Slade, Roy
Person
Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:
Cranbrook Academy of Art Women's Committee
Collection
Identifier: 1991-01
Abstract
The Cranbrook Academy of Arts Women’s Committee was founded on February 11, 1966 as the social arm of the Friends of the Academy (the Museum’s new membership program). The committee’s purpose was to promote and undertake activities and projects that would further the welfare of the Academy and the Museum. Throughout nearly forty years the committee hosted numerous events, programs, and fundraising projects until disbanded in 2002. The bulk of the collection reflects primarly the Women's...
Dates:
1966 - 2006
Cranbrook Institute of Science Director’s Office Records
Collection
Identifier: 1990-31
Abstract
Cranbrook Institute of Science is a nationally recognized natural history and science museum primarily serving Michigan and the Great Lakes region. It seeks to interest and educate people of all ages about nature, science and humankind through its exhibits, education, collection, research, and public programs. The Institute is a division of Cranbrook Educational Community, beginning, as do all Cranbrook institutions, with the vision and generosity of George Gough Booth. Originally...
Dates:
1920 - 1990
Events and Programs, 1990-circa 2002
File — Container: Box 4, Folder: 15
Collection Scope
From the Collection:
The Women's Committee Records reflect mainly their fundraising activities for the Academy. They include historical information about the founding of the committee; administrative materials relating to event and program planning, and fundraising initiatives; and correspondence related to their participation within and outside of the Cranbrook community including letters to former United Kingdom Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, and former Chairman, CEO, and President of the Chrysler...
Dates:
1990-circa 2002
History Book (2 of 3), 1966 - 2002
File — Container: Box 1, Folder: 5
Collection Scope
From the Collection:
The Women's Committee Records reflect mainly their fundraising activities for the Academy. They include historical information about the founding of the committee; administrative materials relating to event and program planning, and fundraising initiatives; and correspondence related to their participation within and outside of the Cranbrook community including letters to former United Kingdom Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, and former Chairman, CEO, and President of the Chrysler...
Dates:
1966 - 2002
History Book (3 of 3), 1966 - 2002
File — Container: Box 1, Folder: 6
Collection Scope
From the Collection:
The Women's Committee Records reflect mainly their fundraising activities for the Academy. They include historical information about the founding of the committee; administrative materials relating to event and program planning, and fundraising initiatives; and correspondence related to their participation within and outside of the Cranbrook community including letters to former United Kingdom Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, and former Chairman, CEO, and President of the Chrysler...
Dates:
1966 - 2002
Margueritte Kimball Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1991-03
Abstract
Margueritte Eleanor Kimball was born on October 19, 1906, in Clinton, Massachusetts. In 1942 Kimball joined the Cranbrook Academy of Art as a student and immediately began serving as the Academy's financial secretary. A beloved and respected member of the Cranbrook community, Kimball used her position to interact with and collect various materials relating to the Academy's faculty and students. Kimball retired in 1968, nevertheless spending her remaining years in Boston as an exhibiting...
Dates:
Majority of material found in circa 1941-1996; undated
Leadership: Lanciault, Susan (Chairwoman), 1990-12 - 1995; undated
File — Container: Box 1, Folder: 9
Collection Scope
From the Collection:
The Women's Committee Records reflect mainly their fundraising activities for the Academy. They include historical information about the founding of the committee; administrative materials relating to event and program planning, and fundraising initiatives; and correspondence related to their participation within and outside of the Cranbrook community including letters to former United Kingdom Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, and former Chairman, CEO, and President of the Chrysler...
Dates:
1990-12 - 1995; undated
Leadership: Von Drehle, Gillian (Chairwoman) (2 of 2), 1986-1989-11; undated
File — Container: Box 2, Folder: 4
Collection Scope
From the Collection:
The Women's Committee Records reflect mainly their fundraising activities for the Academy. They include historical information about the founding of the committee; administrative materials relating to event and program planning, and fundraising initiatives; and correspondence related to their participation within and outside of the Cranbrook community including letters to former United Kingdom Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, and former Chairman, CEO, and President of the Chrysler...
