Thelma M. Phillips shows off the reference collection, which utilized the Dewey-decimal system she helped introduce to Pioneer Memorial Library. – Submitted photo
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A pioneering leader in library history
First black librarian in county won innovator awards
Thelma M. Phillips, head librarian of the newly renovated Pioneer Memorial Library in 1967, greets two patrons at the circulation desk with Adah Peden, seated. – Submitted photo
Gillespie County hired the first African American Head Librarian in the county, when they opened the new Pioneer Memorial Library on May 7, 1967.
Thelma McDaniel Phillips, who was named head librarian of the library located in the newly restored Gillespie County Courth...
