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)

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.…

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

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…

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

Mobile Death Records 1908

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Death records of Mobile County, Alabama, for the year 1908

Mobile County death records for 1876-1908 available at the Local History & Genealogy…

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…

Nicholas Holmes Memorial Collection

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Photographs taken of Mobile buildings for a project assigned to architect Nicholas Holmes, as part of the Historic American Buildings Survey.

Contributors: Photographer, W.N. Manning, Photographer, E.W. Russell, Photographer, Jack E. Boucher

Souvenir History of the Mobile Fire and Police Departments, 1819-1902

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Book detailing the history of the Mobile Fire and Police Departments, from 1819 to 1902, including photographs of the fire and police department…

Contributors: John C. O'Connell, Electric Engraving Company, Buffalo, NY, Thompson Photographic Company, Mobile, AL, Reed's Art Studio, Mobile, AL, R.B. Owen, Mobile city clerk

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…

Mobile Postcard Album

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An album of postcards of Mobile, donated to the Mobile Public Library, Local History & Genealogy division