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1. 1.19.41-75 - Booklet

   "The Valuation of Real Estate for the Purpose of Taxation" by W. A. Somers, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1901. From the papers of Anne Bellangee Call.

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2. 29.23.6 - Correspondence

   Letter dated, October 5, 1935 to H. H. Timby in Cleveland, Ohio from E. B. Gaston. Gaston is answering Timby's questions about land appraisal: "I have always held the matter of appraisals to be a difficult one, because the matter of individual judgment must always enter. Value of any particular thing depends on knowledge of the thing to be appraied, and the proportionate consideration to be given to the various elements entering into the cre...

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3. 31_1918_1-10 - Meeting Minutes

   Meeting Minutes of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation dated 1918. The Colony Council usually met twice per month. Includes general Colony correspondece: financial reports, leases and the Annual Meeting minutes. Among highlights are: January 15, 1918 FSTC addresses how to get money owed the Colony from Marlow Turpentine Company. January 24, 1918: Annual Meeting. Trustees report wharf in bad condition. March 4, 1918: The Town ...

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4. 31_1923_1-14 - Meeting Minutes

   Meeting Minutes of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation for the year 1923. (Note pages 13 and 14 contain minutes for the following year, 1924 - the rest of that year can be viewed at 31_1924_1-10.) The 1923 Minutes contain the general business of the Colony; meetings were held twice per month. Some highlights include:objections to enlarging the electric plant because of increased traffic at the bayfront, printing maps of Colony lands,naming of...

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5. 31_1934_1-11 - Meeting Minutes

   Meeting MInutes of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation for year 1934 and includes routine business, financial statements, lease transfers and annular reports. In his annual Secretary's Report (pages 1-2), E. B. Gaston writes a clear overview of the circumstances in the depth of the Depression within the context of the FSTC's policies. The Town of Fairhope negotiated with the FSTC for a Colony-owned site for a municipal airport, with the F...

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6. 31_1947_1_51 - Meeting Minutes

   Meeting Minutes of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation for 1947. Includes routine business, lease transfers and surrenders, financial information, and other information. Some Topics: Rental rates for 1948 were addressed at the December 18, 1947 meeting and the October 2 and October 16 meetings. Rate increases on some land were announced at the October meetings. At the December meeting, rates for 1948 were further clarified with the announce...

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7. 40_16_001-002 - Brochures

   Foldout brochure dated 1976 titled "Fairhope" and published by the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. The brochure includes information related to the single tax, the FSTC, Fairhope, the Somers System (in use at the time this was published, a graph of rents, Henry George, a statement by the FSTC's Executive Council, and several photographs. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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8. 4.12.1-123 - Correspondence

   Correspondence (A) of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation dated 1936-1955. 4.12.57-100 contains correspondence with Noah D. Alper, President Public Revenue Education Council in St. Louis, MO. 4.12.101-108 contains correspondence with Paul E. Alyea and Rocky regarding "Fairhope 1894-1954" in addition to personal matters. 4/12/117-123 contains correspondence with H. D. Ware, Trustee of the Single Tax Colony in Arden, Delaware discussing t...

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9. 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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10. FSTC-V0015 - Video, Digital

    Video interview dated September 16, 1994 with Gale Rowe who came to Fairhope with his parents in the late 1930's. He graduated from Fairhope High School in 1943 (where he met Eloise Nichols whom he later married), served in the Navy during WWII and the Korean War, and in between service stints, graduated from the University of Alabama in 1948. Upon retirement, the family returned to Fairhope where he was active in the Fairhope Single Tax Corpor...

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11. FSTC-V0037 - Video, Digital

    This video has two oral histories: First is Ruth E. Rockwell and starting at 1 hour, 31 minutes and 57 seconds is Philip McCarthy. Note: Search terms listed below this entry include terms from both videos and are not able to be cataloged separately due to original format. INTERVIEW of Ruth E. Rockwell dated May 12, 1994. Mrs. Rockwell's family moved from Iowa to Fairhope in 1913 after learning about the community from other family member...

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