Dublin Core
Title
Following A Dream Galleys and Selected Poems
Description
This series of poems was created by various migrant workers on farms across New York that worked together with the Geneseo Migrant Center. The poems were organized in this collection by Sylvia Kelly, the director of the Creative Artists Migrant Program Services (CAMPS) of the BOCES-Geneseo Migrant Center. Several artists, teachers, and volunteers worked together to work, edit, and collect poems written during the 1980 migrant season. The collection was poetry was funded by Poets and Writer Inc. as well as assisted by other various companies around New York. The poems are a depiction of the experiences of migrant farmworkers, their dreams, aspirations, everyday thoughts, and overall view of the world. Poetry was a form of therapy for these workers to release their feelings and emotions surrounding their job system. Overall, "Following A Dream" showcases the hard work of the Geneseo Migrant Center C.A.M.P.S. and the talent of a multitude of migrant farmworkers.
Creator
Kelly, Sylvia
Dailey, Joel
Martin, Richard
Boettger, Elizabeth
Mattera, Gloria
Dailey, Joel
Martin, Richard
Boettger, Elizabeth
Mattera, Gloria
Publisher
Geneseo Migrant Center
Date
1980
Contributor
Kershner, Natalie
Format
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Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Booklet of poetry on paper (typed) as well as photograph glued onto paper