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1. 8.9.1-114 - Correspondence

   Correspondence of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, 1966-1997, letters B-H. Includes general FSTC business correspondence. 8.9.61 lists the 1979 FSTC Board and Committees. 8.9.83-88 is "The One-Mile Railroad," by Ernest B. Ehlers and Pinky Bass about the Peoples' Rail Road. 8.9.98 are FSTC Execultive Council Minutes of meeting in September, 1979, in reaction to Hurricane Frederick.

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2. Beiser-0017 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph dated 1922 of the Beiser children and two neighbors on the front porch steps of Englewood Villa in the 300 block of South Section Street in Fairhope, Alabama. Felix W. Beiser and Rosamond Jung Beiser had six children: Marie Elsa Beiser Redditt (nickname Ricki) 1909-1985 She is not pictured in this photo Carl William Beiser 1911-1982 (holding baby Theodore Ralph "Buddy" Beiser, 1921-2011) Helene Ruth Beiser Hunter 1916-2010 Two...

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3. Beiser-0017 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph dated 1922 of the Beiser children and two neighbors on the front porch steps of Englewood Villa in the 300 block of South Section Street in Fairhope, Alabama. Felix W. Beiser and Rosamond Jung Beiser had six children: Marie Elsa Beiser Redditt (nickname Ricki) 1909-1985 She is not pictured in this photo Carl William Beiser 1911-1982 (holding baby Theodore Ralph "Buddy" Beiser, 1921-2011) Helene Ruth Beiser Hunter 1916-2010 Two...

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4. Beiser-0018 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph dated 1923 of five of the six Beiser children on the back steps of their house in Fairhope, Alabama. The house, called Englewood Villa, sat at the 300 block of South Section Street where the First Baptist Church campus is now located. Felix W. Beiser, president of Wheeler Mercantile in Fairhope, and his wife Rosamond Jung Beiser moved their family to this house in 1920 from Loxley, Alabama. The property was sold in 1955 to the First...

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5. Beiser-0019 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph dated summer 1943 of a day at the Fairhope beach with the Fairhope pier in the background. Dorothy Beiser Cain (Mama Dot) is shown with her sons Geoffrey and Kenneth, along with their cousin Suzie Hunter (Suzanne Hunter Gilmore), daughter of Helene Beiser Hunter and Gavin Hunter, Sr. From the Beiser Photograph Collection of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives

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6. FSTC-0845-0849 - Photograph, Digital

   Photographs of Fairhopers attending the Centennial Celebration in November, 1984 on the grounds of the former Organic School campus (at the time the campus of Faulkner State Community College, now renamed Coastal Alabama Community College) in front of Centennial Hall in downtown Fairhope, Alabama. Picture 1: Dorothy Beiser Cain, Picture 2: Graham Timbes, emcee/narrator, Picture 3: Layton Overstreet (on right with cup), Picture 4: Paul A...

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7. FSTC-V0012 - Video, Digital

   Documentary video dated 2002 titled "A Fair Hope" written and directed by Michael Letcher for The University of Alabama Center of Public Television (APT). Reformers (members of the Fairhope Industrial Association, later renamed the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation) founded Fairhope in 1894 to address the economic and social problems of late 19th century America by demonstrating the practical application of the single tax economic theory. ...

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8. FSTC-V0030 - Video, Digital

   Video interview dated March 8, 1995 with Dorothy Beiser Cain. Mrs. Cain is also know as Dot Cain and Mama Dot Cain. Interviewers are Flo Coleman Schneider and Ruth E. Rockwell. Dot Cain came to Fairhope in the late 19teens with her parents Felix Beiser and Rosamond Beiser, from Loxley, Alabama where her father owned a general store. Dot was the third of six children. Her parents had heard a lecture given by Marietta Johnson and decided to ...

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9. ix.7.1-51 - Correspondence

   Contains correspondance by C. A. Gaston and William Zeuch, Director of the Organic School (School of Organic Education) in Fairhope, Alabama. C. A. Gaston wrote the FBI questioning why they investigated William Zeuch and the fact that the reputation of the Organic School had been called into question as a result. Copies of these letters and inquiries went to all Alabama congressmen, and other dignitaries. Due to health reasons, Dr. Zeuch request...

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10. PMG-1931-001-054 - Yearbook

    1931 Cinagro, the yearbook for the Organic School in Fairhope, Alabama (aka School of Organic Education). Includes information and photographs of students, faculty, clubs and organizations for elementary school through the high school. This annual also includes advertisements from local businesses in the Fairhope and Mobile area. The name Cinagro is Organic spelled backwards. Organic High School Seniors for 1931: Dorothy Beiser "Dot" (Cain...

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