Position:Former Head Librarian and Director
Term: Feb. 1988 - Mar. 2023

Oversaw the construction of the addition and the automation of the library, internet access computers, and lots of children's programs. head librarian at the 100th anniversary.

Position: Former Head Librarian
Term: 1982 - Dec. 1987

Caveney introduced technology to the library by bringing in the library's first computer and starting a circulating VHS collection. The VHS collection…

Position: Former Board Member, Head Librarian, and Staff Member
Term: Board Member 1959 Head Librarian Sept. 1969 - 1982

Mrs. Spicer is perhaps best remembered for how quiet the library was during her tenure. She resigned from the board to join the library staff.Moved…

Position: Former Head Librarian
Term: Nov. 1961 - Sept. 1969

Feutz was hired in 1956 and moved into the role of director. Feutz was head librarian when Paris Carnegie Public Library joined the Lincoln Trail…

Position: Former Head Librarian
Term: March 1929 - May 1961

Russell served as the first assistant librarian from 1924 to 1929, when she took over as head librarian from Leota Price. Russell held the post until…

Position: Former Head Librarian
Term: 1920-1929
Appointing Authority: Paris Carnegie Public Library Board of Trustees

Leota Price was born May 5, 1876, in Champaign, Illinois, to David C. and Ida Belle (Boring) Price. The Price family moved to Lebanon, IN in 1905.

Position: Former Head Librarian
Term: Aprox .1916 - 1920

Denton was born in May 1890.

Position: Former Head Librarian
Term: 1916 - 1919

Little is known about Strimple. She moved to Paris as a teen and disappeared from Paris records around 1916.

Position: Former Head Librarian
Term: Aprox 1914 - 1916

Link was born in Paris on July 26, 1884. She married newspaper correspondent Ray Fredrick Frazer on August 20, 1921. They relocated to Los Angeles, CA…

Position: Former Head Librarian
Term: 1902-1915 Aprox.

Paris Carnegie's first head librarian in the Carnegie building. She retired do to poor health.

Position: Former Head Librarian
Term: April 4, 1902 - 1902 (possibly)(Paris Beacon)

Bishop served as the head librarian for the Paris Women's Club, which operated a library before the Paris Carnegie Public Library was constructed. The…