Joe Henry Collection 1700s(copies)-1977.

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Joe Henry Collection 1700s(copies)-1977.

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Included in the collection are materials reflecting Mr. Henry's interest in the history of Natchitoches Parish and the city of Natchitoches. Specific to the collection are items related to the origins and more recent history of what is now Melrose Plantation. This includes information on Marie Therese CoinCoin, as well as the Henry family, the last proprietors of Melrose. Also included are Hertzog family charts, documents related to the Erwin and Lecomte families and a scrapbook covering publicity on the Louisiana Writers Project. Additionally, the collection contains photographs and biographical materials on Lyle Saxon, Francois Mignon, Clementine Hunter and James Register.

1 record box and two scrapbooks (1 linear ft.)

Northwestern State University of Louisiana, Watson Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7676808

Northwestern State University of Louisiana, Watson Library

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saxon, Lyle, 1891-1946

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Saxon, an LSU alumnus, was a resident of Baton Rouge, La. He was a historian as well as a writer of fiction. From the description of Lafitte the pirate, 1930-1932. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 262161478 Saxon, an LSU alumnus, was a resident of Baton Rouge. He was a historian and writer of fiction. From the description of Children of strangers, 1930-1937. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 262161476 Lyle Saxon was a fea...

Henry, Joseph M., Sr., 1902-ca.1979.

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Joseph M. Henry, Sr. was born in 1902 on Melrose Plantation in rural Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, to John Hampton Henry and Cammie G. Henry. Henry attended the Hunt Chamberlain Academy in Huntsville, Alabama, where he graduated in 1919. He then attended the Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolona. Henry also attended Louisiana State University while working on a degree in electrical engineering. During his college years, he was a member of the Alpha Gamma Chapter of the Kapp...

Register, James

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James Register lived in Natchitoches from 1963 until his death. Before then, he had traveled through this area for many years. As a writer, artist and art appreciator, he became aquatinted with promoters of art associated with Melrose Plantation. As a guest of Cammie Henry at Melrose Plantation in 1943, Register first met local, primitive folk artist Clementine Hunter. During the 1960s and 1970s, he divided his time between writing, painting and art collecting. Register was also a patron to Clem...

Mignon, Francois, 1899-1980.

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Hunter, Clementine

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Artist. From the description of Reminiscences of Clementine Hunter : oral history, 1979. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122597977 African American folk artist; Natichitoches, La.; b. 1885; d. 1988. From the description of Documentary on Clementine Hunter, 1985. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 779476826 From the description of Video on Clementine Hunter, 1985 [videorecording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83475525 ...