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 (43 total)

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Mobile Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution certificate presented to Emma Harris (Mrs. Lewis William Harris) for being a chapter member for 25 or more years

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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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Photo close up of Emma Harris

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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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Photo of Library Director Guenter Jansen pulling back a black curtain to show Emma Harris her portrait

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Photo of Emma Harris sitting at a table with Hank Blasick, Guy Chappell, Yvonne Chappell, and Mrs. Skipper, at a luncheon at what is possibly the Alabama Library Association Convention

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Photo of Emma Harris being presented with a bouquet and certificate for the First Lady of Mobile award, at the Women's Club

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

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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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Photo and Mobile Press clipping about Emma Harris and Irma Meyer being honored for their library service by county commissioner Leroy Stevens and city commissioner Joe Langan
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