This collection contains digitized documents from the Brooklyn College’s Farm Labor Project. Students responded to the World War II farm labor shortage by volunteering to spend their summer as farm-workers. During the summers of 1942, '43, and '44, they worked on farms in Upstate New York picking peas and beans.
The images above are from the Brooklyn College Farm Labor Project Image Gallery
Other
Social Committee Looking for Funds, Brooklyn College
Song Written for the Farm Labor Project, Brooklyn College
Student Helpers on Farms, Ralph C. Benedict
Students Who Have Registered for Farm War Service, Brooklyn College
Thank You Letter to Dr. Pertsch, Harry D. Gideonse
The Bean Stalker, Brooklyn College
The Bean Stalker: Will You Return in '44?, Brooklyn College
The Brooklyn College Work Study Farm Labor Camp Program as a Volunteer Service Project for Students and Staff, Brooklyn College
The Civilian Conservation Corps, American Youth Commission
The Jewish Agricultural Society Its Aims and Activities, The Jewish Agricultural Society, Inc.
The Second Farm Labor Experiment of Brooklyn College, Morrisville, N.Y. 1943, Brooklyn College
To Department Chairmen of Brooklyn College: Regarding 1945 Project, Ralph C. Benedict
To Mrs. Robinton, April 30, 1942., Ralph C. Benedict
To Mrs. Robinton: Regarding a Meeting, Ralph C. Benedict
To Mrs. Robinton: Regarding Employment Committee's Agenda, Brooklyn College
Topic: Morrisville Program for 1945, Ralph C. Benedict
To Prof. Charlotte Morgan: Regarding a Meeting, Ralph C. Benedict
To Professor Wolfson and Professor Park: Regarding Problems of the Sub-committee of the Personnel Committee, Ralph C. Benedict
To Prof. Harvitt: Regarding Chairmanship Proposal, Ralph C. Benedict
To Staff Members Farm Labor Project: Publicity for 1944 Farm Labor Project, Ralph C. Benedict
To the Committee on Student Employment and to Associates in the Work-Study Farm Labor Camp Planning, Ralph C. Benedict
To the Staff of Brooklyn College: Regarding 1944 Project, Harry D. Gideonse
Vocational Adoption Booklet, Vocational Adoption Incorporated
Why Do You Propose Nazi "Labor Camps" for Youth?, Unknown
Work, Work Camp Committee of International Student Service
Work Camps and Education, Kenneth Holland
Work Camps of International Student Service, International Student Service
Working at Tunbridge, The Genesis of Camp William James, Arnold Childs
Reports
A Progress Report on the Brooklyn College Farm Labor Project May 1, 1943, Ralph C. Benedict
Brooklyn College 1943 Farm Labor Project Summary and Recommendations, Brooklyn College
Building the 1943 Project, Brooklyn College
Food Production and Work Training, Brooklyn College and Lynn M. Bookhout
Information Report to President Gideonse, Ralph C. Benedict
Letter from M. C. Thompson, secretary to Mrs. Roosevelt, addressed to President Gideonse along with copy of letter from President Gideonse to Mrs. Roosevelt, Harry D. Gideonse and M. C. Thompson
Letter to the Members of the Instructional Staff of Brooklyn College, Harry D. Gideonse
Perspectus of an Educational Project for Brooklyn College During the Summer, Brooklyn College
Plans for Farm Work Summer School, Brooklyn College Committee on Employment
Report: Campus Activities Committee Morrisville Project 1944, First Draft, Campus Activities Committee
Some Aspects of Food Production and Farm Labor Sources, Ralph C. Benedict
Three Years Experience With the Farm Work Programs at Brooklyn College 1942-1944, Ralph C. Benedict
To the Members of the Staff of Brooklyn College: Announcement of Pictorial Reports, Staff of the Farm Labor Project
What Arcadia Can Teach -- The Village to the City, Brooklyn College