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Kirchmayer, Johannes, 1860-1930

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1860 - 1930

Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:

Art Objects, 1980 - 1997

 File — Container: Box 12, Folder: 7
Collection Scope From the Collection: The records in this collection cover Brookside School from its beginnings, as Bloomfield Hills School in 1922, then from 1930 as Brookside School Cranbrook through 2019. Series I: Governance (1922-1984 contains correspondence, legal documents, and minutes for the Children's School Trust, Board of Trustees, and Board of Directors. Series II: Administration (1922-2004) provides information on admissions; curriculum; histories; and headmistress/headmaster appointments,...
Dates: 1980 - 1997

Booth, George G. memo, 1927

 File — Container: Box 5, Folder: 2
Collection Scope From the Collection: SERIES I: Administration (1927-1995) documents the administrative and financial activities of the church over time. This series contains two subseries:Subseries 1: Governance and which contains annual reports and bylaws.Subseries 2: Financial which contains a large number of reports that provide a clear picture of Christ Church Cranbrook’s fiscal health over time. SERIES II: Building and Grounds (1926-1999) consists of two subseries: Subseries...
Dates: 1927

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

Christ Church Cranbrook Album, descriptions, undated

 File — Container: Box 5, Folder: 3
Collection Scope From the Collection: SERIES I: Administration (1927-1995) documents the administrative and financial activities of the church over time. This series contains two subseries:Subseries 1: Governance and which contains annual reports and bylaws.Subseries 2: Financial which contains a large number of reports that provide a clear picture of Christ Church Cranbrook’s fiscal health over time. SERIES II: Building and Grounds (1926-1999) consists of two subseries: Subseries...
Dates: undated

Christ Church Cranbrook Records

 Collection
Identifier: 1992-01
Abstract In 1923, George Gough Booth wrote to the Rev. Samuel Simpson Marquis with his ideas for building an Episcopal church and school on the Cranbrook estate to serve the needs of the growing Bloomfield Hills community. Booth would fund the construction of the church and provide an endowment for its maintenance. After obtaining the agreement of Bishop Herman Page, hiring and architect and a contractor, a groundbreaking ceremony took place on July 5, 1925. Christ Church Cranbrook was consecrated on...
Dates: 1923 - 2002

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 Lower School Brookside Records

 Collection
Identifier: 2002-04
Abstract After various attempts at a school for young children in the area, the Bloomfield Hills School opened in 1922, occupying the Meeting House owned and built by George G. Booth at Lone Pine and Cranbrook Roads. With subsequent building additions by Booth and his son Henry Scripps Booth, the student body likewise grew from eight students in its first year to 101 by 1929. A private co-ed school for students in grades K-6, the school officially became Brookside School Cranbrook in 1930. Undergoing...
Dates: 1922 - 2022; Majority of material found within 1923 - 1999

Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts, 1912-1927

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 16-17
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: 1912-1927

Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts, 1914-1957

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 18-19
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: 1914-1957

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

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Type
Archival Object 12
Collection 5
 
Subject
Glass painting and staining 5
Architecture 4
Bloomfield Hills (Mich.) 4
Church architecture 3
Mural painting and decoration -- 20th century 3
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Photographs 3
Sculpture 3
Art -- Study and teaching 2
Buildings and grounds 2
Carillons 2
Commons Room/Oak Room (Cranbrook House : Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 2
Cranbrook House (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 2
Education 2
Fountains 2
Gymnasiums 2
Illinois -- Description and travel 2
Kitchens 2
Libraries 2
Reading desk and bench 2
Religion 2
Science museums 2
Wood-carving 2
World War, 1914-1918 2
"Bach" Andirons 1
"Descent of the Holy Spirit" 1
Alger Plantation (Jamaica) 1
Anniversary (50th) 1
Architecture, Domestic 1
Armor 1
Art auctions 1
Arts and crafts movement 1
Automobile industry and trade 1
Automotive design 1
Bookbinding 1
Buildings -- Additions 1
Buildings -- Repair and reconstruction 1
California -- Description and travel 1
Charles Scribners Sons Building (New York, N.Y.) 1
Chicago Tribune Building (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Christmas in Heaven 1
Church dedication 1
Civil rights 1
Clergy 1
Composition (Music) 1
Cornerstone laying 1
Cranbrook (Kent, England) 1
Cranbrook Road (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1
Denmark -- Description and travel 1
Detroit Electric automobile 1
Devices (Heraldry) 1
Dinners and dining 1
Drama 1
Entertaining 1
Expenditures 1
Flags 1
Florentine Fountain 1
Fonts 1
Gardens 1
Genealogy 1
Germany -- Description and travel 1
Jamaica -- Description and travel 1
James J. Hill House (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1
Kingswood Lake (Bloomfield Hills, Mich. : Lake) 1
Lighting 1
Luncheons 1
Maine -- Description and travel 1
Meeting House 1
Merrymound Press 1
Metalwork 1
Minerals 1
Museums 1
New York (State) -- Description and travel 1
Newspapers -- Ownership 1
Oak Room 1
Oberammergau (Germany) 1
Ocean travel 1
Operas 1
Organ (Musical instrument) 1
Overmantle 1
Performing arts 1
Prohibition 1
Rams heads 1
Rare books 1
Religious literature -- Authorship 1
Rug and carpet industry 1
Scrapbooks 1
Silverwork 1
Snowy owl crest 1
Textile fabrics 1
Textiles 1
Tympana (Architecture) 1
Women -- Suffrage 1
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