human hair
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Any hair of humans (Homo sapiens), particularly the hair grown from the scalp of humans. Human hair is a cylindrical tube composed mostly of keratin. The shaft is covered with thin, flat scales and the central core often contains pigments of red, black, or brown. Commercially, human hair has often been used for wigmaking and brushmaking.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Aubrey Hancock and William A. Fontaine Jr. papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0227
Abstract
Papers document the professional and personal lives of Aubrey Hancock and William A. Fontaine, Jr. The collection includes business records, personal and miscellaneous correspondence, documentation of their properties, guest books, and assorted ephemera on Charleston, social, and local LGBTQ life.
Dates:
1850-2020; Majority of material found within 1935-2002
Found in:
Special Collections
Solomon Heydenfeldt papers and photographs
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1155
Abstract
Assorted family photographs and personal and legal papers relating to Solomon Heydenfeldt, first elected justice and first Jewish justice to the Supreme Court of California. Papers consist primarily of approximately 350 black and white photographs, mostly from the turn of the century of family and friends related to the Heydenfeldts. Papers also include clippings related to the Heydenfeldt family, newspapers containing birth announcements, genealogical information, a few letters of Eva...
Dates:
1856-1990s; Majority of material found within 1890s-1920s
Found in:
Special Collections