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Hi all - I was looking at new feature on the New Deal Network web site (a great U.S. history primary source web site -- see description below), when one thing/click led to another. Click on the "Photo Gallery" link to the main part of the site. Under Social Programs, click on Professional Services, then click on Library Services. Follow the best lookin' link there -- to Pack Horse Librarians. The work of the WPA never ceases to amaze me... Cheers, Frances Student Activism in the 1930s http://newdeal.feri.org/students/ Created under the direction of NYU School of Education Professor Robert Cohen, this new feature at the New Deal Network (first reviewed in the October 25, 1996 _Scout Report_) explores the history of the American Student Union (ASU). At its peak, between 1936 and 1939, the ASU mobilized some half-million college students on behalf of a far-reaching reform agenda, including an end to war, federal aid to education, government job programs for youth, abolition of the compulsory ROTC, academic freedom, racial equality, and collective bargaining rights. Included at the site are a fine collection of contemporary and historical essays, photographs and editorial cartoons, memoirs, and other documents. The site has obvious utility for scholars and students of American history and the history of education, and it may also appeal to present-day student activists. [MD] From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2000. http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/