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A black and white image of a CAMPS class in session. There are multiple people within this image and they are all seen dancing together. The group is a mix of adults and children, possibly suggesting that they are the teachers and students in this…

A photo of Dr. Gloria Mattera and four unidentified colleagues, perhaps graduate students, sitting around a table looking through papers. The Geneseo Migrant Center was started in 1965 by Dr. Mattera, then a professor in SUNY Geneseo's School of…

Dr. Gloria Mattera speaking at a staff development event for the Migrant Center at The State University College at Geneseo. Dr. Mattera is credited for being the first director of this establishment, which was dedicated to educating, providing…

Professor in SUNY Geneseo's School of Education was the first director of the Geneseo Migrant Center, an innovative and multifaceted project to "start where the child is," as she later recalled. Eventually this entailed curricular, child care, and…

Pictured here is Dr. Gloria Mattera, speaking to an unknown person during a snack break, presumably during a 1969 workshop for the Geneseo Migrant Center. Dr Mattera was well known in both her dealings with the public and in establishing personal…

Dr. Mattera was a member of the SUNY Geneseo School of Education who created a summer program for "teachers of the children of migrant workers." In 1968 she founded the Geneseo Migrant Center, which evolved into not only a school for children but for…

A conversation between Rep. Mary Anne Krupsak and Gloria Mattera, the founder of the Geneseo Migrant Center, during a staff development event at The State University College at Geneseo. Dr. Mattera developed a summer program for teachers of the…

Gloria Mattera, founder of the Geneseo Migrant Center, is pictured during a teachers workshop at SUNY-Geneseo titled "Summer Workshop Teachers of Migrant Children"

The Geneseo Migrant Center began as an education initiative during the 1960s. Even after its programs expanded into other areas, students at SUNY Geneseo continued to work directly with children and sometime publish their research. It's possible that…

A black-and-white image of two migrant workers and a CAMPS worker. All people shown are either smiling or laughing together while standing on an open field. One of the men is crouched down in front of the woman and the other man in the photo. This…