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.

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Mobile Register article about Mobile Public Library's Ben May Main location shifting their reference materials into what was until then the Museum Room, due to the growing collection

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Mobile Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution certificate presented to Emma Harris (Mrs. Lewis William Harris) for being a chapter member for 25 or more years

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Certificate presented to Emma Harris for Citizens Recognition Day for Mobile's 250th Anniversary Celebration on June 12, 1961

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Image of Mobile sigil, celebrating the 250th anniversary

2 Nov . MS ban to be raised 1918 p7 Mobile Register.pdf
News article

Sub-headline: Dr. W. S. Leathers Makes Official Announcement - Negro Schools to Remain Closed

1 Nov . No lifting of MS quarantine 1918 p10 Mobile Register.pdf
News article

Sub-headline: Mississippi Health Authorities Ask State Board to Continue Restrictions

9 Oct . Mississippi combats flu 1918 p9 Mobile Register.pdf
News article about influenza spread in Mississippi

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Photo of Emma Harris at a dinner table with a group of people

Martha West Davis talks about her grandfather, Cudjo Lewis, the Clotilde, Cudjo's funeral, Mon Louis Island, the Plateau Community, etc.
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