Beauty Documents and Advertising
Object Details
- Collection Creator
- Mathis, Nathaniel, 1946- (barber, motivational speaker)
- See more items in
- Nathaniel Mathis Collection of Barbering and Beauty Culture
- Date
- 1969-2002
- undated
- Archival Repository
- Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Identifier
- NMAH.AC.0641, Series 2
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Nathaniel Mathis Collection of Barbering and Beauty Culture, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Collection Rights
- Copyright held by the Smithsonian Institution. Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Reproduction permission from Archives Center: fees for commercial use. The Archives Center does not own rights to the patent, trademark or any related interest in the artifacts.
- Scope and Contents
- Included in this series are papers related to Mathis's hair salon and clinic, his patent (United States Design Patent No. 237,022) for a Barber's Apron, associated marketing materials, and Bush Doctor advertising. Many of the materials are self-produced; both promotional items for customers and advertisements placed in publications such as phone books and newspapers. Documents for his School of Beauty, which ran from 1980 to 1992, include course material, the salon philosophy and the curriculum. His appointment books show the day-to-day life of the Bush Doctor. Also included are events where he appeared as the Bush Doctor.
- Collection Restrictions
- The copllection is open for research. Physical Access: Researchers must handle unprotected photographs with gloves. Technical Access: Series 8, Video materials and Series 9, Audiotapes may not be used by researchers unless reference and viewing copies are made available.
- Record ID
- ebl-1503510067717-1503510067728-6
- Metadata Usage
- CC0