100 Years in 100 Days: Shaker Heights Public Library's Mary Lee Scriven

Shaker Heights Patch is celebrating the 100 years of Shaker Heights history by creating an online scrapbook. Each day for 100 days, we'll feature a photograph that helps tell the story of Shaker Heights.

Today's photo features Mary Lee Scriven, who was hired by the in April, 1938. Here are some of her memories from the book "75 Years: An Informal History of Shaker Heights":

"At first Shaker Heights Public Library was strictly an adult library because students had access to their school libraries. A section of preschool books and children's editions was added, not for use by children, but as a suggestion to parents for gifts...At the beginning, almost all of the books were purchased through the old Shaker Book Shop...The board did not want borrowers to wait unduly for new books, but wanted them to have what they wanted when they wanted it."

The library began as a room in Boulevard School in 1922. In 1937, the voted to create a school district library, which opened in a Lee Road storefront on June 25, 1938. In 1951, the library moved to a specially constructed building at 3450 Lee Rd. Since 1993, the main branch has occupied the old Moreland Elementary School Building at 16500 Van Aken Blvd.

You can join our celebration of Shaker Heights history. Share your memories in the comments. Or upload your photos and we'll feature them in this scrapbook. Follow #ShakerCentennial on Twitter.