Reading, Pa.- In recognition of Pennsylvania Archives Month, a lecture about Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal program and the Works Progress Administration in Pennsylvania will be held on Thursday, October 16 at 2:30 p.m. The event, which is free and open to the public, will be held in the Gingrich Library.

Presenting the lecture will be Gerry Ronning, Ph.D., assistant professor of history, and Sidney Dreese, M.A., college archivist. Ronning and Dreese will also talk about Albright graduate Willard Miller. Miller, Albright class of 1924, was an education advisor at a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp in Indiana County, Pa. The CCC was one of the most popular programs of President Roosevelt’s New Deal. From 1933 to 1942 the program helped approximately two and a half million unemployed men find work on conservation projects across America. Materials from Albright’s archives will also be highlighted.

For more information or disabled assistance, please contact the Gingrich Library at

610-921-7216. The Gingrich Library is located on the Albright College campus at 13 th and Bern Streets in Reading, Pa.

Founded in 1856, Albright College is a nationally ranked, private college with a rigorous liberal arts curriculum with an interdisciplinary focus. The College’s hallmarks are connecting fields of learning, collaborative teaching and learning, and a flexible curriculum that allows students to create an individualized education. Albright College enrolls more than 1,650 undergraduates in traditional programs, another 500 adult students in accelerated degree programs, and 100 students in the master’s program in education. Albright College is located in Reading, Pennsylvania, about 60 miles west of Philadelphia.