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  1. 7.21.1-145 - Letter

    Correspondence for the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, 1955-1971, (E-G). Contains general FSTC correspondence including letters with the Eastern Shore Art Center which was attempting to build a center on park lands (7.21.20-23), a notice sent to realtors about FSTC fees for 1956 (7.21.95), a short paper on the contributions of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation to Fairhope (7.21.110-113), and a book review by Paul M. Gaston of "Henry Gerog...

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  2. 8.10.1-170 - Meeting Minutes

    Meeting Minutes and Council Proceedings of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, 1977-1979, (1 of 3, with 8.11 and 8.12 comprising the other two folders).

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  3. 8.13.1-106 - Correspondence

    Correspondence of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, 1979-1993, letter A.

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  4. 8.18.1-97 - Correspondence

    Miscellaneous correspondence dated 1979-1994 to various Fairhope Single Tax Corporation officers including Don W. Gooden, President and Mary G. Godard, Secretary, later Charles B. Ingersoll, President and Gale W. Rowe, Secretary. 8.18.68 is a letter written to the Fairhope Public Library and forwarded to Gale W. Rowe at the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation from Yvonne Johnson who is writing her doctoral dissertation on the Ruskin Colony. She i...

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  5. 8.9.1-114 - Correspondence

    Correspondence of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, 1966-1997, letters B-H. Includes general FSTC business correspondence. 8.9.61 lists the 1979 FSTC Board and Committees. 8.9.83-88 is "The One-Mile Railroad," by Ernest B. Ehlers and Pinky Bass about the Peoples' Rail Road. 8.9.98 are FSTC Execultive Council Minutes of meeting in September, 1979, in reaction to Hurricane Frederick.

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  6. FMH_0586-0605 - Photograph, Digital

    Assorted photographs of Fairhope Single Tax Meetings and events. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, Fairhope Museum of History Collection.

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  7. FSTC-0572 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph of Fairhope Single Tax Corporation officers in 1994: Left to Right: Lawrence "Larry" Thomas, director Dorothy "Dot" Y. Yeager, director Frederick "Rick" I. Boone, treasurer Charles Ingersoll, president Gale Rowe, secretary Ross Van Volkenburgh, vice-president Thomas E. Brown, director William "Bill" Payne, trustee William "Bill" Baldwin, director From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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    FSTC-0572
  8. FSTC-0700 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph of Gale W. Rowe (1925-1998) celebrating a birthday in Fairhope, Alabama. Mr. Rowe served as secretary of the FSTC from 1980 until 1997. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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    FSTC-0700
  9. FSTC-0832 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph of Gale W. Rowe, secretary of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation from 1980-1996. A video interview with Mr. Rowe dated 1994 is available: search for FSTC-V0015 to access the video through this site, or go to the FSTC Archives youtube channel, click on playlists and search for Mr. Rowe's video under the 'interview' category. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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    FSTC-0832
  10. FSTC-V0004 - Video, Digital

    Video titled "First Thursday in Fairhope" dated September 6, 1984, hosted by Judy Stone. The video is part of the "First Thursday" series produced by Alabama Public Television (APT, University of Alabama Television Services). Run time is 30 minutes. Filmed in 1984 during Fairhope's Centennial, the video includes information on Fairhope's founding as a single tax colony, the Organic School of Education, the Jubilee phenomenon, businesses, organ...

    Record Type: Archives and Videos

    FSTC-V0004
  11. FSTC-V0015 - Video, Digital

    Video interview dated September 16, 1994 with Gale Rowe who came to Fairhope with his parents in the late 1930's. He graduated from Fairhope High School in 1943 (where he met Eloise Nichols whom he later married), served in the Navy during WWII and the Korean War, and in between service stints, graduated from the University of Alabama in 1948. Upon retirement, the family returned to Fairhope where he was active in the Fairhope Single Tax Corpor...

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  12. PUB_0005_0007 - Newsletter

    Volume 1, Number 1, of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Colony News dated Spring Quarter 1994. Four newsletters were published in conjunction with the Centennial of the Founding of Fairhope which was held in 1994. This edition highlights the early years of Fairhope (1894-1900) and the constitution, activities surrounding the founding of Fairhope, early schools, membership, the FSTC council. William C. "Jack" Lucey" was profiled in this ...

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  13. x.1.58-59 - Annual Report

    1972 Annual Report of The Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. New Members-Gale W. Rowe, William A. Troup (son of Ivy Powell Norton and grandson of R. F. Powell), Bonnie Holt (daughter of Floy Schermerhorn, granddaughter of T. E. Mann and great granddaughter of S. S. Mann), Wilburn L. Odom. Nancy Burke, Elizabeth Mary Gaston, Eloise Nichols Rowe, Mary J. Troup, Lillian L. Rockwell, Edna Rockwell Harris. Deaths-Frances Gaston Crawford

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    x.1.58-60
  14. x.4.14-16 - Membership List

    List of Resident Members of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation dated June 1975

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    x.4.14-16
  15. x.4.64-68 - Article

    Establishment, members and the duties of the Board of Review for the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation.

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    x.4.64
  16. x.5.160-162 - Letter

    Letter dated 8/16/1979 written to "Fellow Members" from Gale W. Rowe and Craig T. Sheldon enclosing a "Letter of Censure" for their information, contemplation and/or action. The "Letter of Censure" dated 8/14/1979 is written to the Executive Council of thFairhope Single Tax Corporation from the undersigned members of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation saying that the council had exceeded its authority by passing and immediately implementing ...

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    x.5.160-162
  17. x.5.164 - Letter

    Letter dated 8/24/1979 to members of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation from Gale W. Rowe in response to a letter sent to the membership from Sam Dyson re: "Our Constitutional Issue". Mr. Rowe says that the question of whether or not the Council is violating the member's constitutional rights has not been addressed in the letter and that Dyson has failed to defend the motives of the Council. He concludes the letter saying "Your help is neede...

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    x.5.164
  18. x.7.10 - Letter

    Letter dated 9/10/1979 to "Fellow Members and Petitioners" from Craig T. Sheldon and Gale Rowe telling them that at a meeting of the Executive Council on 9/6/1979 they voted to cease the ban on membership application processing, to establish a committee to propose a time and place for a combined member/lessee meeting, to publish an audited report of the corporation's financial status annually. They also discussed the renovation of the office spac...

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    x.7.10
  19. x.7.101-102 - Letter

    Letter dated 1/9/1984 to the Members of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation from Gale W. Rowe, Secretary, announcing the annual meeting and election with attached letter from Leonard Oppenheim, Trustee telling them which officers terms will expire and explaining election procedures.

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    x.7.101-102
  20. x.7.19 - Letter

    Letter dated 2/12/1980 to members of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation from Gale W. Rowe, Secretary informing them of the results of the 2/7/1980 election.

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    x.7.19

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