Career Edith Allen Phelps

carnegie library (guthrie, oklahoma)

phelps librarian @ paso robles public library. 4 years connected library of university of missouri; 12 years (from 1904 1916) librarian @ carnegie library (guthrie, oklahoma) , here taught library science course oklahoma university. 2 years librarian @ tyler, texas, , in 1919 public library cataloguer in kansas city public library.

phelps twice president of oklahoma library association. in 1905 started @ carnegie library head librarian, first professional in library science field in oklahoma city system. among many innovations, recognized having introduced dewey classification.

she charter member of special libraries association.

she member of paso robles woman s club, american library association, california library association, daughters of american revolution, p.e.o. sisterhood, colonial dames of america.