Rapson, Ralph, 1914-2008
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1914 - 2008
Found in 86 Collections and/or Records:
Ralph Rapson Papers
Collection
Identifier: 2012-01
Abstract
Ralph Rapson, born on September 13, 1914, in Alma, Michigan, won a scholarship to the University of Michigan's College of Architecture in 1935. Admitted to the Phi Kappa Phi Society in 1938, he was encouraged to apply for the George G. Booth Travelling Fellowship in Architecture. He did not receive the fellowship but his submission impressed Eliel Saarinen, who offered Rapson a scholarship to attend the Academy of Art, where he helped Saarinen on a planning project for the State Capitol...
Dates:
1935 - 1954
Residence for Mr. and Mrs. Lee Armstrong: Conceptual Sketch
Digital Image
Identifier: AD.26.13.002
Dates:
1939 - 1941
Saarinen-Swanson Reunion Records
Collection
Identifier: 2001-14
Abstract
Eliel Saarinen, along with his wife Loja, son Eero, daughter Pipsan, and son-in-law J. Robert F. Swanson, founded a creative tradition at Cranbrook that endures to this day. The Saarinens' fame and design philosophies attracted many of the brightest talents in the architectural, design, and planning fields to study at Cranbrook or to work for their businesses --- known variously as Saarinen and Swanson; Saarinen and Saarinen; Saarinen, Swanson, and Saarinen; Swanson Associates; and Eero...
Dates:
1995 - 2001
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- Collection 3
- Subject
- Architecture 81
- Architecture, Domestic 2
- Chair design 2
- Embassy buildings 2
- Folding loom 2
- Furniture design 2
- Ceramics 1
- Charles A. Wermuth House 1
- College teaching 1
- Education 1
- Eero chair 1
- Interior decoration 1
- Kintray (Ala.) 1
- Mexico 1
- Oral history 1
- Photographs 1
- Pottery 1
- Textile fabrics 1
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