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1. 11.32.1-155 - Annual Report

   Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Annual Reports, 1956-1979.

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2. 29.1.2-3 - Correspondence

   Bill of sale for $70 for an office desk, two chairs, table and typewriter desk for the Courier Office. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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3. 30.4.1-17 - Correspondence

   Miscellaneous correspondence of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation dated April 16-30, 1926. Of special interest are several letters between T. E. Mann in Iowa and E. B. Gaston regarding acquisition of land for the FSTC. Thomas Early Mann's father S. S. Mann was a major founder and contributor to Fairhope. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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4. 3.24.1-86 - Letter

   Correspondence of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation (letters E-F), namely that of E. B. Gaston, secretary, dated 1930-1936. Most are requests for information about the single tax colony, some from individuals who are considering a move to Fairhope, others who are inquiring for class projects/research purposes/general info purposes. Many letters provide insight (through Gaston's eyes) about life in Fairhope. 3.24.6-14 includes corresponden...

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5. FMH_0341 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph dated June, 1958, of Arthur Fairhope Gaston (aka Spider Gaston) and Miss Helen Call leading the Town of Fairhope's 50th Anniversary celebration parade. Although Fairhope was founded in 1894, it was not a municipality in the State of Alabama in 1908 - and it is this Golden Anniversary which is being celebrated. The float is passing The Colony Shop, located on the south side of the street at 332 Fairhope Avenue. (This business wo...

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6. FMH_0349 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph of the Fairhope Courier staff working in the print shop, which was located at 336 Fairhope Avenue in Fairhope, Alabama. Arthur Fairhope Gaston (aka Spider Gaston, A. F. Gaston) works at setting type. The tall young man is Henry Crawford, Jr., the son of Frances Gaston Crawford (aka Frankie Crawford)) - who is standing in front of him - and the late Henry Crawford, Sr. Longtime Courier staff member E. G. "Ned" Doughtery stands in ...

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7. FMH_0998 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph dated November 1994 taken in the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Office during the centennial celebration of the founding of Fairhope. Dr. Cornelius A. Gaston on the left (who served as secretary of the FSTC from 1936-1972) and Arthur Fairhope "Spider" Gaston are pictured with two ladies. The Gaston brothers are the sons of Fairhope founder E. B. Gaston. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, Courtesy of the Fairhope ...

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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. 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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10. FSTC-0083 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph of the Gaston family c.1900 with identifying information written on the frame by a family member. Pictures Left to Right; Cornelius Alonzo Gaston Catherine Estep Atkinson Gaston (E.B. Gaston's mother) James Ernest Gaston Frances Lily Gaston Crawford (standing behind E.B.Gaston) E.B. Gaston Arthur Fairhope (Spider) Gaston (sitting on E.B. Gaston's lap) Clara Leah Mershon Gaston Leah Catherine Gaston McGill From the Fairhope S...

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11. FSTC-0087 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph c.1899-1902 of Arthur Fairhope"Spider" Gaston (b.1896) on Maggie the horse. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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12. FSTC-0225 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph of Mayor James P. Nix in November, 1974 signing a proclamation recognizing the 80th anniversary of the founding of Fairhope. Standing behind Mr. Nix, left to right are: Daphne Brown Anderson Marvin Berglin Arthur Fairhope "Spider" Gaston Dr. Cornelius Alonzo Gaston Reuben Rockwell Helen Belle Rockwell Edna Lucille Tuveson From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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13. FSTC-0245 - Photograph, Digital

    Family Portrait in cardboard decorative frame c.1898-1900 of the Gaston family in Fairhope, Alabama. A family member has written the names on the frame. Left to Right: Cornelius Alonzo Gaston Leah Grauel Mershon James Ernest Gadton Ernest Berry Gaston Frances Lily Gaston Crawford (standing behind Mr. Gaston) Arthur Fairhope "Spider" Gaston (sitting on Mr. Gaston's lap) Clara Mershon Gaston Leah Catherine Gaston McGill From the Fair...

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14. FSTC-0255 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph c 1932 of the E.B. Gaston family in Fairhope, Alabama. The picture includes E.B. and Clara Gaston, their five children (Frances, James, Cornelius, Leah and Arthur), their spouses and children. The sign in the middle reads "Fairhope The First Fireplace Built in Fairhope." E. B. and Clara Gaston moved their family to the first home occupied in the Fairhope Colony on January 24, 1895. Left to Right: James Ernest Gaston, Sr. Jame...

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15. FSTC-0599 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph of LT. E.B. Gaston II (1924-1944). "Barney" Gaston was the son of Arthur Fairhope "Spider" Gaston and Mary Price Gaston, and the grandson of E.B. and Clara Mershon Gaston. E.B. Gaston led the founding party of new Fairhopers to Baldwin County in Novermber, 1894 Barney Gaston was P-47 Thunderbolt fighter-bomber pilot who died on August 26, 1944 when his plane crashed as he liberated the French village of Sivry-Courtry. The City o...

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16. FSTC-V0013 - Video, Digital

    Video of Four interviews interviewed by Flo Coleman Schneider and Ruth E. Rockwell 1st Video (Note: some of the beginning of this video is missing): Interview in 1995 with Anna Coleman Wood Myers who talked about attending public school in Fairhope and the Organic School. She spoke of childhood memories and how the children entertined themselves in Fairhope. She commented "Fairhope compares favorably with everywhere." Mrs. Wood and her sist...

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17. FSTC-V0037 - Video, Digital

    This video has two oral histories: First is Ruth E. Rockwell and starting at 1 hour, 31 minutes and 57 seconds is Philip McCarthy. Note: Search terms listed below this entry include terms from both videos and are not able to be cataloged separately due to original format. INTERVIEW of Ruth E. Rockwell dated May 12, 1994. Mrs. Rockwell's family moved from Iowa to Fairhope in 1913 after learning about the community from other family member...

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18. iv.5.105-109 - Letter

    Letter written to E. B. Gaston from Alonzo Gaston. Noted busy practrice with Typoid fever problem and that he had lost a young girl who was about to be married. More deaths than Yellow Fever before. Notes the South is having a harder time and that immigration will be limited due to quarantine regulations. Noted that a Freda Hall was going to move to Mobile and wondered what their place could be bought for as he still is trying to move.

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19. PMG-1000 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph dated June 1932 of the E. B. Gaston family in Fairhope, Alabama. This is a duplicate of FSTC-0255, but a better quality image. The picture included E. B. and Clara Gaston, their five adult children (Frances, James, Cornelius, Leah and Arthur), with spouses and children. The sign in the middle reads "Fairhope The First Fireplace built in Fairhope." E. B. and Clara Gaston moved their family into the first home built in the Fairhope ...

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20. PMG-1020 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph dated 1897 of the children of E. B. Gaston and Clara Mershon Gaston playing in their front yard on Fairhope Avenue in Fairhope, Alabama. This is approximately where the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation office (aka Gaston Building) is located today at 336 Fairhope Avenue. The children are L-R Cornelius Alonzo Gaston, Leah Catherine Gaston McGill, James Ernest Gaston (Sr.), Arthur Fairhope "Spider" Gaston, and Frances Lily "Frankie" Ga...

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