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1. 1899_Courier_Page_029 - Newspaper Article

   Article from the March 15, 1899 edition of the Fairhope Courier. Marie Howland writes from her new home "The Pines" that she is "well pleased" with Fairhope after just arriving a few days previous. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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2. 1900_Courier_Page_65 - Newspaper Article

   "Mrs. Howland's Letters to Outside Friends" in the May 1, 1900 edition of the Fairhope Courier. Marie Howland writes about the opening of the Fairhope Public Library on April 18, 1900. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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3. 37_2_009 - Newspaper Article

   Article dated May 19, 1974 by Elizabeth Park titled "She Was Ahead of Her Time" printed in the Mobile Press Register. This is about Marie Howland, founder of the Fairhope Public Library, writer, activist, socialist, feminist and reformer. Includes a cartoon by W. A. "Bill" Dealy. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives,

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4. 37_2_036 - Scrip

   Scrip issued by the Credit Foncier Company, Topolobampo, Sinaloa, Mexico for services received. The amount is one tenth unit on account. Signed by John W. Lovell, Treasurer. The Topolobampo Bay Colony was a socialist experiment started in 1886 by Albert K. Owen. Marie Howland and her husband Edward Howland were members of the Colony. Mrs. Howland, an author and activist, later moved to Fairhope, Alabama in 1899, where she lived until her ...

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5. FMH_0094 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph titled "Nooning at Batevia" of Marie Howland (1836-1921) near the Topolobampo Bay Colony in Topolobampo, Sinaloa, Mexico c.1888-1894. Mrs. Howland would move to Fairhope, Alabama in 1899, where she started the Fairhope Public Library and served as associate editor of the Fairhope Courier. Howland was a writer, activist, reform thinker and one who lived and worked in several cooperative colonies. Much information is available about h...

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6. i.1.49-50 - Letter

   Letter to E. B. Gaston in Jennings Landing, Louisiana from W. W. Breese of Waldo, Florida. He acknowledges receipt of letter and pamphlet from E. B. Gaston, says he is familiar with the Topolobampo Bay Colony of Albert K. Owen. He says that if E. B. Gaston will locate his cooperate colony in Florida, he will take a share of stock in it himself and can secure a large number of people who will do the same.

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7. i.7.5 - Letter

   Letter dated 9/7/1893 to E. B. Gaston from J. W. Breidenthal of the Kansas-Sinaloa Investment Company which funded the Albert Kimsey Owens utopian colony in Topolobampo, Mexico. He is giving Gaston the names and addressed of 6 individuals who are interested in colony schemes. R. Fletcher Gray, M.D. of St Louis, Missouri J. E. Suitterlin, New York, New York Mrs. Sarah F. Norton (Author), Towanda, Pennsylvania E. C. Middleton, New York, New Yo...

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8. i.7 9-11 - Letter

   Letter dated 8/29/1893 to E. B. Gaston from Robert H. Cowdrey of Chicago. Cowdrey is a reformer, and is planning to start a colony near theTopolobamppo Colony in Mexico, of which he is not impressed. He is concerned about Robert Owen's (the utopian socialist) influence on that colony. This is an interesting letter, full of information about the state of the cooperative movement in the world. He urges Gaston to join him rather than start anoth...

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9. ii.11.18-19 - Letter

   Undated letter written to E. B. Gaston from C. Robinson, a returned Topolobampo colonist, requesting information about the proposed Fairhope Industrial Association Colony.

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10. ii.11.24-25 - Letter

    Letter written to E. B. Gaston on March 3, 1894 from C. H. Robinson of St. Louis, Missouri saying that he can not join the Fairhope Industrial Association Colony because he must "live for art." Robinson references the Topolobampo Bay Colony in Mexico and its founder Albert Kimsey Owen. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives

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11. ii.12.184-186 - Letter

    Letter written to E. B. Gaston on November 9, 1894 from John Streble of Kirwin, Kansas, saying that he is a disciple of (Michael) Flurscheim, comparing the philosophies of the Freeland Colony the Topolobampo Bay Colony and the proposed Fairhope Colony, saying he would like to come in a years time but will give $25 with application form and make monthly payments after that.

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12. ii.12.79-80 - Letter

    Letter written to E. B. Gaston on September 7, 1894 from Allen Shortlidge of Fairfield, Washington asking for a prospectus of the Fairhope Industrial Association. He also mentions that he was a promoter of the Topolobampo Colony.

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13. ii.12.92-94 - Letter

    Letter written to E. B. Gaston on January 28, 1894 from Charles E. Smith of Denver, Colorado telling him about the progress of his planned Co-operative Colony on the Ute Indian reservation in Colorado. He asks Gaston for the Freeland Bylaws, asks him to mention his Colony to the people in Des Moines, describes the advantages of Colorado as a location for a Co-operative Colony and asks if he knows about the people who have left Topolobampo.

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14. ii.13.34-36 - Letter

    Letter written to E. B. Gaston on March 14, 1894 from F. H. Vandyke of Rainsville, Indiana saying that he would like to join the Fairhope Industrial Association Colony but that he lost all of his money in Topolobampo. He advised Gaston not to locate in Mexico. He says that "folks who have been to Topolobampo will join a movement of this kind if they are permitted to have something to say in the management of their affairs which in Topolobampo the...

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15. ii.2.45-46 - Letter

    Letter dated 1/7/1894 to W. H. Sanders from O. N. Bancroft of Villlisca, Iowa discussing the proposed colony about which Sanders read in the Farmers Tribune newspaper. Bancroft discusses the co-operative movement at length, including his time at the Topolobampo Colony in Mexico. He references Marie Howland, editor of that Colony's newspaper as unintentionally misrepresenting the organization there.

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16. ii.2.47-49 - Letter

    Letter dated 1/30/1894 to E. B. Gaston from O. N. Bancroft discussing Bancroft's experiences at the Topolobampo Colony. He specifically mentions A. J. Wilbur, the director of that colony.

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17. ii.2.52-54 - Letter

    Letter dated 2/15/1894 to E. B. Gaston from O. N. Bancroft, continuing correspondence about the proposed colony. This letter deals with Bancroft's personal circumstances, in particular, parcels of land he owns in Florida which he wishes to sell.

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18. ii.2.58-59 - Letter

    Letter written to E. B. Gaston from O. N. Bancroft on May 19,1894, letting him know that he can not buy a share of stock in "Fairhope" at present. Mentions he has been visiting his brother and family who are living in Topolobampo.

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19. ii.2.68-69 - Postcard

    Postcard to E. B. Gaston from James Bellangee on June 14, 1894 saying that he had seen a letter from E. J. Lamb of Guaymas Sonora Mexico saying that many are coming this way. Suggests Gaston get in touch at once.

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20. ii.4.14-15 - Letter

    Letter written to E. B. Gaston from E. A. Davidson of Atlanta, Georgia dated 02/11/1894. Davidson is giving Gaston advice about the set-up and running of a colony. Davidson has studied the Kaweah and Topolobampo colonies and is offering Gaston assistance.

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