Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Collection |
Caroline Emmerton Papers |
Title |
Bertram House hearth sketch by Helen C. Hagar |
Catalog Number |
A88.0.3 |
Level of description |
Item |
Dates of Creation |
1918 |
Creator |
Hagar, Helen Clark |
Scope & Content |
Framed sketch of fireplace in the John C. Bertram House for Men, dated August 17, 1918 by Helen C. Hagar. The John C. Bertram House in Salem, MA, started as a historic mansion (c. 1818) for aged men, founded by Captain John Bertram, Caroline Emmerton's grandfather, in 1877. It was renovated and reopened in 1990 as Massachusetts' first assisted living community for both men and women, offering personalized care, meals, and activities in a historic setting overlooking the Salem Common. The artist, Helen Clark Hagar, was born on September 8, 1896 in Peabody, Massachusetts. She graduated from Peabody High School in 1915, and, in the 1920s she attended the George Vesper School of Art in Boston. After graduating she moved to Salem to live with her mother and aunt and had a career in restoring antique furniture and other works of art. She lived in Salem until her death in 1984. Hagar also practiced and taught stenciling, sometimes lecturing on stenciling's history. She was employed first by the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities and then by the National Park Service to live in and conduct tours of the Derby House (178 Derby Street, Salem, MA), where she sold some of her works in the gift shop. A collection of her stencil-work can be found at the Peabody Essex Museum, Phillips library. |