Guide to the Cornell Migrant Program records,
[ca. 1953-2005]

Collection Number: 23-13-3160

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-3530
Fax: (607) 255-9524
rareref@cornell.edu
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
Kay Embrey
Date completed:
June 18, 2002
EAD encoding:
Damon Clark, June 2002
Corey Ryan Earle, June 2005
Evan Fay Earle, November 2007

© 2007 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Cornell Migrant Program records, [ca. 1953-2005].
Collection Number:
23-13-3160
Quantity:
43.7 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Photographs, slides, videos, correspondence, publications, reports.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
In 1979 the program was transferred to the Department of Human Development and Family Studies and renamed the Cornell Migrant Program. Engman became the director and Kay Embrey became the Wayne County office director in 1980. Kathy (Fox) Castania was hired in 1981 and she and Embrey founded the Wayne Action for Racial Equality. For the first years of the program all funding was provided by the College of Agriculture and Cornell Cooperative Extension. By the mid 1970's, grant money was being raised to expand programs. As of 1994, the financial support was divided between the College of Human Ecology, the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell Cooperative Extension and grant money.


BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

In 1979 the program was transferred to the Department of Human Development and Family Studies and renamed the Cornell Migrant Program. Engman became the director and Kay Embrey became the Wayne County office director in 1980. Kathy (Fox) Castania was hired in 1981 and she and Embrey founded the Wayne Action for Racial Equality. For the first years of the program all funding was provided by the College of Agriculture and Cornell Cooperative Extension. By the mid 1970's, grant money was being raised to expand programs. As of 1994, the financial support was divided between the College of Human Ecology, the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell Cooperative Extension and grant money.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Includes correspondence, reports, manuals, publications, minutes of meetings, newsletters, and photographs of various programs and projects concerning migrant workers and their families and farm labor laws and regulations.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Engman, Herbert J.
Johnson, Stephen P.
Embrey, Kay.
Dik, David W.
Hanson, Karen Tobin.
Castania, Kathy Fox.
Agricultural Manpower Project.
Wayne County Special Migrant Project (N.Y.)
Wayne Action for Racial Equality.
Rural Economic and Social Development Program.
New York State College of Human Ecology. Dept. of Human Development and Family Studies.
New York State College of Human Ecology.
New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Cornell Cooperative Extension.

Subjects:
Migrant labor--United States.
Labor camps--New York (State).
Children of migrant laborers--Education.
Agricultural laborers--New York (State).
Labor laws and legislation--United States.


INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Cornell Migrant Program Records, #23-13-3160. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

SERIES LIST

Series I. Formation of Program through 1970-1980's
Series II. General Programs 1970s-2004
Series III. Oral History & Literacy Programs
Series IV. Migrant Farmworker Housing
Series V. Discrimination, Cultural Groups & Multi-Cultural Arts Project
Series VI. Health
Series VII. Pesticides & Occupational Health
Series VIII. Services
Series IX. Education & Children
Series X. Labor Management Programs
Series XI. Agricultural Careers Development Project
Series XII. Labor Management - Cornell
Series XIII. Labor Management - California
Series XIV. Farm Labor Laws and Regulations
Series XV. Government Bodies & Groups
Series XVI. Immigration
Series XVII. WARE
Series XVIII. Migrant Education Clippings & News/Views
Series XIX. News/Views 1992-2000
Series XX. Farm Labor Research (by person's name)
Series XXI. Cornell Extension Programs Related to Labor
Series XXII. Immigration Policy & Reports
Series XXIII. Immigration Coalition & New York Immigration Issues
Series XXIV. Alcohol & Substance Abuse
Series XXV. Historical Papers & Cornell Traveling Museum Exhibit: “Coming Up on the Season”
Series XXVI. Farm Labor Topics - N.Y. & Other States
Series XXVII. Health & Field Sanitation II
Series XXVIII. Ag. Work Force PWT & Immigrants in Rural Communities
Series XXIX. Alton Office - Kay Embrey, 1990-2005
Series XXX. Labor Management - California
Series XXXI. Farmworker Rights in New York & Other States
Series XXXII. Agencies & Services in Wayne County & New York State
Series XXXIII. Communications
Series XXXIV. Photographs and Slides
Series XXXV. Literacy
Series XXXVI. Action/Cooperative Communication Between Home & School
Series XXXVII. Substance Abuse
Series XXXVIII. Videos/Audiotapes
Series XXXIX. Cornell Migrant Program and Cornell
Series XL. Albany Day Marches/Press
Series XLI. Coursework


