Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1908 - 1998
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
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
Kingswood School Records
Collection
Identifier: 1980-01
Abstract
Kingswood School Cranbrook was a day and boarding school for girls beginning with the seventh grade and continuing through the twelfth grade. Kingswood School was established through a deed of Trust executed on July 24, 1930, between the Cranbrook Foundation and a Board of Trustees consisting of William T. Barbour, Ralph Stone, Luman W. Goodenough, Alvan Macauley, Clarence H. Booth, James Inglis, and Sidney D. Waldon. The Board selected Gladys Turnbach, of Miss Hall’s School in Pittsfield,...
Dates:
1930 - 1985
Leadership: Lanciault, Susan (Chairwoman), 1990-12 - 1995; undated
File — Container: Box 1, Folder: 9
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:
1990-12 - 1995; undated
Lee A. White Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1979-02
Abstract
Lee A White was a journalist, working for the Detroit News from 1911 until his retirement in 1952, except between 1914-1917, when he was an associate professor and chairman of the journalism department at the University of Washington. He developed a close relationship with George G. Booth, serving as his Editorial Secretary and, from 1936, he also served as Chief Librarian for the newspaper, and became its first Director of Public Relations. He served as Director of Cranbrook School for 20...
Dates:
1926 - 1958
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- Subject: Art X
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- Archival Object 2
- Subject
- Art -- Study and teaching 4
- Education 4
- Architecture 2
- Art auctions 2
- Exhibitions 2
- Photographs 2
- Religion 2
- Science museums 2
- Sculpture 2
- Weaving 2
- Architecture -- Conservation and restoration 1
- Architecture, Domestic 1
- Art 1
- Art students 1
- Bloomfield Hills (Mich.) 1
- Design 1
- Founders' Medal (Cranbrook) 1
- Gifts 1
- Glass painting and staining 1
- Guy Fawkes Ball 1
- Housing 1
- Industrial design 1
- Installations (Art) 1
- Landscapes 1
- Metalwork 1
- Mural painting and decoration -- 20th century 1
- Museums 1
- Newspapers 1
- Painting 1
- Public relations 1
- Saarinen Medal 1
- Scholarships 1
- Textile fabrics 1
- Textiles 1
- Turtle Fountain (Cranbrook House : Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1 ∧ less
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