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1. 38_1_001-200 - Dissertation

   Dissertation by Jeroen F. Staring dated 2013 titled "Midwives of Progressive Education: The Bureau of Educational Experiments 1916-1919." The paper describes educational reform programs in the United States (mainly New York City) in the early 20th century, specifically the work of Marietta Johnson and Caroline Pratt. ((Marietta Johnson was the co-founder of the School of Organic Education (Organic School) in Fairhope, Alabama, 1907.)) J...

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2. 39_8_01 - Letter

   Letter dated June 30, 1932 from Henry Stuart at Tolstoy Park in Montrose, Alabama to J. L. Trader, Secretary of College Alumni at Mount Union College in Alliance Ohio. Stuart attended Mount Union College for one year in 1879-1880. He has received a letter from Trader requesting contributions to the alumni Loyalty Fund and writes forcefully that he will under no cirmcumstances contribute to a school which teaches orthodox theology. He discuss...

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3. 41_1960_001-085 - Yearbook

   1960 Wolverine yearbook (annual) of the Baldwin County Training School in Daphne, Alabama. This copy belonged to Mr. John Leonard, a science teacher at the school in 1960. (Mr Leonard would later become a principal and administrator for the Baldwin County Board of Education.) Mr. Walker J. Carroll was principal. Miss Juanita Washington, student editor, wrote: ""May "The Wolverine" give a panoramic view into our glorious 1959-1960 year an...

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4. 41_1961_001-084 - Yearbook

   1961 Wolverine yearbook (annual) of the Baldwin County Training School in Daphne, Alabama. This copy belonged to Mr. John Leonard, a science teacher at the school in 1961. (Mr Leonard would later become a principal and administrator for the Baldwin County Board of Education.) Mr. W. J. Carroll was principal. Baldwin County Training School had classes for grades 1-12 for Daphne students. It also served as the high school for black students ...

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5. 41_1962_001-107 - Yearbook

   1962 Wolverine yearbook (annual) of the Baldwin County Training School in Daphne, Alabama. This copy belonged to Mr. John Leonard, a science teacher at the school in 1962. (Mr Leonard would later become a principal and administrator for the Baldwin County Board of Education.) Mr. W. J. Carroll was principal. Baldwin County Training School had classes for grades 1-12 for Daphne students. It also served as the high school for black students ...

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6. 41_1963_001-112 - Yearbook

   1963 Wolverine yearbook (annual) of the Baldwin County Training School in Daphne, Alabama. Mr. W. J. Carroll was principal and Mr. L. C. Taylor was Vice-Principal. Baldwin County Training School had classes for grades 1-12 for Daphne students. It also served as the high school for black students from feeder elementary schools in Baldwin County. Fairhope students completing their elementary education at the Anna T. Jeanes School went to BCTS ...

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7. 41_1964_001-136 - Yearbook

   1964 Wolverine yearbook (annual) of the Baldwin County Training School in Daphne, Alabama. Mr. W. J. Carroll was principal and Mr. L. C. Taylor was Vice-Principal. Baldwin County Training School had classes for grades 1-12 for Daphne students. It also served as the high school for black students from feeder elementary schools in Baldwin County. Fairhope students completing their elementary education at the Anna T. Jeanes School went to BCTS ...

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8. 41_1966_001-161 - Yearbook

   1966 Wolverine yearbook (annual) of the Baldwin County Training School in Daphne, Alabama. Mr. W. J. Carroll was principal and Mr. L. C. Taylor was Assistant Principal. Baldwin County Training School had classes for grades 1-12 for Daphne students. It also served as the high school for black students from feeder elementary schools in Baldwin County. Fairhope students completing their elementary education at the Anna T. Jeanes School went to ...

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9. 41_1968_001-190 - Yearbook

   1968 Wolverine yearbook (annual) of the Baldwin County Training School in Daphne, Alabama. Mr. W. J. Carroll was principal and Mr. L. C. Taylor was Assistant Principal. Baldwin County Training School had classes for grades 1-12 for Daphne students. It also served as the high school for black students from feeder elementary schools in Baldwin County. Fairhope students completing their elementary education at the Anna T. Jeanes School went to ...

