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1. FSTC-V0043 - Video, Digital

   Lecture Series on Fairhope History dated March 3, 2015 with Donnie Barrett. Donnie Barrett, former Director of the Fairhope Museum, provides information on why the Fairhope founders came to Alabama to set up a model community and the reform ideas they brought with them. He discusses the Populist movement of the late 19th century and the rise of the Single Tax Colony in Fairhope. This presentation had to be retaped due to technical problems ...

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2. PMG-4176-4246 - Research Notes

   Research notes about Marie Howland (Marie Stevens Case Howland) collected and compiled (with some transcriptions) by Paul M. Gaston in preparation for writing "Women of Fair Hope," published in 1993 by NewSouth Books. Pages 1-3: Article titled "A Great Topic" by Marie Howland dated 1896 about contraception, Malthusian theory, polygamy, chastity and suggestion that following Charles Fourier is the appropriate path to population growth and a ...

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3. PMG-6367-6458 - Student Paper

   Student paper, a thesis for the Distinguished Majors Program at the Univerisity of Virginia dated 1986 by Michael J. Faherty and titled "The Communitarian Impulse 1885-1900." This thesis is included in the Paul M. Gaston papers of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. Dr. Gaston was the Corcoran Professor of History at the Univeristy of Virginia, and, while not documented, he was likely involved in Faherty's thesis board. The thesis di...

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