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Archives at Cornell

Bronx (New York, N.Y.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Breakbeat Lenny Archive

 Collection
Identifier: 8052
Abstract

The core of the collection is a series of rare soundboard recordings of live performances taken directly from the soundboard, also party flyers.

Dates: 1980-2004.

Charlie Ahearn hip-hop archive

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 8078
Abstract

Collection includes film production records, flyers, posters, original art, videos, audio, oral histories, photographs, slides, and vinyl recordings documenting early hip hop culture and the film "Wild Style."

Dates: 1977-2012.

Johan Kugelberg hip hop collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 8021
Scope and content The Johan Kugelberg hip hop collection documents the origins of hip-hop as music, culture and community in the Bronx, NY, and its influence on the history of music, art, performance, and activism in America during the final third of the 20th century and beyond. The collection contains nearly 1,000 recordings (primarily LP records), textile art, books and magazines, and more than 500 original party and club flyers designed by Buddy Esquire and others. It also includes 74 candid hip hop photos...
Dates: 1975 - 2008