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Librarians on Horseback in the Thirties
19 Feb“President Franklin Roosevelt was trying to figure out a way to resolve the Great Depression of the 1930s. His Works Progress Administration created the Pack Horse Library Initiative to help Americans become more literate so that they’d have a better chance of finding employment…The horseback librarians were mostly made up of women…” Unfortunately, the horseback delivery program ended with the beginning of World War II and was never resumed.
From Female Librarians on Horseback Delivering Books, ca. 1930s, HistoryDaily.org
Waldsassen Abbey Library in Bavaria, Germany
9 NovIt’s been a while since I posted a photo of a library. I ran across this one and had to share. It’s beautiful!
Library in the monastery of the San Francisco Church (Lima, Peru)
26 MayDating from the early 17th century – one of the oldest still preserved libraries in the Americas. (Photo Jason Pearce)
From Wikipedia: Convento de San Francisco is the Spanish name for Saint Francis Monastery located in Lima, Peru, south of Parque la Muralla and one block northeast from the Plaza Mayor. The church and convent are part of the Historic Centre of Lima, which was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1991. Aside from a church and monastery it also contains a library and catacombs. In this church, Jude the Apostle is venerated. At the feast of Saint Jude Tadeus, a one and a half ton weighing silver stand is carried round in procession by 40 people, starting from the convent.
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