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1. 29.13.2-5 - Correspondence

   Letter dated July 5, 1934 from J. H. Webb, Mobile District Counsel for the Home Owner's Loan Association to J. Chandler Burton, Alabama State Counsel for HOLA. This letter is in a folder (29.13.1-12) pertaining to the HOLA and the problems the FSTC had with lessees of Colony land not being eligible for HOLA loans. This letter is interesting because Webb served as attorney for the Fairhope Colony for many years and has background and history t...

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2. 34_28_001_009 - Booklet

   Thirteen page booklet published in 1928 titled "A Travel Log: One of a Series of Historic Stories of Trips Through Alabama" by Peter A. Brannon (1882-1967). Brannon travels highways and roads from Montgomery to southeast Alabama and then westward. He ends the travel log in Mobile. He writes about the Fairhope area: "Fairhope, Battles, Point Clear and Magnolia Springs are lodestones to attract one on pleasure bent. They are all but a ...

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3. 34_49_001_103 - Documents

   Newspaper clippings, articles, brochures and other related material about the Centennial of the City of Fairhope in 2008. From the Fairhope Public Library Collection and the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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4. 34_50_001_116 - Documents

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5. 34_56_001-203 - Article

   Collection of articles about Fairhope, Alabama. From the Fairhope Public Library Collection and the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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6. 34_87_001_010 - Newspaper Article

   Assorted articles about the history of Fairhope, Alabama. From the Fairhope Public Library Collection and the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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7. 34_87_022_023 - Newspaper Article

   Fairhope Courier newspaper article by Dean Mosher dated 3/22/2007 titled "First Settlers Had a Plan in Mind" about the single tax pioneers who founded Fairhope, Alabam and the early days of the Colony. From the Fairhope Public Library Collection and the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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8. 34_87_029 - Documents

   Brief history of Fairhope, Alabama. From the Fairhope Public Library Collection and the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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9. 35_4_001_002 - Map

   Map by William A. Dealy (Will Dealy) of Fairhope, Alabama between 1898 and 1905. Dealy titled the map "Dem Were Da Daze," presenting Fairhope citizens in a humorous light, while providing interesting information about local goings-on in Fairhope as well as the locations of homes, businesses and even moonshine stills. Two scans are included, each one with attributes depending on the user's needs. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation A...

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10. 36_9_001_005 - Article

    Article about the Fairhope Colony. Printed in "The New Encyclopedia of Social Reform" by Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1908. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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11. 40_16_001-002 - Brochures

    Foldout brochure dated 1976 titled "Fairhope" and published by the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. The brochure includes information related to the single tax, the FSTC, Fairhope, the Somers System (in use at the time this was published, a graph of rents, Henry George, a statement by the FSTC's Executive Council, and several photographs. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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12. 40_30_001-028 - Newspaper

    Newspaper supplement of the Fairhope Courier (Gulf Coast Media) dated January 16-17, 2008 titled "City of Fairhope Centennial." Includes photographs and articles about the history of Fairhope and the beginnings of the municipality in 1908. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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13. 40_31_001-036 - Newspaper

    Newspaper supplement of the Fairhope Courier (Gulf Coast Media) dated Jyly 2-3, 2008 titled "City of Fairhope 1908-2008 Glorious Fourth Edition." Includes photographs and articles about the history of Fairhope and the beginnings of the municipality in 1908. Some topics: Boy Scout Troop 47, local churches, Fairhope Museum of History dedication, Pottery, movie theater, School of Organic Education, Kudzu vines, Fairhope gullies, Greeno Masonic ...

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14. 40_36_001-008 - Newspaper

    Easy Living section of the Fairhope Courier dated May 25, 1994 published during the centennial year of Fairhope's founding. Articles include Fairhope's first families (featuring the Felix W. Beiser family), the Fairhope Gullies and the Fairhope Yacht Club. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives. .

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15. 40_37_001-003 - Newspaper Article

    Two newspaper artilcles about the Beiser family in Fairhope, Alabama. "Beiser Englewood Villa part of 'forgotten Fairhope'" by Louis Zadnicheck published c. 2006 in the Fairhope Courier newspaper. This history of the Felix and Rosamond Beiser family with photographs of the family home, called "Englewood Villa." The house was located where the Fairhope First Baptist Church stands today. Another article, "Beiser's contributions honored in ...

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16. FSTC-0153 - Photograph, Digital

    Presentation slide with label showing covers of several books written about Fairhope, Alabama. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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17. FSTC-0156 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, dated approximately 1925 of the Farmers Cooperative Creamery Company established in 1922 in Fairhope, Alabama. The building was located at the northwest corner of Bancroft Street and Fairhope Avenue. The Farmers Cooperative Creamery went into default in 1926. A.O. Berglin bought the building in 1926 for his Fairhope Ice and Creamery Company. (Berglin's company was formed in 1908 and was located at...

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18. FSTC-0162 - Photograph, Digital

    Presentation slide with three photograhs and label of early roads, parks and downtown Fairhope Avenue. The photograph on the right is the 1906 4th of July. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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19. FSTC-0163 - Photograph, Digital

    Presentation Slide of 3 pictures of early hotels in Fairhope, Alabama: The Volanta Hotel, The Colonial Inn and the Business and Professional Women's Club. See FSTC-0026 and FMH_0068 for other images of this building. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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20. FSTC-0225 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph of Mayor James P. Nix in November, 1974 signing a proclamation recognizing the 80th anniversary of the founding of Fairhope. Standing behind Mr. Nix, left to right are: Daphne Brown Anderson Marvin Berglin Arthur Fairhope "Spider" Gaston Dr. Cornelius Alonzo Gaston Reuben Rockwell Helen Belle Rockwell Edna Lucille Tuveson From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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