Elizabeth "Liz" Turner
Library Aide 1974-1977
Library Assistant 1977-1996
Librarian/Director 1996-2020
Liz was the driving force of the interior redesign in 2007 and the conversion of all records to an online consortium in 2010!
Liz worked at the library longer than any other OPL Librarian, she is greatly missed by many generations of library patrons!
Janet Carpenter
Library Assistant 1970-1977
Librarian/Director 1977-1996
Library Assistant 1996-2000
Janet was in charge of the addition in 1993-1995 which doubled the size of the library and made it ADA compliant! After her retirement she continued as Library Assistant for a few more years.
Irene Potter
Librarian 1957-1976
Mrs Potter oversaw a major remodel of the library in 1963 and was part of the organization in and membership of the Southeast Kansas Library System which has benefited patrons ever since.
Stella Orr
Librarian 1953-1957
Predecessor and Sister to Irene Potter.
Anna Gilham Nafus
Librarian 1918-1953
A graduate of the Oswego Ladies College, she served as Librarian for 35 years
Carolyn Wylie
Librarian 1912-1918
First Librarian in the current building.
Bertha Williams
Librarian 18??-1912
Oversaw the building of the current library. Was also the librarian of the Oswego Reading Room.