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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
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
J. Robert F. and Pipsan Saarinen Swanson Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1990-01
Abstract
Jons Robert (Bob) Ferdinand Swanson (1900-1981) graduated from the University of Michigan School of Architecture in 1924, where he had and become friends with Henry Scripps Booth. In 1924, they established the architectural firm, Swanson and Booth. In 1927, the partnership dissolved and Bob established his own practice. Eva Lisa (Pipsan) Saarinen (1905-1979), daughter of Eliel and Loja Saarinen, studied weaving, ceramics, and fabric design at University of Helskini. She married Bob in 1926...
Dates:
1900 - 1983
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- Booth, George G. (George Gough), 1864-1949 3
- Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 3
- Cranbrook Foundation 3
- Cranbrook Institute of Science 3
- Cranbrook School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 3
- Hatt, Robert T. (Robert Torrens), 1902- 3
- Saarinen, Eero, 1910-1961 3
- Saarinen, Eliel, 1873-1950 3
- Stratton, Mary Chase Perry, 1867-1961 3
- Booth, Ellen Warren Scripps, 1863-1948 2
- Booth, James Scripps, 1888-1954 2
- Booth, Ralph H. 2
- Brookside School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 2
- Buckberrough, John 2
- Christ Church Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 2
- Cranbrook Art Museum 2
- Cranbrook House & Gardens (Organization) 2
- Cranbrook Press 2
- Detroit Institute of Arts 2
- Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts 2
- Frayer, William Alley 2
- Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998 2
- Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor, 1869-1924 2
- Kirchmayer, Johannes, 1860-1930 2
- Kirk, Arthur Nevill 2
- Lorch, Emil, 1870-1963 2
- Maroti, Geza 2
- Marquis, Samuel S., 1866-1948 2
- Milles, Carl, 1875-1955 2
- Milles, Olga Granner, 1874-1967 2
- Morris & Co. (London, England) 2
- Paulsen, S. Glen (Serenus Glen) 2
- Pewabic Pottery (Firm) 2
- Saarinen Swanson, Pipsan 2
- Scripps, James E. (James Edmund), 1835-1906 2
- Stone, Ralph, 1868-1957 2
- Swanson Associates 2
- University of Michigan 2
- American Institute of Architects 1
- American Institute of Decorators 1
- Ardolino, Edward 1
- Bach, Oscar Bruno, 1884-1957 1
- Baldwin, Benjamin, 1913-1993 1
- Bank of Montreal 1
- Barbour, William T. 1
- Bertoia, Harry 1
- Bonawit, Owen G. 1
- Booth, Carolyn Farr 1
- Booth, Stephen Farr 1
- Bradford, Francis Scott, 1898-1961 1
- Burrowes, Marcus R. 1
- Charles E. Lauriat Co. 1
- Cleveland Museum of Art 1
- Connick, Charles J. (Charles Jay), 1875- 1
- Cram and Ferguson 1
- Cram, Ralph Adams, 1963-1942 1
- Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research. Cranbrook Archives 1
- Croze, Harvey 1
- Detroit News (Firm) 1
- Detroit Trust Company 1
- Eastern Michigan University 1
- Edw. F. Caldwell & Co. 1
- Ehrich Galleries 1
- Episcopal Church. Diocese of Michigan 1
- Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 1
- GM Technical Center 1
- Grotell, Maija, 1899-1973 1
- Herter, Albert, 1871-1950 1
- Hulbert, Harold S. (Harold Stacey), 1887-1949 1
- Hvitträsk (Museum) 1
- Institute for Advanced Pastoral Studies 1
- Institute of Design (Chicago, Ill.) 1
- Irving & Casson 1
- James Powell & Sons (Whitefriars) Ltd. 1
- Kellogg, Frederick William, 1866-1940 1
- Lauriat, Charles E., 1842-1920 1
- Manship, Paul, 1885-1966 1
- McEwen, Katherine 1
- McMath, Robert R. (Robert Raynolds), 1891-1962 1
- McRae, Milton A. (Milton Alexander), 1858-1930 1
- Michigan State University 1
- Mitchell, Wallace, 1911-1977 1
- Oakland Community College 1
- Packard Motor Car Company 1
- Page, Herman, Reverend, 1866-1942 1
- Plumb, Helen 1
- Royal School of Needlework (London, England) 1
- Saarinen, Lillian Swann, 1912- 1
- Scripps, E. W. (Edward Willis), 1854-1926 1
- Scripps, Ellen Browning, 1836-1932 1
- Scripps, William E. (William Edmund), 1882-1952 1
- Sepeshy, Zoltan, 1898-1974 1
- Sibelius, Jean, 1865-1957 1
- Simonds, O. C. (Ossian Cole), 1855-1931 1
- Society of Arts and Crafts (Boston, Mass.) 1 ∧ less
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