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1. FMH-A0005a - Audio, Digital

   First part of an interview (audio) dated 1998. Mary Lois Timbes-Adshead interviews life-long friends Helene Beiser Hunter and Evalyn Berglin Porter for background research for her books "Meet Me at the Butterfly Tree" and "Fair Hope of Heaven." Approximately 48 minutes. Part 2 is FMH-A0005b. Helene Hunter and Evalyn Porter describe in detail their experiences in early to mid-twentieth century Fairhope. Included are memories of playing in the g...

   Record Type: Archives and Videos

   
2. 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...

   Record Type: Photo

   
3. FSTC-V0040 - Video, Digital

   Video interview dated September 2, 1994 of Ouida Swanson Berglin who came to Fairhope in 1926 from Monroeville, Alabama. She married Lavigne Berglin, Sr. on June 15, 1927, the same day the Cochrane Bridge (Causeway) opened. Known as "Honey" to her family, she was a school teacher, artist, writer and poet. She worked at the family-owned Fairhope Ice and Creamery (started by her father-in-law A.O. Berglin) and was the activities director at Rosem...

   Record Type: Archives and Videos