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Mildred Hart Bailey Collection
Biographical Sketch
Mildred Hart Bailey was born in Natchitoches, Louisiana on March 29, 1926. She received her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Northwestern State University. Bailey received a doctoral degree from the University of Mississippi, and also completed post-doctoral studies at Syracuse University. She came back to Northwestern in 1963 to assume a career as teacher, department chair and dean of Graduate Studies and Research.
Bailey was involved in historic preservation, and helped found The Natchitoches Historic Foundation, Incorporated where she served as a member and board member. She also purchased and restored the historic Chaplin House in Natchitoches. Bailey was also very interested in folk artist Clementine Hunter and her work. Over a period of time Bailey befriended Hunter and supported her work by purchasing paintings. She was also responsible for the production of numerous oral histories of Hunter from 1972 through 1989. Bailey died on May 16, 1995 in a Shreveport hospital as a result of cancer.
Scope and Content
Included in the collection are materials related to Mildred Bailey's interest in the history of Natchitoches Parish and the city of Natchitoches. These materials include photographs, correspondence and printed materials. The bulk of the photographs are not identified. Of particular note, are thirty scrapbooks and twenty-two oral histories on Clementine Hunter's life and art.
An Addition to the collection includes correspondence, printed materials, and photographs related to Bailey's promotion of Clementine Hunter's work throughout the world. Of particular interest is a typescript summary of correspondence between Francois Mignon and James Register during 1944. Clippings and exhibit programs document the many exhibits of Hunter's work, particularly during the 1980s and 1990s. Also of note are reprints of photographs taken in 1944 by James Register documenting Hunter, her adopted daughter, Mary Frances LaCour (with some of her own paintings) and Hunter's residence.
*Note to researchers: The biographies contained in the collection do not necessarily reflect correct information in regards to specific dates and other details. Hunter was born in either 1886 or 1887, and died 1988.
Biographical Sketch
Mildred Hart Bailey was born in Natchitoches, Louisiana on March 29, 1926. She received her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Northwestern State University. Bailey received a doctoral degree from the University of Mississippi, and also completed post-doctoral studies at Syracuse University. She came back to Northwestern in 1963 to assume a career as teacher, department chair and dean of Graduate Studies and Research.
Bailey was involved in historic preservation, and helped found The Natchitoches Historic Foundation, Incorporated where she served as a member and board member. She also purchased and restored the historic Chaplin House in Natchitoches. Bailey was also very interested in folk artist Clementine Hunter and her work. Over a period of time Bailey befriended Hunter and supported her work by purchasing paintings. She was also responsible for the production of numerous oral histories of Hunter from 1972 through 1989. Bailey died on May 16, 1995 in a Shreveport hospital as a result of cancer.Inventory
Folder 1 August, 1949- November, 1969
Folder 2 March, 1970- November, 1970
Folder 3 March, 1971- December, 1975
Folder 4 November, 1975- December, 1975
Folder 5 January, 1976- October, 1976
Folder 6 February, 1977- January, 1978
Folder 7 January, 1978- April, 1978
Folder 8 April, 1978- August, 1978
Folder 9 August, 1978- December, 1978
Folder 10 January, 1979- September, 1979
Folder 11 June, 1979- December, 1979
Folder 12 January, 1980- July, 1980
Folder 13 June, 1980- December, 1980
Folder 14 January, 1981- January, 1982
Folder 15 February, 1982- November, 1982
Folder 16 March, 1983- December, 1983
Folder 17 January, 1984- May, 1984
Folder 18 April, 1984- November, 1984
Folder 19 January, 1985- March, 1985
Folder 20 March, 1985- May, 1985
Folder 21 April, 1985- August, 1985
Folder 22 August, 1985- October, 1985
Folder 23 January, 1986- March, 1986
Folder 24 March, 1986- August, 1986
Folder 25 August, 1986- December, 1986
Folder 26 January, 1987- April, 1987
Folder 7 April, 1987- December, 1987
Folder 28 January, 1988- February, 1988
Folder 29 March, 1988- December, 1988
Folder 30 January, 1989- October, 1989
Audio 5 Compact Discs containing the following:
Melrose Plantation and Clementine Hunter Interviewer: David Driskell (28 minutes) January, 10, 1972
Melrose Plantation; Mignon, Francois Interviewer: David Driskell (16 minutes) Interviewee: Anna Hudson Jones January,11, 1972
Melrose Plantation Architecture David Driskell (29 minutes) Interviewee: Anna Hudson Jones January, 11, 1972
Clementine Hunter on a Big Picture in Roque House frame
Francois Mignon on a Big Picture in Roque House frame July, 1974
Clementine Hunter- discussion on “Angel Ascending into Heaven” July, 2, 1976
Clementine Hunter and Mildred H. Bailey Family Background January, 15, 1978
Clementine Hunter and Mildred H. Bailey Interview on 1. Black Jesus 2. Mary, Jesus, Three Wisemen 3. Wedding
January, 29, 1978
Clementine Hunter and Mildred H. Bailey Interview about the “Snowman” painting January, 29, 1978
Clementine Hunter and Mildred H. Bailey Interview on Paintings: 4. Abstract purchased in 1974 5. “Fat Mary”
6. ‘Flower Garden” ‘Talk”
Clementine Hunter’s earlier house on Melrose Paintings: 5. “Mary and Baby Jesus on The King’s Highway” 6. “The Burial” February, 19, 1978
Clementine Hunter and Mildred H. Bailey Just “talk”. Discussion of a painting Of “Uncle Tom and His Cabin” bought for Dr. Hugh Schoephoerster, Anoka, MN. February, 19, 1978
Francois Mignon Mildred H. Bailey on Clementine Hunter February, 4, 1978
Clementine Hunter Mildred H. Bailey Just talk and description of three Hugh Schoephoerster paintings March, 5, 1978
Mildred H. Bailey and Clementine Hunter Just talk and describe of three Hugh Schoephoerster paintings March, 5,1978 Paintings: “Saturday Night” “Picking Cotton” “Angles” March, 5, 1978
Copy 2 of 13
March, 5, 1978
Clementine Hunter and Mildred H. Bailey At Bailey’s House March, 19, 1978Clementine Hunter and Mildred H. Bailey Bailey’s House Framed quilt and 59”x33” Baptizing panel March, 19, 1978
Clementine Hunter Interview by Toby Armstrong for Louisiana Arts Document (Do not reproduce without permission) Summer 1979
Clementine Hunter and Mildred H. Bailey September, 27, 1980Dateline America Clementine Hunter and Charles Kuralt May, 7, 1983
Sterling Cook-Talk Clementine Hunter Nellie Mae Rowe Miami University, Oxford, Ohio M.U. Art Museum February, 2, 1987
Mildred Hart Bailey Collection Addition
Correspondence
Folder 1 1944-1990
Folder 2 1990-1993, n.d. Clippings
Folder 3 1959-1992
Folder 4 1992-1994, n.d. Photographs
Folder 5 1944 Biographies
Folder 6 1993-1994, n.d. Exhibit Programs
Folders 7 1968-1994, n.d.
