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Mobile Register article with a photo of Howard Barney christening the "Miss Emma" bookmobile with water from the four points of Mobile County where the bookmobiles traveled

Newspaper article and photo about the "Miss Emma" bookmobile being beyond repair and becoming a makeshift library branch in the Pleasant Valley Shopping Center

Press-Register article about Emma Harris being names First Lady of Mobile by the City Council of Beta Sigma Phi

Press-Register article announcing a tea held to celebrate Emma Harris's 100th birthday

Mobile Press-Register article announcing the funeral of Emma Harris at Trinity Episcopal Church

Article announcing the death of Emma Harris, 101 years old, and listing her various contributions to the Mobile community and Mobile Public Library

Article about Emma Harris's trip to visit the public libraries in various states

Article about Mobile Public Library, including a section for when it first opened as a free public library, a section for Emma Harris, the library's improving financial status, the Fine Arts room, and a section for director Arless Nixon

Mobile Register clipping announcing Mobile Public Library's Open House to celebrate the new air conditioning

Mobile Register clipping, including photo, about Moreland Griffith Smith, Alabama Society of Mayflower Descendants governor, presenting Emma Harris with a complete collection of the society's publication, "The Mayflower Quarterly"