Photographs

Series — Multiple Containers

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This series contains prints and negatives documenting synagogue architecture and religious celebrations in Romaniote congregations on the lower east side in New York and in Ioannina, Greece, as well as portraits of members of the Romaniote community in both locations.

Dates

circa 1999-2010

Access

Appointments to examine materials must be made in advance. Please email QC.archives@qc.cuny.edu for more information or to schedule an appointment. A portion of the collection is also available on JSTOR Open Community Collections https://www.jstor.org/site/queenscollegearchives/vincentgiordano and in the digital exhibition Romaniote Memories, a Jewish Journey from Ioannina, Greece to Manhattan https://scalar.usc.edu/works/romaniote-memories/index.

Extent

From the Collection: 8 Linear Feet (One record carton, two 5" x 8" boxes, five 8" x 10" boxes, three 10" x 13" boxes, one 10.5" x 12" box, and five 12" x 17.5" boxes.)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

From the Collection: Greek, Modern (1453-)

Additional Description

Arrangement

Giordano had organized some of his negatives with a four- or five-digit number.

Box 3 contains the following negative numbers: 9572-9574; 9578.

Box 8 contains the following negative numbers: 3245; 3779-3780; 3784-3805; 3807-3808; 3810-3815; 3817; 6373-6378; 6362-6372; 24100; 3757-3765; 3781-3782; 4880-4901; 3816; 3818-3822; 3747; 8346; 4881; 11518-11519; 8379-8381.