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Fab 5 Freddy papers.

Title
Fab 5 Freddy papers.
Author
Fab 5 Freddy, 1959-
Publication
1952-2014, bulk 1990 - 2005.
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Additional Authors
  • Cormier, Roy
  • Demme, Ted, 1963-2002
  • Hamilton, Tanya
  • MTV Networks, contributor.
Description
53.88 linear feet (129 boxes, 1 oversize folder); 198 megabytes (253 computer files)
Summary
Fab 5 Freddy is an African American director, TV host, graffiti artist, and a key personality in the history of hip-hop culture. The Fab 5 Freddy archive traces his multidisciplinary career from the 1980s to the early 2000s, and provides further insight into his public personality; business and recreational activities; and creative endeavors in the fields of writing and art. The collection contains, photographs, notebooks, correspondence, financial, legal, and administrative documents, screenplays, fliers and invitations, artwork, apparel, and magazines.
Subject
  • Crucial Conflict (Musical group)
  • Wild style (Motion picture)
  • African American business enterprises
  • African American sound recording executives and producers
  • African Americans in television broadcasting
  • Masters of ceremonies
  • Music videos > Production and direction
  • Rap (Music) > New York (State) > New York
  • Rap musicians > United States
  • Sound recording industry > United States
  • sneakers
Genre/Form
  • Digital photographs.
  • Fliers (Ephemera)
  • Hip-hop (Music)
  • Music videos.
  • Notebooks.
  • T-shirts.
  • Screenplays.
Source (note)
  • Purchased from Boo-Hoorary in 2019.
Processing Action (note)
  • Processing Information: The collection underwent some arrangement and re-housing by the dealers prior to arriving at the library. Some files were grouped by type of material. The arrangement and folder titles have been maintained when present.
Call Number
Sc MG 961
OCLC
1263576658
Author
Fab 5 Freddy, 1959- creator.
Title
Fab 5 Freddy papers.
Production
1952-2014, bulk 1990 - 2005.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
computer
Type of Carrier
sheet
other
Location of Other Archival Materials
Materials Separated from the Resource: The photographs were separated from the papers and transferred to The Schomburg Center's Photographs and Prints Division. They are not described in this finding aid. The books and vinyl LPs were transfererd to The Schomburg Center.
Processing Action
Processing Information: The collection underwent some arrangement and re-housing by the dealers prior to arriving at the library. Some files were grouped by type of material. The arrangement and folder titles have been maintained when present.
Source
Purchased from Boo-Hoorary in 2019.
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Occupation
Television directors.
Television personalities.
Added Author
Cormier, Roy, contributor.
Demme, Ted, 1963-2002, contributor.
Hamilton, Tanya, contributor.
MTV Networks, contributor.
Research Call Number
Sc MG 961
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