Slade, Roy
Person
Found in 42 Collections and/or Records:
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
Newsclippings, 1953-1953, 1972, 1984, 1994-1995
File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The James H. Carmel Papers contain the following materials: Correspondence—CIS Board of Trustees (1973), Robert Bowen (1973-1980); Robert T. Hatt (1973-1998); CIS Board of Trustees Minutes (1973-1986); News clippings; photographic materials; and publications.
Dates:
Other: 1953-1953, 1972, 1984, 1994-1995
John Macdougall Pratt Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1981-21
Abstract
John Macdougall Pratt was an Associate Professor of Architecture at Auburn University in Alabama. He obtained his PhD in the History of Architecture from Cornell University, in which he focused on the influence of Eliel Saarinen’s teachings at Cranbrook Academy of Art as his subject matter. His research was based on interviews with former students of Eliel Saarinen. Concurrent research by various scholars for the exhibition and catalog for “Design in America: The Cranbrook Vision 1925-1950.”...
Dates:
1935 - 1938
President's Award for Excellence, 1990, 1993
File — Container: Box 1, Folder: 9
Collection Scope
From the Collection:
The collection contains a good deal of letters from Henry Scripps Booth, as well as copy letters written by Corajoyce. They document her work for Booth, particularly at times when he is traveling, and include a commentary on family members and friends activities. The letters also include those written by Cranbrook colleagues, notably Helen McIlroy, Lillian Bauder, Roy Slade, and Ben Snyder. The collection also includes a small number of writings by Booth, mostly poems and a psalm, as well as...
Dates:
1990, 1993
Corajoyce Rauss Papers
Collection — Container: Box 1
Identifier: 1998-11
Abstract
Corajoyrce Rauss was personal secretary to Henry Scripps Booth from 1961-1988. Lifelong friends, Rauss was also manager of Booth's estate. After his death in 1988, Rauss became staff at Cranbrook Archives helping to document the Booth Family until she retired in 2007. The Corajoyce Rauss Papers document her time as a Cranbrook employee, particularly the years she worked for Henry Scripps Booth. Correspondence to and from Booth, as well as writings by Rauss and Booth, make up the...
Dates:
1976 - 1987; Majority of material found within 1948 - 1998
Roche-Z, 1941-1943, 1957-1987
File — Container: Box 1, Folder: 15
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:
1941-1943, 1957-1987
Additional filters:
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- Archival Object 30
- Collection 12
- Subject
- Exhibitions 9
- Education 8
- Art -- Study and teaching 5
- Art auctions 4
- Guy Fawkes Ball 4
- Photographs 4
- Architecture 3
- Architecture -- Conservation and restoration 3
- Saarinen House (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 3
- Students 3
- Administration 2
- Archaeology 2
- Architecture, Domestic 2
- Art students 2
- Arts 2
- Auditoriums 2
- Ceramics 2
- Church music 2
- Cranbrook Art Museum Auditorium (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 2
- Design in America 2
- Fund raising 2
- Gifts 2
- Memorials 2
- Museums 2
- Observatory domes 2
- Scrapbooks 2
- Textile fabrics 2
- Textiles 2
- Wallace Ice Rink 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
- Administrative Heads 1
- Admissions 1
- Advocacy 1
- Anthropology 1
- Arboretums 1
- Art 1
- Art -- Exhibitions 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
- Buildings and grounds 1
- Carillon and organ music 1
- Carillonneurs 1
- Carillons 1
- Centennial celebrations, etc. 1
- Chair design 1
- China 1
- Church architecture 1
- Clay Day 1
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 1
- Commencement ceremonies 1
- Commercial buildings 1
- Committees 1
- Concerts 1
- Cranbrook (Kent, England) 1
- Cranbrook Alumni Week 1
- Cranbrook Booth Family of America 1
- Cranbrook PM 1
- Cranbrook's gods, heroes and lesser beings 1
- Da Vinci automobile 1
- Dinosaurs 1
- Earth Science 1
- Embassy buildings 1
- England -- Description and travel 1
- Europe 1
- Fabric Samples 1
- Facilities use 1
- Finance 1
- Foucault’s pendulum 1
- Fulbright Scholarship 1
- Furniture 1
- Gardens 1
- Gardens, Japanese 1
- Geology 1
- Governor's Dinner 1
- Hairdressing 1
- Hand presses 1
- Historic house museums 1
- History 1
- Interior decoration 1
- Jazz 1
- Kirkkonummi (Finland) 1
- Kirtland’s warbler 1
- Landscapes 1
- Latin language 1
- Lincoln Continental fabric 1
- Marriage service 1
- Mastodons 1
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