Chicago photographs from the New American Ghetto Archive, 1977-1998

  • Collection ID 1998.0118.1-201
  • Creator Names Vergara, Camilo Jose, photographer. pht
  • Title Chicago photographs from the New American Ghetto Archive [graphic].
  • Dates 1977-1998
  • Physical description
    • 516 photographic prints : col. ; 4 x 6 in. Reference photos.
    • 201 photographic prints : col., cibachrome ; 16 x 20 in.
    • 201 transparencies : col. ; 35 mm.
  • Collection arrangement Materials stored separately by medium. The first 201 items in each medium are corresponding versions of the same image (1a. is the cibachrome, 1b. is the transparency, 1 c. is the reference photo).
  • Access and usage restrictions Advance appointment required to view materials in this collection because all are in cold storage. Reference prints are made available to researchers by appointment. The cibachrome prints and transparencies are fragile and are closed except to researchers who arrange special permission and an advance appointment.
  • Collection summary Includes the Chicago portion of a larger body of work by Vergara, entitled The New American Ghetto Archive, about some of the poorest and most racially segregated urban communities in the United States. Images include primarily street scenes, views from rooftops, views of buildings, and a few informal portraits of people in several Chicago neighborhoods, primarily African American, including views of churches, public housing projects (including Cabrini-Green, Henry Horner Homes, Stateway Gardens, Robert Taylor Homes), outdoor murals, former hotels and abandoned businesses primarily on the West Side and the South Side of Chicago and a few sites in Robbins, Illinois.
  • Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
    • Copyrighted by the photographer. Permission of the photographer is required to have photographic copies made of this material.
    • Credit photographer.
  • Finding Aids Note Descriptive inventory available.
  • Acquisition information Purchase (1998.0118.1-201).
  • Names
    • Vergara, Camilo J. New American ghetto archive.
    • Cabrini-Green Homes (Chicago, Ill.)
    • Robert Taylor Homes.
    • Stateway Gardens (Chicago, Ill.)
    • Henry Horner Homes (Chicago, Ill.)
    • Vergara, Camilo J. New American ghetto archive.
  • Subjects
    • African American churches Illinois Chicago Pictorial works.
    • African Americans Illinois Chicago 1970-1999.
    • Inner cities Illinois Chicago.
  • Geographic coverage
    • Chicago (Ill.) Buildings, structures, etc. 1970-1999. lctgm
    • Chicago (Ill.) Economic conditions 1970-1999.
    • Robbins (Ill.) Buildings, structures, etc.
    • South Side (Chicago, Ill.)
    • West Side (Chicago, Ill.)
  • Genre
    • Film transparencies Color. gmgpc
    • Photographic prints Color. gmgpc
    • Gelatin silver prints. gmgpc
  • Geographic name United States Illinois Cook County Chicago.
  • Finding aid URL Finding aid available online http://chsmedia.org/media/fa/fa/1998/118.htm