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- Joan (pronounced "Jo Ann") Rodman Schrandt was born in 1900 and died in 1987. She and her husband Carl F. Schrandt came to Saline in 1968, purchased land on Saline-Waterworks Road, and built a house overlooking the Saline River. Joan owned "Christine's," a custom shop where she designed and created petit-point handbags for women in the Detroit area. Joan sold her business some time after 1967 and became involved in Saline activities. She joined the Friends of the Saline Public Library and was an active member until her death. Joan was an early feminist, owning her own business and car and retaining her given surname. Joan and Carl were very passionate about nature and public philanthropy. In 1991 when the concept of the district library became a reality, Carl donated a gift of Johnson Control stock to assist the library in purchasing an eleven-acre plot of wooded land adjacent to the Saline High School for the new facility. Upon Carl's death in 1993, one-half of his estate was bequeathed to the library. In 1994 the library board established the Carl F. Schrandt Endowment Fund to create a lasting legacy of Carl and Joan's gift to the community.
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- Saline Area Historical Photos
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- Mrs. William Davenport, the daughter of Orrin Parsons, was an active member of the Library Association and instrumental in establishing the library. In 1900 a group of civic-minded women worked to organize a community library. The Saline Library Association was established, complete with a constitution, by-laws, and elected officials. The village council provided space for the library and the Methodist Church offered bookcases and books.; In 1907 the Village Council rooms were getting crowded, so Mrs. Davenport leased a small building behind the Citizen's Bank, owned by her husband, to house the library. In 1917 the bank decided to remodel, and Mrs. Davenport donated funds to build a new library building just down the block at 105 N. Ann Arbor Street. The library remained in that location until it moved to an expanded facility at 201 S. Ann Arbor Street in 1967.
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- Saline Area Historical Photos
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- Photo of Mary Mayfield on what is now the Saline District Library site.
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- Saline Area Historical Photos
