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Cranbrook Composarium

 Organization

Biography

Henry Scripps Booth and Dr. Lillian Bauder wanted to create a Composarium, which would have established a program for musicians and composers to live and work on campus in Thornlea House. It never came to fruition.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Corajoyce Rauss Papers

 Collection — Container: Box 1
Identifier: 1998-11
Abstract Corajoyrce Rauss was personal secretary to Henry Scripps Booth from 1961-1988. Lifelong friends, Rauss was also manager of Booth's estate. After his death in 1988, Rauss became staff at Cranbrook Archives helping to document the Booth Family until she retired in 2007. The Corajoyce Rauss Papers document her time as a Cranbrook employee, particularly the years she worked for Henry Scripps Booth. Correspondence to and from Booth, as well as writings by Rauss and Booth, make up the...
Dates: 1976 - 1987; Majority of material found within 1948 - 1998