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 (5433 total)

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Photos of the Augusta Evans Wilson House, also known as Georgia Cottage, at 2564 Spring Hill Avenue, Mobile, AL

14 Dec. . voice of the people.pdf
Letter to the editor complaining that half measures will not stop the spread of influenza

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

Appendix III . 1914 Stone St..pdf
Three photos of house located at 1760 Stone Street in 1936; 1914 Stone Street in 1983

Appendices IV & V . St. Stephens Rd. & Andrews St..pdf
Two photos: unused building on St. Stephens Rd. and Bessie C. Fonville School on St. Andrews St., in use in 1983

Appendix VI . 1865 Stone St..pdf
Three photos of house located at 1711 Stone Street in 1942; 1865 Stone Street in 1983

Hypothetical Diary Entries . Bill Bates & Bill Bates V.pdf
Imaginary diary entries for hypothetical persons Bill Bates and his descendant, Bill Bates V, written by 15 year old John Adams as part of his Growing Up in Mobile: Depression & Wartime project, with critique by historian Elizabeth Barrett Gould
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