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  1. 1.2.12-14 - Membership List

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

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    1.2.12-14
  2. 1.2.18-19 - Meeting Minutes

    Fairhope Industrial Association Meeting Minutes of January 31, 1894. Meeting of those interested in a proposed colony and the Committee of 5 that had been appointed at previous meeting. Object of meeting was adoption of Constitution. After thorough discussion the Constitution was adopted. Next order of business was the election of officers and the following were elected unanimously: President: L. R. Clements Vice President: Ed. A. Otl Secr...

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    1.2.18-19
  3. 1.2.20-23 - Meeting Minutes

    Meeting Minutes of the Fairhope Industrial Association of February 6, 1894. Purpose of meeting: Complete the details of organization of the Fairhope Industrial Association. Fix terms of which stock should be paid in. Adopt form of application for membership. Sign Articles of Incorporation. Adjourned and agreed to meet for the completion of business on Thursday, February 8, 1894 at 7:30. Signed: E. B. Gaston Present: L. R. Clements, ...

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    1.2.20-23
  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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    1.2.3-5
  5. 1.2.55-57 - Meeting Minutes

    Meeting Minutes of Fairhope Industrial Association Executive Council date January 22, 1895. Present: Aug. Dellgren, Rachel Dellgren, Geo. Pollay, Sylvania Smith, J. P. Hunnel and E. B. Gaston. Members present: M. Michaels, E. Smith and C. L. Coleman. Report of Auditing Com. was that they had examined the report of the Secretary and found same correct, also recommending payment of certain bills which they had also audited. Report of com...

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    1.2.55-57
  6. 1.6.150-156 - Meeting Minutes

    Meeting Minutes of the Executive Council of the Fairhope Industrial Association dated April 13, 1896. Report on Delinquent Members, George Lang, A. M Howell, J. D. Lucier, Edin Ferguson, H. R. Stockweather. Secretary instructed to write delinquents, that if they will pay up, penalties assessed will be remitted. A. H. Mershon reported on Fairhope road and sign boards specifying that signs should be 3' long, 1/2 " thick, painted with 2 coat...

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    1.6.150-156
  7. 1.6.157-160 - Meeting Minutes

    Meeting Minutes of the Fairhope Industrial Association dated April 13, 1896. Committee on Wharf reforted that Peter Wilson said the piles needed could be gotten from the land of Bostedo and Nusbaum and that he would cut and sharpen them form 10 cents apiece. Application for land by A. J. Cullen taken from table. Application for land by S. S. Mann on behalf of L. C. Mann and S. E. Mann taken laid over until S. S. Mann present and land pl...

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    1.6.157-160
  8. 1.6.163-165 - Meeting Minutes

    Meeting Minutes of the Fairhope Industrial Association dated April, 20, 1896. H. C. Schakel presented report of wharf business. Committee on Lamp reported having ordered lamp, not yet received. Committee on Press (S. S. Mann and E. B. Gaston) not ready to report. G. A. Mershon presented bid for road signs. Bid accepted. S. S. Mann presented plan for platting land north of Schalkenbach tract. Moved and carried that plan was accep...

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    1.6.163-165
  9. 1.6.181-182 - Meeting Minutes

    Meeting Minutes of a special meeting of the Fairhope Industrial Association. Purpose of the meeting to consider appraisement of lots not included in regular appraisement. Matter of rate of wharfage for car of watermelons discussed. Moved and carried that rate be fixed at 60 cents a car where help to load and unload was furnished. Attention was called to the fact that certain individuals did not think they had to pay wharfage. Moved and ca...

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    1.6.181-182
  10. 1.6.56-59 - Meeting Minutes

    Meeting Minutes of the Fairhope Industrial Association dated December 2, 1895. Also attached is a report from the Sec. for December receipts and disbursements. Report made by Secretary and Treasurer. Secretary reported he contacted several lumber companies for prices of materials to complete the wharf. Wharf Committee instructed to draw up a contract to be entered into with wharfinger. Moved that the matter of assessments of lands be...

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    1.6.56-59
  11. 17.2.49 - Membership Documents

    Membership Certificate # 29 in the Fairhope Industrial Association issued to L. C. Mann on 12/18/1895 and later transferred to Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Membership Certificate # 99 on 8/20/1913.

