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1. 7.1.1-167 - Letter

   Correspondence of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, 1921-1955, (Sa-Si).

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2. 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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3. 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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4. FMH-A0005a - Audio, Digital

   First 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." Approximately 48 minutes. Part 2 is FMH-A0005b. Helene Hunter and Evalyn Porter describe in detail their experiences in early to mid-twentieth century Fairhope. Included are memories of playing in the g...

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5. 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...

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6. FMH-A0005c - Audio, Digital

   Interview (audio) dated 1998. Mary Lois Timbes-Adshead interviews Helene Beiser Hunter, Evalyn Berglin Porter and Eloise Nichols Rowe for background research for her books "Meet Me at the Butterfly Tree" and "Fair Hope of Heaven." Kenneth C. Cain joins the conversation briefly at the beginning. Approximately 33 minutes, 20 seconds. Note that Mary Lois Timbes-Adshead interviews some of these participants in FMH-A0005a and FMH-A0005b. Topics...

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7. FMH-V1010 - Video, Digital

   Oral history, Part 1, by William Frank "Frank" Larway (1933-2019). The video continues in FMH-V1011. Run time is approximately 50 minutes. Laraway discusses his family, early life in Fairhope, Alabama, education at the Marietta Johnson of Organic School, and later career and travels. He describes his parents' move from the Northeast, their poultry and dairy farm operations in Fairhope, and childhood chores such as milking cows, raising chic...

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8. FMH-V1011 - Video, Digital

   Oral history video, Part 2, by William Frank "Frank" Laraway (1933-2019). Part 1 is available at FMH-V1010. Laraway's story starts with his marriage in 1963, return to Fairhope from Michigan in 1965, and the establishment of his career as an architect.. For the rest of this detailed interview, Laraway talks about his early life in Fairhope in the 1940s and 1950s: farming and raising chickens (commercially), Organic School, friends, outi...

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9. FSTC-0805 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph dated April 15, 1955 of Organic School students participating in the Pan American Festival held at Comings Hall on the school campus in Fairhope, Alabama. First Row L-R: Mary Lois Timbes Adshead, Joyce Burns, Mary Jean Gormley, Linda Horne, Rosemary Wallace, Eleanor Stenzel. Back Row: Philip Stenzel, Kenneth Cain, DeLaine Beiser Ronald King, Walter Bebler. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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10. 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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11. 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 ...

    Record Type: Archives and Videos