Research Catalog
Fab 5 Freddy papers.
- Title
- Fab 5 Freddy papers.
- Author
- Fab 5 Freddy, 1959-
- Publication
- 1952-2014, bulk 1990 - 2005.
- Supplementary Content
- Finding aid
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | oversize_folder 1 | Mixed material | Request in advance | Sc MG 961 oversize_folder 1 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
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Details
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- 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
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediatedcomputer
- Type of Carrier
- sheetother
- 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.
- Connect to:
- 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