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Photos of Emma Harris being given a key to the city of Mobile by Mayor Henry Luscher, beside two other ladies

Photo of Emma Harris speaking with a lady, with Hank J. Blasick, Library Director, in the background

Photo of Mrs. Emma Harris

Photo close up of Emma Harris

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

Daughters of the American Revolution award of merit certificate

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

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…

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

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