Studio Girl Cosmetics Records, bulk circa 1950s-1970s

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Summary

Creator:
Studio Girl Cosmetics
Abstract:
Studio Girl Cosmetics Records include promotional materials related to the multi-level marketing and direct sales cosmetics company. Collection includes leaflets and a pamphlet with beauty tips as well as sales team recruitment materials. Also contains an LP record with the voice of company Chairman Harry Taylor.
Extent:
0.1 Linear Feet
Language:
Materials in English
Collection ID:
RL.11304

Background

Scope and content:

The Studio Girl Cosmetics Records include promotional materials related to the Glendale, California-based multi-level marketing and direct sales cosmetics company. This one-folder collection includes two promotional leaflets with beauty tips for customers: “Your Studio Girl Way to Loveliness,” and “Studio Girl: Hollywood Coiffure Blend Hair Fashions of Permalon.” There is also one pamphlet for potential Studio Girl sales representatives called “From a Man’s Point of View.” Other items are recruitment materials including a sales team member application, identification cards, stamped paper bags for products, and branded mailing envelopes. Also contains a plasticized LP record with the voice of company Chairman Harry Taylor. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History and Culture.

Biographical / historical:

Studio Girl Cosmetics was a multi-level marketing and direct sales company based in Glendale, California. The company was acquired by Beeline Fashions in 1975.

Acquisition information:
The Studio Girl Cosmetics Records were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a purchase in 2016.
Processing information:

Processed by Katrina Martin, September 2016.

Accessions described in this collection guide: 2016-0239

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects

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Subjects:
Beauty, Personal
Cosmetics
Advertising -- Cosmetics
Prescriptive literature
Names:
Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture
Studio Girl Cosmetics
Places:
Glendale (Calif.)

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[Identification of item], Studio Girl Cosmetics Records, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.