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Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1908 - 1998

Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:

Margaret Biggar Scrapbook Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1991-27
Abstract Margaret Elleanor Biggar was a metalworker and teacher, working out of her own studio in Fairhope, Alabama, for most of her career. From 1929-1931, Biggar assisted renowned English metalsmith, Arthur Nevill Kirk, at the Cranbrook Academy of Art as a paid apprentice, working primarily as the polisher. In July 1939, Biggar and her partner, Eloise Hooker, set up their first “metalcraft” studio in which they taught classes in working silver, copper and brass. Their classes and studio were...
Dates: 1929 - 1973

George Gough Booth Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1981-01
Abstract The collection documents the life and work of George Gough Booth, a renowned advocate of the arts, and a great philanthropist whose crowning achievement was the establishment of Cranbrook Educational Community. He was also one of the nation's leading newspapermen in the first half of this century. It includes biographical materials including legal documents, travel itineraries, talks and writings, and the financial and business records of the Cranbrook Press. It documents his working life...
Dates: 1864 - 1949

Kate Thompson Bromley Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1981-04
Abstract Kate Agnes Thompson married Frank Latham Bromley on May 2, 1900, in Detroit. They moved to Bloomfield Hills and, as neighbors, became ensconced in the Cranbrook community. Kate’s personal interests centered in the arts, and she became very good friends with Carl and Olga Milles, as well as with other Cranbrook personalities. The collection consists of photocopies of excerpts from the diaries of Kate Thompson Bromley. The diary entries document Bromley’s association with Cranbrook...
Dates: 1916 - 1955

Composarium; Corr. B-L, 1984 - 1987

 File — Container: Box 35, Folder: 7
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

Correspondence, 1965 - 1972

 File — Container: Box 43, Folder: 6
Collection Scope From the Collection: Series I. Administrative (1927-1973): Included here is correspondence (both outgoing and incoming) from George G. Booth (chairman of the Foundation from 1927-1949), from Executive Directors, Harry S. Booth and Edward Lerchen, and with the Trustees. Also included are the minutes of the meetings of the Trustees, as well as correspondence regarding various members of the Foundation staff, including the Secretary and the educational consultant. Subseries 4: Office Administration has been...
Dates: 1965 - 1972

Cranbrook Academy of Art Administration Records

 Collection
Identifier: 1981-09
Abstract In 1927 George G. Booth established the Cranbrook Academy of Art as an educational environment where students could come and learn from master artists in residence. The Academy functioned as a department under the Cranbrook Foundation and included painting, architecture, sculpture, ceramics and decorative design. The first Academy students were taken in early 1930. Eliel Saarinen was the first President (1932-1946). In 1942, with the opening of the Museum and Library, the Academy became an...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1942 - 1973

Cranbrook Academy of Art, Slade, Roy; Correspondence, 1977 - 1988

 File — Container: Box 34, Folder: 2
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: 1977 - 1988

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

Cranbrook Founders’ Day Records

 Collection
Identifier: 1996-09
Abstract The Founders' Award recognizes those who have made a special contribution to Cranbrook. The first Founders’ Day Celebration was held at Cranbrook School on October 26, 1928. After dinner at the school, George Gough Booth made an address to the student body, formally conveying the school buildings to them, and speaking of citizenship. He also made a presentation to the school of Rembrandt Peale’s portrait of George Washington, to be hung in the lobby of the Commons. The formal address,...
Dates: 1928 - 1993

Cranbrook Press and Photo Department Records

 Collection
Identifier: 1990-42
Abstract In 1900, George Gough Booth established the Cranbrook Press at the Detroit Evening News building. The enterprise lasted only two years, but it was later revived at Cranbrook in 1930. The Print Shop was headed by Edward Alonzo Miller, a well-known typographer, and Jean Eschmann, a bookbinder of high repute, and already employed by Booth, provided fine leather bindings. The first volume produced by Miller and Eschmann was a service book for the Festival of Gifts at Cranbrook Church. The...
Dates: 1929 - 1975

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Michigan -- Description and travel 2
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Thornlea House (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 2
Weaving 2
"The Cranbrook Vision" 1
Art 1
Art students 1
Bookbinding 1
Bronzes 1
Carillons 1
Charles Scribners Sons Building (New York, N.Y.) 1
Class reunions 1
Colorado -- Description and travel 1
Commercial buildings 1
Cranbrook (Kent, England) 1
Cunningham Fountain (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Design 1
Drama 1
Fairhope (Ala.) 1
Farm buildings 1
Founders' Medal (Cranbrook) 1
Fountains 1
Fulbright Scholarship 1
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Geology of Cranbrook 1
Gifts 1
Glass painting and staining 1
Greenland-Arctic Denmark 1
Guy Fawkes Ball 1
Harrisburg (Pa.) 1
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Libraries 1
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Merger 1
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Museums 1
New York (State) -- Description and travel 1
Newspapers 1
Newspapers -- Ownership 1
Painting 1
Performing arts 1
Persephone 1
Planetariums 1
Ponies 1
Pottspoint Cottage (Skidmore Farm (Mich.)) 1
Prohibition 1
Public buildings 1
Public relations 1
Saarinen House (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1
Saarinen Medal 1
Scholarships 1
School buildings 1
School enrollment 1
School principals 1
Scrapbooks 1
Silverwork 1
Skidmore Farm (Mich.) 1
Textile fabrics 1
Textiles 1
Thornlea Studio (Cranbrook : Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1
Trans World Airlines Terminal (New York, N.Y.) 1
Turtle Fountain (Cranbrook House : Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1
Women -- Suffrage 1
World War, 1914-1918 1
World War, 1939-1945 1
architectural drawings (visual works) 1
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