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Archives at Cornell

Hip-hop -- United States.

 Subject
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Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Adler hip hop archive

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 8092
Abstract

The Adler Archive includes letters, documents, manuscripts, images, magazine and newspaper articles, books, sound and video recordings, and other ephemera documenting the history of hip hop.

Dates: circa 1970-2013.

Crazy Legs papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 8489
Scope and content

Contains newspaper and magazine clippings, art work, hip-hop flyers, photographs, materials documenting the activities of Rock Steady Crew, books, catalogs, posters, awards, and other ephemera. The collection also includes video documentation of dance and related hip-hop events.

Dates: 1981 - 2014

E.J. Recordings and Austin Hip Hop Collection

 Collection — Mapcase folder 1: [Barcode: 31924113567931]
Identifier: 8116
Scope and content The collection documents the efforts of Def and his friends and band mates to cultivate and support an emerging local Hip Hop scene in North Austin. It contains 36 flyers, 110 handbills (including duplicates), 12 business cards, 46 photographs, 7 original paste-up designs for flyers, four letters, newspapers clippings, a RUN-DMC poster, and press information for late 1980s rap groups in Austin, Texas. Bands and groups represented include Rockmaster K.J., Horse Thief, The Loud Posse, Street...
Dates: circa 1988-1993.

Kevin Powell archive

 Collection — Box ? (17 unprocessed boxes and loose records)
Identifier: 8097
Scope and content Letters, documents, manuscripts, images, magazines, books, sound and video recordings, and other ephemera documenting the life and work of Kevin Powell. Files include documentation of his participation as a cast member in the MTV reality TV series "The real world," notes and transcripts for interviews with artists and performers conducted while working at Vibe Magazine, documentation of his curatorial work on the first Hip Hop exhibition at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1999), and files...
Dates: circa 1991-2013.

West Coast hip hop cards

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924113445328]
Identifier: 8096
Scope and content Promotional cards in sizes varying from 2" x 3.5" to 5.5" x 8.5", as well as a few stickers. The cards are advertising hip hop events, album releases, tributes for fallen artists, and stores on the West Coast in the late 1900s and early 2000s. Legends such as Mos Def, Questlove, and Ice T are represented as well as newer artists such as Young Bo, dubbed "LA's B-Boy". Included in the set is a card for an Erykah Badu ("First Lady of Neo-Soul") show at the Greek Theatre, a 1999 performance of...
Dates: 1990s-2000s.