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1. 1.10.105-106 - Legal Documents

   James Bellangee's copy of a subpoena for Melville vs Fairhope Single Tax Corporation suit dated 5/4/1914 including names of others summoned to appear.

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2. 11.32.1-155 - Annual Report

   Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Annual Reports, 1956-1979.

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3. 11.32.1-155 - Annual Report

   Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Annual Reports, 1956-1979.

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4. 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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5. 1.2.12-14 - Membership List

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

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6. 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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7. 29.6.14-15 - Correspondence

   Letter dated August 22, 1935 from E. B. Gaston in Fairhope, Alabama responding to a letter his cousin Cyrus Gaston in Glen Elder, Kansas sent him on August 18, 1935. E. B. Gaston gives background about his life to his cousin whom he remembers meeting in the late 1880s. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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8. 30.40.1-17 - Correspondence

   General correspondence of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation dated October 1928. Included is the Treasurer's Reprot for October 1928, a petition to call for a vote to replace Minnie H. Brown, who resigned as Treasurer of the FSTC with Mrs. Irene Lucier Buell. Other letters of interest are cataloged separately uned 30.40.12 and 30.40 16-17. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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9. 3.25.1-138 - Letter

   Correspondence of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, by E. B. Gaston, secretary, from 1930-1936 (letters K-L). Includes general correspondence, mainly requests for information about Fairhope from people who are considering a move to the area, or those requesting information for research or school projects. The material is interesting due to the detail Gaston uses in describing life in Fairhope and some of the history of the Colony. 3.25.13...

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10. 3.30.34 - Petition

    Petition dated 1/26/1936 to E. B. Gaston, secretary of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation from seven members for the inclusion of James E. Gaston on the ballot of the 2/6/1936 annual election of officers.

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11. 3.30.41 - Petition

    Petition dated 1/25/1936 to E. B. Gaston, secretary of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation requesting the name of Emil Knipps be placed on the February 6, 1936 election ballot for the position of trustee (filling vacancy created by the resignation of C. A. Gaston who is running for the office of secretary). Seven members sign the petition .

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12. 3.30.42 - Petition

    Petition dated 1/25/1936 to place the name of Marmaduke Dyson on the ballot as a candidate for the office of president of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation in the upcomining February 6, 1936 elections. Signed by seven members.

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13. 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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14. 33_2_009 - Cemetery Record Book

    Fairhope Colony Cemetery Record Book showing burials in Lot 47, also numbered page 47 in the book. Gaston Family Lot Graves in Lot 47 Grave 1: Dr. Clara E. Atkinson, died 1932. Grave 2: Clara Mershon Gaston, died 1934, wife of E. B. Gaston Grave 3: E. B. Gaston, died 1937 Grave 4: Unclear information (Other Cemetery sources show this space for Camilla Roberts Bonell, died1984) Grave 5: No information (Other Cemetery sources show this ...

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15. 34_72_100 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph and Historic Sites Survey Update Form dated 2014 of 401 Fairhope Avenue in Fairhope, Alabama. James E. Gaston started Gaston Auto Livery in 1914 at this location, building a garage with 40 feet street frontage on Fairhope Avenue beside the Vanderslice Blacksmith shop. Initially the business was an automobile transport service (aka taxi) and a garage. Over the years, Gaston would expland his auto livery and garage business to a Ford M...

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16. 34_72_123 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph and Historic Sites Survey Update Form dated 2014 of 12 North Section Street (also namved 12 Section Street North) in Fairhope, Alabama. This was the sales showroom and offices built c.1924 for Gaston Motor Company. J. E. Gaston started his business as Gaston's Auto Livery on Section Street in 1914 (see 34.72.100). By December 1916, Gaston was selling Fords at that location - as Gaston's Garage. Gaston became an authorized Ford deal...

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17. 34_77_200-201 - Photograph, Digital

    Photographs and Historic Sites Survey Update Form dated 2014/2015 of 6 Summit Street North in Fairhope, Alabama. Built in 1923. This was the home of James E. Gaston (1890-1966) and wife Olive Wood "Piney" Gaston (1894-1988). Gaston was the son of town founder E. B. Gaston and owned Gaston Auto Livery, Gaston's Garage, which transitioned to Gaston Motor Company, the Ford dealership in Fairhope. This house is in the Bayfront Historic District...

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18. 34_95_010 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph of Charles Turnbull's Bus parked in front of Gaston Garage in Fairhope, Alabama c.1925-1928. Mr. Turnbull owned and operated Turnbull Auto Company, a passenger service primarily between Fairhope, Pensacola, Mobile and communities in Baldwin County. His fleet of four vehicles included this Studebaker 15-passenger touring car. Two versions of this picture are included. See 34_95_012 for another picture of the bus. Note: The t...

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19. 4.7.1-131 - Correspondence

    Correspondence (Ga-Graham) of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation dated 1935-1953.

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20. 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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