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Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson (1940-2015) and her son Sydney moved into this home in 1974. The artist, a visual historian, lived and worked here in the Shepard community until her passing. Raised in Columbus’s Poindexter Village and educated in the local public schools, Robinson also studied at Columbus College of Art and Design and The Ohio State University. Her art reflected stories handed down from her elders, experienced within her community, and the local history she researched while working at the Columbus Metropolitan Library. She received a 2004 MacArthur Award for her celebration of “family, ancestry, and the grandeur of simple objects in drawings, paintings, and large-scale, mixed-media assemblages.” (Continued on the other side)
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Cleveland was chosen as one of the country’s twelve Federal Reserve cities after a competitive selection process and opened its bank on November 16, 1914. The Federal Reserve Banks promote maximum employment and stable prices as part of the central banking system authorized by the 1913 Federal Reserve Act. Cleveland’s Bank serves the communities of the Fourth Federal Reserve District through supervision and regulation of financial institutions, analyzing and reporting on regional economic trends, and producing research on economic issues of importance to the nation and world. The first woman officer in any of the twelve banks was promoted to her role in 1956 by the Cleveland Fed. In 1982, the first woman in any of the nation’s Federal Reserve Banks served as the sixth President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.
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In 1890, Cleveland Public Library was the first large metropolitan library in the nation to adopt the “open shelf plan.” Prior to this innovation, only library employees could retrieve books stored in closed stacks. Allowing patrons the freedom to select books directly from library shelves was soon embraced by libraries throughout the nation. William Howard Brett, Cleveland’s chief librarian from 1884 to 1918, worked to build a permanent Main Library that embodied this concept of direct access. The new library would be part of Daniel Burnham’s Group Plan of Public Buildings. After Brett was tragically killed by a drunk driver, the Library Board — led by lawyer John Griswold White — appointed Linda Anne Eastman as the library’s fourth chief librarian. (Continued on other side)