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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
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
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- Bertoia, Harry 2
- Booth, Henry Scripps, 1897-1988 2
- Brookside School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 2
- Buckberrough, John 2
- Christ Church Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 2
- Cranbrook Foundation 2
- Cranbrook House & Gardens (Organization) 2
- Cranbrook Institute of Science 2
- Cranbrook Kingswood School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 2
- Cranbrook School (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) 2
- Croze, Harvey 2
- Hatt, Robert T. (Robert Torrens), 1902- 2
- Maroti, Geza 2
- Milles, Carl, 1875-1955 2
- Mitchell, Wallace, 1911-1977 2
- Paulsen, S. Glen (Serenus Glen) 2
- Saarinen, Eliel, 1873-1950 2
- Saarinen, Lillian Swann, 1912- 2
- Sepeshy, Zoltan, 1898-1974 2
- Stratton, Mary Chase Perry, 1867-1961 2
- Swanson, Jons Robert Ferdinand 2
- Baldwin, Benjamin, 1913-1993 1
- Barbour, William T. 1
- Bonawit, Owen G. 1
- Booth, Carolyn Farr 1
- Booth, Ellen Warren Scripps, 1863-1948 1
- Booth, James Scripps, 1888-1954 1
- Booth, Ralph H. 1
- Booth, Stephen Farr 1
- Burrowes, Marcus R. 1
- Coir, Mark 1
- Cranbrook Art Museum 1
- Cranbrook Press 1
- Detroit Institute of Arts 1
- Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts 1
- Eames, Charles 1
- Eames, Ray 1
- Ford Motor Company 1
- Frayer, William Alley 1
- Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998 1
- GM Technical Center 1
- General Motors Corporation 1
- Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor, 1869-1924 1
- Gray, Nellie Beveridge (circa 1906-) 1
- Grotell, Maija, 1899-1973 1
- Hammarstrom, Olav 1
- Hulbert, Harold S. (Harold Stacey), 1887-1949 1
- Institute for Advanced Pastoral Studies 1
- Institute of Design (Chicago, Ill.) 1
- Irving & Casson 1
- Kirchmayer, Johannes, 1860-1930 1
- Kirk, Arthur Nevill 1
- Knoll Associates, Inc. 1
- Knoll, Florence, 1917-2019 1
- Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 1
- Lorch, Emil, 1870-1963 1
- Marquis, Samuel S., 1866-1948 1
- McEwen, Katherine 1
- McMath, Robert R. (Robert Raynolds), 1891-1962 1
- Milles, Olga Granner, 1874-1967 1
- Morris & Co. (London, England) 1
- Page, Herman, Reverend, 1866-1942 1
- Pewabic Pottery (Firm) 1
- Plumb, Helen 1
- Saarinen Swanson, Pipsan 1
- Sailors, Robert David 1
- Sampe, Astrid, 1909-2002 1
- Scripps, James E. (James Edmund), 1835-1906 1
- Sethna, Nelly H., 1932- 1
- Slade, Roy 1
- Stevens, William Oliver, 1878-1955 1
- Stone, Arthur J., 1847-1938 1
- Stone, Ralph, 1868-1957 1
- Strengell, Gustaf 1
- Strengell, Marianne, 1909- 1
- Swanson Associates 1
- Swanson, Ronald 1
- Vettraino, Dominick 1
- Weese, Harry, 1915-1998 1
- Winter, Jessie 1
- Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 1 ∧ less
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