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Janine Pommy Vega Reads Poetry with Migrant Workers, CAMPS program
Famous poet Janine Pommy Vega was an instructor and translator from 1994 through 2007 in creative writing programs for migrant workers through the Geneseo Migrant Center. Here she is seen facilitating a poetry workshop in CAMPS (Creative Artists…
School From a Student's Perspective
These pieces of writing have been written by children involved in migrant education programs. Some are represented as a positive perspective toward the instruction they are receiving while others are completely contradictory. School is complicated…
Wanda, Belinda's Mother
African-American mother Wanda is seen holding her child Belinda on a potato farm in Wyoming County. This photograph was taken on the actual farm, showcasing the ways in which female migrant workers would take care of their children while actively…
Haitian Women Bathing Babies
Two Haitian women are photographed bathing their babies in tubs of water outside of a Migrant Camp. This photograph is from the early 80s, at Jimmy Jordan's. The mothers are dressed in very nice skirts and shirts, with their children calmly accepting…
Wanda Hope, 1976
This photograph contains Wanda Hope cooking in the Marquart Farms kitchen. In 1976, Marquart Farms was a migrant labor farm in Wyoming County, with crew leader Elijah Hunter. Wanda is seen to be moving and working around the kitchen to prepare a…
Haitian Migrant Family
The photograph depicts three people, all Haitian migrants, living their lives in a Migrant Camp in Wyoming County. The woman is seen to be washing clothing, using plastic buckets, one for sitting and one for washing. The man beside her is holding a…
Annette Wells, Moore Camp
Photographed here is Annette Wells, a migrant farmworker of Moore Camp in Steuben County. This photographed was accessioned on a computer and saved through the Geneseo Migrant Center. Within the image, Annette is seen smiling while in the field. She…
Mother and Child, Steuben Co
Photographed in black and white, a mother and daughter stand together. The photograph was taken in Steuben Co, however, no other information regarding the mother or daughter is revealed. There seems to be paint on the mother's face for a festival or…
Expectant Mother Working in Field
The unknown mother-to-be photographed in this portrait is seen to be directly interacting with the farm in which she is employed. Migrant females were expected to work despite pregnancy, with few accommodations provided to ensure comfortability. Work…
Kitchen, Blue Eagle, Moore Camp
This is the first of two related photographs that show cooking facilities at a migrant farmworker camp run by Carl Moore. As labor camps go it is relatively clean; however, as the second photograph reveals, it was used by many people after a day at…