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    17.2.49
  12. 1895_Courier_Page_06 - Newspaper Article

    Clipping from the January 15, 1895 Fairhope Courier announcing that the paper was printed from new type supplied by T. E. Mann and L. C. Mann, and set by J. P. Hunnel (aka Jimmy Hunnel). Note: the Fairhope pioneers had only arrived two months earlier, and this was the already third edition of the Courier published from Battles, Alabama. The paper was printed in Mobile, but with the new type, was now being set in the Colony. Jimmy Hunnel wa...

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  13. 29.17.1-42 - Correspondence

    Correspondence of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation dated March 1935. Includes various correspondence and receipts. Of special interest is correspondence to E.B. Gaston from J. A. Marable, publisher of The Magnolia Times in Magnolia, Arkansas. Marable sends four of his poems to Gaston, as well as his essay titled "The Nature of Morality." Another set of correspondence of interest is between Gaston and A. C. Campbell of Ontario, Canada...

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  14. 29.17.16 - Correspondence

    Letter to "Dear Comrades" at the Fairhope Courier from L. C. Mann, who is writing from Hermosillo, Mexico. Mann says he is "roaming the mountains of Mexico" and will be out of touch. He will settle his Courier subscription account when he returns. L. C. Mann's father S. S. Mann was instrumental in founding Fairhope, locating the site for the Colony and was active in the Colony until his death in 1915. L.C. Mann was also a strong supporter...

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    29.17.16
  15. 3.2.1-120 - Correspondence

    Fairhope Single Tax Corporation correspondence (L-M) including; J. G. Lorenzen, J. E. Lawrence, J. Francis Lemon, B. W. Lindberg, Mary Heath Lee, Henry C. Littlefield, Emilia Loos, Charles S. Lowell, Nick J. Ludwig, S. E. Mann, L. C. Mann, Joseph N. McAleer, Thomas G. Meinema, Alexander J. Melville,T. H. Molton, J. L. Linn and L. J. Murphy.

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  16. 3.26.1-51 - Letter

    Correspondence of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation 1930-1936 (Me-Mu) by E. B. Gaston, secretary, mostly letters of inquiry about acquiring leases in Fairhope or receiving information for research/school projects about the Fairhope Colony. Of special interest: 3.26.4-5 letter to Fairhope Single Tax Corporation membership from Alex Melville (separately cataloged). 3.26.16 is a letter to L. L. Miller from Gaston in which Gaston mentions the...

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  17. 43_07_001-002 - Flyer

    Flyer for the Mann Press Company advertising the Mann Hand Cylinder Press - the "Nearest Approach to Perfection in country newspaper work yet attained." c 1890. Includes testimonials and price list. Fairhope Industrial Association (and later Fairhope Single Tax Corporation) members T. E. Mann and L.C. Mann were partners in this business. Their father Shuah S. Mann was a founder of the Fairhope Colony. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corpora...

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    43_07_001
  18. 43_08_001 - Flyer

    Flyer, c. 1890, advertising the Mann's Gas Engine: Power for All Purposes. Manufactured by the Mann Press Company in Gladbrook, Iowa. Fairhope Industrial Association (and later Fairhope Single Tax Corporation) members T. E. Mann and L. C. Mann were partners in this business. Their father Shuah S. Mann was a founder of the Fairhope Colony. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, Mann Collection, courtesy of Alison Holt Knight.

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    43_08_001
  19. 43_10_001-011 - Booklet

    Booklet: "The Catalogue and Price List of the Mann Hand Cylinder Self Inking Press." Manufactured by the Mann Press Company in Gladbrook, Iowa. Dated c.1892. The booklet provides information, cost, parts, testimonials and drawings about the Mann Cylinder Press. Fairhope Industrial Association (and later Fairhope Single Tax Corporation) members T. E. Mann and L. C. Mann were partners in this family business. Their father Shuah S. Mann was ...

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  20. 43_11_001-002 - Business Card

    Business card c. 1890 of the Mann Press Company, manufacturer of the Mann Hand Cylinder Press, printers' goods and complete newspaper outfits. The business, founded in 1881, was located in Gladbrook, Iowa, touted its machines were "superbly built" and printed "neatly and easily." Fairhope Industrial Association (and later Fairhope Single Tax Corporation) members T. E. Mann and L. C. Mann were partners in this family business. Their father Sh...

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    43_11_001

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