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Library History

Directors

(note: Joseph Daniels, hired in 1901, was the first library director with professional library training; those who preceded him were either students or lacked formal training.)

  • 1880: Lillian Stroud (her tenure and appointment are uncertain)
  • 1887: Lerah Stratton
  • 1892: May Southworth
  • 1894: Marguerite “Daisy” Stratton
  • 1901: Joseph Daniels
  • 1909: Charlotte Baker
  • 1936: James Hodgson
  • 1957: LeMoyne W. Anderson
  • 1985: Joan Chambers
  • 1997: Camila Alire
  • 2003: Catherine Murray-Rust