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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 14 Collections and/or Records:

Composarium, Planning (operational and physical), 1984 - 1987

 File — Container: Box 35, 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: 1984 - 1987

Composarium, Touche-Ross; Report, 1986

 File — Container: Box 36, Folder: 3
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

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

ā€œSā€; Correspondence, 1941 - 1987

 File — Container: Box 54, Folder: 18
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: 1941 - 1987