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1. 2.1.28-33 - Yearbook

   Year Book 1906-1907, Women's Clubs, Fairhope, Alabama including; Fifth Thursday Club, Arts and Crafts Society, Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Henry George Club and the Village Improvement Club.

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2. FMH_1928_Diary_0002 - Diary

   Diary for 1928 written by Henry Stuart (1858-1946) of Montrose, Alabama. Mr Stuart, sometimes known as The Hermit of Montrose, Ye Olde Weaver and a Modern Thoreau, made entries every day. Henry James Stuart was 65 years old when he moved from Nampa, Idaho to Montrose, Alabama in 1923 for health reasons. Montrose is a short distance from Fairhope, a single tax colony, which might have had some bearing on why he chose this location (Stuart was...

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3. FMH_1929_Diary_0003 - Diary

   Diary for 1929 written by Henry Stuart (1858-1946) of Montrose, Alabama. Mr. Stuart, sometimes known as The Hermit of Montrose, Ye Olde Weaver and a Modern Thoreau, made entries every day. Henry James Stuart was 65 years old when he moved from Nampa, Idaho to Montrose, Alabama for health reasons in 1923. Montrose is close to Fairhope, a single-tax colony (Stuart was an admirer or Henry George), which might have had some bearing on his decisi...

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4. FMH_1934_Diary_0004 - Diary

   Diary for 1934 written by Henry Stuart (1858-1946) of Montrose, Alabama. Mr. Stuart, sometimes known as The Hermit of Montrose, Ye Olde Weaver and a Modern Thoreau, made entries every day. Henry James Stuart was 65 years old when he moved from Nampa, Idaho to Montrose, Alabama in 1923 for health reasons. Montrose is near Fairhope, a single tax colony, so that might have had some bearing on why Stuart, an admirer of Henry George, chose to loc...

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5. FMH_2071-2072 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph dated November, 1923 of Grace E. Parker in Montrose, Alabama. Mrs. Parker and her husband Prescott A. Parker (P. A. Parker) were early settlers of Fairhope (1900), and later moved to Montrose. Mr. and Mrs. Parker were friends and neighbors of Henry Stuart of Tolstoy Park in Montrose. The Parkers assisted Stuart when he moved to Baldwin County in 1923 by locating and arranging for the purchase of his ten acres. In this photograph...

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6. FMH_2073-2074 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph taken by Henry Stuart (aka Henry James Stuart) on July 25, 1924 in Montrose, Alabama showing the house and print shop of his nearest neighbors, Prescott A. Parker (P. A. Parker) and wife Grace E. Parker. Mr. Parker is seen sitting in a swing on the front porch of the house (left building). The Parkers were early settlers in Fairhope, Alabama, and later moved to the Volanta-Montrose area. They assisted Stuart in finding the ten-acre...

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7. FMH_2293 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph of Grace E. Parker with her little dog in Montrose, Alabama, standing by a satsuma bush. The picture is dated November, 1924. Mrs. Parker and husband Prescott A. Parker moved to Fairhope in December,1899 from Massachusetts with their son and daughter, Harry and Bertha. They later moved to Volanta and the Montrose area. The Parker property was adjacent to Tolstoy Park, the property owned by Henry Stuart (Henry James Stuart 1858-1...

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8. FMH_2294 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph c. 1924 of Prescott A. Parker (1860-1946). Mr. Parker and wife Grace E. Parker moved to Fairhope, Alabama in December,1899 from Massachusetts with their son and daughter, Harry and Bertha. P. A. Parker was a surveyor, and responsible for platting many of Fairhope's early streets. He also was involved in other businesses, and was an author. The Parker family later moved to Volanta and the Montrose area where their property was adjac...

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9. FSTC-0884 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph c.1900 of a picnic at Jackson's Oak in Daphne, AL. Left to Right: seated: Frank L Brown, James Bellangee, standing: Anne Bellangee Call, Helen B. Call (held by her father William), William R. F. Call, Mrs. Carrie P. Sykes (seated), Mrs. Edward Quincy Norton (seated), Edward Quincy Norton (sitting on stool), Daphne Brown Anderson (age 8 or 9 sitting on the ground), Minnie H. Brown (Mrs. Frank L., sitting by Daphne), Mrs. Prescott A...

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