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1. 34_51_001_084 - Documents

   Newspaper clippings, articles, photographs, notes and other materials about Clay City, the Fairhope Clay Products Company, structural clay tile and the brick industry in Fairhope, businesses and families in the clay and brick industry, and the pottery industry along the eastern shore. From the Fairhope Public Library Collection and the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

   Record Type: Archives and Videos

   
2. 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 ...

   Record Type: Archives and Videos

   
3. FMH_0992 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph of the pottery owned by Captain William O'Neal (Billy O'Neal) in Daphne, Alabama, who was also the captain of a bay boat, the Heroine. The O'Neal Pottery was located near the intersection of Potter's Mill and Main Street (Scenic Highway 98). Peter McAdam, O'Neal's son-in-law, was a master potter who ran the pottery. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, Courtesy of the Fairhope Museum of History.

   Record Type: Photo

   
4. FMH_2056-2057 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph dated August,1936 of Henry Stuart (1858-1946) in front of his Round House in Montrose, Alabama. Stuart constructed the house himself in 1925-1926; details of the front door of the structure are clearly visible showing steps down to the entrance. Stuart's skillet and cup are hanging on the oak tree. Henry James Stuart named his property Tolstoy Park. Here, the barefoot Mr. Stuart is in conversation with Converse Harwell and potter E...

   Record Type: Photo

   
5. FMH_2226-2227 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph of Henry Stuart (Henry James Stuart 1858-1946) and Mary Quarles taken in May 1926. Miss Quarles was a teacher at the School of Organic Education (Organic School) in Fairhope in the Arts and Crafts Department. This photograph is from a scrapbook donated to the Fairhope Museum of History by Stuart's family. Over the years, Stuart sent pictures to his sons in Oregon about life in the Fairhope-Montrose area (1923-1944). Search "Stuar...

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6. FMH-A0002 - Audio, Digital

   Interview (audio only) titled "Eastern Shore During the Colonial Period" dated June 29, 2013. Fairhope Museum of History, Director Donnie Barrett is interviewed by Michael Titford. In this wide-ranging interview, Barrett discusses the history of the Eastern Shore of Mobile Bay through the transition to Colonial times from when the population was primarily Native American Indian. Topics include Native American pottery, various settlements,...

   Record Type: Archives and Videos