Cranbrook Academy of Art
Organization
Found in 164 Collections and/or Records:
Leadership: Von Drehle, Gillian (Chairwoman) (1 of 2), 1988-09-25 - 1989-12-12; undated
File — Container: Box 2, Folder: 3
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:
1988-09-25 - 1989-12-12; undated
Leadership: Von Drehle, Gillian (Chairwoman) (2 of 3), 1987-01-31 - 1988-09-01; undated
File — Container: Box 2, Folder: 1
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:
1987-01-31 - 1988-09-01; undated
Nancy Leitch Papers
Collection
Identifier: 2007-04
Abstract
In 1943, Leitch attended Cranbrook to study sculpture with Carl Milles, and was also a student of Maija Grotell, Howard Dearstyne, and Ernest Scheyer. She counted Jon Johnson, Margueritte Kimball, Signe Midelfars, Ruth Robinson, George Koren, Frances Ericsson, and Bob Lohman among her friends during this time. After finishing her first year in the program she was asked to return as Maija Grotell’s studio assistant, a position that she treasured and reflected upon often in her later years....
Dates:
1915 - 1994; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1994
Letters, from Cranbrook and alums, 1971 - 1974
File — Box: 32, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Documents work by Ken Isaacs that was done independent of UIC but completed during his time there. It includes exhibit proposals, contest entries and correspondence.
Dates:
Other: 1971 - 1974
Letters, telegram; Zoltan Sepeshy to KI, 1956 - 1958
File — Box: 2, Folder: 47
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Contains Isaacs’ early designs and promotional papers for Ken Isaacs Ltd, and records related to his temporally overlapping projects of building Microhouses at Groveland, Illinois, his tenure as contributing editor for Popular Science magazine (1967-1972), and the creation of his first book, Culture Breakers, Alternatives & Other Numbers (1970). The Groveland Subseries includes some press correspondence. The Popular Science Subseries includes article drafts and published copies, as well...
Dates:
Other: 1956 - 1958
Library, 1905-04-11
File — Box: 19, 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:
1905-04-11
Lindstrom, Verner, 1905-04-14
File — Box: 19, Folder: 19
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:
1905-04-14
John C. Lorence, Jr. Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1996-36
Abstract
John Clement Lorence, Jr. receivied a B.F.A. in painting in 1959 and an M.F.A. a year later from Cranbrook Academy of Art. Lorence taught art at a variety of schools in Wisconsin and Maine while continuing his career as a painter. His work has been exhibited widely in Maine, as well as Milwaukee, Flint, the Detroit Institute of Arts, and in Germany and Iran, and is held in several major collections including the Milwaukee Art Museum, the University of Michigan and the Cook Collection of...
Dates:
1940 - 1976
"M" corres., undated
File — Box: 19, Folder: 20
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:
undated
Macomber, H.P., 1916-1944
File — Box: 19, Folder: 21
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:
1916-1944