Kirk, Arthur Nevill
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1881 - 1958
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
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 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 Academy of Art; Correspondence, 1941 - 1986
File — Container: Box 33, 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:
1941 - 1986
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
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- Archival Object 1
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- Sculpture 3
- Architecture 2
- Bloomfield Hills (Mich.) 2
- Carillons 2
- Church architecture 2
- Glass painting and staining 2
- Mural painting and decoration -- 20th century 2
- Religion 2
- Science museums 2
- Architecture -- Conservation and restoration 1
- Architecture, Domestic 1
- Art -- Study and teaching 1
- Art auctions 1
- Arts and crafts movement 1
- Automobile parking 1
- Bookbinding 1
- Charles Scribners Sons Building (New York, N.Y.) 1
- Church dedication 1
- Civil rights 1
- Clergy 1
- Composition (Music) 1
- Cranbrook (Kent, England) 1
- Education 1
- Metalwork 1
- Minerals 1
- Museums 1
- Newspapers -- Ownership 1
- Photographs 1
- Prohibition 1
- Religious literature -- Authorship 1
- Scholarships 1
- Silverwork 1
- Textile fabrics 1
- Textiles 1
- Women -- Suffrage 1
- Wood-carving 1
- World War, 1914-1918 1 ∧ less
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