Collections Corner: Hawthorne’s Famous Novel
Date: September 30, 2025
Hawthorne’s Famous Novel: The House of the Seven Gables by Anna Ruane Did you know Nathaniel Hawthorne almost gave his famous novel The House of the Seven Gables a...
Collections Corner: Hawthorne’s Famous Novel
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Archival Updates From The Gables
Date: February 1, 2023
Beginning in August 2022, I’ve had the pleasure of working as an archivist at The House of the Seven Gables. My primary purpose has been to arrange and describe the...
“Scarlet Letter” as immersive theater at The Gables
Date: August 2, 2022
Be part of an immersive ‘Scarlet Letter’ theater experience at The House of the Seven Gables Aug. 5, 6, 7 and 19 By Rae Francoeur SALEM — You’ll need your...
Resurrecting “Young Goodman Brown” to find timely relevance
Date: November 23, 2021
By Rae Padilla Francoeur Until recently, the only time I read anything by Nathaniel Hawthorne was when I had to. My class read “The Scarlet Letter” in 7th grade in...
Witness a virtual encounter between Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry David Thoreau
Date: June 29, 2021
News Release: Two of America’s greatest literary legends — Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry David Thoreau — have not yet run out of things to say. Perhaps that’s no surprise. These...
A Gift Never Opened
Date: November 2, 2020
By Will Demick If history museums are a window to the past, then their archives create the landscapes through the glass. Books, manuscripts and letters can lead one down a...
Plan Your 2020 Visit to The Gables!
Date: August 1, 2020
Visitors are at the core of what we do at The House of the Seven Gables. Our staff is excited to welcome you back for our Gardens and Grounds Experience....
Hawthorne in the Garden
Date: July 1, 2020
by W.H. Demick At this point not one of us remains unaffected by the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a fact of life in June 2020. While I am not the...
Meet Nathaniel Hawthorne
Date: July 1, 2020
by Rob Velella “How do you justify portraying Nathaniel Hawthorne in front of people?” The question came from a well-respected scholar after hearing that I “become” Hawthorne in first-person living...
Enterprising Women: Rose Hawthorne
Date: March 25, 2020
by: David Moffat, Visitor Services Specialist and Researcher Born May 20, 1851 while the family was living in Lenox, Massachusetts, the Hawthornes’ youngest child, Rose, was only a month younger...