Camillo J. Vergara slides : The New American Ghetto collection, 1980-1993

Summary Information

Description

Scope and Contents

Slides taken by Camilo Vergara in the company of Lenny Hicks documenting urban decay in Bronx, New York for Vegara's project The New American Ghetto.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is available for use by appointment in the Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. For further information, please email avery-drawings@library.columbia.edu.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library

Biographical / Historical

Camilo Jose Vergara (born 1944) is a sociologist and photojournalist known for documenting the developments of urban decay and the deterioration of buildings in American cities.

Subject Headings

The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches for other collections at Columbia University, through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, and through ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.

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Genre/Form
color slides	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Place
Bronx (New York, N.Y.) -- Buildings, structures, etc	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Bronx (New York, N.Y.) -- Social conditions	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Bronx (New York, N.Y.) -- Social life and customs	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Mott Haven (New York, N.Y.)	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Subject
Street photography	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Streetscapes (Urban design) -- New York (State) -- New York -- Pictorial works	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Urban renewal -- New York (State) -- New York -- 20th century	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID