Fairhope Public Library has free online digitized newspapers that can be used for obituary searches, birth and wedding announcements, and more. 

Fairhope Public Library Newspaper Archives

• Fairhope Courier
  (1894-1974)   
• Eastern Shore Courier
  (1979-1980) 

Fairhope Veterans Oral History Collection – The Fairhope Library Veterans Oral History Collection consists of video and audio interviews recorded in 2011 and 2021. They include veterans who served in World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Persian Gulf War, and the Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts as well as experiences of support personnel. Each interviewee’s personal military memories can be found on the Fairhope Library’s YouTube page.