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Cornell University Library Hip-Hop Collection

 Organization

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

DONDI Portfolio case

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 8591
Scope and content

1 Portfolio case, which once belonged to the graffiti artist DONDI. Contains no art.

Dates: circa 1980s.

Joe Conzo, Jr. photographs and ephemera

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 8091
Abstract

Collection includes photographic film negatives, 4x6 and 8x10 prints, proof and contact sheets, large format finished prints, and associated ephemera. Many of the images have been digitized and arrived on hard drives.

Dates: 1977 - 2007

Seen collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 8073
Scope and content Over 149 original drawings and over 370 original photographs, comprising nearly all that remains of the original sketches used for some of the most famous subway trains ever painted, the artist's collection of original photographs of his work (yard and station shots in addition to action shots of paintings in progress), and the artist's collection of original drawings by other United Artists crew members and collaborators such as Pjay, Mitch 77, Duster, Billy 167, Mad, RAL2 and Zoom. Also,...
Dates: 1980-1981.

Tupac Shakur and Digital Underground fan mail

 Collection
Identifier: 8132
Scope and content

156 fan letters written to Tupac Shakur within their original envelopes, the majority of which are unopened, variously address c/o Interscope Records, Atlantic Recording Corporation, and others, ca. 1995 and 442 envelopes with content relating to the Digital Underground, mostly unopened, the majority containing fan voting ballots for the Humpty Dance Awards (where fans voted for their favorite song containing a Humpty Dance sample), most addressed to The Humpty Dance Awards, 1993.

Dates: 1993-1995.

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Subject
Graffiti -- New York (State) -- New York. 2
Graffiti. 2
Street art. 2
African Americans. 1
Artists. 1