John H. Buckberrough Notebooks
Collection Scope
This collection contains ten original notebooks and one folder of employment records.
Dates
- 1926 - 1955
Creator
- Buckberrough, John (Person)
Access
Access to the collection is unrestricted.
Use
Permission to use collection materials must be requested in writing.
History
John H. Buckberrough was born in England and emigrated to the U.S. as a young man. Prior to working at Cranbrook, he worked from 1908-1918 at the Detroit Edison Co. as engineer and draftsman, and as a teller for the First State Savings Bank, from 1918-1927. His employment in the Cranbrook Architectural Office as civil engineer, was from 1927 until 1955. He died in Sept. 1955.
Extent
0.4 Linear Feet (1 MS)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
John H. Buckberrough was born in England and emigrated to the U.S. as a young man. Prior to working at Cranbrook, he worked from 1908-1918 at the Detroit Edison Co. as engineer and draftsman, and as a teller for the First State Savings Bank, from 1918-1927. His employment in the Cranbrook Architectural Office as civil engineer, was from 1927 until 1955. He died in Sept. 1955. The collection consists of Buckberrough’s 10 field notebooks filled with drawings and notations. Types of information found in the notebooks include: descriptions and diagrams of property at Cranbrook, heating and plumbing data for Cranbrook buildings, data on Cranbrook roads and lakes, drawings of pump houses, sidewalks, lighting layouts, virtually anything having to do with utilities on the Cranbrook campus. There is also one folder with Buckberrough’s employment record at Cranbrook, some notations about electrical and water service at Cranbrook from 1937, and an index to vol. 1 of the notebooks.
Arrangement
The notebooks are arranged in original (chronological) order.
Acquisition
Unidentified donor.
Processing History
Cheri Y. Gay, 2012.
- Cranbrook School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.)
- Brookside School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.)
- Christ Church Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.)
- Cranbrook Academy of Art
- Cranbrook Foundation
- Cranbrook Institute of Science
- Cranbrook Kingswood School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.)
- Engineering
- Roads
- Surveyors
- Wooden bridges
Creator
- Buckberrough, John (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the John H. Buckberrough Notebooks
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Cheri Y. Gay
- Date
- 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Edition statement
- Resource record created by Laura MacNewman.
Repository Details
Part of the Cranbrook Archives, Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research Repository