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1. 1.12.7 - Meeting Minutes

   Meeting minutes dated 12/16/1922 of the directors of the People's Railroad Company to discuss an extention to the Pier Head. $1,400.50 is authorized to be paid to the Fairhope Transportation & Excursion Company for the job. From the correspondence of Anne B. Call

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2. 11.32.1-155 - Annual Report

   Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Annual Reports, 1956-1979.

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3. 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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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. 17.2.131-132 - Membership Documents

   Membership Certificate # 70 in the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation (on the old Fairhope Industrial Association form) issued to William A. Baldwin on 3/7/1905. Drawn but not issued to Prescott A. Parker on 2/3/1914. Reissued as Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Membership Certificate #114 to Marmaduke Dyson on 4/27/1915.

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7. 2.10.1-84 - Letter

   Colony Cemetery correspondence for the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, 1926-1940. Includes survey letters from the FSTC dated 1928 to towns (Monroeville, Chatom, Camden, Brewton, Grove Hill) requesting information about ownership, lot prices, size, maintenance, grave preparation and paperwork for cemeteries in those communities. The Woman's Council of the FSTC has charge of the care of the Colony Cemetery until 1934 (see 2.10.25), when...

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8. 2.11.1-45 - Meeting Minutes

   Fairhope Colony Cemetery meeting minutes and correspondence of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, 1926-1956. NOTE: 33_1-1-33 is mostly the same information, but has been retyped and is easier to read. Includes correspondence about purchasing grave sites and other routine cemetery business. Includes the Rules and Regulations of the Fairhope (Colony) Cemetery and the Establishment of Perpetual Care Trust Fund, approved at the Fairhope...

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9. 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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10. 3.30.35 - Petition

    Petition dated 1/20/1936 to E. B. Gaston, secretary of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, from seven members requesting that Dr. C. A. Gaston's name appear on the 2/5/1936 election ballot as a candidate for the office of secretary of the Corporation.

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11. 3.30.40 - Letter

    Letter dated 1/25/1936 to the Executive Council of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation and E. B. Gaston from Marmaduke Dyson. Dyson will be running for the office of president in the upcoming elections in February, and wishes his name to be removed as a candidate for vice-president.

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12. 3.30.43 - Note

    List (handwritten) of names and offices for the February 6, 1936 election of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. President: Marmaduke Dyson V P: James E. Gaston Secretary: C. A. Gaston Supt Lands and Highways: Marion Smith Supt Public Services: A. O. Berglin Supt Industries R. L Rockwell Supt Public Health: Margaret Dyson Trustee: Jesse Stimpson, Emil Knipp, M.A. Bowen

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13. 34_72_011 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph and Historic Sites Survey Update Form dated 2014 of 14 Church Street North in Fairhope, Alabama. Built in 1939 by Dyson and Co. with alterations in 1995 and 1997. Stucco over Clay City Tile. 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." From the Fairhope Public Library Collection and the Fairhope Single Tax ...

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14. 34_72_084-088 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph and Historic Sites Survey Update Form dated 2014 of 335 Fairhope Avenue in Fairhope, Alabama. Built in 1934 (Fairhope Courier 8/16/1934 - note correction of the date on the Historic Sites Form) by the partners of the Fairhope Coal & Supply Company (Marmaduke Dyson, J. E. Lawrence, Axil Johnson, Ed Sheldon and Robert Stapleton) which had been in business since 1924. Each partner, individually, was a contractor or supply agent for buil...

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15. 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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16. 7.20.1-192 - Letter

    Correspondence of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, 1955-1971, (C-D). Includes general correspondence of the Corporation. 7.20 4-5 and 7.20. 89 are cataloged separately and provide insights into Fairhope benefactor, Joseph Fels. 7.20 includes correspondence between C. A. Gaston and John R. Chadwick, who works at The Birmingham News. Chadwic, Gaston, and Frances Gaston Crawford are discussing the possible sale of the Fairhope Courier ...

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17. FSTC-V0017 - Video, Digital

    Video interview dated August 15, 1994 with Sam Dyson who was born in Fairhope on February 16, 1908. His parents came to the United States on June 30, 1900 from Bolton, England, and settled in Philadelphia where they met Joseph Fels and read the Henry George book. Progress and Poverty. As a result, they moved to Fairhope in 1904, built a house on Fels Avenue, and his father, Marmaduke Dyson, started a construction company. Marmaduke Dyson serve...

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18. FSTC-V0031 - Video, Digital

    Video interview with Robert Richard Turner, known as Dick Turner. He is interviewed by Ruth E. Rockwell and Flo Coleman Schneider as part of the Fairhope, Alabama centennial celebration. The interview is about 14 minutes long and appears to be taken from the middle of Mr. Turner's coments. Dick Turner, a native of Atmore, Alabama and long-time resident of Fairhope, moved here in the 1940's and graduated from Fairhope High School in 1950. ...

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19. PMG_14064 - Article

    Fairhope Courier Centennial Edition article dated October 19, 1994 titled "Fairhope's first families Dyson legacylives on in Fairope buildings." Includes photographs and information about Marmaduke Dyson, a builder and businessman in Fairhope, Alabama and his sons, Sam Dyson, Raymond Dyson and George Dyson. From the Paul M. Gaston Collection, Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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20. PMG_14081-14087 - Biography

    Biography of Sam Dyson collected and edited by Helen Payne. From the Paul M. Gaston Collection, Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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