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  1. 10.10.1-170 - Correspondence

    Miscellaneous correspondence, legal documents, council proceedings, rent studies, land surveys, leases, and audits and financial statements of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, 1974-1985. Includes correspondence between Norbonne C. Stone, attorney of the FSTC and J. Don Foster, attorney representing individuals in the Fairhope Single Tax Lessees' Association, Inc., (aka the Rezner suit). Also includes transfer requests for Brown's subdivisio...

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  2. 10.1.1-86 - Records

    Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Rent Study data from 1904-1982.

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  3. 10.13.1-108 - Correspondence

    Miscellaneous material of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation concerning how rents are calculated on Colony lands. Includes a publication written by R. Lucier Rockwell and Ruth E. Rockwell detailing the Somers method used by the FSTC. The affadavit of Wayne C. Curtis, Ph.D., an economics professor is included, as well as minutes and correspondence of the Rent Study Committe of the FSTC and other detailed data regarding rent calculations.

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  4. 10.18.1-55 - Records

    Fairhope Single Tax Corporation names of lessees and rent received from 1971-1976 for use in rent adjustment comparisons.

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  5. 10.20.1-127 - Records

    Rent calculations for the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, 1977-1985.

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  6. 10.21.1-51 - Records

    Fairhope Single Tax Corporation rent data for Bay Meadows subdivision, 1979-1981.

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  7. 10.22.1-32 - Records

    Fairhope Single Tax Corporation rent studies using the "Coleman Method" of valuation. Some discussion of the Somers method is included, as is correspondence with the Corporation's attorney with regard to rent calculations.

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  8. 10.5.1-42 - Financial Spreadsheets

    Assorted hand-written financial spreadsheets regarding mineral interests, rent study history, land fund cd's from 1962-1985. Includes the 1979 unaudited typed financial report.

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  9. 10.6.1-137 - Correspondence

    Correspondance between 1966-1984 includes numerous methods of rent determination including suggestions, justification and formulas for changes in the calculation of rent. Reasons for changes in rent determination was sent to lessees in a written noticein 1980. The Curtis Report, the Somers System and use of a consultant to develop a process was noted. Reference to a land value map was given and rent data for various property was given.

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  10. 10.7.1-96 - Correspondence

    Miscellaneous correspondance, council proceedings, rent reports, listing of business and commercial properties by name or location, evaluation methods of properties, 1969 Rent Study recommendations and property tax information.

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  11. 10.9.1-108 - Correspondence

    Miscellaneous correspondence of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, 1969-1984. Includes membership in Rent Study committees for several years, meeting minutes of the Rent Study Committee and the Executive Council, correspondence to lessees about reappraisals, correspondence about the Bay Meadows subdivision, and detailed data about how rents are calculated and have been calculated historically in the FSTC.

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  12. 1.13.46-47 - Letter

    Copy of a letter dated 4/5/1926 to the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation from J. H. Webb, attorney for the FSTC. Webb is giving his opinion about questions raised by the Corporation concerning rights to bid on street projects on Colony-owned land. In addition, Webb issues his opinion about the wisdom of the FSTC raising rents if the lessee tries to sell the improvements and lease for a price higher than the real value. Webb advises against raisi...

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    1.13.46-47
  13. 1.14.76 - Letter

    Letter dated 8/28/1930 to Anne Bellangee Call from A. E. Schalkenbach writing from Chicago, Illinois, where he is tending his sick mother. Both are Trustess of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, and are corresponding about the issue of possibilty transferring the FSTC-owned parklands to the Town of Fairhope. Call has asked Schalkenbach to consult with single tax lawyers in Chicago (a prominent hub of the single tax movement) about whether...

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    1.14.76
  14. 1.15.4 - Article

    Article torn from a book or magazine hand-dated 1930, written by Alex J. Melville, critical of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation and its method of setting rents and assessing land values.

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    1.15.4
  15. 1.15.5-6 - Letter

    Report dated 1/18/1930 to the members of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation from the Trustees giving their assessment of the state of the Corporation. Issues discussed include the improving success of rent collections, rent appraisement, status of members' spouses in the FSTC, nominating procedures, and Colony socials.

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    1.15.5-6
  16. 12.13.1-119 - Correspondence

    Correspondence of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, 1934-1935 (A-F), including rent invoices, receipts and other business correspondence.

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  17. 12.14.1-75 - Correspondence

    Correspondence, rent invoices, receipts and other business correspondence of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, 1934-1935 (G-K).

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  18. 12.15.1-112 - Correspondence

    Correspondence, rent invoices, receipts and other business correspondence of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, 1934-1935 (L-M).

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  19. 12.16.1-76 - Correspondence

    Correspondence of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, 1934-1935 (N-R) including cemetery rules, election results, rent invoices, receipts. 12.8.21-26 is a report from Lydia J. Newcomb Comings, president of the Fairhope Public Library School Boards giving details about the current status of the Library.

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  20. 12.17.1-81 - Correspondence

    Correspondence, rent invoices, receipts and other business correspondence of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, 1934-1935 (S). Also includes results of a survey of FSTC lessees about some proposed street improvements.

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