CONTAINER LIST

Description
Container
L.Watson Letter to Dean Palm, 1971
Box 1 Folder 1
Orange Co. CCE Migrant Report, 1971
Box 1 Folder 2
Migrant Labor in Wayne Co. Report by Gottfried, 1971
Box 1 Folder 3
The Needs of Migrant Workers-LaMont., 1969
Box 1 Folder 3A
Godfrey Youth Program Report, 1971
Box 1 Folder 4
Housing Lawsuit: Bossard/Dik, 1971
Box 1 Folder 5
Wayne Labor Camps Controversy, 1971
Box 1 Folder 6
Ag. Man Power project
Box 1 Folder 7
Ag. Policy Accountability Project, 1972
Box 1 Folder 8
Social Responsibility In Wayne & Chenango Cos., 1972
Box 1 Folder 9
Oberservation Ag. Youth Godfrey, 1971
Box 1 Folder 10
Manpower Training Programs,
Box 1 Folder 11
Wayne Housing Opportunities, 1971-1972
Box 1 Folder 12
Ag. Manpower Conference for Agents, 1971
Box 1 Folder 13
Economic Independence: Tobin, 1974
Box 1 Folder 14
Macon Youth Program Report, 1972
Box 1 Folder 15
Spalding Reports, 1971-1972
Box 1 Folder 16
Wayne Co. Manpower Program-Continuation, 1972-1974
Box 1 Folder 17
University Senate, 1972
Box 1 Folder 18
Realizing Our Objectives: Tobin, 1972
Box 1 Folder 19
Tobin Progreaa Reports,
Box 1 Folder 20
Wayne Co. Ag. Manpower Program - Dik
Box 1 Folder 21
Committee on Migrant Labor,
Box 1 Folder 22
On Failing Farworkers, 1972
Box 1 Folder 23
Special Migrant Project, 1972
Box 1 Folder 24
Court Action for Migrants-MLAP, 1972
Box 1 Folder 25
Correspondence - Special Migrant Projest, 1974
Box 1 Folder 26
RIF, 1973
Box 1 Folder 27
Housing/CASH, 1973
Box 1 Folder 28
Pesticide Education - Youth, 1974
Box 1 Folder 29
Nutrition Aides, 1970's
Box 1 Folder 30
Community Youth Investigation Project, 1973
Box 1 Folder 31
S. Johnson Presentations
Box 1 Folder 32
Summer Programs, 1973
Box 1 Folder 33
Special Migrant Project Bd. 1974, 1973
Box 1 Folder 34
Farmworker Rights Handbook – Migrant Assistance Project CPFT, 1975
Box 1 Folder 35
Sodus Summer Educ. Highlights, 1974
Box 1 Folder 36
"Think Piece" on Special Migrant Projects, 1975
Box 1 Folder 37
Migrant Ed. Conference: David Dik, 1974
Box 1 Folder 38
Sodus Summer Programs, 1974-1975
Box 1 Folder 39
Sodus Summer Programs, 1975
Box 1 Folder 40
EFNEP - Youth, 1975
Box 1 Folder 41
Low Income Youth - Ad Hoc Committee, 1974-1975
Box 1 Folder 42
Day Haul Workers, 1974
Box 1 Folder 43
Plans of Work: Johnson & Engman, 1975-1976
Box 1 Folder 44
Community Uninvolved Youth Project, 1976
Box 1 Folder 45
Garden & Worm Project – Uninvolved Youth, 1976
Box 1 Folder 46
Special Migrant Project Evaluation - Johnson, 1972-1975
Box 1 Folder 47
Special Migrant Projects - Programs, 1974, 1976
Box 1 Folder 48
Summer Enrichment Program, 1978
Box 1 Folder 49
Eastern Farm Workers, 1975
Box 1 Folder 50
Eastern Farmworkers in Wayne Co. & Binghamton, 1976
Box 1 Folder 51
Child Care Need: Wayne Co. - Delano, 1976
Box 1 Folder 52
Reports to Wayne Co. Coop. Ext. Board, 1974-1978
Box 1 Folder 53
CCE & Unionization, 1976-1977
Box 1 Folder 54
Wayne Co. Youth Home Project, 1976
Box 1 Folder 55
Wayne Co. Youth Project, 1976
Box 1 Folder 56
1-57 Wayne Co. Migrant Youth Project Sodus & N. Rose-Wolcott, 1977
Box 1 Folder 57
1-58 Wayne Co. Agency Survey, 1978
Box 1 Folder 58
Rural Economic & Social Development Programs: Adv. Comm., 1978
Box 1 Folder 59
