Cammie G. Henry Research Center

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Comment by Mike McCain on March 29, 2009 at 2:34pm

What a Gem Cammie Henry is to have in our town. Mary Linn and Shelia are always more than a pleasure to work with. They will give it their all to help you locate things you are looking for and 95% of the time also drag out others relivant to your search. I am sure others here have had like experiences and from all thanks.

Comment by Shelia Thompson on June 24, 2008 at 10:40pm

Jeff,
Yes, we do manage to stay pretty busy around there! When i started this job, it seemed to be either feast or famine.......i.e, either there was a lot to do or nothing.....but, I have been busy with a lot of "projects" (as we like to call them) such as putting security tape in ALL the books, have supervised the students in their effort to re-box a lot of microfilm into archival boxes, finished processing the Fortson collection, assisted with the preliminary processing/inventory of the Patty Lemee-Smith collection, processed the KA collection and several other things in addition to assisting patrons by pulling material, making copies........and in addition to that, reshelving material and books.......
But, I truly love my job! And how many people can say that and mean it?

Comment by Jeffery K Guin on June 24, 2008 at 4:36pm

Wow, y'all are really busy! I thought you were just using that as an excuse to keep from posting content to the site. ;-)

Looking forward to that Cohen exhibit this fall!

Comment by Shelia Thompson on June 24, 2008 at 1:09pm

The current exhibit at the Cammie G. Henry Research Center is titled "An Exhibition of Louisiana's Children and Young Adult Literature: Exploring the Diverse Culture of Louisiana". This exhibit will run through August 15, 2008 and is embellished with toys on loan from Zach Bandaries and Heather Lockwood.

In May, Mary Linn Wernet presented a paper entitled "Searching Beneath the Surface: The Magnetic Allure of Carl Fredrich Gauss" at the Annual Society of Southwest Archivists Conference: Magnolia & Megabytes: 21st Century Stewardship in Houston, Texas. Wernet's presentation focused on how the Cammie G. Henry Research Center has researched out to promote the papers of the Center's holds on the world's fifth most famously recognized Mathematician, Carl Fredrich Gauss.
The paper will also be submitted to the Society of Southwest Archivists quarterly publication.
Wernet also participated in a Society of Southwest Archivists sponsored half-day, hands-on workshop on Creating and Managing Online Exhibits and attended several sessions including: Archiving Born-Digital Records and Manuscripts in University Settings, Ownership of Digital Materials in Personal Paper Collections and the Archivists Toolkit.

Mary Linn is part of the Society of Southwest Archivists Local Arrangements Committee.

Head Archivist Mary Linn Wernet, representing the Cammie G. Henry Research Center, and Library Specialist 2, Madeline Meziere, representing the St. Matthew School Community Association, attended the African American Heritage Trail Community Meeting on June 18th. All who attended were informed of the African American Heritage Trail in Louisiana.

Cammie G. Henry Research Center will have a display at the Folklife Festival to be held on July 18th & 19th. The display will focus on connections to the Isles.

September - December, 2008--Cammie G. Henry Research Center will have an exhibit on the work of local photographer, B. A. Cohen.

October is American Archives month.

Cammie G. Henry Research Center's hours of operation are: Monday-Friday 8 am - 5 pm. The center is open to the general public and is located on the 3rd floor of the Watson Memorial Library.