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Miss Emma Dead; Loved Library Work
Article announcing the death of Emma Harris, 101 years old, and listing her various contributions to the Mobile community and Mobile Public Library
Funeral Today for Director Emeritus of Mobile Library
Mobile Press-Register article announcing the funeral of Emma Harris at Trinity Episcopal Church
Mobilian Honored
Press-Register article announcing a tea held to celebrate Emma Harris's 100th birthday
Mrs. Harris Named First Lady
Press-Register article about Emma Harris being names First Lady of Mobile by the City Council of Beta Sigma Phi
Bookmobile "Miss Emma" No Longer Traveling
Newspaper article and photo about the "Miss Emma" bookmobile being beyond repair and becoming a makeshift library branch in the Pleasant Valley Shopping Center
Mobile County Waters Rededicate Bookmobiles
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
Life Membership Presented
Mobile Register photo of Emma Harris being presented with the first honorary lifetime membership for Friends of the Library, by FOL president Mrs. Harold S. Cohen and FOL secretary Bill Roberson
Mobile Public Library's 37th Anniversary
Mobile Register clipping showing Hank Blasick and Emma Harris cutting a cake to celebrate Mobile Public Library's 37th anniversary
She Didn't Just Live 100 Years - She Served
Mobile Press article about "Miss Emma", now 101 years old
Emma Harris, M.O. Beale 1961
Mobile Press clipping of Emma Harris being featured in the February 3, 1961, M.O. Beale column