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1. 1.13.37-42 - Letter to the Editor

   Undated letter to the editor of the Fairhope Courier newspaper, written by Anne Bellangee Call. She introduces her letter by saying a tourist has asked her questions about the Fairhope Colony, and Call wants to clear up errors and misconceptions about the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. She gives a brief history of the founding for Fairhope, and discusses single tax principles, how they are demonstrated locally, how the Colony is chartered i...

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2. 30.14.19-20 - Correspondence

   Letter dated February 15, 1929 to Percy R. Creed of the Union Club of Boston from E.B. Gaston. This letter is interesting because Gaston is responding to Creed's questions about the Fairhope experiment from Gaston's perspective as chief town founder some thirty-five years since Fairhope's founding. Gaston discusses the Colony budget, lessee views on renting land rather than owning, the defunct cooperative store, problems running the Colony (he s...

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3. 30.40.16-17 - Correspondence

   Letter dated October 27, 1928 from E. B. Gaston to Hedley V. Richardson in Detroit MIchigan. This letter is interesting because Gaston includes an extract from a speech he gave in 1912 about the beginning of Fairhope and the struggles to build the community. He also includes information about amounts of rents collected over the years to emphasize the success of the Colony. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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4. 3.30.45-60 - Article

   Fairhope, Alabama: A Living Memorial. A tribute to E. B. Gaston written in 1947, author unknown. Includes a brief history of the Fairhope Colony.

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5. 9.21.1-93 - Correspondence

   Correspondence of Paul M Gaston, 1978-1993. Gaston, a professor of history at the University of Virginia and grandson of Fairhope principal founder E. B. Gaston, took a sabbatical in academic year, 1978-1979, to move to Fairhope to work on a book about the town using FSTC archives. 9.21 contains pieces authored by Gaston, some as a result of the sabbatical year: "Henry George: Outlaw" "Fairhope as Utopia: Reflections of a Fairhoper" "Man...

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6. FSTC-V0008 - Video, Digital

   Video titled The Legacy of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation produced in 2016 by the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. The history of the Corporation (FSTC) and the beginnings of the Fairhope Colony are disucssed as well as an explanation of Henry George's Single Tax theory and how it is demonstrated in Fairhope. Present-day video of Fairhope, and photographs of early Fairhope and late-nineteenth century Des Moines, Iowa are included. Th...

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7. FSTC-V0012 - Video, Digital

   Documentary video dated 2002 titled "A Fair Hope" written and directed by Michael Letcher for The University of Alabama Center of Public Television (APT). Reformers (members of the Fairhope Industrial Association, later renamed the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation) founded Fairhope in 1894 to address the economic and social problems of late 19th century America by demonstrating the practical application of the single tax economic theory. ...

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8. FSTC-V0078 - Video, Digital

   Power Point presentation titled "The Legacy of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation" dated 2011 produced by the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. Includes photographs and captions about the history and contributions of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives. Run time is 8 Minutes, 28 seconds. This presentation was intentionally prepared without audio for use as visual info access.

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9. PMG-5703-5710 - Article

   Article dated 1955 titled "The Fairhope Colony" by Dr. C. A. Gaston. Gaston was the secretary of the Fairhope Single Tax Coporation from 1936 until 1972. From the Paul M. Gaston Collection, Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives

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10. PMG_8735_8747 - Booklet

    Booklet published by the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, no date, but likely 1994. Title is "Fairhope and the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation." Includes chapters on the single tax principles of Henry George, a history of the FSTC and Fairhope and Land Value Taxation. From the Paul M. Gaston Collection, Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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11. x.5.166-167 - Statement

    Statement issued approximately late August, 1979 by the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation regarding the program produced and aired by WKRG Channel 5 television station in Mobile, Alabama concerning the FSTC. The document summarizes the TV program, reviews FSTC principles and the current controversy regarding lessee complainants. The Corporation feels the WKRG program 'made a good presentation' and the FSTC was fairly portrayed.

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12. x.6.11-12 - Letter

    Letter dated 11/15/1976 to Lessees of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation from Daphne Brown Anderson, president, remarking on the 82nd anniversary of the founding of Fairhope, highlighting the contributions of the Colony, discussing current controversies among leaseholders regarding higher rents and urging open discussion between them and the Corporation.

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