Dates:
1986-1989-11; undated
Marianne Strengell Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1991-07
Abstract
Marianne Strengell, daughter of Finnish architect Gustaf Strengell and interior designer Anna Wegelius. Prior to becoming an instructor at Cranbrook in 1937 on Eliel Saarinen's invitation, Strengell held several positions in Scandinavia, designing rugs, textiles and interiors. In 1942, when Loja Saarinen retired, Strengell replaced her as head of the Department of Weaving and Textile Design. She developed a curriculum that emphasized weave structure, versus the more pictorial imagery used by...
Dates:
1620 - 1998; Majority of material found within 1928 - 1995
Wallace MacMahon Mitchell Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1990-21
Abstract
Wallace McMahon Mitchell was born on October 9, 1911 in Detroit, Michigan to Arthur Z. and Edith McMahon Mitchell. He was a respected painter, textile designer, geometric abstractionist, and a Cranbrook Academy of Art (CAA) graduate student (’35). He later served at the Academy as a painting, and arts and crafts instructor; registrar; director; and then president until his death in 1977. The collection contains the papers of Mitchell and his family during his years at Cranbrook. Included are...
Dates:
1934 - 1980
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- Archival Object 16
- Collection 11
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- Exhibitions 9
- Photographs 5
- Art -- Study and teaching 4
- Education 4
- Guy Fawkes Ball 4
- Architecture 3
- Art auctions 3
- Architecture, Domestic 2
- Arts 2
- Ceramics 2
- Design in America 2
- Gifts 2
- Museums 2
- Scrapbooks 2
- Students 2
- Textile fabrics 2
- Textiles 2
- "A Grand Night for Hospice Care" 1
- "Bejeweled" 1
- "Focus on Fibers" 1
- "Millennium Project" 1
- "Royal Order of the Star" 1
- "Six Decades of American Fiber" 1
- "The Cranbrook Vision" 1
- Anthropology 1
- Arboretums 1
- Archaeology 1
- Architecture -- Conservation and restoration 1
- Art 1
- Art -- Exhibitions 1
- Art students 1
- Astronomy 1
- Automobile industry and trade 1
- Automobile parking 1
- Automobiles 1
- Award presentations 1
- Bi-Autogo automobile 1
- Bloomfield Hills (Mich.) 1
- Botany 1
- Chair design 1
- Church architecture 1
- Clay Day 1
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 1
- Commencement ceremonies 1
- Commercial buildings 1
- Concerts 1
- Cranbrook Alumni Week 1
- Cranbrook Booth Family of America 1
- Cranbrook's gods, heroes and lesser beings 1
- Da Vinci automobile 1
- Earth Science 1
- Embassy buildings 1
- England -- Description and travel 1
- Europe 1
- Fabric Samples 1
- Finance 1
- Foucault’s pendulum 1
- Fulbright Scholarship 1
- Fund raising 1
- Furniture 1
- Gardens 1
- Geology 1
- Governor's Dinner 1
- Hand presses 1
- Historic house museums 1
- History 1
- Interior decoration 1
- Kirkkonummi (Finland) 1
- Kirtland’s warbler 1
- Landscapes 1
- Lincoln Continental fabric 1
- Mastodons 1
- Memorials 1
- Metalwork 1
- Milles at Cranbrook 1
- Minerals 1
- Mural painting and decoration -- 20th century 1
- Museum donations 1
- Newspapers 1
- Oral history 1
- Ossabaw Island (Ga.) 1
- Painting 1
- Paleontology 1
- Parking facilities 1
- Pharmacognosy 1
- Philippines 1
- Planetariums 1
- Pottery 1
- Public buildings 1
- Recreation 1
- Saarinen House (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1
- School buildings 1
- Science museums 1
- Tandy Center 1
- Thornlea House (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 1
- Vandalism 1
- Weaving 1
- Wild flowers 1
- Women -- Societies and clubs 1
- Zoology 1 ∧ less
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