The 75th Anniversary of the Akron Public Library was on October 21, 1990. Shown below are some pictures taken at the Open House Celebration on November 11, 1990.
Jenny Moore
Signing up guests to become "Friends of the Library"
75th - Hostesses
Jenny Moore, Helen Burkett, Mary Lukens, Joanna VanScoy, Bonnie Dunbar, Shirley Craig, Shirley Gray, Margel Craig
Kevin Deardorff, Chuck Drudge & Brett Boggs
Library Board Trustees
Carol Graham - Administrative Assistant
Janet Hawley
Formerly Library Assistant, now Director.
Faye (Pontius) Zellers & Director Velma Bright
Faye was a former Library Assistant.
Lucille Meredith, Juanita Boswell, Dawn Sheets, Mary Lukens
Grace Waechter
Library Board Trustee
Helen Burket
Library Board Trustee
Ralph Rader & Gloria Bowen
Ralph was a former Library Board Trustee and Gloria Bowen, Library Assistant for 36 years.
75th - Children's Section 2
The Elvah Ferry Children’s Room…
From One Generation to the Next!

Sheila later became a Student Librarian at the Akron Library.

Kevin later became a Library Board Trustee and Janet is the current Library Director
1990

1990 – Mallory Deardorff and Matthew Hawley. (Mallory is Kevin’s daughter and Matthew is Janet’s son. See photo above.)
Read more: Our 100th Anniversary Celebration