Detroit Institute of Arts
Organization
Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:
Detroit Institute of Arts, 1905-1937
File — Box: 12, Folder: 15-16
Collection Scope
From the Collection:
SERIES I: Biographical (1864-1969) contains materials related to the life of George Gough Booth and includes personal legal documents, typescripts of talks by Booth and several typescripts of Cyril Players' George Gough Booth of Cranbrook. SERIES II: Newspaper (1887-1959) contains documents relating to George G. Booth's tenure at The Detroit News, and his role, as chairman and later president of the Booth Publishing Co. SERIES III: General Correspondence (1813-1957)...
Dates:
1905-1937
Detroit Institute of Arts; Correspondence, 1956 - 1986
File — Container: Box 44, Folder: 14
Collection Scope
From the Collection:
Series I: General Correspondence (1909-1988) contains correspondence between Henry and Carolyn Booth and their family and friends in the period 1909-1988. Important subjects in this series include the following: Asheville School 1913-1918; University of Michigan 1918-1924; Travels in Europe by Henry Scripps Booth and J. Robert F. Swanson during the period July 1922 - May 1923. Correspondence between Henry Scripps Booth and Carolyn Farr Booth; Travels by George Gough Booth and Ellen Warren...
Dates:
1956 - 1986
Detroit School of Design, 1910-1918
File — Box: 12, Folder: 17
Collection Scope
From the Collection:
SERIES I: Biographical (1864-1969) contains materials related to the life of George Gough Booth and includes personal legal documents, typescripts of talks by Booth and several typescripts of Cyril Players' George Gough Booth of Cranbrook. SERIES II: Newspaper (1887-1959) contains documents relating to George G. Booth's tenure at The Detroit News, and his role, as chairman and later president of the Booth Publishing Co. SERIES III: General Correspondence (1813-1957)...
Dates:
1910-1918
Edward F. Caldwell and Co., Inc., 1905-03-29
File — Box: 12, Folder: 10
Collection Scope
From the Collection:
SERIES I: Biographical (1864-1969) contains materials related to the life of George Gough Booth and includes personal legal documents, typescripts of talks by Booth and several typescripts of Cyril Players' George Gough Booth of Cranbrook. SERIES II: Newspaper (1887-1959) contains documents relating to George G. Booth's tenure at The Detroit News, and his role, as chairman and later president of the Booth Publishing Co. SERIES III: General Correspondence (1813-1957)...
Dates:
1905-03-29
Exhibitions, 1966-1996; undated
File — Container: Box 5, Folder: 2
Collection Scope
From the Collection:
The Women's Committee Records reflect mainly their fundraising activities for the Academy. They include historical information about the founding of the committee; administrative materials relating to event and program planning, and fundraising initiatives; and correspondence related to their participation within and outside of the Cranbrook community including letters to former United Kingdom Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, and former Chairman, CEO, and President of the Chrysler...
Dates:
1966-1996; undated
F. Shirley Prouty Research Collection on Johannes Kirchmayer
Collection
Identifier: 2018-04
Abstract
F. Shirley Prouty is the great great-niece of Johannes Kirchmayer. She spent many years researching his life, family history, and artworks. Her research is published in the book Johannes Kirchmayer, 1860-1930: master carver from Germany's passion play village to America's finest sanctuaries. This collection holds the research files for this publication. Johannes Kirchmayer was born in Oberammergau, Bavaria, in 1860 and emigrated to the United States in 1880. He work is predominantly...
Dates:
1873 - 2015; Majority of material found within 1994 - 2015
"Hits the Road," Detroit, 1993 - 1994
File — Container: Box 5, Folder: 11
Collection Scope
From the Collection:
The Women's Committee Records reflect mainly their fundraising activities for the Academy. They include historical information about the founding of the committee; administrative materials relating to event and program planning, and fundraising initiatives; and correspondence related to their participation within and outside of the Cranbrook community including letters to former United Kingdom Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, and former Chairman, CEO, and President of the Chrysler...
Dates:
1993 - 1994
Wallace MacMahon Mitchell Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1990-21
Abstract
Wallace McMahon Mitchell was born on October 9, 1911 in Detroit, Michigan to Arthur Z. and Edith McMahon Mitchell. He was a respected painter, textile designer, geometric abstractionist, and a Cranbrook Academy of Art (CAA) graduate student (’35). He later served at the Academy as a painting, and arts and crafts instructor; registrar; director; and then president until his death in 1977. The collection contains the papers of Mitchell and his family during his years at Cranbrook. Included are...
Dates:
1934 - 1980
Oakland Citizens League, Civic Searchlight, 75th Anniversary; Corr., programs, and speeches, 1986 - 1987
File — Container: Box 51, Folder: 8
Collection Scope
From the Collection:
Series I: General Correspondence (1909-1988) contains correspondence between Henry and Carolyn Booth and their family and friends in the period 1909-1988. Important subjects in this series include the following: Asheville School 1913-1918; University of Michigan 1918-1924; Travels in Europe by Henry Scripps Booth and J. Robert F. Swanson during the period July 1922 - May 1923. Correspondence between Henry Scripps Booth and Carolyn Farr Booth; Travels by George Gough Booth and Ellen Warren...
Dates:
1986 - 1987
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- Art auctions 5
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- Art -- Study and teaching 4
- Education 4
- Newspapers -- Ownership 4
- Photographs 4
- Bloomfield Hills (Mich.) 3
- Church architecture 3
- Mural painting and decoration -- 20th century 3
- Scrapbooks 3
- Sculpture 3
- Arts and crafts movement 2
- Detroit (Mich.) 2
- Glass painting and staining 2
- Metalwork 2
- Museums 2
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- Science museums 2
- Ambassadors 1
- Architecture, Domestic 1
- Art objects 1
- Arts and Crafts in Detroit 1
- Automotive drafting 1
- Bookbinding 1
- Carillons 1
- Charles Scribners Sons Building (New York, N.Y.) 1
- Cobo Hall (Detroit, Mich.) 1
- Cranbrook (Kent, England) 1
- Decorative arts 1
- Design 1
- East Ferry Street (Detroit, Mich.) 1
- Europe 1
- Freer House 1
- Genealogy 1
- Graphic arts 1
- Historic house museums 1
- Illinois -- Description and travel 1
- Industrial design 1
- James J. Hill House (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1
- Lighting 1
- Michigan -- Description and travel 1
- Minerals 1
- North Carolina -- Description and travel 1
- Oberammergau (Germany) 1
- Pastels (Visual works) 1
- Portraits 1
- Prohibition 1
- Recreation 1
- Religion 1
- Scripps Mausoleum (Woodmere Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.) 1
- Scripps Park (Detroit, Mich.) 1
- Scripps Residence (Detroit, Mich.) 1
- Students 1
- Sunglitter 1
- Textile fabrics 1
- Textiles 1
- The Art that is Life: the Arts and Crafts Movement in America 1
- Weaving 1
- Wisteria Screen 1
- Women -- Societies and clubs 1
- Women -- Suffrage 1
- Wood-carving 1
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