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1. 30.38.1-27 - Correspondence

   General correspondence of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation dated October 1926. 30.38.8-14 are minutes from the October 1926 meeting of the Robert Schalkenbach Foundation in New York City 30.38.19-22 are recommendations for valuations of Colony property. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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2. 30.6.1-22 - Correspondence

   Correspondence of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation dated April 1927 and May 1927. Included are letters to T. E. Mann and his daughter Floy Mann Schermerhorn, both of Gladbrook, Iowa, notifying them that their applications for membership to the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation had been accepted, Pages 16-22 include letters between W. A. Benson and O. K. Cummings about a conflict about purchasing colony land. E. B. Gaston reponds to Ben...

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3. 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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4. 33_2_101 - Cemetery Record Book

   Fairhope Colony Cemetery Record Book of burials in Lot 340 SW and Lot 340 SE. Information from other official sources has been added. 340 SW Grave 1: Celina Roberts Cummings, died 1961 Grave 2: Oscar K. Cummings, died 1946 Grave 3: Florence Louise Oertel Cummings, died 1926 Grave 4: Frances Morgan McCall, died 2001 and Marion Sundberg McCall, died 2002 (daughter and wife of E. Wyman McCall) Grave 5: Lois Slosson Sundberg, died 1975 ...

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5. 34_72_162-163 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph and Historic Sites Survey Update Form dated 2014 of 84 South Section Street (84 Section Street South) in Fairhope, Alabama. This building is located in the Downtown Fairhope Historic District. See 34_71_001-127 for all buildings in this District or search "Downtown Fairhope Historic District." Mr. O. K. Cummings (Oscar K. Cummings, 1876-1946) moved to Fairhope in 1924. His wife was a member Minnich family which had come to Fairho...

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6. 34_72_164 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph and Historic Sites Survey Update Form dated 2014 of 2 Minnich Court in Fairhope, Alabama. This building is located in the Downtown Fairhope Historic District. See 34_71_001-127 for all buildings in this District or search "Downtown Fairhope Historic District." This small house was built c.1940 by O. K. Cummings (Oscar K. Cummings 1876-1946). Mr. Cummings and family moved to Fairhope in 1924 where some of his wife's relatives, the...

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7. 34_72_165 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph and Historic Sites Survey Update Form dated 2014 of 3 Minnich Court in Fairhope, Alabama. From the Fairhope Public Library Collection and the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives. This building is located in the Downtown Fairhope Historic District. The original cottage, built c.1940, was demolished and replaced with a three-story residential condo in the late 2010s. The builder of the original small cottage, Mr. O. K. Cummings...

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8. 34_72_166 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph and Historic Sites Survey Update Form dated 2014 of 4 Minnich Court in Fairhope, Alabama. This building is located in the Downtown Fairhope Historic District. See 34_71_001-127 for all buildings in this District or search "Downtown Fairhope Historic District." This small cottage was built c.1940 by Mr. O. K. Cummungs who moved to Fairhope in 1924 for business opportunities and because his wife had family here-the Minnichs. Cumming...

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9. 34_72_167 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph and Historic Sites Survey Update Form dated 2014 of 5 Minnich Court in Fairhope, Alabama. This building is located in the Downtown Fairhope Historic District. See 34_71_001-127 for all buildings in this District or search "Downtown Fairhope Historic District." This small cottage was built c.1940 by Mr. O. K. Cummings (1876-1946) who moved to Fairhope in 1924 because of business opportunities and his wife's connections to the local ...

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10. 44_02_01-98 - Land Abstract

    Abstract of Title detailing the ownership of land on which the current City of Fairhope is located. Dated 1817-1952. Laurent Millaudon (1786-1868), a New Orleans merchant and real estate developer, acquired the Baron Louis W. De Feriet claim of two tracts on the eastern shore of Mobile Bay to the south of the William A. Patterson tract and north of what was the Weggs Plantation from Arthur Lee Sims in 1837-1838. This area was known as Clifton...

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11. 4.9.1-218 - Correspondence

    Correspondence (Co-Cu) of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation dated 1936-1950. Most of the correspondence is written to and from C. A. Gaston, secretary Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. 4.9.188-217 is literature describing "The Benjamin Franklin Plan" published by the Benjamin Franklin Research Society and sent to C. A. Gaston from W. E. Clement in New Orleans, LA.

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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-A0007b - Audio, Digital

    Interview (audio) dated 1982 of Mrs. Hazele Williams Payne (1891-1991). Part 2. The interviewer is not identified. Other interviews with Mrs. Payne are FMH-A0004a, FMH-A0004b and FMH-A0007a. In this interview, the rest of the 1935 "Merry Christmas Folks" poem (started in FMH-A0007a) written by W. A. Dealy is read by the interviewer. Mrs. Payne comments on the people and situations, providing fascinating and many times humorous and poignant...

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