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10. 41_1969_001-192 - Yearbook

    1969 Wolverine yearbook (annual) of the Baldwin County Training School in Daphne, Alabama. Mr. W. J. Carroll was principal and Mr. L. C. Taylor was Assistant Principal. Baldwin County Training School had classes for grades 1-12 for Daphne students. It also served as the high school for black students from feeder elementary schools in Baldwin County. Fairhope students completing their elementary education at the Anna T. Jeanes School went to ...

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11. 42_1927_001-052 - Yearbook

    1927 Fairhope HIgh School yearbook, the "Bay Breeze." Mr. S. W. Alexander was school principal. William R. Ruffles, Jr. (Billy Ruffles) was class president. The eleven seniors were: Anne L. Dougherty Keith Mason Emma Gabel Augusta C. Clinton Phil J. Hamill Mary G. Shields Amy I. Thompson Josephine E. Schultz Vera McKenzie William R. Carter William J. Ruffles, Jr. The annual includes photographs of students, teachers, organiza...

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12. 42_1949_001-137 - Yearbook

    1949 Fairhope High School yearbook, the "Bay Breeze." Mr. James H. Bennett was principal, Mr. J. W. Lipscomb was vice-principal, and Zelma Parish was Class President. The annual includes photographs of students, teachers, organizations, and exterior and interior pictures of the school. In addition, an advertisement section shows the local businesses which supported the school yearbook. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, cou...

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13. BSS.659-660 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph postcard dated 04/11/1910 by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, of the dedication of the new Fairhope Public School building on the northeast corner of Church Street and Morphy Avenue in Fairhope, Alabama. It housed all grades until 1925 when a new high school was built across the street to ease school crowding for the growing town. This building was demolished in 1979. The Fairhopers Community Park is now on this site. See a similar...

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14. FMH_0196 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph (dated after 1915) by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, titled "Public School in Distance" of the Public School building in Fairhope, Alabama. The building was located on the northeast corner of Church Street and Morphy Avenue where the Fairhopers' Community Park is located today (2022). The school was built in 1909-1910 by E.D. Brann with Charles Littlefield concrete bricks. Dedicated on April 11, 1910. From the Fairhope Single ...

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15. FMH-V1010 - Video, Digital

    Oral history, Part 1, by William Frank "Frank" Larway (1933-2019). The video continues in FMH-V1011. Run time is approximately 50 minutes. Laraway discusses his family, early life in Fairhope, Alabama, education at the Marietta Johnson of Organic School, and later career and travels. He describes his parents' move from the Northeast, their poultry and dairy farm operations in Fairhope, and childhood chores such as milking cows, raising chic...

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16. FMH-V1011 - Video, Digital

    Oral history video, Part 2, by William Frank "Frank" Laraway (1933-2019). Part 1 is available at FMH-V1010. Laraway's story starts with his marriage in 1963, return to Fairhope from Michigan in 1965, and the establishment of his career as an architect.. For the rest of this detailed interview, Laraway talks about his early life in Fairhope in the 1940s and 1950s: farming and raising chickens (commercially), Organic School, friends, outi...

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17. FSTC-0016 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph dated 1928 of Comings Hall on the Organic School campus. The event is the regular Wednesday luncheon lecture. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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18. FSTC-0017 - Photograph, Digital

    1910 photograph of school children and two teachers in Fairhope, Alabama. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Photo Archives. See more information, including names of students in this photo by searching BSS.442-449 in the Keyword Search button or the Photos Catalog button. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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19. FSTC-0019 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph of Marietta Johnson and students in Fairhope, Alabama at the Organic School of Education. This photograph appears as the frontispiece entitled "A test with books open (Fairhope, Alabama) " in "Schools of To-morrow" by John Dewey and Evelyn Dewey, copyright 1915 NOTE: See PMG-1465 for a better scan of this iconic photograph. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Online Archives.

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20. FSTC-0020 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph dated approximately 1910-1915 by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, of teachers and students building the Domestic Science Building on the Orangic School of Education campus in Fairhope, Alabama. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Photo Archives.

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