Biographical Information and Activities
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: undated
label: Date
content: 1946-2001
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0641, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This series includes all biographical statements, Mathis's autobiography, high school and college diplomas (including his GED), and other school and religious papers. Also included are advertising and programs for his various community events and motivational speaking engagements. Mathis participated in and sponsored many athletic, religious, community and children's events, which are documented here. Of note is his autobiography, Portrait of a professional: The Nat the Bush Doctor story as told to Jim Link, published in 1986.