Schmidt, Julius, 1923-2017
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1923 - 2017-06-20
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
James Scripps and John McLaughlin Booth Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1990-14
Abstract
James Scripps Booth, an automobile designer, artist, and philosopher was the eldest son of George Gough Booth and Ellen Scripps Booth born May 31, 1888, in the Trumbull Avenue home of his grandfather James Edmund Scripps, founder and publisher of the Detroit Evening News. He built a prototype of the Bi-Autogo and in 1913 Booth, uncle William J. Scripps and John Batterman formed the Scripps-Booth Cyclecar Company, manufacturers of small, belt-driven vehicles, the JB Rocket and the Packet....
Dates:
1907 - 1980
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 Art Academy Board of Trustees Minutes, 1970-04 - 1970-06
File — Container: Box 5, Folder: 10
Collection Scope
From the Collection:
SERIES I. James Scripps Booth (1899-1989) contains an autobiographical manuscript, an edited biographical manuscript of George Gough Booth, manuscripts of Jean McLaughlin Booth's works, correspondence, clippings, designs, blueprints, sketches, photographs, photographic prints and negatives, catalogs, diaries and books.SERIES II. John McLaughlin Booth (1966-1981) contains correspondence, meeting minutes, reports and printed materials of the Cranbrook Art Academy. III....
Dates:
1970-04 - 1970-06
Feiss-Johnson, 1952 - 1979
File — Container: Box 1, Folder: 12
Collection Scope
From the Collection:
SERIES I: Architectural Practice (1953-1978) contains some correspondence, building data and dedication pamphlets, primarily for Concordia Senior College, as well as a sketch for a site plan. SERIES II: Correspondence (1941-1987) consists of five folders of general correspondence to and from Paulsen, arranged alphabetically, primarily dealing with his career as an architect, his speaking engagements and awards he won. Some of the correspondence relates to his tenure at the...
Dates:
1952 - 1979
Minutes, 1967 - 1970-02
File — Container: Box 1, Folder: 8
Collection Scope
From the Collection:
The collection is arranged in five series: SERIES I: Cranbrook Academy of Art (CAA) (1946-1978) deals with Thomas’s role as head of the Art Academy Metalsmithing Department and as faculty member, and is arranged topically, then chronologically. Faculty meeting minutes, interspersed with faculty-related communications, are chronologically arranged and cover the period of Zoltan Sepeshy’s retirement and the search for a new Art Academy director. Items on the Metalsmithing Dept....
Dates:
1967 - 1970-02
Minutes, 1970-03 - 1970-11
File — Container: Box 1, Folder: 9
Collection Scope
From the Collection:
The collection is arranged in five series: SERIES I: Cranbrook Academy of Art (CAA) (1946-1978) deals with Thomas’s role as head of the Art Academy Metalsmithing Department and as faculty member, and is arranged topically, then chronologically. Faculty meeting minutes, interspersed with faculty-related communications, are chronologically arranged and cover the period of Zoltan Sepeshy’s retirement and the search for a new Art Academy director. Items on the Metalsmithing Dept....
Dates:
1970-03 - 1970-11
S. Glen Paulsen Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1991-25
Abstract
Serenus Glen Paulsen attended the University of Illinois, College of Fine and Applied Art from 1938 to 1942, then spent three years in the military under commanding officer, Marshall Fredericks (a sculptor). After the war, he received his Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Pennsylvania, School of Fine Arts, followed by a Master of Architecture and City Planning from the Royal Academy of Arts, Stockholm, Sweden. Paulsen worked for several firms, including Eero Saarinen and...
Dates:
1940 - 1990
Richard Thomas Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1989-14
Abstract
Richard Thomas graduated from the Cranbrook Academy of Art in May 1948 with an MFA in painting, subsequently re-establishing the Metalsmithing Department at the Academy and becoming Head for thirty-six years. He also served in other administrative capacities for the Academy, including Dean of Students (1951-50), Registrar (1962-65), Administrative Assistant to the President (1965-66), and Dean of Students (1968). His chief interest was liturgical art, fabricating around 300 objects for...
Dates:
1930 - 1984; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1978
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- Archival Object 4
- Collection 4
- Subject
- Architecture 2
- Education 2
- Metalwork 2
- Photographs 2
- Architecture, Domestic 1
- Art -- Study and teaching 1
- Art auctions 1
- Arts 1
- Automotive drafting 1
- Ceramics 1
- Christian art and symbolism 1
- Church architecture 1
- Commercial buildings 1
- Design 1
- Embassy buildings 1
- Exhibitions 1
- Graphic arts 1
- Graphic design (Typography) 1
- Industrial design 1
- Memorials 1
- Mural painting and decoration -- 20th century 1
- Painting 1
- Pastels (Visual works) 1
- Public buildings 1
- School buildings 1
- Scrapbooks 1
- Sketchbooks & albums 1
- Textile fabrics 1
- Weaving 1
- architectural drawings (visual works) 1 ∧ less
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