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1. 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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2. 1.14.56 - Letter

   Letter to the Editor of the Fairhope Courier responding to an editorial which stated that "some people . . .seem to consider it almost a sacrilege to make a tree give way to the purpose of the people." The editorial is referring to the removal of trees and shrubbery in order to have a ball park on the beach. The author of the letter feels that many have been robbed of the beautiful wooded beach and that a more suitable location should hav...

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3. 1.14.62-63 - Letter

   Letter dated 3/4/1930 to Mr. Schalkenbach from Anne B. Call sending news of Fairhope.

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4. 1.2.12-14 - Membership List

   Fairhope Single Tax Corporation list of members and addresses dated May 13, 1932.

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5. 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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6. 2.26.1-95 - Letter

   Fairhope Colony Cemetery Committee (of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation) correspondence dated 1950-1965. Includes correspondence about grave sites, money owed on the sites, condition of graves, requests for sites and other general business related letters. Miss Helen B. Call took over much of her mother, Anne B. Call's duties on the committee due to the latter's failing eyesight. Included is a letter from the Committee endorsing the...

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7. 30.19.1-19 - Correspondence

   Correspondence of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation dated January 1929. Included are petitions to place Delia K. Bancroft in the February 1929 annual election ballot as a trustee of the FSTC and a petition for a referendum election concerning the applictaion for leases. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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8. 30.43.1-27 - Correspondence

   General correspondence of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation dated September 9, 1928. Included is the monthly Treasurer's Report for the Corporation. Also there is a petition for a referendum to place R. E. L. Connolly on the ballot for the special election of October 5, 1928 for the position of Treasurer. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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9. 3.14.1-96 - Correspondence

   Correspondence of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation (C) 1930-1935. (3.14-3-4 is a letter from William R. F. Call regarding the transfer of the park lands from the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation to the Town of Fairhope). (3.14.50-56 is correspondence with the Colonial Inn)

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10. 33_2_037 - Cemetery Record Book

    Fairhope Colony Cemetery Record Book Burials in Lot 101 Note in Book: Reserved for Calls Grave 1: Vacant according to the wishes of Helen B. Call Grave 2: James Bellangee, died 1915 Grave 3: Anne Bellangee Call, died 1954 AND ashes of William R. F. Call, died 1947 Grave 4: Helen Bellangee Call, died 1979 Grave 5: Sarah Eliza Coburn, died 1928 Grave 6: Edna B. Stephenson, died 1944 Grave 7: Helen Swanson Weaver, died 1969 Grave ...

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11. 36_2_001_004 - Documents

    Graduation Program for the Fairhope High School Class of 1912. Graduates: Laura Belle Troup Minerva M. Riel Dorothy White Theresa Oswalt Helen B. Call Norman B. Atherton From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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12. 6.16.1-145 - Correspondence

    Correspondence (C) of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation dated 1935-1960.

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13. FMH_0341 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph dated June, 1958, of Arthur Fairhope Gaston (aka Spider Gaston) and Miss Helen Call leading the Town of Fairhope's 50th Anniversary celebration parade. Although Fairhope was founded in 1894, it was not a municipality in the State of Alabama in 1908 - and it is this Golden Anniversary which is being celebrated. The float is passing The Colony Shop, located on the south side of the street at 332 Fairhope Avenue. (This business wo...

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14. 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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15. FSTC-0070 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph dated 1907 of James Bellangee, a young girl (possibly his granddaughter Helen Call) and a dog in his lettuce garden in Fairhope, Alabama. The picture was printed in the 1908/01/24 Fairhope Courier; the accompanying article states that the house in the picture is the back view of the home of Arthur H. Mershon. See another copy of this at PMG-1212. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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16. FSTC-0114 - Photograph, Digital

    Undated photograph with label of The Pinequat Shop located on Fairhope Avenue in Fairhope, Alabama. The shop was built and opened in 1899 as Fairhope Millinery and Ladies Furrnishings Shop and then became a gift shop called the Pinequat Shop operating until 1956. The building was torn down in 1958 for a new bank building. Owned by Anne Bellangee Call and Helen Call. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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17. FSTC-0252 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph of public school students in costume for a pageant standing on the front steps of the school building in Fairhope, Alabama. This school was built in 1909-1910, and was located on the northeast corner of Morphy Avenue and Church Street where the Fairhope Community Park is today (2020). Top Row: Martha Arkins?, Norman Atherton, Marjorie Pilcher Second Row: Helen Call, Minerva Riel, Clarence McBay?, Harris Oswalt Bottom Row: Val...

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18. FSTC-0288 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph of the First National Bank of Fairhope in Fairhope, Alabama. This structure was built in the late 1950s on the north side of Fairhope Avenue in downtown. The original location of the then-titled Bank of Fairhope was on the east side of south Section Street (see FSTC-0059 and FSTC-0197 in these online archives). The bank became a national bank in October, 1962, thus dating this picture after that due to sign on the building. The b...

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19. FSTC-0465 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph of an elderly woman and a little girl in the yard of a house. Location not identified. "Miss Helen Call's picture" is written on the back of this picture. Speculation by this cataloger is that the little girl is Helen Call. The picture is torn, and taped to a cardboard frame. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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20. FSTC-0543 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph taken in the mid 1950s of The Pinequat Shop located on Fairhope Avenue in Fairhope, Alabama. The shop was built and opened in 1899 as Fairhope Millinery and Ladies Furnishings Shop, and then became a gift shop called the Pinquat Shop operating until 1956. At the time this photograph was taken, part of the shop was leased to a realtor. The building was torn down in 1958 for a new bank building. Shop owned by Anne Bellangee Call and h...

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