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1. PMG_13615-13648 - Student Paper

   Student paper by Gary P. F. Carr dated 1984 and submitted to fulfill requirments for the Fairhope Seminar Course taught by Dr. Paul Gaston, Professor of History at the University of Virginia. The paper is titled "Fairhope: The First Fifteen Years: Making Good Theories Work." Carr compares the single tax, socialism and the roles of the two ideologies in the early development of Fairhope, Alabama. From the Paul M. Gaston Collection, Fairho...

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2. PMG_13649-13694 - Student Paper

   Paper dated December 1988 by student Phil Townsend written to fulfill requirements for a Fairhope Seminar course taught by University of Virginia Professor Paul. M. Gaston. The title is "Land Acquisition and the Fairhope Single Tax Colony" and discusses how, when and by whom land was acquired for the Fairhope Colony from 1894-1906. A Chronology of Land Acquisitions by the Fairhope Industrial Association, and several maps are included. F...

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3. PMG_13695-13729 - Student Paper

   Student Paper titled "Making Good Theories Work: A Study of Fairhope" by Edward G. Lawrence. This paper was submitted to fulfill requirements for the Spring, 1987 Fairhope Seminar course taught by Dr. Paul M. Gaston, Professor of History at the University of Virginia. The paper discusses the economic and social climate of late 19th century. the rise of reform movements across the country, Henry George, Edward Bellamy, A. K. Owen, and the de...

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4. PMG_13730-13766 - Student Paper

   Student Paper dated December 2, 1988 by Martha Dickens titled "Architecture and Design in the Fairhope Single Tax Colony: Creating a Sense of Place." The paper was submitted to fulfill requirements for the Fairhope Seminar course taught by Dr. Paul. M Gaston, Professor of History at the University of Virginia. The paper is a history of "how people make building decisions about type, style, and usage.........and whether architecture and envi...

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5. PMG-13730-13766 - Student Paper

   Paper dated December 1988 by student Martha Dickens written to fulfill requirements for the Fairhope Seminar course taught by University of Virginia professor Paul M. Gaston. The paper is titled "Architecture and Design in the Fairhope Single Tax Colony: Creating a Sense of Place." The paper discusses the houses, hotels, churches and other buildings in the early Fairhope along with architectural styles, building materials, relationship with t...

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6. PMG_13767-13792 - Student Paper

   Student paper dated December 2, 1982 titled "Women of Fairhope 1894-1903" by Ann-Marie Bolton. This history thesis was submitted to fulfill requiremnts for a Fairhope Seminar course taught by Dr. Paul M. Gaston at the University of Virginia. The paper discusses the role of women in the first ten years of the single tax colony of Fairhope, Alabama. Many of Fairhope's early women residents are mentioned in this paper. From the Paul M. Gaston...

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7. 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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8. 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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9. PMG_13843-13885 - Student Paper

   Student Paper dated 1988 by Amy Boening titled "Fairhope and the National Single Tax Movement: The Implications of a Simulation of the Theories of Henry George." The paper was submitted in fuflfillment of a Fairhope Seminar course taught by Dr. Paul M. Gaston, Professor of History at the University of Virginia. From the Paul M. Gaston Collection, Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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10. PMG_13886-13914 - Student Paper

    Student Paper dated December 2, 1988 by Glen Earl titled "Contribution and Controversy: A narrative of philanthropist Joseph Fels'involvement in the Fairhope Single Tax Colon 1897-1910." The paper was written to fulfil requirements for a Fairhope Seminar Class taught at the University of Virginia by Dr. Paul M. Gaston, Professor of History. Earl made extensive use of the correspondence and documents from the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Arch...

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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. PMG_13938-13967 - Student Paper

    Student paper dated December 7, 1982 by Ford Stephens titled "The Doorkeeper of Utopia: E. B. Gaston and the Immigration of Fairhope." The paper was submitted in partial fulfilment for a Fairhope Seminar course taught at the University of Virginia by Dr. Paul M. Gaston, Professor of History. Stephens thesis centers on the first three decades of the development of the Single Tax Colony in Fairhope, Alabama, and founder E. B. Gaston's efforts ...

