Student Voices: Brooklyn College Oral Histories on WW2 and the McCarthy Era — Farm Labor
Item
Title
Student Voices: Brooklyn College Oral Histories on WW2 and the McCarthy Era — Farm Labor
Description
This website was a 2004 collaboration between the American Social History Project and Brooklyn College. In this Farm Labor Project section, the historical narrators describe participating in Brooklyn College's Farm Labor Project. These students, children of immigrants, responded to the World War II farm labor shortage by volunteering to spend their summer as farmworkers. During the summers of 1942, '43, and '44, they worked on farms in Upstate New York picking peas and beans.
Contributor
American Social History Project
Creator
Back, Adina
Markowitz, Jerry
Date
(Circa)
Language
English
Publisher
American Social History Project
Rights
Obtained from Contributor - Copyright Unknown
Source
American Social History Project (ASHP)
uri
http://oralhistory.ashp.cuny.edu/pages/farmLabor/farmLabor.html
Local URL
http://oralhistory.ashp.cuny.edu/pages/farmLabor/farmLabor.html
Back, Adina, and Markowitz, Jerry. “Student Voices: Brooklyn College Oral Histories on WW2 and the McCarthy Era — Farm Labor”. American Social History Project. http://oralhistory.ashp.cuny.edu/pages/farmLabor/farmLabor.html, CUNY DIGITAL HISTORY ARCHIVE, accessed March 10, 2026, https://stephenz.tailc22a4b.ts.net/s/cdha/item/52
- Item sets
- CUNY Digital History Archive
Time Periods
1847-1945 The First Century of Public Higher Education in NYC