Beauty Documents and Advertising
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Mathis, Nathaniel, 1946- (barber, motivational speaker)
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content: Nathaniel Mathis Collection of Barbering and Beauty Culture
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1969-2002
label: Date
content: undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0641, Series 2
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 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.