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Additional authors

1. Murray, James Briggs
2. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

Description

1. 4 videodiscs (87 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Rose Morgan (born, 1912) is interviewed at her beauty salon in Harlem. She begins the interview with her early life in Shelby, Mississippi. At the age of 6, her family moved to Chicago. At the age of 12 she developed an interest in hair styling. She did not complete high school; her first job after leaving high school was in a laundromat. She left the laundromat to work full-time as a hair stylist. After two years as an apprentice at a beauty salon, she enrolled in a beauty school to become a professional beautician. One of her first clients was Ethel Waters. She accompanied Ethel Waters to New York where Waters was performing. Her talent as a hair stylist was recognized and she was advised to come to work in New York. She was fascinated by New York and decided to move permanently to New York and establish herself as a hair stylist. She rented a booth in a hair salon and made $10 the first week. Eventually, she opened her own hair salon. The interview focuses on her career as a beautician and businesswoman.

Subject

1. Morgan, Rose, 1912?-2008 > Interviews
2. African American women executives > Interviews
3. Oral histories
4. Hairdressing of African Americans
5. African American beauty operators > Interviews
6. African American business enterprises
7. Louis, Joe, 1914-1981 > Influence
8. Filmed interviews
9. Morgan, Rose, 1912?-2008 > Childhood and youth
10. Cosmetics > United States
11. Nonfiction films

Genre/Form

1. Nonfiction films.
2. Oral histories.
3. Interviews.

Call number

1. Sc Visual DVD-1024

Credits (note)

1. Interviewer, James Briggs Murray.

Terms of use (note)

1. Permission required to cite, quote and reproduce. Contact repository for information.

Biography (note)

1. Rose Morgan is a beautician and businesswoman in Harlem.

Author

1. Morgan, Rose, 1912?-2008, interviewee.

Title

1. Oral history interview with Rose Morgan / Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture ; interview conducted by James Briggs Murray.

Publisher

1. New York : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 1988.

Country of producing entity

1. United States.

Type of content

1. two-dimensional moving image

Type of medium

1. video

Type of carrier

1. videodisc

Digital file characteristics

1. video file DVD

Credits

1. Interviewer, James Briggs Murray.

Event

1. Recorded April 21, 1988 New York, N.Y.

Terms of use

1. Permission required to cite, quote and reproduce. Contact repository for information.

Biography

1. Rose Morgan is a beautician and businesswoman in Harlem.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Schomburg Moving Images and Recorded Sound

Added author

1. Murray, James Briggs, interviewer.
2. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

Research call number

1. Sc Visual DVD-1024