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1. 1.2.65 - Meeting Minutes

   Meeting Minutes dated 2/7/1895 of the Executive Council of the Fairhope Industrial Association. George Pollay reported his agreement with Nancy Lewis to buy the Bowen land and the improvements for $100. Gaston reported the purchase of 200 acres of Bowen land including 40 acres claimed by Nancy Lewis for $250. Motion to reimburse money paid by Mr. Dellgren to the Merchanise fund was rescinded.

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2. 1.2.87-88 - Meeting Minutes

   Meeting Minutes dated 4/15/1895 of the Executive Council of the Fairhope Industrial Association. Well Committee reports that work should start on digging the well the next day, and the most opportune place is the intersection of the 80 foot street and the 66 foot street. Moved to pay Mrs. Nancy Lewis the balance of the money owed to her. A committee to appraise the value of improvements was formed.

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3. FMH_0014 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph likely dated in the 1920s of William Alfred Lewis (1858-1932) and wife Rosetta Lewis (1863-1950) and family members. They are sitting on the steps of their home on Ingleside Street in Fairhope, Alabama. This house was torn down in 2022. Alfred Lewis was the son of John Lewis and Nancy Lewis, former slaves who settled on land which would later become part of the Fairhope Industrial Association. For information on the Lewis family, ...

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4. FMH_0739 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph, no date, of William Alfred Lewis (1858-1932) and wilfe Rosetta W. Lewis (1863-1950) sitting in a swing on the porch of their house in Fairhope, Alabama. Other family members are seen on the porch and steps. The house (torn down in 2022) was located at 309 S. Ingleside Street. William Alfred Lewis was a son of early Fairhope-area settlers and former enslaved people, John Lewis and Nancy Lewis. A historic marker about Mrs. Nancy Le...

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5. FSTC-V0009 - Video, Digital

   The video decribes the close knit, family-oriented African -American community in Fairhope, Alabama. Interviews with many descendants of original families, some dating to the early 1800's, include information about the life of early settlers, family and community life,discrimination of the time, education, job opportunities and businesses in Fairhope. The video was made available by the Fairhope Museum of History. Executive Producer: Donnie...

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6. FSTC-V0012 - Video, Digital

   Documentary video dated 2002 titled "A Fair Hope" written and directed by Michael Letcher for The University of Alabama Center of Public Television (APT). Reformers (members of the Fairhope Industrial Association, later renamed the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation) founded Fairhope in 1894 to address the economic and social problems of late 19th century America by demonstrating the practical application of the single tax economic theory. ...

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7. FSTC-V0029 - Video, Digital

   Video interview with Jeanette Bonner on March 7, 1997 by Flo Coleman Schneider and Ruth E. Rockwell. Mrs. Bonner is the great granddaughter of John and Nancy Lewis, the freed-slave couple who raised their family in this area. Nancy Lewis, then a widow, sold the improvements on the land to the Fairhope Industrial Associaton in 1895. Ms. Bonner is the daughter of Louise Lewis. She discussed living in the same house on McDonald Lane her enti...

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8. FSTC-V0076 - Video, Digital

   VIDEO of 2025 Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Lecture Series Title: We Are Here: Celebrating Hope Community's Past, Present, and Future Date: March 18, 2025, Run Time: 1 hour 33 minutes. Video presented by Mara Kozelsky Hunter, Ph.D. and Mr. Shawn Graham. Dr. Mara Hunter discussed "We Are Here," a digital presentation which explores African American history and historical sites on the Eastern Shore of Mobile Bay. The site concentrates on...

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9. PMG-4526-4576 - Research Notes

   Research notes of Dr. Paul M. Gaston collected in preparation for writing the chapter on former slave Nancy Lewis in "Women of Fair Hope," published 1984. Include 49 pages of information . From the Paul M. Gaston Collection, Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives

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10. PMG_8692_8700 - Article

    Article titled "Irony In Utopia: the Discovery of Nancy Lewis" by Paul M. Gaston. Published in the Summer 1984 edition of VQR (Virginia Quarterly Review). In 1993 Gaston published "Women of Fair Hope" which included a chapter on Nancy Lewis and included information from this article. From the Paul M. Gaston Collection, Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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