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 (82 total)

Critique and Transcript . Elizabeth Barrett Gould.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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Press-Register article announcing a tea held to celebrate Emma Harris's 100th birthday

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

Architectural Study . Rebecca Harrison.pdf
A comparison of a wealthy upper-class house of 1930 with a wealthy upper-class house of the turn of the century

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Aerial view of downtown Mobile

I5 . Sep 83 A7.jpg
Men in hats standing around bananas
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