Migrant Ed. & Rural Housing Programs: Morrison, 1977-1978
Box 1 Folder 60
Wayne Co. Rural Development – Morrison, 1978
Box 1 Folder 61
Morrison Resignation, 1979
Box 1 Folder 62
Numbers of MFWs in NYS, 1968, 1973, and 1976
Box 1 Folder 63
Fifteen Thousand Challenges - Wayne CAP, 1967
Box 1 Folder 64
People of Wayne Co. 1900-1962, 1972
Box 1 Folder 65
Earnings of Migratory FWs in Wayne Co. NY:-Genesco, 1968
Box 1 Folder 66
Wayne County FWs, 1976-1978
Box 1 Folder 67
Economic Analysis - Regional & Wayne Co., 1969
Box 1 Folder 68
Labor Waste in NY: Rural Exploitation & MFWs-Friedland, 1969
Box 1 Folder 69
Response to Marginality: Case of MFWs - Nelkin, 1969
Box 1 Folder 70
Aspects of Migrant Labor System - Nelkin, 1970
Box 1 Folder 71
On the Season - D. Nelkin, 1970
Box 1 Folder 72
Migrant in the 1970's: Challenge of Powerlessness - Daniel
Box 1 Folder 73
Ag. Labor Stats- Northeast US - Penn State, 1970
Box 1 Folder 74
The Migrant Papers - Harrison, 1972
Box 47 Folder 1
Impact of Federal Programs on MFWs & SFWs, 1973
Box 47 Folder 2
Migrant Child Census - NYS, 1974-1978
Box 47 Folder 3
Working with Migrants - R. Coles, 1976
Box 47 Folder 4
Gov. Comm. On Migrant & Rural Poor, 1977
Box 47 Folder 5
Reports on MFWs & SFWs - NYS, 1978
Box 47 Folder 6
MFWs in WNY- Young, Johnson, et-al, 1978
Box 47 Folder 7
MFWs in NYS - Dudley & Perez, 1980
Box 47 Folder 8
MFWs In WNY: Changes 1951-1978- Young & John, 1982
Box 47 Folder 9
Wayne Co. Census & Economic Development Studies, 1969-1976
Box 47 Folder 10
Migratory Labor in NYS Student Paper, 1978
Box 47 Folder 11
Economic Profile - Wayne Co., 1976
Box 47 Folder 12
Dynamics of migratory Settlement in Wayne Co.-Hughes 1974
Box 47 Folder 13
Cohn Camp Closing, 1971
Box 47 Folder 14
Migrants in WNY: Needs & Agencies, 1981
Box 2 Folder 1
CMP Progress Report – Engman, 1981
Box 2 Folder 2
CMP 1982 and the Future – Engman, 1982
Box 2 Folder 3
Re-organization of Wayne Co. Program , 1979-1980
Box 2 Folder 4
CMP Move to HDFS – Ziegler, 1979
Box 2 Folder 5
Programs Overviews, 1979-1983
Box 2 Folder 6
Delores Franklin Visit – SED, 1980
Box 2 Folder 7
Programs & Priorities, 1980-1985
Box 2 Folder 8
Wayne Co. Advisory Board– minutes, 1980-1985
Box 2 Folder 9
Wayne Co. Advisory Board– minutes, 1985-1991
Box 2 Folder 9A
Migrant Program Reports- Wayne Co. , 1981-1989
Box 2 Folder 10
Reports to Wayne Co. Coop. Ext. board , 1980-1986
Box 2 Folder 11
Embrey Plan of Work, 1981
Box 2 Folder 12
Embrey- Annual Report of Faculty Activities , 1981-1989
Box 2 Folder 13
Correspondence In & Out , 1981-1982
Box 2 Folder 14
Program Needs of MFW’s in Wayne Co., 1981
Box 2 Folder 15
Labor Regs Meeting, 1981
Box 2 Folder 16
Farm Net Program Correspondence, 1985-1989
Box 2 Folder 17
Youth Tractor Driving & Maintenance Course-Summer 1981
Box 2 Folder 18
Summer & Fall Programs, 1981
Box 2 Folder 19
Literacy Proposal, 1981
Box 2 Folder 20
NYF Food Policy White Paper – Engman Testimony, 1981
Box 2 Folder 21
2-22 MFWs Slide Show – Engman,
Box 2 Folder 22
2-23 Summer & Fall Programs , 1983
Box 2 Folder 23
Program Flyers, 1983
Box 2 Folder 24
Haitian Culture Workshop March 1983
Box 2 Folder 25
Tractor Driving Class Photos,
Box 2 Folder 26
Programs in Wayne Co. Report , 1983
Box 2 Folder 27
Literacy Program, 1983
