Irving & Casson
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Cranbrook Foundation Office Records
Collection
Identifier: 1981-05
Abstract
The Cranbrook Foundation was established on November 28, 1927, by George Gough Booth and Ellen Scripps Booth. It was a trust and administrative entity to endow and support the six institutions that George and Ellen had founded: Brookside School Cranbrook, Christ Church Cranbrook, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Cranbrook Institute of Science, Cranbrook School, and Kingswood School Cranbrook. It's initial mission was, "to add to and strengthen the educational and cultural facilities within the...
Dates:
1926 - 1973
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
Series I: General Correspondence, 1928-01 - 1928-02
File — Container: Box 7, Folder: 6
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:
1928-01 - 1928-02
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- Collection 2
- Archival Object 1
- Subject
- Architecture 2
- Bloomfield Hills (Mich.) 2
- Glass painting and staining 2
- Afternoon teas 1
- Architecture, Domestic 1
- Art -- Study and teaching 1
- Art auctions 1
- California -- Description and travel 1
- Church architecture 1
- Dormitories 1
- Education 1
- Endowments 1
- Fires 1
- Genealogy 1
- James J. Hill House (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1
- Museums 1
- Oberammergau (Germany) 1
- Operas 1
- Organ (Musical instrument) 1
- Parties 1
- Photographs 1
- Religion 1
- School enrollment 1
- Science museums 1
- Sculpture 1
- Textile fabrics 1
- Textiles 1
- Thornlea House (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1
- Tiles 1
- Wood-carving 1 ∧ less
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