Madam C.J. Walker
Records of Indianapolis-based African American entrepreneur and philanthropist Madam C. J. Walker.
More About This Collection
Date of Original
1910/1998
Subject
Madam C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company
Cosmetics industry--Indiana
African American businesspeople--Indiana
African American philanthropists--Indiana
African American women--Indiana
People
Walker, C. J., Madam, 1867-1919
Location
United States, Indiana, Marion County, Indianapolis, 39.76838, -86.15804
Medium
photographs
business records
Type
StillImage, Text
Description
Madam C. J. Walker was a self-made businesswoman who became a national figure and philanthropist. In 1910, she moved to Indianapolis, Indiana, setting up a factory and beauty school. The collection contains the personal and business papers of Madam Walker, A'Lelia Walker, Freeman B. Ransom, and others who worked for the company, records relating to operations and the beauty schools and agents, and materials from businesses located in the Walker Building in Indianapolis. This digital collection is a sample of the materials found in the collection., This project was supported by a Digitizing Hidden Collections grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). The grant program is made possible by funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Language
eng
Original Collection
Madam C.J. Walker Supplemental Collection, Indiana Historical Society, Madam C.J. Walker Collection, Indiana Historical Society.
Contributing Institution
Indiana Historical Society
Search Results
2. Participants in the 60th Anniversary Gala
3. Walker Company's Personal Appearance Class at Flanner House
4. Hairstyle Models
5. "Glorified Maturity"
6. Permanent Wave Demonstration
7. Portrait of Willard Ransom
8. Violet Reynolds Making a Film about Walker Products
9. Madam C.J. Walker Junior Senior Prom at the Little Theater in Kansas City, Missouri
10. Principal Priscilla Dean Lewis Principal of Walker Beauty School and Students
11. F.B. Ransom with 1939 Graduating Class
12. Graduates of the Walker School of Beauty Culture in St. Louis, Missouri
13. Graduating Class of Walker Agents Muskogee, Oklahoma
14. National Convention of Walker Agents and Dedication of Walker Building
15. Walker Building on Indiana Avenue
16. Exterior View of Villa Lewaro
17. National Convention of Walker Beauticians at Villa Lewaro
18. Madam Walker Demonstrating a Procedure
19. Madam Walker Giving Combing Demonstration
20. Madam Walker Seated in a Pope Waverley Automobile
21. Portrait of Madam C.J. Walker
22. Madam Walker at the Dedication of the Senate Avenue YMCA
23. 1911 Location of The Madam C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company
24. Hairstyle Model
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