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In celebration of their work as a Center of Excellence and the completion of a three-year Institute of Museum and Library Services leadership grant, University of Kentucky Libraries presented a program on the Works Progress Administration (WPA) featuring David S. Ferriero, Archivist of the U.S. The program "Putting America Back to Work during the Great Depression: Preserving and Improving Access to the Works Progress Administration Records for the Future" took place on Sept. 5, 2012, in the William T. Young Library. The program also included a panel discussion that included John Burger, Executive Director of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries; Tracy Campbell, professor of history and co-director of the Wendell H. Ford Public Policy Research Center; William Creech, research archivist at the National Archives; and Heath Martin, Director of Collections for UK Libraries.

Click here to download the program.

Click here to view the visual modules of WPA activity in Kentucky.

Browse the contents of Putting America Back to Work during the Great Depression: Preserving and Improving Access to the Works Progress Administration Records for the Future:

WPA Presentations