Joyce A. Bailey Oral History Interview
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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content: The NMAAHC Collection Donor Oral History Project
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content: 2 Video recordings (born-digital video, color, sound, 00:56:20:16)
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content: 2016-07-11
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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content: Archival materials
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content: Video recordings
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content: Joyce Bailey was interviewed as part of the NMAAHC Donor Oral History Collection. Along with her mother, Lois K. Alexander Lane, Ms. Bailey donated the entire collection and archives of the Black Fashion Museum to the National Museum of African American History and Culture. During this interview, Joyce Bailey discusses her mother, Lois K. Alexander Lane's life and work in the fashion industry. In addition to the Black Fashion Museum, Lois K. Alexander Lane also founded the National Association of Milliners, Dressmakers and Tailors, the Harlem Institute of Fashion and two custom wear boutiques (The Needle Nook of Washington, DC and Lois K. Alexander and Co. in New York City).