Daphne Special Collection

The Daphne Special Collection contains materials that are old, rare or new that portray the history, of Daphne and the surrounding areas of Baldwin County.  Many items are included that describe the history of the coastal region, the Mississippi and Alabama Territories, and the State of Alabama as it pertains to the development of the Baldwin County area.  Information in the collection includes fiction and biographies of Alabama authors or historical residents.  More information is available concerning the ways of life and events of this area through time - crops, churches, schools, recipes, songs, family life, natural history, geology, government, roads and trails, music and songs, poetry, wars, and much more.  

The collection includes books, DVDs, video tapes, slides, and ephemera.  The collection may be accessed in-house only and remains in locked collection cabinets and files.  Ashley Hudson can assist you in accessing materials and/or completing research at ahudson@daphneal.com or 251-620-2501.

Local photos below are courtesy of Harriett Outlaw from Images of America: Daphne and family photos are courtesy of Louise Allegri Volovecky.