Photographs
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-)
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.
Creator
- From the Collection: Giordano, Vincent, 1952-2010 (Person)
- Box: 1 (Graphic Materials)
- Box: 2 (Graphic Materials)
- Box: 3, item: 9572-9574; 9578 (Graphic Materials)
- Box: 4 (Graphic Materials)
- Box: 5 (Graphic Materials)
- Box: 6 (Graphic Materials)
- Box: 7 (Graphic Materials)
- Box: 8, item: 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 (Graphic Materials)
Repository Details
Part of the Queens College (New York, N.Y.) Special Collections and Archives Repository
Queens College Library, CUNY
Benjamin Rosenthal Library RO317
65-30 Kissena Boulevard
Flushing 11367 USA us
QC.Archives@qc.cuny.edu