Milles, Carl, 1875-1955
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1875 - 1955
Found in 39 Collections and/or Records:
Astrid Sampe Collection of Eero Saarinen Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: 1995-87
Abstract
Astrid Sampe studied at the Higher Industrial Art School of Stockholm and as an exchange student at the Royal Academy of Art in London. Her career spanned many decades starting in 1935, and encompassed being head of Nordiska Kompaniet (NK), being appointed "Royal Designer, Hon.RDI of the Royal Society of Arts and, in 1951, wove the first fiberglass fabrics. This collection comprises correspondence reflecting the romantic attachment between Eero Saarinen and Astrid Sampe, as well as her role...
Dates:
1948 - 1960
Maja Schjolin Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1982-10
Abstract
In 1951, Maija and her husband Hans moved to a three acre property in Birmingham, Michigan three miles southeast of Cranbrook. Over the course of thirty years, Maja created the largest and most diverse wild plant garden in Michigan, with over 300 varieties of plants. Her wildflower garden was widely visited attended by garden enthusiasts and tour groups, and often attracted publicity in the local press. She developed a close friendship with botanist James R. Wells of Cranbrook Institute of...
Dates:
1982 - 1989
Scrapbook 3, 1949 - 1953
File — Container: Box 4, Item: 1
Collection Scope
From the Collection:
SERIES I: Personal (1942; 1964-1965; 1996) contains certificates and applications. SERIES II: Correspondence (1941-1994; n.d.) contains many letters to and from CAA students, alumni, and faculty members from 1941-1994.SERIES III: Original Artwork (n.d.) contains correspondence in the form of original drawings, sketches, etc., from Kimball's Cranbrook associates – many of these are in the form of Christmas cards. SERIES IV: CAA Alumni Exhibition Catalogs...
Dates:
1949 - 1953
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, 1933-12
File — Container: Box 9, Folder: 6
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:
1933-12
Series I: General Correspondence, 1934-01
File — Container: Box 9, Folder: 7
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:
1934-01
Series I: General Correspondence, 1934-02 - 1934-06
File — Container: Box 9, Folder: 8
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:
1934-02 - 1934-06
Nona Bymark Soderlind Scrapbook
Collection — Container: Box 1
Identifier: 2001-13
Abstract
Nona Bymark Soderlind was born Elenora Maria Bymark on July 16, 1900, in Marine on St. Croix, Minnesota, a small community largely populated by Swedish immigrants. The family relocated to Minneapolis by 1915. She attended Minneapolis Art School for two years (1920 and 1922), where she studied sculpture under Charles S. Wells (1872-1956). She also studied art at the University of Minnesota under Samuel Chatwood Burton (1881-1947); and returned for another semester of study at the...
Dates:
1936 - 1936
Transcripts – Oral History – Nellie Beveridge Gray, 1989-01-31
File — Container: Box 3, Folder: 8
Collection Scope
From the Collection:
The bulk of the collection consists of Ms. Corbett’s research of Ellen Scripps Booth and Nellie Beveridge Gray. Of particular note are the transcripts of the oral histories performed by Ms. Corbett of Ms. Gray between 1984 and 1989. Ms. Gray provides insight into both Cranbrook and the Booth family in the last years of George and Ellen Booth’s lives.
Dates:
1989-01-31
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- Collection 25
- Archival Object 14
- Subject
- Sculpture 9
- Art -- Study and teaching 7
- Education 6
- Architecture 5
- Exhibitions 5
- Photographs 5
- Scrapbooks 5
- Arts and crafts movement 4
- Bloomfield Hills (Mich.) 4
- Mural painting and decoration -- 20th century 4
- Science museums 4
- Weaving 4
- Architecture, Domestic 3
- Metalwork 3
- Oral history 3
- Tower Cottage (Cranbrook : Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 3
- Arts 2
- Bookbinding 2
- Ceramics 2
- Church architecture 2
- Cornerstone laying 2
- Cranbrook Homestead (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 2
- Devices (Heraldry) 2
- France -- Description and travel 2
- Glass painting and staining 2
- Libraries 2
- Minerals 2
- Painting 2
- Prohibition 2
- Religion 2
- Textile fabrics 2
- Textiles 2
- Anniversary (50th) 1
- Armor 1
- Art 1
- Art auctions 1
- Art students 1
- Artists' studios 1
- Automobile industry and trade 1
- Automobiles 1
- Ballets 1
- Birds 1
- Birthday parties 1
- Carillons 1
- Charles Scribners Sons Building (New York, N.Y.) 1
- Class reunions 1
- Composition (Music) 1
- Concerts 1
- Cranbrook (Kent, England) 1
- Design 1
- Detroit News 1
- Dinners and dining 1
- Enrolment 1
- Fairhope (Ala.) 1
- Finance 1
- Flags 1
- Florida -- Description and travel 1
- Fountains 1
- Fountains of faith (Belgian Academy) 1
- Furniture design 1
- Gardening -- Societies, etc. 1
- Gardens 1
- George G. Booth birthday centennial 1
- Greenhouses 1
- Hemflit 1
- Hospitals 1
- Industrial design 1
- Italy -- Description and travel 1
- Jonah and the Whale 1
- Kirkkonummi (Finland) 1
- Library (Cranbrook House : Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1
- Mexico 1
- Milles at Cranbrook 1
- Museum visitors 1
- Museums 1
- Music 1
- New York (State) -- Description and travel 1
- Newspapers -- Ownership 1
- Nursery schools 1
- Nursing 1
- Parent meeting [1922] 1
- Parties 1
- Performing arts 1
- Philosophy 1
- Publications 1
- Rams heads 1
- Rug and carpet industry 1
- Rugs 1
- Saarinen House (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1
- School enrollment 1
- Science 1
- Shields 1
- Signs and signboards 1
- Silverwork 1
- Sketchbooks & albums 1
- Snowy owl crest 1
- Students 1
- Theater 1
- Trans World Airlines Terminal (New York, N.Y.) 1
- Wild flowers 1 ∧ less
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