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

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

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

Joaquin M. Holloway, Sr . 27 Jun 1983.mp3
Oral history interview of Joaquin M. Holloway, Sr. at Mobile Public Library

Elizabeth Vickers Courtney . 1 Jul 1983.mp3
Oral history interview of Elizabeth Vickers Courtney at her home at 27 Hillwood Drive

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Mobile, Alabama
Sep. 22, 1966

Presentation of antique silver, gift of the Mitchell Foundation, Inc., given in memory of the late Mr. and Mrs. A.S. Mitchell.
Coffee urn, made in England in 1767, nine years before the signing of the Declaration of…

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Newspaper article about a celebration for Emma Harris's 95th birthday and 50th year as a public librarian for the City of Mobile

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Mobile Register article and photo of Emma Harris watching Thomas Maroney, president of Maroney Bookmobile Manufacturing Co., handing the keys to the new library bookmobile to Hank Blasick, director of Mobile Public Library

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Article inviting people to join the Library Club of America at any Mobile Public Library location and Bookmobile, including a listing of the bookmobile's summer schedule
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