Series I. Slides

Subseries I.1 Portraits dates from approximately 1963 to 1991. Portraits of artists, athletes, authors, musicians, politicians, and other well-known figures make up the bulk of this group. These images include both formal portraits and candid shots. Slides are arranged alphabetically by name with cross-references when more than one person appears in a single image.

Subseries I.2 Subjects includes images of locations and events outside New York City, as well as general subjects such as "Military", "Science & Medicine" and "Technology & Industry". "Pop Culture" includes photographs of television screens, showing coverage of newsworthy events such as the 1981 space shuttle landing, a Carter/Reagan debate, and Jimmy Swaggart's 1988 televised repentance. Images of New York State include photographs of crowds on Jones Beach, farmhouses in the Hamptons, a dance club in Plattekill, New York, and the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park. Also included are several images of the Eisenhower Lock on the St. Lawrence Seaway in Massena, New York.

Subseries I.3 Subjects-New York City contains photographs of buildings, streets and events in Manhattan and the surrounding boroughs. Images date from approximately 1968 to 1987, with many slides undated. The subseries is arranged alphabetically by specific subjects such as "Bridges", "Buildings", "Restaurants & Food" and "Winter Scenes". "Buildings-Hotels" includes several interior images of the New York Palace Hotel. "Education" includes images of public schools, newly desegregated classrooms and classes at New York University, Columbia University and LaGuardia Community College. Images of the 1978 New York Marathon are included in "Competitions-Sports", along with a Jets football game and people gambling at an Off Track Betting branch. Photographs of the proceedings of the Knapp Commission, investigating corruption in the New York City police force, are located with "Events-Miscellaneous". Labor demonstrations include a 1969 teachers strike. Along with Christmas, holiday images include a series taken on Easter, showing women in elaborate hats on Fifth Avenue. "Neighborhoods" includes the East Village, the Lower East Side, Chelsea, Times Square and Washington Heights. Also included are a large number of images from East Harlem in 1976, showing graffiti, empty lots and burned-out buildings. "Occupations" contains several images of dog walkers, police officers and street vendors. "Poverty" is comprised of images of the homeless. "Transportation" includes buses, horse-drawn carriages and images of traffic. Also included are images of transportation stations such as Grand Central Station and John F. Kennedy International Airport. Images of graffiti can be found in "Miscellaneous & Unidentified."