Joyce A. Bailey Oral History Interview: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

The oral history consists of 2016.129.3.1a and 2016.129.3.2a: two versions (unedited, and edited) of a single digital video recording.

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 & Co. in New York City).

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: July 11, 2016
• Created by: National Museum of African American History and Culture, American, founded 2003
• Recorded by: Patrick Telepictures, Inc., American
• Interview of: Joyce A. Bailey, American, born 1943
• Interviewed by: Elaine Nichols, American
• Subject of: Lois K. Alexander-Lane, American, 1916 - 2007
• Subject of: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
• Subject of: National Association of Milliners, Dressmakers and Tailors Inc., American, founded 1969
• Subject of: Harlem Fashion Institute, American, 1966 - 1994
• Type: video recordings
• Type: oral histories
• Type: digital media - born digital
• Medium: digital
• Dimensions: Duration (2016.129.3.1a): 57.52 min.
• Dimensions: Duration (2016.129.3.2a): 56.33 min.
• Dimensions: 95.07 GB
• Place collected: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Business
• Topic: Clothing and dress
• Topic: Fashion
• Topic: Museums
• Topic: Women
• Object number: 2016.129.3.1a-.2a
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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