Scope and arrangement
The collection holds materials created by Zakariasen for a 1976 photo-essay about Greek restaurant workers in New York City. Her files hold 400 color slides, copy negatives, photocopies, interview transcripts, and research compiled for the project.
The collection is arranged into five groupings comprised of Restaurants and Diners; Bakers; Street Vendors; Grocers; and Research and Notes. All the files contain photographic material and notes about each subject, except the research and notes file, which only includes paper material.
The Restaurants and Diners grouping is arranged by individual establishment, in the order that Zakariasen maintained her files. Each file contains the original slides, as well as copy negatives and photocopies of a selection of images. Each file also contains a transcription of an interview with the owner or worker. Each transcript also notes the interviewee's name, where they lived in Greece, and the location and name of the diner. In addition to the individual restaurants, there is a folder of assorted slides depicting the exteriors of establishments.
The Bakers, Street Vendors, and Grocers files contain slides, copy negatives, and interview transcripts. However, each group is contained in a single folder and mainly features only one or two businesses.
Zakariasen's research files includes the survey from the Hellenic-American Neighborhood Action Committee (HANAC), correspondence with the HANAC Director, and Zakariasen's notes about the project, including captions, and the order of the collection.