Box 2 Folder 28
Summer & Fall Programs, 1984
Box 2 Folder 29
Literacy Program, 1984
Box 2 Folder 30
The Bucket Performance, 1984
Box 2 Folder 31
Summer Fall Programs , 1985
Box 2 Folder 32
2-33 Cornell Migrant Program Flyer, 1985
Box 2 Folder 33
Literacy Classes, 1985
Box 2 Folder 34
CMP Staff Trip , 1986
Box 2 Folder 35
Smith Labor camp – News Article, 1985
Box 2 Folder 36
Summer Fall Programs , 1986
Box 2 Folder 37
Literacy Program, 1986
Box 2 Folder 38
Literacy Program, 1987
Box 2 Folder 39
Summer Fall Programs, 1987
Box 2 Folder 40
Summer Fall Programs, 1988
Box 2 Folder 41
Kathy Reports,
Box 2 Folder 42
EFNEP – Wayne Co. Migrant Project, 1988
Box 2 Folder 43
Wayne County Performing Arts, 1989
Box 2 Folder 44
Wayne Co. Agencies- Sharing Meeting, 1983
Box 2 Folder 45
Wayne Co. Migrant Agencies Sharing Day, 1984
Box 2 Folder 46
Wayne Co. Migrant Agencies- Sharing Meeting, 1985
Box 2 Folder 47
Migrant Agencies-Ontario Co., Hudson Valley, 1985
Box 2 Folder 48
Wayne Co. Migrant Agencies – Sharing Day, 1986
Box 2 Folder 49
Wayne Co. Migrant Agencies – Sharing Day, 1987
Box 2 Folder 50
Wayne Co. Migrant Agencies – Sharing Day, 1988
Box 2 Folder 51
Wayne Co. Agencies- Sharing Meeting, 1989
Box 2 Folder 52
St. Rita’s Church – Witness With the Poor, 1987
Box 2 Folder 53
Changing migrant Scene – Conf. Kay’s Notebook, 1994
Box 2 Folder 54
CMP Conference-Migrant Farmworkers in NY Past, Present & Future, 1985
Box 2 Folder 55
Change for MFWs – Conference: cancelled, 1986
Box 2 Folder 56
Change for MFWs – Conference - November, 1986
Box 2 Folder 57
Change for MFWs II – Conference, 1987
Box 2 Folder 58
Migrant/Racism Conference Planning, 1988
Box 2 Folder 59
CMP Conference – Institutional Racism 1988
Box 2 Folder 60
Cornell Migrant Program , 1985
Box 2 Folder 61
MFWs In America: Analysis of Social Policy…Roberts, 1984
Box 2 Folder 62
Presence & Absence of FW Families…Roberts, 1987
Box 2 Folder 63
Kevin Rivers – College Admission , 1987
Box 2 Folder 64
Proposal: Wayne Youth Training Program, 1981
Box 2 Folder 65
Rochester Farmworkers' Rights Organization, 1979
Box 44 Folder 5
Savanah Potato Harvest, 1989
Box 44 Folder 6
Opinion-7th National Conference on Migrant Education-Dik, 1974
Box 44 Folder 7
Hearings on Migrant Education Guidelines, 1977
Box 44 Folder 8
CRIC/CRESS, 1981
Box 44 Folder 9
Teacher Training Materials "Harvesting the Harvester", 1985
Box 44 Folder 10
Tapes-"Harvesting the Harvesters"-hosted by Ken and Nan Lawless,
Box 44 Folder 11
Educating Undocumented Children, 1989
Box 44 Folder 12
Preventing Child Abuse in the Harvest: A Handbook for Migrant Educators , 1985
Box 44 Folder 13
NYSED Adolescent Program Review, 1991
Box 44 Folder 14
NYSED Migrant Education Program Report, 1991
Box 44 Folder 15
MSRTS Recommenations, 1992
Box 44 Folder 16
Secondary Youth-Planner & Resources:Credit Exchange, 1993
Box 44 Folder 17
Credit Accrual for Secondary Youth:Credit Exchange, 1994
Box 44 Folder 18
Curriculum & Migrant Students, 1994
Box 44 Folder 19
National Forum-Migrant Children & Youth (IMEC), 1997
Box 44 Folder 20
Migrant Children:Education & Improve Exchange of Info, 1999
Box 44 Folder 21
Opening Closed Doors-Castania Thesis, 1993
Box 44 Folder 22
Even Start:Home Literacy-Pat Ward,
