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1. FMH_0720 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph (poor quality) of the A & W Root Beer stand in Fairhope, Alabama. Note the sign for "colored parking" in the window. No date. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, Fairhope Museum of History Collection.

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2. 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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3. FSTC-V0029 - Video, Digital

   Video interview with Jeanette Bonner on March 7, 1997 by Flo Coleman Schneider and Ruth E. Rockwell. Mrs. Bonner is the great granddaughter of John and Nancy Lewis, the freed-slave couple who raised their family in this area. Nancy Lewis, then a widow, sold the improvements on the land to the Fairhope Industrial Associaton in 1895. Ms. Bonner is the daughter of Louise Lewis. She discussed living in the same house on McDonald Lane her enti...

   Record Type: Archives and Videos

   
4. FSTC-V0076 - Video, Digital

   VIDEO of 2025 Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Lecture Series Title: We Are Here: Celebrating Hope Community's Past, Present, and Future Date: March 18, 2025, Run Time: 1 hour 33 minutes. Video presented by Mara Kozelsky Hunter, Ph.D. and Mr. Shawn Graham. Dr. Mara Hunter discussed "We Are Here," a digital presentation which explores African American history and historical sites on the Eastern Shore of Mobile Bay. The site concentrates on...

   Record Type: Archives and Videos

   
5. i.3.4-15 - Letter

   Letter written to E. B. Gaston from S. A. Hackworth acknowledging receipt of constitution and bylaws. He is interested in joining the proposed colony in Lake Arthur, LA on the condition that they embrace the principles of prohibition and that they accept colored people as members. Although he initially contacted Gaston to recommend Aransas Pass, Texas as a possible location, he has come to think Lake Arthur, Louisiana is a better location for th...

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6. ii.6.7-8 - Letter

   Letter written to E. B. Gaston on 6/16/1894 from S. A. Huckworth, from Kansas. He had 5 suggestions to the proposed colony: 1. He thought all members should have 160 deeded acres, 2. He felt members should not be allowed to sell to just anyone.,3. Should exclude negroes as members., 4. No liquor in colony., 5. Should not allow freedom of religion. Much discussion about various religions. At top of letter the word criticism added in green: and...

   Record Type: Archives and Videos

   
7. iii.2.63 - Letter

   Letter written to E. B. Gaston on February 7, 1894 from F. Beyersdorf of Beemont, Missouri enclosing 10 cents for 3 months, "Trial Trip." He would like to receive the Fairhope Courier rather than the Liberty Bell. He is more opposed to Negro-equality than Plutocracy and asks if Gaston would accept a Negro in his Colony.

   Record Type: Archives and Videos

   
8. PMG_13793-13821 - Student Paper

   Student Paper, no date, but likely early 1980s, by William Dewar Hopkins titled "Fairhope in the Early Years: The Color Scheme." The paper was submitted in fulfillment of course requirements for Dr. Paul M. Gaston's Fairhope history course at the University of Virginia. The paper discusses the issue of race in the early years of the Fairhope, Alabama single tax colony. From the Paul M. Gaston Collection, Fairhope Single Tax Corporatio...

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9. PMG_13822-13842 - Student Paper

   Student Paper dated April 9, 1984 by Greg McNeer Titled "Color Sensitive: Progressive Minds in a Regressive Society." The paper was submitted to fulfill requirements for a Fairhope history course taught at the University of Virginia by Dr. Paul M. Gaston, Professor of History. The paper discusses the issue of race in the early years of the single tax colony of Fairhope, Alabama. From the Paul M. Gaston Collection, Fairhope Single Tax Cor...

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10. PMG_8692_8700 - Article

    Article titled "Irony In Utopia: the Discovery of Nancy Lewis" by Paul M. Gaston. Published in the Summer 1984 edition of VQR (Virginia Quarterly Review). In 1993 Gaston published "Women of Fair Hope" which included a chapter on Nancy Lewis and included information from this article. From the Paul M. Gaston Collection, Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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11. vii.5.10 - Letter

    Letter dated 2/5/1909 to E. B. Gaston from Daniel Kiefer enclosing a letter from Carter of the Colored School of Fairhope. He says "if he thinks Fairhope is open to colored as well as whites he had better be told how mistaken he is".

    Record Type: Archives and Videos