However, the legacy that the book women or packhorse librarians left behind led to support for public libraries, one of which is the federal funding in 1957 to the Kentucky Department of Libraries which allowed it to resume the services left behind by the packhorse librarians in 1943.Boyd...
Imagine your librarian delivered them personally to your door as JoJo Moyes’ Kentucky packhorse librarians do in her latest novel – The Giver of Stars. Chronicling the real story of Appalachian women in the WPA (Roosevelt’s Works Progress Administration), Moyes creates a tale about five women...
It was “a distressing picture of library conditions and needs in Kentucky,” wrote Lena Nofcier, who chaired library services for the Kentucky Congress of Parents and Teachers at the time… Unlike many New Deal projects, the packhorse plan required help from locals. “Libraries” were housed ...
Moreover, this investigation argues that the success of the Packhorse Library Program serves as a historical barometer measuring the significant economic and social changes occurring in Eastern Kentucky during the early decades of the twentieth century. Thus, the Packhorse Library Program can be seen...