Mobile Public Library Digital Collections

Mobile Public Library Local History & Genealogy Library

The Local History and Genealogy Library is dedicated to collecting, preserving, and providing access to the history of Mobile, and the greater Gulf Coast region.

Browse Items (45 total)

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Photo of Emma Harris being given flowers by library director Joe Templeton in recognition of 30 years of service at Mobile Public Library

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A citation presented to Emma Harris by the Alabama Library Association for distinguished service to Alabama librarianship, 1917-1963

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Mobile, Alabama
Sep. 22, 1966

Presentation of antique silver, gift of the Mitchell Foundation, Inc., given in memory of the late Mr. and Mrs. A.S. Mitchell.
Coffee urn, made in England in 1767, nine years before the signing of the Declaration of…

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Article about Mobile Public Library, including a section for when it first opened as a free public library, a section for Emma Harris, the library's improving financial status, the Fine Arts room, and a section for director Arless Nixon

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Newspaper article and photo about the "Miss Emma" bookmobile being beyond repair and becoming a makeshift library branch in the Pleasant Valley Shopping Center

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Article about the Alabama Library Association's convention in Anniston, Alabama, announcing Borden Deal as the winner of the Alabama Library Association's seventh annual literary award, and Emma Harris as the recipient of a citation for 45 years of…

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Certificate presented to Emma Harris for Citizens Recognition Day for Mobile's 250th Anniversary Celebration on June 12, 1961

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Daughters of the American Revolution award of merit certificate

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Photo of Emma Harris at a dinner table with a group of people

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Newspaper article about a celebration for Emma Harris's 95th birthday and 50th year as a public librarian for the City of Mobile
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