COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Notebooks, photographs, documents, audio and video recordings, clothing and other artifacts by or relating to Grandmaster Caz and his career as a MC, songwriter, and DJ and his activities as an early innovator and participant in Hip Hop culture. Notebooks contain his handwritten lyrics; cassette tapes contain recordings of his live performances with the Cold Crush Brothers, as well as his appearances on radio shows and other events; photograph albums document his performances and activities with friends & family; Also included are vinyl records and video tapes; a denim jacket with painting by TATS CRU, sneakers, hats, and an action figure of his likeness.
Dates
- circa 1986-2014.
Creator
- Grandmaster Caz (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Conditions Governing Use
Due to the fragility and potential degradation of moving image and sound recordings, viewing and listening is limited to items that have beeen digitized. If an item is in another media format, you may request to have the item digitized for access. Information on ordering access copies may be found on the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections webpage. Audio visual material that has been digitized: TR-15873-15912 and TR-17089-17108.
Conditions Governing Use
Use of digitized audio visual materials is limited to on-site access only.
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Curtis "Grandmaster Caz" Fisher (aka Casanova Fly), was a member of the early Bronx Hip Hop group The Cold Crush Brothers. He is widely regarded as one of Hip Hop's greatest emcees (rappers). He is currently active as a celebrated NYC Hip Hop landmark tour guide, DJ, and worldwide ambassador of Hip Hop culture.
Extent
7 cubic feet. (7 cubic feet.)
Abstract
Notebooks, photographs, documents, audio and video recordings, clothing and other artifacts by or relating to Grandmaster Caz and his career as a MC, songwriter, and DJ and his activities as an early innovator and participant in Hip Hop culture. Notebooks contain his handwritten lyrics; cassette tapes contain recordings of his live performances with the Cold Crush Brothers, as well as his appearances on radio shows and other events; photograph albums document his performances and activities with friends & family; Also included are vinyl records and video tapes; a denim jacket with painting by TATS CRU, sneakers, hats, and an action figure of his likeness.
Physical Description
Extent is approximate.
Physical Description
Audio Recordings, Memorabilia, Photographs, Printed Materials.
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524rareref@cornell.eduhttp://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- RMC Staff
- Date completed:
- October 2018
- EAD encoding:
- RMC Staff, October 2018
- Date modified:
- RMC Staff, October 2018
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by RMC Staff
- Date
- October 2018
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Revision Statements
- 12/07/2018: This resource was modified by the ArchivesSpace Preprocessor developed by the Harvard Library (https://github.com/harvard-library/archivesspace-preprocessor)
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu