What is the Archives?
The Mobile Municipal Archives is a separate department of the city, administratively located under the City Clerk’s Office (cf City Ordinance 02-036, adopted 1984; Code of Alabama, Title 37; Code of Mobile, 1955). It houses the official non-current records of the City Of Mobile, from 1814 to the present day, and makes them accessible to city officials as well as to the general public.