MISSION
By exploring local history and initiating dialogue, the Mobile History Project
seeks to connect and empower citizens to know more and do more in the community.
Strategies
for accomplishing that mission
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MobileHistoryProject.com
Website Resources
Links
Quick access to historical and cultural
organizations, archives, museums and other cultural venues
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Maps
Original and curated maps highlighting local historic sites
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Timeline of Historic Moments
A chronology of brief stories and local headlines, exploring often-forgotten events or under-represented groups. Each provides a connection to broader historical patterns and yet has contributed uniquely to community identity.
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Calendar
Weekly update of current and upcoming
historical and cultural events
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Photo of the Month
Access to historic images with brief context, an opportunity also to spotlight the collections of local archives
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Providing information and resources to encourage broader awareness and participation, the Mobile Dialogue blog and upcoming podcast offer the public a condensed summary of City Council meetings and news from the administration along with the information and context to help the public make informed decisions.
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Advocacy, Access and Awareness
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Encouraging citizens to bring the symbols of Mobile's history into their homes, a daily reminder that awareness of local history provides us with a sense of community and a foundation of unity.
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Projects
The Mobile History Project encourages the preservation of historic customs and traditions as key elements of the city's historic culture. The Mobile Mardi Gras Trail is a self-guided walking or driving tour,
describing the origins of carnival in America.
See MobileMardiGrasTrail.com for more educational resources and opportunities for engagement.
See MobileMardiGrasTrail.com
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The Mobile History Project works in partnership with Friends of Mobile Trees to encourage the preservation of both the built and living history.
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UPCOMING:
Mobile History Week
May 10 - 17, 2024
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Mobile in 100 Words
August - October 2023
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Community Collection
This initiative is intended as on-going process of collecting photos and memories from personal and family collections to be digitized, organized thematically and available to the public. Ultimately the collection should present a more balanced and document-based record, a set of data describing the daily life of Mobilians in the 20th and 21st Centuries which the community itself participates in creating. Programs would invite broad-based participation and opportunities for public dialogue from every age group and sector of society.
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Advocacy
The Mobile History Project actively advocates for community engagement, citizen participation, cultural planning and historic preservation. Focus areas include:
Church Street Graveyard
Government Street Corridor
Duncan Place
Royal Street Historic Corridor
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Environmental Awareness
Collaborative, Community-Based Cultural Planning and Placemaking
Expanded Historic Districts
Equitable Funding to Cultural Organizations
Administrative Management, Accountability and Oversight of Cultural Entities, Planning and Policymaking
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