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 (14 total)

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Part 2 of Eugene Walter's Conversations About Mobile oral history interview, in which he discusses his return to the United States and Mobile.

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Part 1 of Eugene Walter's Conversations About Mobile oral history interview, in which he discusses his early life and travels in Europe.

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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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Lorna Woods talks about the sense of community and family she experienced growing up in Lewis' Quarters.

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VOHP Interview List.pdf
List of full VOHP interviews available for viewing at Local History & Genealogy library

James Arthur Reed talks about Gomez Auditorium, the bands that used to play there, and his first job at Albright and Wood's Drug Store.

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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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Lancie Thomas and Claretta Blackmon talk about The Mobile Beacon, what it has done for the community, politics, Gov. Wallace, and the Klan.

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Casmarah Mani talks about changes in his community, the effects of desegregation, and race relations.

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

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