Box 44 Folder 23
IMEC,
Box 44 Folder 24
Genesco Migrant Center,
Box 44 Folder 25
Pass Center-Genesco, 2004
Box 44 Folder 26
School Attendence-Immigrant Students,
Box 44 Folder 27
Migrant Education Outreach Program,
Box 44 Folder 28
NYS Parent Advisory Council,
Box 44 Folder 29
NYS Migrant Education Conference, 1997-2000
Box 44 Folder 30
NYS Migrant Education Conference, 2001-2004
Box 44 Folder 31
Consortium Directories,
Box 44 Folder 32
College Tuition for Migrant Students, 1988
Box 44 Folder 33
Center for Immigrant Students,
Box 44 Folder 34
HEP/CAMP, 2003
Box 44 Folder 35
Federal Stats-Summary for Education, 2002
Box 44 Folder 36
Oral History Photos
Box 3 Folder
Oral History Tapes
Box 3 Folder
Oral History Slides
Box 3 Folder
Final Publication: Oral Histories
Box 3 Folder 1
Oral History- Original Publication
Box 3 Folder 2
Fruit Industry in Wayne Co. - 1823-1984 Wayne Historical Society, 1965
Box 3 Folder 3
Open House for Publication
Box 3 Folder 4
Hoffman Foundation Award, 1991
Box 3 Folder 5
Oral Histories Collected by Migrant Education
Box 3 Folder 6
4-H Oral History Projects, 1985-1987
Box 3 Folder 7
Slide Show Script
Box 3 Folder 8
4-H Objectives
Box 3 Folder 9
Oral History Project Time-Line, 1986-1987
Box 3 Folder 10
4 -H Oral History Project- Faso's Notes
Box 3 Folder 11
Oral Histories by Jane Spring, Niagara County, 1985
Box 3 Folder 12
More Than One Journey- - C. Jackson, 1989
Box 3 Folder 13
NY Folklore: Migrant Workers, 1987
Box 3 Folder 14
Literacy Program Reports
Box 3 Folder 15
Literacy Program- News Coverage
Box 3 Folder 16
Literacy Coalition
Box 3 Folder 17
VISTA/ Literacy Volunteer: Geneseo
Box 3 Folder 18
Literacy Project Overviews
Box 3 Folder 19
Letters to tutors
Box 3 Folder 20
Literacy Prog- Correspondence
Box 3 Folder 21
Literacy Program: Grants
Box 3 Folder 22
Penfield Students as Tutors
Box 3 Folder 23
Tutor Newsletter, 1982,1983,1984
Box 3 Folder 24
Tutor Newsletter, 1985,1986,1987
Box 3 Folder 25
Housing for MFWs - Cornell Migrant Program, 1953
Box 4 Folder 1
Migrant Housing in NYS: Construction Guidelines, 1970/before
Box 4 Folder 2
Housing for MFWs - USDA, 1970
Box 4 Folder 3
Housing Needs - Wayne Co. Planning Bd., 1974
Box 4 Folder 4
To House the Migrant - NYS, 1972
Box 4 Folder 5
Migrant Shelter - A Housing Dilemma Finger Lakes Reg. Planning Bd., 1974
Box 4 Folder 6
NYS Rural Housing Coalition, 1978
Box 4 Folder 7
NYS Sanitary Code for Migrant Labor Camps, 1978
Box 4 Folder 8
USDOL Housing Regs., 1980
Box 4 Folder 9
OSHA Labor Camp Regs., 1981
Box 4 Folder 10
Hired Farmworker Housing - USDA, 1980
Box 4 Folder 11
The Committee Report: Farmworker Housing, 1980
Box 4 Folder 12
FMHA Farmworker Loans, 1980-1987
Box 4 Folder 13
Homes of the Brave: A Report on Mig. FW Housing, 1981
Box 4 Folder 14
Evictions from Labor Camps-Embrey, 1981
Box 4 Folder 15
Wayne Co. Housing, 1982
Box 4 Folder 16
Chi's Comparison of Housing, 1982
Box 4 Folder 17
Hope Village Story, 1985
Box 4 Folder 18
Farm Labor Housing in NYS - RNYFO, 1985
Box 4 Folder 19
Migratory Labor Housing - Michigan, 1985
Box 4 Folder 20
Rensselaerville Inst. - Modular Housing, 1987
Box 4 Folder 21
MFW Housing in Niagara County - Frombgen, 1988
Box 4 Folder 22
Ontario Labor Camp Hearing, 1985
Box 4 Folder 23