Family Research with DAR at Local History & Genealogy
Learning about family history! Members of the Tristan de Luna Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will be at the Local History and Genealogy Division to assist you with your questions and research concerning your ancestors.
For more information, please email Ms. Theris-Boone at etheris@mplonline.org or call (251) 494-2172.
You Need a Schoolhouse!
Join us at the Ben May Main Library for an evening discussion about Rosenwald Schools with Stephanie Deutsch, author of You Need A Schoolhouse. The program will open by screening the short film Rosenwald: Toward A More Perfect Union by the director/producer Charles Poe. Following the screening, there will be a reading from You Need A Schoolhouse by Mrs. Deutsch. Her discussion will offer a rare insight into the collaboration between Booker T. Washington, the founder of Tuskegee Institute, and Julius Rosenwald, the president of Sears, Roebuck, and Company. They brought thousands of modern schoolhouses to African American communities in the rural South during the era preceding the civil rights movement. Furthermore, Ms. Deutsch will also speak on the Rosenwald campaign, which advocates for the establishment of a National Historical Park that would commemorate and interpret Rosenwald’s overall legacy.
After her talk, there will be a question and answer session, followed by light refreshment served in the Armbrecht Briskman Meeting Room. Before leaving, please take time to view the Rosenwald Schools Exhibit located the Lobby.
To receive more information about the Rosenwald Campaign, use this link: https://www.rosenwaldpark.org/campaign-3
For more information on this event at the Ben May Main Library, please email Adrienne McSwain at amcswain@mplonline.org or call (251) 494-2298.
Traces of ancestors history.
Join us in the Ben May Main Library Meeting Room, via Zoom, or on Facebook Live. Professional genealogist and Mobile African American Genealogical & Historical Society President Mary Jones-Fitts will present on the importance of documentation in your genealogical research and how to stay organized. This program is presented in partnership with the Mobile African American Genealogical & Historical Society. Light refreshments will be served following the in-person presentation, as well as a special 30 minute session focusing on helping in-person attendees with their research problems.
Registration is required to participate in this program in-person or on Zoom. To register, please email Ms. Theris-Boone at etheris@mplonline.org and indicate if you would like to attend in-person or on Zoom. You may also call (251) 494-2172 for more information.
Traces of ancestors history.
Join us in the Ben May Main Library Meeting Room, via Zoom, or on Facebook Live. Professional genealogist and Mobile African American Genealogical & Historical Society President Mary Jones-Fitts will focus on using court records including wills, deeds, and minute books to research your ancestors. Light refreshments will be served following the in-person presentation, as well as a special 30 minute session focusing on helping in-person attendees with their research problems.
Registration is required to participate in this program in-person or on Zoom. To register, email etheris@mplonline.org, or call 251-494-2172, to request link; FB Live: https://www.facebook.com/LocalHistoryGenealogyMPL
Is Ben May Main Library haunted by ghosts?
Join Old South Paranormal, an independent paranormal research organization based out of Mobile, Alabama, as they discuss their findings from a recent ghost hunt at the Ben May Main Library and their research methods.
For more information, please call 251-340-1458 or email mainref@mplonline.org.
Join us at the Ben May Main Library for a view through chapters of the past!
In partnership with Mobile African American Genealogical & Historical Society and Mobile Creole Cultural & Historical Preservation Society, Mobile Public Library will host Alabama Road Scholar Justin Rudder for a talk on the development of cartography from Black perspectives of community, including internal understanding of Black settlements often known as “the bottoms” or “the quarters.” Join us for this fascinating presentation on Black community development in Alabama, with a special focus on Mobile County. Justin Rudder is a Digital Asset Archivist at the Alabama Archives and a Road Scholar for the Alabama Humanities Alliance whose work is driven by a passion for sharing stories from overlooked chapters of our past.
Join us on FB Live: LHG FB Live: https://www.facebook.com/LocalHistoryGenealogyMPL.
For information, please email Ms. Theris-Boone at etheris@mplonline.org, or call 251-494-2172.
Learn about our history at the Semmes Regional Library!
This seven panel exhibit in the lobby covers Mobile Public Library history from 1901 to today. It features photos, stories and the key moments in time which led Mobile Public Library to the present day as a leader in promoting literacy and connecting the community.
For more information, email lboyer@mplonline.org or call (251) 494-2521.
Important and powerful exhibit from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Join us for the opening reception for our Americans and the Holocaust traveling exhibition from the national U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. The reception will feature local speaker Ari Morgenstern and a holocaust survivor, who will join us virtually. A reception will follow the event.
Groups are welcome, but they must register first. To register or for more information, please email the Reference Desk at mainref@mplonline.org or call (251) 340-1458.
Join us in the Ben May Main Library Meeting Room, via Zoom, or on Facebook Live.
Professional genealogist and Mobile African American Genealogical & Historical Society President Mary Jones-Fitts will focus on finding records to piece together the stories of families in the enslaved community. This program is presented in partnership with the Mobile African American Genealogical & Historical Society.
Light refreshments will be served following the in-person presentation. Registration is required to participate in this program in-person or on Zoom. To register, please email Ms. Theris-Boone at etheris@mplonline.org and indicate if you would like to attend in-person or on Zoom. You may also call (251) 494-2172 for more information.
Join us in the Ben May Main Library Meeting Room, via Zoom, or on Facebook Live.
Professional genealogist and Mobile African American Genealogical & Historical Society President Mary Jones-Fitts will focus on finding records to piece together the stories of families in the enslaved community. This program is presented in partnership with the Mobile African American Genealogical & Historical Society.
Light refreshments will be served following the in-person presentation. Registration is required to participate in this program in-person or on Zoom. To register, please email Ms. Theris-Boone at etheris@mplonline.org and indicate if you would like to attend in-person or on Zoom. You may also call (251) 494-2172 for more information.