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1. 11.32.1-155 - Annual Report

   Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Annual Reports, 1956-1979.

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2. 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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3. 1.2.12-14 - Membership List

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

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4. 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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5. 2.1.195-198 - Yearbook

   Year Book for Women's Clubs of Fairhope, Alabama, 1923-24. Clubs include the Fifth Thursday Club, Woman's Council, Parent-Teachers Association and the Piano Club.

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6. 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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7. FMH_0098 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph of Olive Wood Gaston (aka Piney Gaston) in Fairhope, Alabama. Mrs. Gaston (1894-1988), a pianist who often performed and accompanist for others, was the wife of James E. Gaston, a son of Fairhope town founder E. B. Gaston. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives. Courtesy of the Fairhope Museum of History, Donelson Collection.

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8. FMH-A0004b - Audio, Digital

   Interview (audio) dated February 20, 1980 and April 28, 1980 of Mrs. Hazele Williams Payne (1891-1991). The interviewer is not identified. This is the second part of an interview with Hazele Williams Payne. The first part can be heard at FMH-A0004a in these Archives, followed by other interviews at FMH-A0007a and FMH-A0007b. Mrs. Payne recounts a wide range of topics about life in Fairhope including people, parties, dances, entertainment, b...

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9. FMH-A0005b - Audio, Digital

   Second part of an interview (audio) dated 1998. Mary Lois Timbes-Adshead interviews life-long friends Helene Beiser Hunter and Evalyn Berglin Porter for background research for her books "Meet Me at the Butterfly Tree" and "Fair Hope of Heaven." Kenneth C. Cain joins the conversation for a few minutes around the midway point. Approximately 48 minutes. Part 1 is FMH-A0005a. Topics include homes, hotels and businesses, social and atheletic acti...

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10. 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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11. 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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12. FMH-V1010 - Video, Digital

    Oral history, Part 1, by William Frank "Frank" Larway (1933-2019). The video continues in FMH-V1011. Run time is approximately 50 minutes. Laraway discusses his family, early life in Fairhope, Alabama, education at the Marietta Johnson of Organic School, and later career and travels. He describes his parents' move from the Northeast, their poultry and dairy farm operations in Fairhope, and childhood chores such as milking cows, raising chic...

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13. 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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14. FSTC-V0034 - Video, Digital

    Video interview dated February 6, 1995 with James E. Gaston, Jr. (Jim) who was born in Fairhope in 1921. His father, James Ernest Gaston, came to Fairhope from Des Moines, Iowa in 1894 with his parents Fairhope founders, E.B. and Clara Gaston, and his siblings Frances Lily, Leah Catherine and Cornelius Alsonzo. He was four years old. Jim's father, James Ernest Gaston (Sr) married Olive "Piney" Wood. They lived at 6 North Summit Street in F...

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15. 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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16. PMG-1044 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph dated late 1940s of the five children of E. B. Gaston and Clara Mershon Gaston. L-R seated: Olive "Piney" Wood Gaston, James E. Gaston, Sr., Frances Gaston Crawford, Leah Gaston McGill, Max P. McGill, Jr. L-R standing: Arthur Fairhope "Spider" Gaston, Mary Price Gaston, Margaret Nichols Gaston, Cornelius Alonzo Gaston, Henry Crawford, Jr, Hallie Crawford. From the Paul M. Gaston Collection, Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archi...

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17. PMG_13915-13937 - Student Paper

    Student paper dated December 5, 1982 by Charles F. Duvall, Jr. titled "Fairhope: Legitimate Success or Paid Political Advertisement?: The Role of Jospeh Fels in Colony Success 1894-1909". This history thesis was presented in partial fulfilment of requirements for a Fairhope history course at the University of Virginia and taught by Dr. Paul M. Gaston, professor of history. Joseph Fels, wealthy Philadelphia soap manufacturer and single t...

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18. PMG-4141 - Newspaper Clippings

    Eastern Shore Courier newspaper clipping dated September 26, 1984 of an article about the 90th birthday celebration for Olive Wood Gaston (aka Piney Gaston) in Fairhope, Alabama. Mrs. Gaston (1894-1988) was the wife of James E. Gaston, and the mother of Clara Louise "Fuzzy" Gaston Wengert, Jean Gaston Woodward, and James E. Gaston, Jr. From the Paul M. Gaston Collection, Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives

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19. x.1.46-47 - Annual Report

    1966 Annual Report of The Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. It was reported that progress had been made in developing a more effective means of determining the true rental values of land. Arthur P. Becker Ph. D., a professor of economics at the University of Wisconsin suggested guides for determining the rental value of land. One was a study of current maket prices being paid for unimproved land in the vicinty of the colony owned land. New ...

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20. x.1.50-51 - Annual Report

    1968 Annual Report of the Fairhope Single Tax Corportion. The Colony's office space was expanded into the first floor. Fire proof vault was installed. The Alabama Supreme Court ruled in the Colony's favor in a suit to prevent the City of Fairhope from erecting a large recreation building on the bluff North of Fairhope. New Members-Ola Powell Malcolm ( daughter of R. F. and Laura A. Powell, sister of Mrs. Ivy Powell Norton), George C. Dys...

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