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Archives at Cornell

Rap (Music) -- New York (State) -- New York.

 Subject
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Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Afrika Bambaataa hip hop archive

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 8094
Scope and content

Approximately 40,000 sound recordings representing Bambaataa's music collection from the 1970s to the present. The archive also includes books, documents, and files relating to the founding and spread of the Universal Zulu Nation; and videos, papers, and clothing.

Dates: circa 1972-2016.

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.

DMC DJ Battle collection

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924070595438]
Identifier: 8071
Scope and content

DVDs, flyers.

Dates: 1975-2000s.

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

Tools of War True School NYC summer park jam flyers

 Collection — Manuscript box 87 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924070595214]
Identifier: 8072m
Scope and content

Flyers for True School NYC Summer Park Jam Series. Includes events in Manhattan (2002 First Ever King of the Beat Battle, 2002 GrandWizzard Theodore Anniversary Jam) Crotona Park (Bronx), Rufus King Park (Queens), Queensbridge Park (Queens), and Harlem. Most since 2005 were designed by Haks 180 (Hans Schmitter).

Dates: 2002-2010.