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1. 29.14.1-23 - Correspondence

   Correspondence dated July 1935 of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation including letters to members of the U.S. Senate and House about various issues and legistation (including the TVA.) In addition, a letter E.B. Gaston wrote to President Roosevelt is referenced in a 'thank you letter" to Gaston from Secretary to the President Louis Howe. Gaston contacts members of Congress who are Single Taxers (Theodore L. Mortiz and Charles R. Eckert, both o...

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2. 3.5.155-156 - Letter

   Letter dated 8/9/1935 to E. B. Gaston form Esther L. Gordon requesting information about Fairhope . She tells Gaston that Miss Hallie Flanagan has been appointed to head of the National Theatre Project by President Roosevelt, and she is looking for a site for the project. She tells Gaston "this is Fairhope's opportunity).

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3. 3.9.64 - Letter

   Undated draft of letter (likely 1935) sent to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, with copies to Alabama Senator Hugo Black and Alabama Representative Lister Hill (later senator) from E. B. Gaston. Gaston says the single tax colony established as Fairhope in south Alabama is an example of FDR's call for a "wider distribution of wealth." Gaston commends FDR's support of the Tennessee Valley Authority (founded 1933). Gaston, writing for the...

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4. 5.11.1-203 - Letter

   Correspondence of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, Letter 'R," 1935-1953. 5.11.143-159 includes correspondence with FDR, Cordele Hull and Lister Hill.

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5. 5.16.1-215 - Correspondence

   Correspondence (Hi-Hu) of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation dated 1936-1958. 5.16.2-92 contains correspondence between C. A. Gaston, secretary Fairhope Single Tax Corporation and Lister Hill, Senator from Alabama. Topics include: the Mobile Marine Hospital, President Truman, communism, civil rights, labor legislation, Office of Price Administration (OPA), Alabama State Docks, Spanish River, President Roosevelt, 5.16.23-26 contains corr...

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6. 5.7.1-69 - Scrapbook

   Scrapbook (3 of 3), likely of E. B. Gaston, although attributed to C. A. Gaston on archival folder. Consists of newspaper clippings from The Forum, and possibly No Taxes, newspapers. (The headings are cut off, so cannot verify.) Both are editred by L. D. Beckwith. Dates are all 1935: 2/11, 2/25, 3/11, 3/25, 4/8, 4/22, 5/6, and 5/20. Topics includes Georgist issues, politics of the day, New Deal, Roosevelt administration, Socialism, Upt...

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7. FSTC-V0017 - Video, Digital

   Video interview dated August 15, 1994 with Sam Dyson who was born in Fairhope on February 16, 1908. His parents came to the United States on June 30, 1900 from Bolton, England, and settled in Philadelphia where they met Joseph Fels and read the Henry George book. Progress and Poverty. As a result, they moved to Fairhope in 1904, built a house on Fels Avenue, and his father, Marmaduke Dyson, started a construction company. Marmaduke Dyson serve...

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