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1. 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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2. 1.2.12-14 - Membership List

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

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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. 30.14.1-29 - Correspondence

   Papers of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation dated February 1929. Included is the Treasurer's Report for that month, resignation letter of A. E. Schalkenbach as a trustee of the FSTC and Secretary E. B. Gaston's response, official report of the annual FSTC elections, a petition and notice about a referendum election concerning the application for FSTC leases, a Statement to Members of Fairhope Single Tax Corporation concerning the amendment, a ...

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5. 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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6. 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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7. 5.10.1-234 - Letter

   Correspondence of secretaries of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation (E. B. Gaston and C. A. Gaston), dated 1934-1952, (letter W). Includes general business correspondence of the FSTC: letters of inquiry about the Colony, letters of inquiry about leasing lands, records, rents and other day-to-day business correspondence. In addition, there is correspondence between C. A. Gaston and Fiske Warren (and other Warren family members) about pro...

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8. FMH_0266-0267 - Photograph, Digital

   Photographs c.late-1920s of Capt. J. R. Cross (aka Capt. Jack Cross) sitting with an unidentified man on the front porch of The Fairhope Hotel (northwest corner of Summit Street and Fairhope Avenue in Fairhope, Alabama). Capt. Cross (1851-1932) is the gentleman on the right. In one photo, the men have removed their hats. Cross, a native of England, and his wife came to Fairhope in 1908, farmed for a few years, and then managed The Gables Ho...

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9. 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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10. 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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11. 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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12. 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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13. 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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