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By: Take a Road Trip with National Bookmobile Day April 17th « Book This

Take a Road Trip with National Bookmobile Day April 17th « Book This — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:44:13 +0000

[...] who rode horses or mules 50-80 miles a week through rural Eastern Kentucky in 1935. (Details here.) Read more of the [...]

By: Affiliate Notes: ABOS president reflects on the value of library outreach « OLOS Columns

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:49:01 +0000

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By: No, Not Everything is on the Internet. And No, Libraries Aren’t Antiquated. | Words in Space

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:19:35 +0000

[...] Benjamin? He must’ve moved those books before unpacking them, no? And what about bookmobiles? Mule libraries in Appalachia? Biblioburro? Traveling lighthouse [...]

By: Jani

Jani — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 20:17:28 +0000

Thank you for this great bit of history. Librarians are some of the most amazing people on the planet.

By: Giddy up! « The Pack Horse Librarian

Giddy up! « The Pack Horse Librarian — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 18:34:09 +0000

[...] was initiated under Roosevelt’s New Dealand funded by the W.P.A. David Tabler, a blogger at http://www.appalachianhistory.net, [...]

By: Posters of the WPA | The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

Posters of the WPA | The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 17:49:42 +0000

[...] Appalachian History ” The Pack Horse Librarians (appalachianhistory.net) [...]

By: Bravery, Dedication, and a Stack of Books « Picture This! Visual Literacy in the Classroom

Sat, 19 Mar 2011 22:28:41 +0000

[...] Appalachian History: Stories, quotes and anecdotes website [...]

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Tweets that mention Appalachian History » The Pack Horse Librarians -- Topsy.com — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 20:33:36 +0000

[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Gordon Belt, Melissa Mannon. Melissa Mannon said: RT @gordonbelt: The Pack Horse Librarians: The bookmobile, circa 1935 in Eastern KY: http://bit.ly/f5SZPh #library #history #WPA [...]

By: Children’s picture book of the week: That Book Woman | NewAlbanyBooks

Children’s picture book of the week: That Book Woman | NewAlbanyBooks — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 04:32:22 +0000

[...] If you’d like to learn more about the WPA’s Pack Horse Librarian program, follow this link. And to learn more about Heather Henson’s picture books, middle grades readers, and young [...]

By: Pack Horse Librarians | Now You've Read the Book Tell Me What You Think

Pack Horse Librarians | Now You've Read the Book Tell Me What You Think — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 14:42:51 +0000

[...] Appalachian History [...]