dolls. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

    Record Type: Photo

    40_58_015_a
  4. 6.7.1-169 - Correspondence

    Correspondence (Be-Bl) of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation dated 1935-1954.

    Record Type: Archives and Videos

  5. FMH_0899 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph, c.1910 by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, of A. O. Berglin's Fairhope Ice and Creamery Company plant in Fairhope, Alabama. The plant was located at the bayfront just to the north of Wharf Hill and the Fairhope Wharf. Mrs. Eva Mary Bebolt Berglin sits in the carriage with children Lavigne A. Berglin, Myrtle Berglin (Slye) and Marvin O. Berglin. Mr. Berglin stands at the right in the straw hat. See FSTC-0592 for another image, cr...

    Record Type: Photo

    FMH_0899
  6. FMH-A0005b - Audio, Digital

    Second part of an interview (audio) dated 1998. Mary Lois Timbes-Adshead interviews life-long friends Helene Beiser Hunter and Evalyn Berglin Porter for background research for her books "Meet Me at the Butterfly Tree" and "Fair Hope of Heaven." Kenneth C. Cain joins the conversation for a few minutes around the midway point. Approximately 48 minutes. Part 1 is FMH-A0005a. Topics include homes, hotels and businesses, social and atheletic acti...

    Record Type: Archives and Videos

    FMH-A0005b
  7. FSTC-0225 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph of Mayor James P. Nix in November, 1974 signing a proclamation recognizing the 80th anniversary of the founding of Fairhope. Standing behind Mr. Nix, left to right are: Daphne Brown Anderson Marvin Berglin Arthur Fairhope "Spider" Gaston Dr. Cornelius Alonzo Gaston Reuben Rockwell Helen Belle Rockwell Edna Lucille Tuveson From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

    Record Type: Photo

    FSTC-0225
  8. FSTC-0586 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph with caption of a young Marvin O. Berglin in a pull-cart in Fairhope, Alabama. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

    Record Type: Photo

    FSTC-0586
  9. FSTC-V0020 - Video, Digital

    Video interview dated October 3, 1994 of Roberta Billie and Mildred Berglin. Mildred Berglin moved from Colorado to Fairhope in 1928. She was one of twelve students who graduated from Fairhope High School in 1934. Roberta Billie came to Fairhope in June of 1934 from Texas. Her family spent that summer in Fairhope and decided to stay. Mrs. Billie was Frank Stewart, The Picture Man's grandniece. Mrs. Billie and Mrs. Berglin talk about ...

    Record Type: Archives and Videos

  10. FSTC-V0040 - Video, Digital

    Video interview dated September 2, 1994 of Ouida Swanson Berglin who came to Fairhope in 1926 from Monroeville, Alabama. She married Lavigne Berglin, Sr. on June 15, 1927, the same day the Cochrane Bridge (Causeway) opened. Known as "Honey" to her family, she was a school teacher, artist, writer and poet. She worked at the family-owned Fairhope Ice and Creamery (started by her father-in-law A.O. Berglin) and was the activities director at Rosem...

    Record Type: Archives and Videos

  11. PMG-1926-001-033 - Yearbook

    1926 Yearbook titled "The Senior Book" of the Organic School (School of Organic Education) in Fairhope, Alabama. (The school's annual would later be called The Cinagro.) Includes names of faculty, students in freshman through senior year, information about sports and acitivities, the school calendar, and advertisements. Seniors are: Marie Beiser Marvin Berglin Elouise Carter Grace Curtis Ethel Davis Samuel Dyson Elise Gilmore Lyle ...

    Record Type: Archives and Videos

  12. x.1.24-25 - Annual Report

    1955 Annual Report of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. New members-M. O. Berglin, Bruce Evans, Jr. and Charles A. Kinney

    Record Type: Archives and Videos

    x.1.24-26
  13. x.1.28-29 - Annual Report

    1957 Annual Report of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. New member-Beverly Brown Jennings (daughter of Frank L. and Minnie Brown) Death-Mrs. Isabella Payne

    Record Type: Archives and Videos

    x.1.28-29
  14. x.1.30-31 - Annual Report

    1958 Annual Report of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. New Members-Joy R. Boone (grand daughter of the late Paul and Louella Nichols), J. E. Gaston Jr. (grandson of the late E. B. and Clara Gaston),

    Record Type: Archives and Videos

    x.1.30-32
  15. x.1.32-33 - Annual Report

    1959 Annual Report of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. Membership Committee formed. "In the interest of insuring a qualified membership the council adopted rules providing for the appoinment of a committee to examine prospective members, such committee to be appointed every year following the annual election of officers." Deaths-Jesse O. Stimpson, Thomas H. Bowen, Marmaduke Dyson

    Record Type: Archives and Videos

    x.1.32-34
  16. x.1.34-35 - Annual Report

    1960 Annual Report of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. Education and Cemetery Committees formed New Members-Raymond H. Lambert, John J. Burke, John Lawrence Monroe, Paul M. Gaston, Deaths-A. H. Mershon, Caroline Ann McConnell,

    Record Type: Archives and Videos

    x.1.34-36
  17. x.1.36-37 - Annual Report

    1961 Annual Report of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. The Executive Council was directed to consult with the municipal authorities and proceed with negotioations to municipilize the library and transfer it to the City of Fairhope. New Member-Arthur F. Gaston (son of E. B. and Clara Gaston) Deaths-Henry W. Rowe, Charles A. Kinney

    Record Type: Archives and Videos

    x.1.36-38
  18. x.1.38-39 - Annual Report

    1962 Annual Report of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. New members-Mrs. Ella Parker Kinney Death-Mrs. Margaret Dyson,

    Record Type: Archives and Videos

    x.1.38-40
  19. x.1.40-41 - Annual Report

    1963 Annual Report of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. It was decided to make a general increase of sixteen percent in the rental charges on all Colony land, subject to some minor adjustments and equalizations.

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    x.1.40-42
  20. x.1.42-43 - Annual Report

    1964 Annual Report of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. In 1964 the City of Fairhope agreed to assume the civic and cultural obligation of providing Fairhope with Library service. New members-Phil Porter Dyson, Miss Dian Stitt Deaths-Capt. E. J. Roberts

    Record Type: Archives and Videos

    x.1.42-44

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