Kirk, Arthur Nevill
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1881 - 1958
Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:
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
General corres. "A-Z", undated
File — Box: 20, Folder: 8-9
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:
undated
History, 1924 - 1988
File — Container: Box 5, Folder: 10
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:
1924 - 1988
Jock Denio Brookside School History Report, “Glimpses from the Past,” Notebook II, undated
Item — Container: Box 24, Item: 1
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:
undated
“K”; Correspondence, 1946 - 1987
File — Container: Box 48, Folder: 16
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:
1946 - 1987
Arthur Nevill Kirk Papers
Collection — Container: Box 1
Identifier: 1985-08
Abstract
Arthur Nevill Kirk was born on July 20, 1881, in Lewes, Sussex, England. He taught as a metalcraft instructor before George Gough Booth persuaded him to move to the United States. Kirk arrived in September 1927 and began designing ecclesiastical pieces for Christ Church Cranbrook, teaching at Cranbrook School (1927-1929), and two years later directing the the metals shop of the Academy of Art and subsequently the Silver Department. When economic depression caused the art shops at the...
Dates:
1873 - 2015
Mayers, Murray and Phillip, 1926-12-1931-03
File — Box: 21b, Folder: 1
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:
1926-12-1931-03
Plumb, Helen, 1927-1938
File — Box: 14, Folder: 1-4
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:
1927-1938
Scrapbooks, undated
File — Container: Box 1, Item: 1
Collection Scope
From the Collection:
The scrapbooks contain news clippings and photographs of Margaret Biggar and Eloise Hooker and their work as metalsmiths. There are also clippings on resident artists and the art studios at Cranbrook Academy of Art, including Kirk, Eschmann, Fredericks, Milles, the weaving studio and the Cranbrook Press. There are some photographs of Biggar and Kirk in the CAA studio. Additional clippings relate to Fairhope residents, fellow artists and friends, as well as the obituary notices...
Dates:
undated
Series I: General Correspondence, 1929-04
File — Container: Box 8, Folder: 4
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:
1929-04
Additional filters:
- Type
- Archival Object 15
- Collection 6
- Subject
- Arts and crafts movement 4
- Sculpture 4
- Glass painting and staining 3
- Metalwork 3
- Photographs 3
- Silverwork 3
- Architecture 2
- Art -- Study and teaching 2
- Bloomfield Hills (Mich.) 2
- Carillons 2
- Church architecture 2
- France -- Description and travel 2
- Gifts 2
- History 2
- Libraries 2
- Mural painting and decoration -- 20th century 2
- Prohibition 2
- Religion 2
- Science museums 2
- "Descent of the Holy Spirit" 1
- Architecture -- Conservation and restoration 1
- Architecture, Domestic 1
- Art auctions 1
- Automobile parking 1
- Bookbinding 1
- Burial vaults 1
- Charles Scribners Sons Building (New York, N.Y.) 1
- Church dedication 1
- Civil rights 1
- Clergy 1
- Composition (Music) 1
- Cornerstone laying 1
- Cranbrook (Kent, England) 1
- Cranbrook Homestead (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1
- Cranbrook Road (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1
- Czechoslovakia -- Description and travel 1
- Detroit News 1
- Devices (Heraldry) 1
- Education 1
- Enrolment 1
- Fairhope (Ala.) 1
- Flags 1
- George G. Booth birthday centennial 1
- Germany -- Description and travel 1
- Greenhouses 1
- Gymnasiums 1
- Library (Cranbrook House : Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1
- Lighting 1
- Merrymound Press 1
- Minerals 1
- Museums 1
- Music 1
- Netherlands -- Description and travel 1
- Newspapers -- Ownership 1
- Nursery schools 1
- Parent meeting [1922] 1
- Religious literature -- Authorship 1
- Rituals (Liturgical books) 1
- Rugs 1
- Scholarships 1
- Scrapbooks 1
- Shields 1
- Swimming pools 1
- Textile fabrics 1
- Textiles 1
- Thornlea House (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1
- Tower Cottage (Cranbrook : Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1
- Women -- Suffrage 1
- Wood-carving 1
- World War, 1914-1918 1 ∧ less
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