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.
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
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
Photo and Mobile Press clipping about Emma Harris and Irma Meyer being honored for their library service by county commissioner Leroy Stevens and city commissioner Joe Langan