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  1. 39_10_01 - Letter

    Letter dated March 1, 1937 from Henry Stuart, The Hermit of Montrose, in Montrose, Alabama to the Secretary of the Loyalty Fund at Mount Union College in Alliance, Ohio. Stuart is responding to a letter requesting donations to the College's Loyalty Fund. He states he would never contribute to a college "that turns out orthodox preachers." He goes on to say that he has "been fighting war, militarism and orthodoxy" and has been trying to show ...

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  2. 39_11_001-002 - Letter

    Letter dated July 8, 1937 from Henry Stuart (Henry James Stuart) in Tolstoy Park, Montrose, Alabama to the presdient of Mount Union College in Alliance, Ohio. Stuart attended the school in the 1879-1880 academic year. Stuart, known as the Hermit of Montrose, Ye Olde Weaver and A Modern Thoreau, moved to Montrose, Alabama in 1923. He writes of his daily routine, articles which have written about him, his many visitors and correspondents, the...

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  3. 39_12_001-003 - Article

    Article titled "The Sage of Tolstoi Park" published in "New England Essays, The Challenge of An Individualist" by Edward H. Packard. The essay is about Henry Stuart (Henry James Stuart), known as the Hermit of Montrose, Ye Olde Weaver and a Modern Thoreau. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, courtesy of the Mount Union University Archives.

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  4. 39_13_001_005 - Article

    Article from the Mount Union University Archives titled "Alumni - Henry James Stuart" by N. Yost Osborne of Alliance, Ohio. (with no date). Stuart attended Mount Union College in the 1879-1880 academic year. In 1923, he moved from Nampa, Idaho to Montrose, Alabama where he built a "Round House" and lived the "simple life" for twenty-one years. Stuart was know as the Hermit of Montrose, Ye Olde Weaver and a Modern Thoreau, and named his prope...

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  5. 39_14_001 - Book

    Page from the Mount Union College (Mount Union University) Alumni Book showing H. J. Stuart in Montrose, Alabama as an alumni of the college. Henry Stuart (Henry James Stuart), known as the Hermit of Montrose, Ye Olde Weaver and a Modern Thoreau, attended Mount Union College in Alliance, Ohio during the 1879-1880 academic year. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, courtesy of the Mount Union University Archives.

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  6. 39_3_001_004 - Documents

    Mount Union College alumni form completed by Henry Stuart (Henry James Stuart) on July 14, 1925. In 1925, Mount Union College (now Mount Union University) in Alliance, Ohio conducted a survey of graduates and former students. Stuart attended the then Methodist-affiliated college in academic year 1879-1880. He answers questions on the form about his family, religious affiliation, occupations since leaving Mount Union, public offices held, an...

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  7. 39_4_001_002 - Article

    Article about Henry Stuart, The Hermit of Montrose, dated 1929 from the American Riviera Review titled "Fairhope, Alabama The Fountain of Youth" by Grace Harrell Flagg. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, courtesy of the Mount Union University Archives. .

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  8. 39_5_001_002 - Documents

    Mount Union College alumni form completed by Henry Stuart (Henry James Stuart) on July 7, 1937. In 1937, Mount Union College (now Mount Union University) in Alliance, Ohio requested that graduates and former students complete a biographical data form. Henry Stuart attended the then Methodist-affiliated college in academic year 1879-1880. He answers questions about his family, memories of Mount Union College, his views on anarchism and pacifism...

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  9. 39_6_001_002 - Letter

    Letter dated December 21, 1929 from Henry Stuart (Henry James Stuart) to J. L. Trader, Alumni Secretary at Mount Union College in Alliance, Ohio. Stuart, known and the Hermit of Montrose, Ye olde Weaver and a Modern Thoreau, attended the Mount Union College in academic years 1879-1880. Also included is a paper titled "Reflections on Anarchy" by G.R.S.T. which Stuart distributes. Mount Union published and article about Stuart in the school...

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  10. 39_7_01 - Article

    One page of an article written about Henry Stuart (Henry James Stuart) which appeared in the Mount Union College Bulletin in December 1929. Stuart attended Mount Union College for one academic year in 1879-1880. The article is titled "Modern Thoreau Writes from Country Home in Montrose," and contains a letters from Stuart to the Mount Union Alumni Office." He says he is a Socialist and a Tolstoyan anarchist. From the Fairhope Single Tax ...

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  11. 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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  12. 39_9_01 - Article

    Articles titled "Reflections on Ararchy" by G. R. S. T. Henry Stuart, The Hermit of Montrose, distributed copies of this paper on anarchy. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, courtesy of the Mount Union University Archives.

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