MUNICIPAL PUBLICATIONS
ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH
Statistics for Mobile County are included with the city reports
beginning in 1955.
1875 |
1889-1894 |
1900-1901 |
1921-1965 |
1970 |
1974-1990 |
CITY OF MOBILE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF MOBILE
1858 |
1907 |
1935 |
1947 |
1949 |
1965 |
THE MAYOR'S MESSAGE; TOGETHER WITH REPORTS OF CITY
OFFICERS
MOBILE AUDIT REPORTS
MOBILE HOUSING BOARD
Various publications relating to the board. (See also Photograph and Manuscript Collections
under the same heading.)
1945 |
1961 |
1964 |
1966 |
1967-1969 |
1971 |
ORDINANCES
Grading Restaurants - 1925 |
Governing Food Establishments - 1939 |
| Ice Cream and Bakery - ca. 1912 |
Regulating Milk Products - 1943 |
SIX FLAGS REPORTER
Newsletter for municipal employees.
| Vol. 1, No. 1 (July 1970) - Vol. 6, No. 12
(June 1976) |
Vol. 7, No. 1 (July 1976) - Vol. 7, No. 6
(December 1976) |
Vol. 7, No. 8 (February 1977) - Vol. 7, No.
12 (June 1977) |
| Vol. 9, No. 2 (August 1978) |
Vol. 9, No. 10 (April 1979) |
Vol. 11, No. 5 (November 1980) - Vol. 13,
No. 3 (September 1982) |
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LOCAL NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES, AND PERIODICALS
À LA MOAD (90-08-200)
The McCall Library has the May 31, 1942, and May 24, 1943,
through April 3, 1944, issues of this newsletter put out by Brookley Air Force Base. (See
also Photograph and Manuscript
Collections under Brookley Air Force Base.)
AZALEA CITY NEWS (90-08-211)
The Azalea City News, a weekly newspaper dedicated
to local events, arts, sports, and entertainment, was published in Mobile from 1974 to
1991. The early format was monthly and more political; it became bi-monthly, and finally
weekly. The McCall Library's holdings are complete. The paper has also been microfilmed.
(See also Photograph Collections under the same heading.)
BARTON NEWS (94-08-281)
Until the late 1920s, the only high school in Mobile was
Barton Academy. We hold the following issues of this school's newspaper: 1917-1927. (See
also Manuscript Collections under Barton Scrapbook, Bartonian,
and Olson Scrapbook.)
BROOKLEY BAY BREEZE
(89-08-189)
The McCall Library has the following issues of this Brookley
Air Force Base publication: February 9, February 23, May 13, June 5, 1942, and April 10,
1943. (See also Photograph and Manuscript
Collections under Brookley Air Force Base.)
BROOKLEY SPOTLIGHT (89-08-189)
Includes the following issues of this Brookley Air Force
Base publication: October 21, 1955, through December 4, 1955, and January 1959 through
June 27, 1969. (See also Photograph and Manuscript
Collections under Brookley Air Force Base.)
CHICKASAW NEWS
(See News Herald.)
CITRONELLE CALL
We have scattered issues of this weekly newspaper from 1939
to 1941.
CITIZEN (90-08-201)
This weekly was published in Prichard between 1928 and 1963.
The McCall Library has issues for 1928-1929 and 1938-1941.
FAIRHOPE COURIER (
We have the 1894-1904 issues of this newspaper on microfilm.
FORE & AFT (90-08-200)
Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company remained in
business in Mobile from 1918 until 1986. Its company newsletter, Fore & Aft,
appeared weekly until the 1950s and irregularly thereafter. The McCall Library's holdings
are nearly complete and have been microfilmed. (See also Manuscript
Collections under Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company, and Photograph Collections under Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding
Company and Rufus H. Cate Sr.)
GULF COAST / SOUTH HISTORICAL REVIEW
This bi-annual publication of the Gulf South Historical
Association, produced in cooperation with the University's History Department, began in
1985. It provided coverage of historical topics related to life in the Gulf South area of
the United States and the Caribbean. It ceased publication in 2006. We hold copies of all
of the issues as well as many of the photographs that appeared in the publication. Back
issues are available for sale. Please check our Publications
page for more information. (See also University Collections.)
HARBINGER (01-08-374)
Publication of this local alternative newspaper began in
April 1983 as On Guard. It ceased publication in 2001. The McCall Library's
holdings include past issues of the paper along with documentation related to the
periodical, such as correspondence, event advertisements, photographs, and comic strips.
The paper has also been microfilmed.
INNER CITY NEWS (
We have this newspaper on microfilm from January 14, 1977,
to June 26, 1982.
