INTRODUCTION
The members of the Board of Trustees of the
Louisville Free Public Library appreciate very
much the work of Mr. William R. Breyer, State
Supervisor, Kentucky Writers’ Project of the
Works Projects Administration, in compiling
this very complete history of the Louisville
libraries.
It is a valuable contribution to the histor-
ical literature of the State as well as most
, entertaining reading of the early endeavors to
give to the people of Louisville a library.
While rather startling in parts it will give
to the present generation a factual picture of
those early struggles which have culminated in
4 the present system of libraries in Louisville
and Jefferson County.
Mrs. W. A. Radford
Chairman of Publication
Committee of Library Board
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