From scrapbooks to the cloud: Shelia Bruce’s legacy of preservation: Vestavia Hills’ longest-serving archivist passes the baton — but not the passion.

From scrapbooks to the cloud: Shelia Bruce’s legacy of preservation: Vestavia Hills’ longest-serving archivist passes the baton — but not the passion.

Inside a small room tucked into the lowest floor of the Library in the Forest, Shelia Bruce is telling stories. She’s surrounded by the scrapbooks, maps and relics that tell the story of how a steep ridge once called “unlivable” became Vestavia Hills