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John E. Seley Ground Zero photographs

Call Number

PR 347

Date

2001, inclusive

Creator

Seley, John E.

Extent

95.3 Megabytes (79 digital files in JPG format)

Language of Materials

The documents in this collection are in English.

Abstract

Seventy-nine digital images documenting the destruction of the World Trade Center at Ground Zero in the two months following the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001. The photographer, John E. Seley, is a professor of Urban Planning and Geography at The City University of New York Graduate Center.

Biographical/Historical Note

John E. Seley, PhD (University of Pennsylvania), is a professor of Urban Planning and Geography at The City University of New York Graduate Center. His wife is New York State Senator Liz Kreuger.

Arrangement

The collection--one CD and a 13-page paper printout of thumbnails--is housed in a single folder. The digital images have been transferred off the CD to N-YHS servers. The digital files can be made available online for viewing only.

Scope and Contents

According to John E. Seley (in an Email message dated September 2, 2011), he assembled a CD of pictures taken by himself and several firefighters in the two months following the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001. Some photos were shot inside the office of Seeley's father-in-law on the 21st floor of the World Financial Center, "an office made famous in a picture of a beam sticking out of the building." Seeley wrote that he had "not seen any other pictures of that office from inside."

Access Restrictions

Open to qualified researchers. Researchers may consult the thumbnail printouts or digital images. The digital images can be made available online for viewing only. To arrange to receive a link to the desired digital images, contact the Print Room Librarian at printroom@nyhistory.org.

Photocopying undertaken by staff only. Limited to twenty exposures of stable, unbound material per day. (Researchers may not accrue unused copy amounts from previous days.)

Use Restrictions

Permission to reproduce any Print Room holdings through publication must be obtained from: Rights and Reproductions, The New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024. Phone: (212) 873-3400 ext. 270. Fax: (212) 579-8794.

Preferred Citation

This collection should be cited as the John E. Seley Ground Zero Photographs [Digital], PR 347, Department of Prints, Photographs, and Architectural Collections, The New-York Historical Society.

Credit line (for exhibition labels): John E. Seley.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of John E. Seley, October 2011.

Collection processed by

Joseph Ditta

About this Guide

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-08-21 15:46:08 -0400.
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Language: Description is written in: English, Latin script.

Processing Information

Archivist Joseph Ditta processed this collection in November 2017. Digital Archivist Margo Padilla processed the digital files in November 2021.

Repository

New-York Historical Society
New-York Historical Society
170 Central Park West
New York, NY 10024