Name/Title
Helen L. VarneyEntry/Object ID
OH.1726.135.dDescription
A B/W photograph of Helen L. Varney who was instructor of art in the Brunswick (Maine) Schools for many years.
Helen L. Varney was born in Brunswick 05 Aug 1872, daughter of Amos F. and Alice W. (Wyatt) Varney, and great-granddaughter of the founder of Dennison Box Company. She began teaching at Brunswick's Bath Street School in 1890, immediately after graduating from high school and retired as Brunswick High School art teacher and supervisor of all of the town's art education programs in 1948. She studied art in several locations, including the Massachusetts School of Art in Boston, the Portland arts center and Bowdoin College. After her retirement from public school teaching she continued to give private lessons. During World War II she was involved in arts and crafts programs with the USO. She was a delegate to several art conferences, including the International Arts Congress in Paris in 1937. She died in Portland 06 Jul 1960. Photo not dated.
Sources: Brunswick Record, 05 Dec 1929, 20 May 1948, 06 Aug 1959
Maine Death Index, 1960-1997Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, PhotographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Teachers - Brunswick, Art - Brunswick, Art - Study and teaching, Art classes, Brunswick School Department - Teachers