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1. 1.2.12-14 - Membership List

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

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2. 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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3. 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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4. 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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5. 33_2_122 - Cemetery Record Book

   Fairhope Colony Cemetery Record Book of burials in Lot 372. Some information below is from other official sources. Grave 1: Minnie Heald Brown, died 1925 Grave 2: Frank Loten Brown (Frank L. Brown) Grave 3: Ora Bell Johnson, died 1958 Grave 4: William M. Johnson, died 1942 Grave 5: R. E. L. Connolly, died 1932 Grave 6: Emma F. Pike Connolly, died 1942 Grave 7: Eloise L. Cross, died 1942 Grave 8: Capt J. R. Cross Capt and Mr...

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6. FMH-A0004a - Audio, Digital

   Interview (audio) dated January 16, 1979 of Mrs. Hazele Williams Payne (1891-1991). The interviewer is not identified. A continuation of this interview with additional later content is cataloged under separate records in these Archives at FMH-A0004b, FMH-A0007a and FMH-A0007b. The interview covers a wide range of topics about Mrs. Payne's life in Fairhope, her family, friends, experiences and observations. Included are topics about Mariet...

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7. 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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8. FMH-A0007a - Audio, Digital

   Interview (audio) Part 1 dated April 28, 1982 of Mrs. Hazele Williams Payne (1891-1991). The interviewer is not identified. Others interviews with Mrs. Payne are FMH-A0004a, FMH-A0004b and FMH-A0007b. In this interview, three of W. A. Dealy's comic poems are read by the interviewer and Mrs. Payne comments on the people and situations, providing fascinating and many times humorous and poignant details about early Fairhope. The first poem ...

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9. FSTC-1013 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph dated March 1915 of the farmhouse of Capt. J. R. Cross and Eloise L Cross. The couple moved to Fairhope in 1908, and were associated with the H. F. Ring farm until buying a 40-acre farm. Subsequently, the Crosses became hoteliers, operating the Gables Hotel (southwest corner of Fairhope Avenue and Church Street), and then building The Fairhope Hotel c.1924 at the northwest corner of Summit Street and Fairhope Avenue. The photogra...

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10. FSTC-1190-1191 - Photograph, Digital

    Post card photograph c.1925 of The Fairhope Hotel located at the northwest corner of Fairhope Avenue and Summit Street in Fairhope, Alabama. Marmaduke Dyson built the hotel for proprietors Capt Jack Cross and wife Eloise Cross in 1925. Mrs. Cross managed the business. The note on the back of the post card describes the Fairhope Hotel sign,saying "That sign is the prettiest in Fairhope. It has a shield on and a(n) eagle over the shield says A...

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11. FSTC-1545-1546 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph postcard by Frank Stewart, the Picture Man, titled "Cross & Co Dairy, Fairhope, Alabama. " There is a handwritten message on the reverse side postmarked on December 6, 1910 from the post office in Summerdale, Alabama. Husband and wife Capt. J. R. Cross (Capt. Jack Cross) and Eloise Gardner Cross moved to Fairhope in 1908 to establish Cross & Co Dairy Farm as a model of modern dairy farming. The concrete silo seen in the picture w...

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12. PMG-1932-032 - Yearbook

    Advertisement for the Fairhope Hotel in the 1932 Organic School Yearbook (School of Organic Education), the Cinagro. From the Paul M. Gaston Collection, Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives

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