Video Materials
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: 1983-2002
label: Date
content: undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0641, Series 8
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Video materials include ½" VHS, DVD and Minidisc formats and document Mathis's motivational speaking, athletic events, and barber training tapes. He made a promotional tape about his life entitled "From Hair to the Throne," which is undated but in DVD format. Much of his motivational speaking took place at high schools and colleges in the Washington, D.C. area. There are also interviews by local television stations. Included are notes about the tapes taken by Fath Davis Ruffins, a curator at the National Museum of American History.