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1. 1.15.83 - Letter

   Letter dated 5/6/1931 to Anne Bellangee Call from Otto Brown, Superintendent of the Gulf Coast Substation (in Fairhope) of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute. Brown is responding to Call's question (1.15.74) about returning a certain unnamed piece of land's soil quality to its state before top soil was removed. In Brown's opinion, the land "cannot ever be put back into the same physical condition as before the top soil was removed," and the ...

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2. 30.37.1-18 - Correspondence

   General correspondence of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation dated November 1928. Some letters concern an upcoming amendment vote to the FSTC constitution - correspondents include Fiske Warren, Gaston, and J. H. Webb about this issue. Several letters between Gaston and Professor J. E. Conn of Auburn Univeristy (then Alabama Polytchnic Institute) are interesting as Gaston discusses the application of the single tax theory in Fairhope. ...

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3. 4.1.124 - Letter

   Letter dated 12/8/1939 to Dr. L. N. Duncan in Auburn, Alabama from Dr. C. A. Gaston, secretary of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation encouraging Auburn University (then called Alabama Polytechnic Institute) to lease property to two individuals (D. R. Cook and Gaston Scott) for the purpose of drilling to determine mineral/oil content in Baldwin County lands. The FSTC has already granted a lease, and Gaston says API's indecision is stifling prope...

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4. 4.8.1-112 - Correspondence

   This correspondence (1936-1940) includes letters written by C. A. Gaston, secretary of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, responding to letters of inquiry from various people and organiztions including; The Anti-Single Tax Control Bureau, Auburn University, Cornell University, Rollins College, Marietta College and The Modern School. Many of the inquiries are from students of political economy, Henry George, Single Taxation generally and the...

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5. FSTC-V0075 - Video, Digital

   VIDEO of 2025 Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Lecture Series Title: Todd Frank: The Gulf Coast Extenson: The History and Local, Regional, and National Influence on Agriculture Date: February 18, 2025, Run Time: 39 min 51 sec Todd Frank is the Associate Director of the Auburn Univeristy Gulf Coast Research and Extension Center (formerly known as the Gulf Coast Substation) in Fairhope, Alabama. His presentation focused on the history of the...

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6. PUB_0055_b - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph c. 1932 of the Gulf Coast Agricultural Sub-Station in Fairhope, Alabama. The picture was published in a promotional brochure published by the Fairhope Chamber of Commerce in 1932 titlled "Fairhope On Mobile Bay, Facts of Interest" which is available at PUB_0050_0058 in these Archives. The Gulf Coast Sub-Station is part of Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University), with the purpose "to discover methods of growing high q...

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