Joel & Wendy Morrow
Experienced. Professional Artists located in Mansfield, Ohio 44907
The Marvin Memorial Library Mural
Blank- West facing wall at Marvin Memorial Library.
Wendy & Joel Morrow at mural site. (Photo credit: William Morrow, 2021).
The Marvin Memorial Library, is located in Shelby, Ohio.
This is an exterior mural, located on the west facing wall (parking lot). It is 310 square feet and was painted by Wendy & Joel Morrow.
This mural is historical fiction- a diverse depiction of what the library may have looked like in the early 1900’s.
Some of the features in this mural are imagined & some are based on facts.
We'd like to say Thank You to...
Kathy Webb, Director of The Marvin Memorial Library
Traci Montgomery, COO of The Marvin Memorial Library
The ENTIRE staff of the Marvin Memorial Library (Your kindness, conversation & encouragement was a highlight every day that we worked on the mural).
Library patrons and Shelby community members who stopped by to talk with us!
Dyanna White (Local artist in Shelby, Ohio)
The Marvin Memorial Board of Trustees
David Jacobs of The Shelby Daily Globe
The Shelby Ohio Historical Society
Steven Schag, Mayor of Shelby, Ohio
WMFD
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Historical Elements of the Mural
The Shelby Reading Room, est. 1897.
The front of the Marvin house in the early 1900's.
The front of the Marvin house in 2021.
Children photographed in front of the Marvin house circa early 1900's.
Galbreath, C. A. “Shelby.” Sketches of Ohio Libraries, Ohio Library Commission, Ohio, 1902, pp. 245–248.
Click on the book for information about the Marvin Memorial Library
Daniel Sherwood Marvin
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Daniel Sherwood Marvin is featured in this mural. He is standing on the front porch, between two pillars. The library is named after him.
For more information about Daniel Marvin, please click on the links below:
Shelby Pioneer Families, The Isaac Marvin Family
Shelby Ohio History, Shelby Area Civil War Veterans of the Sherman Brigade
Find a Grave, Daniel Marvin, November 15, 1825 - August 23, 1910, Shelby-Oakland Cemetery, Shelby, Ohio.
A Centennial Biographical History of Richland County, Ohio, pages 389-390 (click book icon)
Daniel Marvin "in the news"...
Caroline "Carrie" Marvin Fleming
Caroline Marvin Fleming is featured in this mural. She is reading to a group of children on the left side of the mural. Ms. Marvin was the 1st librarian at The Shelby Reading Reading Room. (From it's inception to 1916). She grew up in Shelby, Ohio and moved away to Washington D.C. after her marriage to George B. Fleming. Mr. Fleming was a superintendent of the pension department for the US government.
Caroline Marvin Fleming "in the news"...
Caroline Marvin announces she is leaving the library to be married.
Caroline Marvin Fleming's Obituary.
Find a Grave, Caroline Marvin Fleming, May 19, 1860 - March 22, 1928, Shelby-Oakland Cemetery, Shelby, Ohio. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83295559/caroline-fleming
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MML Mural in the Making
MML Mural Finished
BEFORE
AFTER
 Wendy Morrow MML Mural |  Joel Morrow MML Library |
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 The Shelby Reading Room Logo |  Cardinals |
 Woman Reading on the Porch |  Hanging the bunting on the porch. |
 Two girls talking. |  Daniel Sherwood Marvin |
 Young Man Reading the Daily Globe. |  Mother and Daughter |
 Caroline Marvin & Reading Circle Kids |  Siblings reading on the steps. |
 Children playing ring around the rosy. |  Married couple walking (at an angle). |
 Mother & Baby Leaving the Library |  Three girls walking home together |
 Established 1897 Shield Logo |  The Marvin Memorial Library Mural 2021 |
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