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George Gough Booth Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1981-01
Abstract
The collection documents the life and work of George Gough Booth, a renowned advocate of the arts, and a great philanthropist whose crowning achievement was the establishment of Cranbrook Educational Community. He was also one of the nation's leading newspapermen in the first half of this century. It includes biographical materials including legal documents, travel itineraries, talks and writings, and the financial and business records of the Cranbrook Press. It documents his working life...
Dates:
1864 - 1949
Doris Corbett Papers
Collection
Identifier: 2010-08
Abstract
Doris Corbett was a history professor and well-known singer and ballad composer, teaching and performing throughout the United States and Canada. While pursuing her doctorate in history, Ms. Corbett’s research brought her to Cranbrook to study the Arts & Crafts movement, Ellen Scripps Booth, and Nellie Beveridge Gray. 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...
Dates:
Circa 1873-1989
Cranbrook Architectural Office Records
Collection
Identifier: 1989-01
Abstract
Records of the Cranbrook Architectural Office which was responsible for the supervision, inspection, approval and acceptance of all construction work at Cranbrook, beginning with Eliel Saarinen's leadership through its closure in the 1980s. The materials reflect the planning and building phases of the Brookside School (BS), Christ Church Cranbrook (CCC), Cranbrook Academy of Art (CAA), Cranbrook House, Cranbrook Institute of Science (CIS), Cranbrook School (CS), Kingswood School (KS), and...
Dates:
1925 - 1987
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
Saarinen Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1990-08
Abstract
Finnish architect, Gottlieb Eliel Saarinen was born August 20, 1873. In 1904 Saarinen married artist Minna Carolina Mathilde Louise “Loja” Gesellius (b. 1879). The Saarinen's daughter Eeva Lisa “Pipsan” was born in Helsingfors, Finland on 31 March 1905 and their son Eero was born in Kyrkslaett, Finland on 20 August 1910. In 1923 Eliel met the Detroit newspaper magnate George Gough Booth, who was to become his chief patron in America. At Booth’s invitation, Saarinen moved his practice to...
Dates:
1880 - 1989
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- Booth, Henry Scripps, 1897-1988 4
- Cranbrook Institute of Science 4
- Marquis, Samuel S., 1866-1948 4
- Milles, Carl, 1875-1955 4
- Saarinen, Eero, 1910-1961 4
- Saarinen, Eliel, 1873-1950 4
- Swanson, Jons Robert Ferdinand 4
- Bertoia, Harry 3
- Booth, Ellen Warren Scripps, 1863-1948 3
- Booth, James Scripps, 1888-1954 3
- Christ Church Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 3
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- Hatt, Robert T. (Robert Torrens), 1902- 3
- Lorch, Emil, 1870-1963 3
- Maroti, Geza 3
- Milles, Olga Granner, 1874-1967 3
- Pewabic Pottery (Firm) 3
- Saarinen, Lillian Swann, 1912- 3
- Scripps, James E. (James Edmund), 1835-1906 3
- Stratton, Mary Chase Perry, 1867-1961 3
- Booth, Carolyn Farr 2
- Booth, Ralph H. 2
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- Buckberrough, John 2
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- Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 2
- Frayer, William Alley 2
- Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998 2
- Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor, 1869-1924 2
- Grotell, Maija, 1899-1973 2
- Kirchmayer, Johannes, 1860-1930 2
- Kirk, Arthur Nevill 2
- Knoll, Florence, 1917-2019 2
- McMath, Robert R. (Robert Raynolds), 1891-1962 2
- Mitchell, Wallace, 1911-1977 2
- Morris & Co. (London, England) 2
- Paulsen, S. Glen (Serenus Glen) 2
- Saarinen Swanson, Pipsan 2
- Sepeshy, Zoltan, 1898-1974 2
- Stone, Ralph, 1868-1957 2
- Strengell, Gustaf 2
- University of Michigan 2
- Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 2
- Aalto, Alvar, 1898-1976 1
- Ardolino, Edward 1
- Bach, Oscar Bruno, 1884-1957 1
- Bank of Montreal 1
- Barbour, William T. 1
- Bonawit, Owen G. 1
- Booth, Stephen Farr 1
- Bradford, Francis Scott, 1898-1961 1
- Burrowes, Marcus R. 1
- Charles E. Lauriat Co. 1
- Christ-Janer, Albert, 1910-1973 1
- Cleveland Museum of Art 1
- Connick, Charles J. (Charles Jay), 1875- 1
- Corbett, Doris 1
- Cram and Ferguson 1
- Cram, Ralph Adams, 1963-1942 1
- Cranbrook Art Museum 1
- Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research. Cranbrook Archives 1
- Croze, Harvey 1
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- Detroit Trust Company 1
- Dinkeloo, John G. (John Gerard), 1918-1981 1
- Eames, Charles 1
- Edw. F. Caldwell & Co. 1
- Ehrich Galleries 1
- Episcopal Church. Diocese of Michigan 1
- GM Technical Center 1
- Herter, Albert, 1871-1950 1
- Hulbert, Harold S. (Harold Stacey), 1887-1949 1
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- Institute for Advanced Pastoral Studies 1
- Institute of Design (Chicago, Ill.) 1
- Irving & Casson 1
- James Powell & Sons (Whitefriars) Ltd. 1
- Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (Saint Louis, Mo.) 1
- Kellogg, Frederick William, 1866-1940 1
- Lauriat, Charles E., 1842-1920 1
- Lindbergh, Anne Morrow, 1906-2001 1
- Manship, Paul, 1885-1966 1
- McEwen, Katherine 1
- McRae, Milton A. (Milton Alexander), 1858-1930 1
- Öhquist, Johannes, 1861-1949 1
- Packard Motor Car Company 1
- Page, Herman, Reverend, 1866-1942 1
- Plumb, Helen 1
- Royal School of Needlework (London, England) 1
- Scripps, E. W. (Edward Willis), 1854-1926 1
- Scripps, Ellen Browning, 1836-1932 1 ∧ less
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