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13. PMG_13968-14016 - Student Paper

    Student paper dated April 24, 1984 titled "The Will to Survive: The Paradox of the Organic School from 1935 to 1945" by J. Richard Carlson. The paper was submitted as a requirement for a history course on Fairhope, Alabama at the Univeristy of Virginia. The course was taught by Dr. Paul M. Gaston, Professor of History. The paper studies the history of the School of Organic Education (Orangic School) in Fairhope, Alabama during the decade en...

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14. PMG_14017-14042 - Student Paper

    Student Paper by Rocco Zappone titled "Marietta Johnson and the Fairhope School of Organic Eduction, 1907-1913." This paper was submitted to fulfill requirements for a history course taught at the University of Virginia by Dr. Paul M. Gaston, Professor of History. This paper has multiple handwritten notes from Professor Gaston. By the way, Zappone wrote a master's thesis for Dr. Gaston, again about the Organic School, which appears in these FSTC...

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15. PMG_14043-14062 - Student Paper

    Student paper dated 1970 by Bill Boyd titled "Marietta Johnson and Her School of Organic Education in Fairhope." The paper was for a college course taught by "Mr. McLachlan" but the name of the institution is not available. Based on the notes, Boyd gave the paper to Dr. Paul M. Gaston after meeting him socially some years later. The paper was written considerably earlier than other Student Papers in these Archives, and based on the footnotes,...

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16. PMG-5800-5896 - Student Paper

    Paper dated April 1987 by student Steven Zweig written for the Fairhope Seminar class and submitted to the instructor, Dr. Paul M. Gaston, Corcoran Professor of History at the University of Virginia. Paper is titled "Fairhope's Disappointment: The Dissidents' Controversy 1970-1986" about background. events and legal challenges to the FSTC charter in the 1970s and 1980s. Comments from Dr. Gaston are included. From the Paul M. Gaston Colle...

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17. PMG-5897-5924 - Student Paper

    Student paper by Shae Sherertz written in April 1984 to fulfill requirments for History 488, a senior level undergraduate course taught by Univeristy of Virginia Corcoran Professor of History Dr. Paul M. Gaston. Paper is titled "From Fairhope to Russia: In Pursuit of Utopia," and details the story of Willard H. Edwards, a teacher at the School of Organic Education in Fairhope, Alabama who went to Soviet Russia in the mid 1930s to find a teac...

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18. PMG-5925-5953 - Student Paper

    Student paper dated 1984 by John McCoy Berkley, Jr. written to fulfill requirements for a history course on Fairhope, Alabama taught at the Univeristy of Virginia by Corcoran Professor of History Dr. Paul M. Gaston. Paper is titled "Fairhope: Towards Municipal Incorporation" and discusses the events leading to the incorporation of the Town of Fairhope as a municipality in the State of Alabama in 1908. From the Paul M. Gaston Collection, Fa...

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19. PMG-5954-5982 - Student Paper

    Student Paper, dated 1982, by Paul E. Becker titled "Fairhope: The Bonds Of Community - The First Ten Years." This paper was written to fulfill requirements for a senior level history class at University of Virginia taught by Corcoran Professor of History Dr. Paul M. Gaston. This paper and other student papers are included in the FSTC Archives collection from Dr. Gaston. Includes an overview of Fairhope's founding and first years. Notes ...

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20. PMG-6026-6052 - Student Paper

    Student paper by Pat Gilbert dated 1984. This history thesis was submitted as part of the requirements for a course taught by University of Virginia Professor of History Dr. Paul M. Gaston. Title of the paper is "Fairhope 1894-1904: An Economic Success?" and presents an overview of the first ten years of the Fairhope, Alabama Single Tax Colony's demonstration of the single tax. From the Paul M. Gaston Collection, Fairhope Single Tax C...

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