Adventures in Faith
The WPA Library Project

During the Depression, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Library Project sponsored a Library Project to extend library services to South Carolina citizens regardless of race.

A letter from Julia W. Talley to Alice B. Norwood
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A letter from Julia W. Talley to Alice B. Norwood whereby Talley agreed to lend books to the WPA exhibit.



The WPA made reading materials more readily available.
A group of ladies reading
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Workers rebinding books
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The Library Project also trained workers to rebind books.


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