Packhorse Librarians

The Roosevelt era’s Works Progress Administration (WPA) is known for its many huge infrastructure projects and improvements. But it also consisted of a little-known program called the Packhorse Librarians. Jeffrey Urbin of the FDR Presidential Library & Museum explores the story of the Packhorse Librarians, a relatively small group of women, whose mission was to deliver and distribute reading materials to the far-off corners of Appalachia during the darkest hours of the Great Depression.

Part of PPLD's National Library Week celebration. This program will not be recorded. Registration required via Zoom.