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  1. 3.18.1-47 - Letter

    Correspondence of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, 1930-35 (letters T, U, V). In 3.18.6, the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Executive Council directs the head of the ball team, J. H. Titus, to remove signage from the grandstand at the ball park on the beach indicating that payment is required for admission. Under the agreement with the FSTC, the ball team can only accept donations for entry, not require admission. In 3.18.14, E. B....

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  2. 34_48_003 - Newspaper Clippings

    Clipping from the Fairhope Courier, February 18, 1910, page 2, titled "Address Colored Neighbors." The article reports on a meeting at the Anna T. Jeanes School where guests Frank Brown and E. B. Gaston addressed a group of Black citizens about the Single Tax. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, Fairhope Pulbic Library Collection.

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    34_48_003
  3. 35_26_001_024 - Magazine

    "The Standard" magazine (journal) Volume X Number 1 of July 8, 1891. This was "A Weekly Review of Public Affairs" published by William T. Croasdale in New York City. Articles, editorials, letters, interesting advertisements, etc. are in this journal. Many entries are about the Single Tax theory of Henry George. Also included are names which will later factor in the history of the Single Tax Colony of Fairhope, Alabama (e.g. W. E. Brokaw,...

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  4. 36_4_011_012 - Correspondence

    Letter to Clayton J. Ewing in Chicao, Illinois from Fiske Warren dated January 7, 1933. Ewing had sent Warren information about a proposed enclave, and requested Warren's response Warren responds in detail based on his experience starting several single tax colonies. Clayton J. Ewing was the president of the Illinois Single Tax League in 1934. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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  5. 3.9.64 - Letter

    Undated draft of letter (likely 1935) sent to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, with copies to Alabama Senator Hugo Black and Alabama Representative Lister Hill (later senator) from E. B. Gaston. Gaston says the single tax colony established as Fairhope in south Alabama is an example of FDR's call for a "wider distribution of wealth." Gaston commends FDR's support of the Tennessee Valley Authority (founded 1933). Gaston, writing for the...

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    3.9.64
  6. 3.9.66-67 - Letter

    Two letters dated 8/28/1935 and 8/30/1935 between John C. Rose of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and E. B. Gaston. Rose has requested information about Fairhope, thanks Gaston upon its receipt and offers to write a weekly column in the Fairhope Courier newspaper "devoted to Single Tax and general economic and social problems." Gaston has no room in the paper for Rose's column, but is appreciative of the offer. Rose mentions that he is distributin...

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    3.9.66-67
  7. 5.10.1-234 - Letter

    Correspondence of secretaries of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation (E. B. Gaston and C. A. Gaston), dated 1934-1952, (letter W). Includes general business correspondence of the FSTC: letters of inquiry about the Colony, letters of inquiry about leasing lands, records, rents and other day-to-day business correspondence. In addition, there is correspondence between C. A. Gaston and Fiske Warren (and other Warren family members) about pro...

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  8. 5.11.1-203 - Letter

    Correspondence of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, Letter 'R," 1935-1953. 5.11.143-159 includes correspondence with FDR, Cordele Hull and Lister Hill.

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  9. 5.1.1-213 - Letter

    Correspondence of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, 1927-1953, (I, J and K). Most correspondence is of general FSTC business (rents in arrears, inquiries about single tax, tax returns). In 5.1.80 C. A. Gaston writes about Fairhope's early residents, saying those who came to Fairhope were "advanced thinkers and their various eccentricities made them stand out as distrinct from the common run of citizen." He called early Fairhope a "crank...

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  10. FSTC-0463 - Photograph, Digital

    Presentation photograph of two single tax newpapers: The first edition of the Fairhope Courier (August 15, 1894) and The Standard (July 8, 1891). From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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    FSTC-0463
  11. PMG_13915-13937 - Student Paper

    Student paper dated December 5, 1982 by Charles F. Duvall, Jr. titled "Fairhope: Legitimate Success or Paid Political Advertisement?: The Role of Jospeh Fels in Colony Success 1894-1909". This history thesis was presented in partial fulfilment of requirements for a Fairhope history course at the University of Virginia and taught by Dr. Paul M. Gaston, professor of history. Joseph Fels, wealthy Philadelphia soap manufacturer and single t...

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  12. vi.7.40 - Letter

    Letter dated 7/22/1908 to Daniel Kiefer in Cincinnati, Ohio from Joseph Fels in London, England. Fels has sent this copy to E. B. Gaston. Fels is telling Kiefer that he thinks The Public newspaper should be used to promote the ideas of land-value taxation and single tax principles by printing information for wide distribution. Fels is willing to put up $100 to start the process. He is especially interested in Oregon and Rhode Island and get...

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  13. vi.7.57 - Letter

    Letter dated 9/10/1908 to Louis D. Leyh in Stillwater, Minnesota from Joseph Fels, writing from London, England. Fels is respsonding to a letter from Leyh, and send pamphlets about the Fairhope Single Tax Colony. Fels says if Leyh is interested in the Colony, he should contact E. B. Gaston, but also those who are opposed to the Colony, termed "kickers," namely Alfred Wolf and Mr. Albright. For a neutral opinion about the Colony, he tells Ley...

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  14. vi.8.62 - Letter

    Unsigned form letter dated August, 1908 written by Joseph Fels. The letter is being sent to all single tax associations and any other organizations affiliated with the movement to tax based on land values. Fels wants all books, pamphlets, and printed materials to be shared between organizations of like philosophy throughout the world and is willing to start a fund to pay for organizing the project.

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    vi.8.62
  15. vii.3.34-35 - Letter

    Letter dated 3/31/1909 to John Ettel from Joseph Fels responding to his letter of 3/15/1909 in which he asked Fels if he would be willing to pay for the erection of a hotel in Fairhope. Fels says that he has recently pledged large sums of money towards the promotion of the Single-Tax in the U. S., Great Britain, Canada, and several other countries, provided the inhabitants of the countries raise equal amounts. He predicts that someone will build ...

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    vii.3.34-35
  16. vii.5.60-61 - Letter

    Letter dated 6/21/1910 to W. J. Wallace in New York City from Daniel Kiefer, chairman of the Joseph Fels Fund of America. Wallace represents the Land Value Tax Party, and Kiefer is responding to his letter about joining forces with single taxers to accomplish political goals.

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    vii.5.60-61

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