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Carmelite "Cammie" Henry born in 1871, was a Louisiana preservationist and arts patron who created an artists' colony at Melrose Plantation following the death of her husband, John Hampton Henry. Her transformation of Melrose into a haven for artists in 1918 brought her into contact with numerous artists and writers such as Clementine Hunter, Francois Mignon, John Steinback, Roark Bradford, Julia Peterkin, Lyle Saxon, Alberta Kinsey , Rachel Field, Ada Jack Carver Snell, Harnett Kane, and others. Henry's creation of this community provided these artists with a space to explore their creativity, particularly in the era of the Southern Renaissance. She was a avid collector during her lifetime, with more than seven thousand books, photographs, manuscripts and other ephemera amassed with the help of her artistic guests. Upon her death, her collection was dedicated to Northwestern State University, where it now makes up the Melrose Collection at the Cammie G. Henry Research Collection.

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http://www.melroseplantation.org/history/

http://www.knowlouisiana.org/entry/cammie-garrett-henry/

Jones, Anne Hudson. “The Centennial of Clementine Hunter.” Woman's Art Journal, vol. 8, no. 1, 1987, pp. 23–27. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/1358336.