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 Collections (22 total)

1918 Influenza Pandemic in Mobile

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The influenza pandemic of 1918, also known as the Spanish flu, struck the state of Alabama in September of 1918, with devastating results. The…

City Atlas of Mobile, Alabama: from Actual Surveys & Records

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Hand colored maps of the city of Mobile, AL. Blank pages between each map

Contributors: E. Robinson, Business Manager

Clinton King Slide Collection

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Photos taken by Clinton King, a past president of the Mobile Genealogical Society, of Mobile in the 1960s and 1970s, including hurricane damage,…

Clotilda Collection

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Items from the Clotilda vertical files and archival collection

Conversations About Mobile, with Eugene Walter

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Oral history interviews of Eugene Ferdinand Walter, native Mobilian, poet, actor, screenwriter, cryptographer, gourmet chef, etc., known as Mobile's…

Contributors: Eugene Walter

Emma Cortez Harris Collection

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Selection of photographs, certificates, and newspaper articles detailing the life and career of Emma Cortez Harris, Mobile Public Library's first…

Eugene Walter Façade Sketches

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Scenery and costume designs sketched by Eugene Walter in 1958, inspired by "Façade - An Entertainment," an artistic work in which Dame Edith Louisa…

Growing Up In Mobile: Depression & Wartime, 1929-1949

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Contributors: USA Photographic Archives,
Spring Hill College,
Mobile Historic Development Commission

Growing Up in Mobile: Great Depression Slide Collection

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35mm slides of Mobile during the Great Depression

Contributors: USA Photographic Archives

Magnolia Cemetery Plat Book, 1870-1983

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Plat book of Magnolia Cemetery, showing lots 1 through 36 and the Public Burial Grounds (also called Pauper Graves), with owner of each section shown.…