Abstract
In this 2025 interview, Pat Cook discusses her upbringing in a close-knit East Cleveland neighborhood, and her deep ties to Shaw High School. She reflects on the thriving Black-owned businesses and community institutions she experienced during her youth, noting how strongly the city’s economic life shaped daily routines. Cook describes her educational path, early entrepreneurship, and her longstanding commitment to library and educational work beginning in the late 1980s. She explains her transition to the East Cleveland Public Library, where she now serves as a Reference Adult Associate and is deeply involved in programming and public service.
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Interviewee
Cook, Pat (interviewee)
Interviewer
Mays, Nicholas S. (interviewer)
Project
East Cleveland
Date
10-23-2025
Document Type
Oral History
Duration
61 minutes
Recommended Citation
"Pat Cook Interview, 23 October 2025" (2025). Cleveland Regional Oral History Collection. Interview 757012.
https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/crohc000/1414
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