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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 (18 total)

Mabel Dennison talks about her book, including her grandparents, the Clotilde, and Africatown

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Martha West Davis talks about her grandfather, Cudjo Lewis, the Clotilde, Cudjo's funeral, Mon Louis Island, the Plateau Community, etc.

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Mary Francis Plummer . 21 Jun 1983.mp3
Oral history interview of Mary Francis Plummer at the Haunted Bookshop

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Olney Lucious talks about his experiences as a musician in Mobile

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Part of the VOHP interview of Paulette Davis Horton, discussing her book, Avenue, the People, the Places, the Memories, and discussing her experiences interviewing Mobilians for the book

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Rosemary Butler talks about race relations in Mobile, including segregated theaters and her husband's fight for the position of State Housing Commissioner .

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Eoline Pope Scott and Odile Pope Owen talk about their father in the Excelsior Band and family memories

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Willie Pearl Lewis talks about being a teacher, moving from Mobile County Training School to Vigor High School, and being one of the first black teachers at a formerly all white school.

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