Karen Pelletier interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-21

Pelletier has been a barber in the quaint small town of Georgetown, Massachusetts, for twenty-nine years. She discusses her preference to cut men's hair over working in a beauty salon. She's also discusses the issue of baldness and the conversations that happen in her shop. Pelletier has served three generations of her customers' families and has starting cutting hair for elderly women. She briefly discusses the closing of barbershops and changes within the industry.
Recorded at Karen's Barbershop, Georgetown, Massachusetts, August 21, 2013.
Hairdresser and Beauty Shop Culture in America : Archie Green Fellows Project, 2012-2013 (AFC 2012/035: 00388) Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
To honor the memory of Archie Green (1917-2009), a fellowship program was established at the American Folklife Center in 2010. Archie Green Fellowships support new research in the contemporary culture and traditions of American workers.
In English.