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  1. 1.10.105-106 - Legal Documents

    James Bellangee's copy of a subpoena for Melville vs Fairhope Single Tax Corporation suit dated 5/4/1914 including names of others summoned to appear.

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    1.10.105-106
  2. 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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    1.10.62
  3. 1.12.2-5 - Meeting Minutes

    Meeting Minutes dated 1921-1925 of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. These minutes were very brief, written in pencil, and it seems to this cataloger that some meetings were missing and therefore not recorded. Topics include: a building for the Woman's Council to meet, the People's Railroad Company, financial issues such as delinquient lessees, the library, and taxes. From the correspondence of Anne B. Call

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    1.12.2-5
  4. 11.31.1-105 - Annual Report

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

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  5. 1.13.14 - Letter

    Letter dated 5/15/1925 to Mrs. Comings from Anne B. Call regarding Fiske Warren's proposed amendment to the constitution which she opposes.

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    1.13.14
  6. 1.14.2 - Letter

    Letter dated 1/28/1929 to the Members of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation from E. B. Gaston, Secretary submitting to them a full report of preceedings at a special meeting held on 1/26/1929. Prior to the meeting, on 1/21/1929, a petition was presented to the Council calling for a referendum election to vote on whether the present form of application for lease be discontinued and the form which was used previously should be reinstated. At a ...

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    1.14.2
  7. 1.19.4 - Letter

    Undated letter (probably 1932-33) to members of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation urging support of a constitutional amendment to change how taxes are paid in relation to rent. The FSTC financial safety is under threat due to the depression, the "vicious land system," the decrease in wharfage fees due to the opening of the Cochrane Bridge and the lack of a "modern, hard-surfaced through highway." Signed by all officers of the Fairhope Singl...

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    1.19.4
  8. 1.2.12-14 - Membership List

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

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    1.2.12-14
  9. 12.16.1-76 - Correspondence

    Correspondence of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, 1934-1935 (N-R) including cemetery rules, election results, rent invoices, receipts. 12.8.21-26 is a report from Lydia J. Newcomb Comings, president of the Fairhope Public Library School Boards giving details about the current status of the Library.

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  10. 12.16.40-43 - Reports

    Report to the FSTC Council by Lydia J. Newcomb Comings and Patricia Fuller, President and Secretary of the Fairhope Library Board. They address the problems providing services due to the reduction of FSTC Library appropriations from $75 to $25 and present interesting comparative data about ciruculation and visitors. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives

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    12.16.40
  11. 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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    1.2.3-5
  12. 17.8.50-51 - Meeting Minutes

    Meeting Minutes dated 2/4/1908 of the Stockholders of the Fairhope Improvement Company. It was decided that the directors be instructed to revalue corporation properties giving true value as nearly as possible and in no case valuing them above cost. The condition of the steamer "Fairhope II" was also referred to the new board of directors for investigation with instructions that they report findings to resident stockholders before taking any acti...

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    17.8.50-51
  13. 1905_Courier_Page_289 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph printed in the September 15, 1905 Fairhope Courier of the home of Samuel H. Comings and Lydia Jane Newcomb Comings in Fairhope, Alabama. The house, on the corner of Fairhope Avenue and Church Street, was formerly owned by Mrs. Carrie P. Sykes. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, Fairhope Courier Collection.

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    1905_Courier_Page-289
  14. 1906_Courier_Page_089 - Newspaper Article

    Newspaper article from the March 23, 1906 edition of the Fairhope Courier announcing the Baldwin County Summer Normal school for training teachers with Marietta Johnson in charge. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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    1906_Courier_Page_089
  15. 1908_Courier_Page_278 - Newspaper Article

    Newspaper article dated September 11, 1908 in the Fairhope Courier about the decidation of the new building for the Fairhope Public Library. This same page has the announcement for the Organic School curriculum from kindergarten through teacher training for 1908-1909. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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    1908_Courier_Page_278
  16. 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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    2.1.106-110
  17. 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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    2.1.161-165
  18. 2.1.167-174 - Yearbook

    Year Book for Women's Clubs of Fairhope, Alabama fro 1913-1914. Clubs are the Fifth Thursday Club, American Woman's Republic, Parents' Round Table, School Improvement Association, and the Henry George Club.

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    2.1.167-174
  19. 2.1.176-183 - Yearbook

    Year Book for Women's Clubs of Fairhope, Alabama 1915-1916. Clubs include the Fifth Thursday Club, the American Woman's Republic, the Parents' Round Table, the School Improvement Association, and the Henry George Club.

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    2.1.176-183
  20. 2.1.184-190 - Yearbook

    Year Book for Women's Clubs of Fairhope, Alabama 1916-1917. Clubs include the Fifth Thursday Club, the Parents Round Table, the School Improvement Association, the Henry George Club and the Study Club.

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    2.1.184-190

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