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1. 1906_Courier_Page_089 - Newspaper Article

   Newspaper article from the March 23, 1906 edition of the Fairhope Courier announcing the Baldwin County Summer Normal school for training teachers with Marietta Johnson in charge. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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2. 1908_Courier_Page_278 - Newspaper Article

   Newspaper article dated September 11, 1908 in the Fairhope Courier about the decidation of the new building for the Fairhope Public Library. This same page has the announcement for the Organic School curriculum from kindergarten through teacher training for 1908-1909. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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3. BSS.392-393 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph postcard by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, of Lois Slosson Sundberg pictured outside, smiling broadly and holding a flower. There is a legible note on the back of the postcard dated November 9, 1910 saying she is busy teaching school (she taught at the Organic School from about 1908-1912). From the Bass Slosson Sundberg Photo Collection of the Fiarhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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4. BSS.442-449 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph postcards dated c 1908-1912 by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, of Organic School students and teachers. Lois Slosson Sundberg (L) and Olive Wooster (R). The backs of the cards mention that the teachers' salaries were $25 a month, later $40 a month. The names of the students are listed on the backs of the cards: 1st Row: Raymond Dyson, Ralph Brown, Grace Coutant, Kirby Wharton, Rudolph Tuveson 2nd Row: Eleanor Coutant, Annie Stra...

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5. BSS.450-453 - Photograph, Digital

   Two Photograph postcards c.1912 by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, of similar images of students and teacher Lois Slosson (Sundberg) standing outside the Organic School's Manual Training Department building in Fairhope, Alabama. This building is now called Dahlgren Hall. From the Bass Slosson Sundberg Photo Collection of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Photograph Archives.

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6. BSS.454-455 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph postcard c. 1908-1912 by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, of students working on their embroidery projects at the Organic School in Fairhope, Alabama. Teacher Lois Slosson Sundberg is supervising the Life Class which is being held outdoors. A greyscale of this picture has been added to this record. (FMH_0295) From the Bass Slosson Sundberg Photo Collection of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Photograph Archives.

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7. BSS.456-457 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph postcard c.1908-1912 by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, of students and teachers standing outside the Bell Building on the Organic School campus in Fairhope, Alabama. From the Bass Slosson Sundberg Photo Collection of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Photograph Archives.

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8. BSS.466-468 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph postcard c.1908 by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, of students and teachers building a school room, the first kinder building, at the Organic School in Fairhope, Alabama. See FMH_ 0362 for another version of this picture, in black and white with the title "Construction by the Pupils, Organic School." From the Bass Slosson Sundberg Photo Collection of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Photograph Archives.

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9. BSS.475-477 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph c.1908-1912 of Teachers Irene Lucier Buell, Frances Gaston Crawford, Alice Patterson, Hazel Pilcher Lott, and Lois Slosson Sundberg sitting on a porch nof the Organic School in Fairhope, Alabama. From the Bass Slosson Sundberg Photo Collection of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Photograph Archives.

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10. BSS.478-479 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph c.1908-1912 of students and teachers at the Organic School in Fairhope, Alabama. Lois Slosson Sundberg is the teacher in the back row, second from right. Marietta Johnson's son, Clifford Ernest Johnson, is the boy seated on the bottom row, far right. From the Bass Slosson Sundberg Photo Collection of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Photograph Archives.

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11. DBJ-0218-0219 - Photograph, Digital

    Two photographs dated 1906 by Arthur M. Dealy titled "School Gardens" of children working in the gardens at the Fairhope Public School east of the building. The four acre School Garden was "divided into small allotments for boys and girls to own and work individually" (Fairhope Courier 1/27/1905). The gentleman in the hat is Mr. T. N. Freeman, who supervised the garden. From the Dealy Brown Jennings Photo Collection, Fairhope Single Tax Corpor...

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12. FMH_0362 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph dated 1908 by Frank Stewart, The Picture Man, titled "Construction by the Pupils, Organic School" showing School of Organic Education students building the kinder building on the school campus in Fairhope, Alabama. To see a less closely cropped image of this picture in post card form, go to BSS.466-468 in these Online Archives. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives. Courtesy of the Fairhope Museum of History, Donelso...

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13. FMH_0760 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph of Ida H. Boykin, an unidentified lady, Marie Lewis Williams and an unidentified lady seated on desks in front of a blackboard at the Anna T. Jeanes School in Fairhope, Alabama. Mrs. Boykin and Mrs. Williams were teachers, and Mrs. Boykin's husband, Alvin E. Boykin was the principal of Anna T. Jeanes School. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, Fairhope Museum of History Collection.

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14. FMH_0843 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph dated February 11, 1927 of a classroom of students with their teacher. Location and school name are not identified. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, Courtesy of the Fairhope Museum of History.

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15. FMH_0853 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph dated 1933-1934 of the second and third grade classes at an unidentified school, but likely in Baldwin County, Alabama. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, Courtesy of the Fairhope Museum of History.

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16. FMH_0870 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph dated February 21, 1927 of students seated at their desks in a with the teacher looking on. Location not known. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, Courtesy of the Fairhope Museum of History.

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17. FMH-A0004a - Audio, Digital

    Interview (audio) dated January 16, 1979 of Mrs. Hazele Williams Payne (1891-1991). The interviewer is not identified. A continuation of this interview with additional later content is cataloged under separate records in these Archives at FMH-A0004b, FMH-A0007a and FMH-A0007b. The interview covers a wide range of topics about Mrs. Payne's life in Fairhope, her family, friends, experiences and observations. Included are topics about Mariet...

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18. FMH-A0005c - Audio, Digital

    Interview (audio) dated 1998. Mary Lois Timbes-Adshead interviews Helene Beiser Hunter, Evalyn Berglin Porter and Eloise Nichols Rowe for background research for her books "Meet Me at the Butterfly Tree" and "Fair Hope of Heaven." Kenneth C. Cain joins the conversation briefly at the beginning. Approximately 33 minutes, 20 seconds. Note that Mary Lois Timbes-Adshead interviews some of these participants in FMH-A0005a and FMH-A0005b. Topics...

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19. FSTC-0053 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph dated 1918 of the Organic School with students and teachers in front. The picture is taken from School Street. The building, known as the Bell Building, was built in 1904 as a new public school building for the town. It was subsequently bought by supporters of the Organic School and classes were held beginning fall,1909. The Organic School opened in 1907; classes were held in Marietta Johnson's home and a small cottage in downto...

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20. FSTC-0120 - Photograph, Digital

    Presentation slide with three photographs and labels: 1. Photograph of Marietta Johnson, founder of the Organic School, in Fairhope, Alabama 3. Sculpture of Marietta Johnson and two students located at Bluff Park overlooking Mobile Bay in Fairhope, Alabama. 3. Photograph dated 1915 of Marietta Johnson and students in an outside classroom setting at the Organic School in Fairhope, Alabama. This photograph was printed as the frontispiece of ...

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