MISCELLANEOUS MOBILE NEWSPAPERS (19th AND 20th CENTURIES)
-Mobile Advertiser-Register (microfilm only)
June 5, 1861 - October 31, 1961
January 18, 1862 - June 30, 1963
October 1, 1863 - May 31, 1864
July 18, 1865 - March 7, 1966
-Mobile Commercial Register
December 1821 - November 1824
January - May 1829
-Mobile Commercial Register and Patriot (microfilm only)
October 6, 1832 - May 3, 1833
January 28, 1834 - November 29, 1834
June 2, 1835 - December 31, 1835
September 10, 1838 - April 30, 1839
-Mobile Daily Advertiser (microfilm only)
December 1, 1860 - April 30, 1961
-Mobile Daily Item (microfilm only)
July 1, 1899 - December 31, 1911
-Mobile Daily Mercury
1859
-Mobile Daily Register
Paper Copies
1859
July - December 1877
January - March 1889
July - December 1889
January 1901
February - March 1910
Microfilm
January - December 1850
August 1, 1851 - August 31, 1853
February 1, 1859 - January 5, 1860
March 17, 1860 - June 29, 1860
July - June 1872
January - December 1873
July - June 1875
January - June 1876
January - April 1895
September - December 1897
January - June 1900
January - March 1901
January - June 1921
July - August 1925
September - December 1926
March - June 1927
May - June 1930
-Mobile Daily Tribune
1859
-Mobile Democratic Register (microfilm only)
January 11, 1860 - March 17, 1860
-Mobile Evening News (microfilm only)
July 21, 1865 - December 29, 1865
-Mobile Mercantile Advertiser
1834
-Mobile Register and Journal
1942 - 1844
-Mobile Register and Journal of the Country
1849
-Mobile Weekly Register
Paper
1870
Microfilm
June 11, 1870 - April 8, 1871
MOBILE BAY MONTHLY
This local interest magazine began publication in 1986. The
McCall Library's holdings are complete to the present.
MOBILE BEACON AND ALABAMA CITIZEN
We have the following copies of this local black newspaper
on microfilm: April 18, 1959, through December 9, 1961, and October 5, 1963 through 2008.
MOBILE COUNTY NEWS
This weekly newspaper served south Mobile County from 1959
to 1991. In 1990, it absorbed the Tillman's Corner News. We have the Tillman's
Corner News for 1989 and the Mobile County News from 1967 to 1979 and 1981
to 1989.
MOBILE LABOR JOURNAL
The American Federation of Labor published this weekly
newspaper from 1938 to 1974. On July 3, 1959, the publishers changed the paper's name to Mobile
Journal. The McCall Library has microfilmed scattered issues of both papers for 1939,
all issues for 1942, July to December 1943, and 1945 to 1974. We also have bound volumes
for 1942, July to December 1943, 1945 to 1961, 1970, and September 1972 to March 1974.
MOBILE METRO
This short-lived news and arts weekly was published between
May 1988 and February 1989. We have every issue.
MOBILE POST
This weekly paper was published in Mobile from 1927 to 1961.
The McCall Library has issues for 1927-1928, 1940-1943, and 1945-1949.
MOBILE [PRESS] REGISTER
During the height of the Great Depression, Mobile had
several local newspapers. As financial conditions worsened, the Mobile Press bought
out two of the city's dailies, the Mobile Register and the Mobile News-Item.
The Mobile Register became the morning paper and the Mobile Press the
afternoon. The News-Item ceased to exist. Some years later, delivery of the
afternoon paper stopped and the daily became known as the Mobile Press Register.
(See also Photograph Collections under Mobile
Press-Register.)
Bound volumes
1942
January - February 1943
May - December 1943
January - October 1944
December 1944
1945 - 1948
January - August 1949
October - December 1949
1950 - 1956
Microfilm
January 10, 1868 - June 11, 1870
January - June 1939
January - April 1940
November - December 1941
November 16, 1943 - December 31,
1943
MURPHY HIGH TIMES (94-08-281)
Before being named after a former school board
commissioner, Murphy High School ws known as Mobile High School. The McCall Library has
issues of the Mobile High Times and Murphy High Times from 1927-1930,
1936-1942, 1947-1983, and 1998. (See also Manuscript Collections
under William Cummins and Caldwell Delaney.
NATIONALIST
An historical retrospective newspaper from Bayou La
Batre, dated August 30, 1868.
NEW TIMES
The McCall Library has this paper on microfilm from 1988
to 1994.
NEWS HERALD
This weekly newspaper served north Mobile County from
1947 to 1991. In 1959, it absorbed the Chickasaw News. We have the Chickasaw
News for 1958 and the News Herald from 1959-1966, 1974, 1977-1986, and
1990-1991.
PORT OF MOBILE
This magazine has been published monthly by the Alabama
State Docks since 1927. The McCall Library has issues from 1959, 1962, 1967-1970, 1972,
1975, 1978, and 1986 to the present.
REARGUARD
(See University Collections.)
Special Editions
This sub-series includes individual copies of newspapers devoted
to special topics. Included are the 250th edition of the Mobile Press Register (1961),
the last issue of the Mobile Press (1997), the 275th anniversary of the founding
of Mobile editions from the Mobile Press and Mobile Register (1977), the
Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway opening edition from the Mobile Press Register (1985),
and the 175th edition of the Mobile Register (1988).
TILLMAN'S CORNER NEWS
(See Mobile County
News.)
VANGUARD
(See University Collections.)
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CITY
DIRECTORIES
FAIRHOPE/DAPHNE
The McCall Library has directories for these two Baldwin County
towns from 1978 to 1992.
GREATER MOBILE CROSS REFERENCE DIRECTORY
This directory is compiled in three sections: an alphabetical
street section; a rural route section, which lists the routes consecutively; and a section
arranged numerically by telephone prefix. We have most volumes from 1953 to 1995.
MOBILE
The McCall Library has volumes for most years of the 20th
century. Nineteenth-century directories are available on microfilm.
PRICHARD/MOBILE NORTH SUBURBAN
We have most volumes from 1956 to 1991. The title of the
publication changed from Prichard to Mobile North Suburban in 1984.
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